There is a funny saying I heard today defining economics. It is the science of explaining tomorrow why the predictions you made yesterday didn’t come true. Well the art and antiques market isn’t necessarily as volatile as some financial sectors, but like all businesses, encounters constantly changing trends. This makes it very difficult to predict [...]
Wherever there’s a chance to make large sums of money there will be scams designed to rob people of their hard earned cash, and forex trading is no exception. Experienced investors recognise most scams and avoid them, unlike newcomers to forex trading who more easily fall victim to scamsters. Governments and consumer watchdogs worldwide warn [...]
The purpose of a growth investment is to grow your capital over a period of time, allowing you to take away a larger pot of money than you started with. It’s not always as simple as that and there will be an element of risk to your funds, but investing for growth can prove to [...]
In an age where environmentalism and social responsibility have become a part of the mainstream consciousness, there has been a change within financial markets. The bottom line is no longer the sole decision making factor that investors typically take into account. A recent trend has been to invest in companies that align with your own [...]
What makes a near perfect investment? Typically an investor is looking for three things in a quality investment. What investments are candidates and why do they fall short. Is there a solution?
How do you protect your investments with stops? Should you sell your mutual funds, ETFs or stocks only when a strategy says so, even if it is a strategy updated weekly or monthly? Or should you set stops with your broker following the same stop rules as in your strategy?
The new economy is coming sooner than later. I am not predicting the end of the world but an end to the American dollar domination. I have been very disappointed in the returns on my investments and after much reflection I have come to the following conclusion. After following the stories on the gloomy economic [...]
Here is part 2 of my passive and non-passive income ideas to make free cash. These strategies have low or zero start-up costs, so anything you make with these strategies is 100% profit and your % returns would be infinity. It does not get much better than that.
If you are a real-time trader for global stocks, you will need to have a trading software that will help you to quickly and effectively find opportunities that meet your criteria. The market is fascinating but this doesn’t mean that you will become a millionaire in one night without taking wise steps. The important thing [...]
This is hardly surprising: as any decent architect could tell you, though rarely these days it seems, an economist, tall buildings are just built spaces to make the land pay. As a general rule, skyscrapers are a speculative project, built mostly by developers with other people’s money. Such buildings are going to be built only [...]
Investment can seem like an attractive option for increasing return on your capital, especially when interest rates on savings accounts are so low. Whether you are looking to invest yourself, or for someone to invest your cash on your behalf, there are several factors you should consider before you begin.
Investment is a way to secure a future for yourself, your family and your business. However, there are many investment opportunities, ranging from short and long term monetary investments, property, vehicles, bullion and gold, among many others. However, the global financial markets have been unstable over the past few years in response to the worldwide [...]
Investing in The Lending Club and Prosper loans can seem very attractive, based on the rates of return. These investments, though, can be high risk. This is especially true if one chases high returns without diversifying. This article includes advice on minimizing the risk and maximizing returns.
Many Investors are considering real assets as part of a shift towards real-asset alternative investments such as farmland in an effort to separate at least a portion of their portfolios from the performance of financial markets. This article discusses the effect of rising incomes in emerging economies on farmland values and incomes.
The primary measure of farmland investment performance in the United States is the National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries (NCREIF) Farmland Returns Index. The index provides investors with a measure of the investment performance of a large pool of individual agricultural properties acquired in the private market for investment purposes. According to the index, [...]
Would you give your hard earned money to a total stranger? Well, I wouldn’t either and that is basically what you’re doing when you ask an investment broker to invest your money for you.
So you want to invest but you don’t know if and how you will be able to save the money to do it? Follow these tips and you will have money in your investment fund in a matter of weeks!
If you are worried about the states of the economy right now and the hurting commercial real estate market do now worry, there still are plenty of investment safe havens out there. You just have to get out of your comfort zone and go and find them. As weird as it sounds, parking lots may [...]
Many believe that countries and industries will only commit to reducing their greenhouse gas emission if a comprehensive international agreement is reached at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Durban. There is one highly overlooked force, however, which might prove more influential to spur green investments, especially in times of economic woes.
U.S. Treasury bonds have periodically become overbought and experienced several significant correction since 2008. They are again overbought to a degree similar to what was seen at the previous tops.
