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11th July 2009
Before Wall Street and the media combined to make investors think of calendar quarters as "short-term" and single years as "long-term", market cycles were used as true tests of investment strategies over the long haul. Bor-ing.
There were four types o... Read >
Author: Steve Selengut28th June 2009
What is equity index universal life insurance? Equity index universal life (EIUL) is an insurance product in which most of its premium – usually between 80 percent and 90 percent – are invested in traditional fixed income securities. The rest of the p... Read >
Author: Steven Hart27th June 2009
Bond is a security issued by a borrower that requires the issuer to make specified payments to a holder over a particular period. Bonds are rated based on the financial status of the issuer of the bond. Bonds are known as "fixed-income" securities because... Read >
Author: indianmoney27th March 2009
"The Big Takeover" by Matt Taibbi is probably the best article written to date explaining the financial crisis and how we got to where we are now. Taibbi's necessarily lengthy article explains the problems, names the "poipetrators", and exposes all of the... Read >
Author: Steve Selengut30th January 2009
There are many types of mutual funds available in the market but only four can be found in the Philippines, and these are: stock or equity funds, bond funds, balanced funds, and money market funds.
* Stock or Equity Funds. Stock or Equity Funds p... Read >
Author: arcel28th January 2009
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (CMOs) sometimes referred to as Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits (REMICs), are one of few innovative investment methods available in today's investment world. CMOs offer relative safety, regular payments and no... Read >
Author: Marcel Ford21st January 2009
One of the great things about being a professional investor is the opportunity one has to apply his or her long-term experience to the investment environment that is unfolding (or coming unglued) in the present.
If nothing else, most successful investo... Read >
Author: Steve Selengut08th January 2009
Crash! The 2007 thru 2008 financial crisis halved 401(k), IRA, and Mutual Fund values in a matter of months. For many, retirement dates had to be pushed back; for others, new jobs had to be found. The tragic flaw? No income allocation in the investment pr... Read >
Author: Steve Selengut05th January 2009
Most people enter the investment process tip first. They hear something, grab an idea from a popular blog, accept a Cramerism or some motley foolishness, and think that they are making investment decisions. Rarely, will the right-now, instant-gratificatio... Read >
Author: Steve Selengut01st December 2008
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (CMOs) sometimes referred to as Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits (REMICs), are one of few innovative investment methods available in today's investment world. CMOs offer relative safety, regular payments and no... Read >
Author: Marcel Ford25th November 2008
While not everyone likes to admit it, businesses and corporations realistically exist for one reason and one reason only: to make a profit for the owners of the company or for the shareholders of the corporation. For many businesses of all sizes, making u... Read >
Author: MIKE SELVON30th October 2008
There's a bright light at the end of the tunnel--- finally. Most of the really well respected, long term investors are advising their audiences to hang in there, to stop the panic selling, and to look for the great companies that have withstood the econom... Read >
Author: Steve Selengut22nd August 2008
Most investment mistakes are caused by basic misunderstandings of the securities markets and by invalid performance expectations. The markets move in totally unpredictable cyclical patterns of varying duration and amplitude. Evaluating the performance of ... Read >
Author: Steve Selengut21st July 2008
If the American dream is owning a house with white picket fences, it seems that the more filipino dream is moving to the United States to dream the American dream, bringing the number of Filipinos leaving the country each year to take up residence in that... Read >
Author: Francis11th June 2008
Real estate investing is not nearly as complicated, financially burdensome, or time consuming as you might think. In fact, It's easy to add raw land, shopping centers, apartment complexes, and private homes to your portfolio without brokers, bankers, atto... Read >
Author: Steve Selengut04th June 2008
The caller seemed surprised that I had never heard about Compound Stock Earnings Programs, or CSEs. "People are earning three to six percent per month with little or no risk", she continued, "I'm thinking of attending a seminar". A wise man once said: "If... Read >
Author: Steve Selengut09th April 2008
Bonds – Why Invest in Bonds
WHAT ARE BONDS?
A bond is similar to an IOU and in brief a bond is a debt security. The issuer of the bonds can be government, municipality, federal agency, a corporation or any other entity. In return of the loan, the is... Read >
Author: Marcus19th February 2008
For most individual investors, trading is approached in a totally speculative manner. Stock trading, in its more popular forms (Day Trading, Swing Trading, etc.) includes none of the elements that a conservative investment strategy would contain: little i... Read >
Author: Steve Selengut19th February 2008
Let me start by giving you the definition of a credit rating agency: a credit rating agency (CRA) is a company that assigns credit ratings for issuers of certain types of debt obligations. In some cases, these issuers are companies, cities, non-profit org... Read >
Author: Marcus Rolland07th August 2007
During every correction, I encourage investors to avoid the destructive inertia that results from trying to determine: "How low can we go?" and/or "How long will this last?" Investors who add to their portfolios during downturns invariably experience high... Read >
Author: Steve Selengut07th August 2007
How Do You Spell Correction?
During every correction, I encourage investors to avoid the destructive inertia that results from trying to determine: "How low can we go?" and/or "How long will this last?" Investors who add to their portfolios during do... Read >
Author: Steve Selengut01st July 2007
Investing in stocks is a risky business. There are some risks you have some control over and others that you can only guard against. Thoughtful investment selections that meet your goals and risk profile keep individual stock and bond risks at an acceptab... Read >
Author: stapin01st July 2007
Investing in stocks is a risky business. There are some risks you have some control over and others that you can only guard against. Thoughtful investment selections that meet your goals and risk profile keep individual stock and bond risks at an acceptab... Read >
Author: stapin30th May 2007
It's likely that either curiosity or skepticism led you to this article, and I would agree that, for most individual investors, trading is approached in a totally speculative manner. Stock trading, in its more popular forms (Day Trading, Swing Trading, Pe... Read >
Author: Steve Selengut24th May 2007
Investing in real estate is comparatively painless, and the rewards are extremely ample. Here are a few of the real estate investing basics. Learn about different investing strategies and how to plan and set your goals. The idea behind real estate investi... Read >
Author: vknarayana26th May 2006
Although closely related to and integrated with economic growth, interest rates move independently from the economic cycle. They fluctuate freely via trade in the fixed income markets. As such they are both a component of the fundamental analysis of sto... Read >
Author: John Forman23rd April 2006
Investment mistakes happen for a multitude of reasons, including the fact that decisions are made under conditions of uncertainty that are irresponsibly downplayed by market gurus and institutional spokespersons. Losing money on an investment may not be ... Read >
Author: Steve Selengut13th November 2005
When is 3 percent better than 6 percent? Yeah, we all know the answer, but only until the prices of the securities we already own begin to fall. Then, logic and mathematical acumen disappear and we become susceptible to all kinds of special cures for the... Read >
Author: Steve Selengut26th October 2005
I've come to the conclusion that the Stock Market is an easier medium for investors to understand (i.e., to form behavioral expectations about) than the Fixed Income Market. As unlikely as this sounds, experience proves it, irrefutably. Few investors grow... Read >
Author: Steve Selengut
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