- Annuities: Equity-Indexed Annuities - Knowing When You're Financially Vulnerable
It’s hunting season out there, and unfortunately, you’re the target! The financial services industry is on the hunt for your account and they know when you are most likely to take their bait. Knowing when you are most vulnerable is the first step in keeping you and your nest egg from being snared.
- Investing: Saving Your Retirement
Everyone would love to retire early, but they also desire to be free from the fear of running out of money. Changing your attitude toward investing and the approach you take will help you accomplish both. Read on to see how you can retire years sooner and make you money last decades longer.
- Uranium Investment Profits - Go For The Glow
Why consider uranium as a red hot or white hot investment? Or think of uranium investment for profit at all? Soaring demand for uranium, the worlds principal nuclear fuel-thats why.
- Investing: Hype-Proof Your Portfolio
My most recent article criticizing the controversial equity-indexed annuity has generated a boatload of email. But one email in particular caught my eye. And it wasn’t from being flamed by irate insurance agents (I got plenty of those!), or emails from thankful consumers, pleased the public is being warned about equity-indexed annuities’ pitfalls.
- Investing: It's All About The Cash
It’s vital that your nest egg last longer than you do. The only way for that to occur is if the nest egg continues to grow over time. If you take out more than you earn you are guaranteed to run out of money at some point. If your nest egg continues to grow, though, it will always last longer than you.
- Investing: Income Boosting Strategies
Retirees have two major investment goals. They want income to provide for their living expenses today, and they need growth so they can maintain their standard of living in the future. This week I’ll focus on effective ways to manage your portfolio that may dramatically increase your income. Next week I’ll share growth-oriented strategies.
- Buying Bank Foreclosed Homes
When it comes to buying a new home, probably one of the biggest things on everyone's mind is whether they'll be able to find the property they want within the price range they can afford. It seems like everywhere you look property values are on the rise, and especially in urban areas, it's becoming difficult to find a home that meets your practical standards and still falls within the affordability range. But there are alternatives to buying on the expensive open market, and one of the most lucrative can be buying bank foreclosed homes.
- Investing: Harmed Investor Gets Justice
Countless investors have lost large portions of their investments. Some have been in investments where they lost everything. But investors looking for help in recouping losses often find there are few places to turn for assistance. Read on to learn about one investor that finally got justice.
- Investing: Strategies To Boost Growth
You should continue to grow your nest egg even when retired--unless you’ve been blessed with more money than you will ever spend! Last week I discussed in detail how retirees can boost their income without taking on unnecessary risk. This week, I’ll explain ways you might safely grow your portfolio while minimizing risk.
- Investing: Successfully Transitioning Your Portfolio
At some point you will need to make changes to your investment portfolio. Often, investors and their advisors make wholesale changes all at once. But that’s not really in your best interest. Read on to find out how to successfully adjust your portfolio.
- 5 Best Commodity Plays for 2007
I predict that over the next few years, the commodities markets will be lucrative for traders who are ready. You do not want to get left out of this upcoming market opportunity. We are in the midst of entering the second wave of the continuation of the major move in the commodity markets in the past thirty years. Almost every market has made gains, consolidated, and is now picking up momentum back to the upside. If past bull market history is any indicator, prices of almost every commodity will likely take off to new all-time highs over the next 24-36 months. To give you an idea of what I think is in store, take a look at my top five picks for 2007:
- Investing - Master Limited Partnerships: Dont Fear A K-1
It’s tax time again! This is the time that we anxiously watch our mailboxes for the arrival of the documents we need to complete our income taxes. For most, their interest income is reported on a 1099. Other investments, such as partnerships, generate a K-1. Many think a K-1 complicates your taxes and should be avoided. I disagree. Read on to find out why.
- Investing: Get FREE Answers to Your Financial Questions
Sometimes it is the little things in life that really make the difference. That’s especially true then when it comes to dealing with financial matters. Decisions about who to trust, what to invest in, making gifts or the type of insurance to buy all have long-term consequences—and often unintended results. There are many times that a simple answer from a professional would have made all the difference. And now you can get that answer free of charge.
- Invest In China market
China’s economic power has been on an increasing rise ever since China opened up it economy few decades ago. This move has allowed China to develop and progress tremendously. The growth of the China market is overwhelming to both the Chinese and the world around. Statistics showed that China has been enjoying a two-digit growth from 2003, and its economic growth rate in 2006 even reached 10.7%.
- Investing: The 'Corrected 1099' Nightmare
There’s nothing more frustrating than receiving a corrected 1099 a few weeks after you’ve filed your tax return. Must you amend your return? Read on to find out.
- 5 Factors To Consider When Investing For Passive Income
From the “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” by Robert Kiyosaki, I learnt that to be financially free, I need to generate sufficient income to cover the monthly expenses of my lifestyle. And it is not just income, but passive income so that I can still survive without having to work. And to generate passive income, Robert Kiyosaki and his Rich Dad advise that we should let money work hard for us.
- Liquid Natural Gas Investment Beats Oil Prices And Risks
If you're thinking of investing in oil-why not consider liquid natural gas (LNG)?
- Make Money Leasing Farmland
Buying and then leasing farmland to farmers is an investment you may not have ever considered. What are the advantages? Management is easier than with residential rentals, and you can simultaneously speculate on the land value for an eventual large profit. The disadvantage? It may be hard to find a new tenant if you lose one.
- Investments through Venture Capital
Venture capital is capital provided by external investors for financing of new, growing or struggling businesses. Venture capital investments generally are high risk investments but offer the potential for above average returns. A venture capitalist (VC) is a person who makes such investments.
- Playing The Commodities Boom
Commodities have become an attractive investment in recent years, even for those who may not know much about them but would like to participate in the profit potential from dramatic price advances posted by energy, grains, metals and other commodities, lifting them to the highest overall levels in more than 30 years.
- Spread Your Risk: The Golden Rule of Investing
Ask anyone in the finance industry what they think is the No.1 most important rule for a successful investment strategy. I bet they’ll say “DIVERSIFY!” In other words, spread your risk.
- Investing – Tax Shelters EQUALS big fine for KPMG
What happens when a world renowned accounting firm decides to market tax shelters to its elite clientele? The first thing that happens is that the client buys them because of the source. In this case the source is utterly reliable; KPMG is one of the oldest and biggest Public Accounting firms in the world. They number among their clients over 100 of the Fortune 500 companies. This includes General Electric with a $100 million per year in fees. Internationally, KPMG is just as big and powerful, with over 1600 partners. When the firm sneezes, the industry notices.
- Futures & Commodity Trading – Things to Know
Futures trading simply mean the trading of contracts. The future contracts enable the holder to buy the underlying product at a certain time at a predetermined price. Thus the holder can earn the product regardless of the market price at that time. The price of the underlying product is usually is or around the market price at the time of the contract creation. As stocks are traded in stock markets, futures contracts are traded in centralized futures trading markets like S&P, CME, NYMEX, CBOT and Globex.
- $20.00 Saint Gaudens Coins a Great Gold Investment
The $20.00 Saint Gaudens gold piece is an absolutely beautiful coin that deserves the consideration of hobbyists around the globe. This coin, being a collectors' coin and not a bullion piece could be worth two to three times the actual ounce price of gold! These coins were minted from 1907 through 1933 and many investors already rank it as one of their best choices for investment purposes. These $20.00 gold pieces have been recognized since the Civil War and have a broad appeal. Therefore they are selling fairly low for gold pieces right now!
- Oil Prices-Terrorists Weapon Or Investors Defence?
Is oil still a good investment? And is the price of oil set to rise and rise? Weve been lulled by a mild winter and low heating oil demand.
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