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1. The Truth About Real Estate Investing - Is It Right For You? By Dr. Scott Brown, Ph.D.
   Summary: Then these real estate investment course promoters show 'actual' interviews of people who have reportedly made gobs of money with the course system.Although it is true that fortunes can be made in real estate it is actually more likely that it will be the guru owner of the real estate course than you! They damage houses and are down the street as soon as they get a little cash out of the hapless real estate investor.It also takes many …



2. The Art Of Exponential Money Generation By Martin Thomson
   Summary: When you take possession of the portable VALUE stored in the Investment Object that you exchanged for capital and that Value was worth MORE then the Capital you exchanged, you effectively illiminate ALL risk from the Investing Equation.Put another way, if a stranger was on the street selling 1 dollar notes for 70 cents and they were certified, bonafide bank notes. We seek out these individuals because they have the proper government cred…



3. Market Rotation By Arthur Eckart
   Summary: However, the Oscillator suggests it's more likely SPX will trade in a range, perhaps for several weeks, and then rally.The second chart is an SPX daily year-to-date chart. However, perhaps, SPX will not pullback below the high 1,170s early next week before rising higher, perhaps to 1,192 sometime next week.The bulk of third quarter earnings, and fourth quarter guidance, will take place over the next two weeks. Article: SPX is needle str…



4. Investment Strategies for Novices By Mika Hamilton
   Summary: With so many options available, novices might think that investment is just a matter of choice. Asset allocation also helps you lower your investment risks, without diluting your investment goals.As a first-time investor, you must also include the time frame and tolerance for risk in your strategy because your choice of investments depends upon these two factors. Article: With so many options available, novices might think that investm…



5. Love The Thrill of Risk? Invest in an Annuity! By Stephen Bucaro
   Summary: Annuities offer a higher interest rate than CD's, but are they safe?You could view an annuity as a tax deferred CD. But there are some important differences between an annuity and a CD.An annuity is a product offered by an insurance company. If they go bankrupt, we'll have more to worry about than just losing our savings!A new type of annuity called a charitable gift annuity has come on the market recently. Article: With the stock marke…



6. Why You Need To Buy and Sell Gold Coins (Part 2) By Steve Renner
   Summary: How to Collect Rare Coins For Fun and ProfitTime has proven that collectors tend to make the most money in rare coins because they search out "undervalued coins" and buy during market lulls. Together, we can help you define your areas of interest, your investment goals, and our team of specialists can then guide you to a specific area of U.S. Coins designed to be both profitable and extremely enjoyable.THE FOUR FACTORS FOR SUCCESS ' To …



7. Invest Now for Dividends Later By Charles Kassotis
   Summary: If you do this for several months, you will soon learn to understand more about the stock market and how to buy and sell like the pros.Even if your budget is tight, try to set aside a little money to open an investment account from any windfalls that come your way from job bonuses, inheritances, or cash gifts. This could take the form of a Roth IRA (individual retirement account), a money market fund, a mutual fund portfolio, or individu…



8. Annuity Investment - The Whole Truth By Tony Bahu
   Summary: Do you ever feel like you haven't been told the whole truth? They want to know the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.And when you think of investments, annuities are always one of the options. I recently published a highly controversial document titled "Annuities: The Shocking Truths Revealed." It means knowing whether you've been told the truth and sold the truth or just another lie to get you to buy. Article: Do y…



9. The Commitments of Traders Report: How To Profit From Legal Inside Information By Larry Holmes
   Summary: The Commitments of Traders report (COT) is a weekly government report that is extremely valuable in knowing what the "smart money" is doing in various futures markets. That's OK, because it's timely enough to be valuable.The column headings at the top of the report will be labeled NON-COMMERCIAL, COMMERCIAL, and NONREPORTABLE POSITIONS.When an account is reported to the CFTC as holding positions above the specified reporting level numbe…



10. Income Investing: Selecting the Right Stuff By Steve Selengut
    Summary: Other gurus will suggest the purchase of shorter-term bonds or CDs (ugh) to stem the tide of the perceived erosion in portfolio values.There are two important things that your mother never told you about Income Investing: (1) Higher Interest Rates are good for investors, even better than lower rates, and (2) Selecting the right securities to take advantage of the interest rate cycle is not particularly difficult.Higher Interest Rates are…



11. Is a SEP Plan Right For Your Business By Daniel Lamaute
    Summary: Thus, the employee has the right to take his SEP IRA account money with him whenever he stops working for the company.Any size business can establish a SEP, but the SEP retirement plan is utilized mostly by the self-employed and the small business with few employees. However, you can exclude from participating in the SEP plan anyone who:' Has not worked for the company during three out of the last five years.' Has not reached age 21 dur…



12. Seecrets on Investment: Tired of Making Huge Losses in the Stock Market – Part 1 By Stan Seecrets
    Summary: Most of us are familiar with this typical headline: 'Whiz kid makes stock picks that outperform the market than most fund managers'. Joseph Granville, a market technician, started his newsletter (Gransville Market Letter) in 1963 and is still going strong at age 80+. This author suspects that his loyal customers are those who can form their own opinions and views on the market but, they are receptive to a different perspective or viewpo…



13. Guru Focused: Robert Olstein’s Short Sells By Charlie Tian
    Summary: While it is rather rare that value gurus sell stocks short, Robert Olstein has been selling short in his Financial Alert Fund. As of the end of the first quarter, his shorting position in CSC totaled 504,500 shares with an average price of $42. He sold short 1,195,500 shares of FLE at about $9.2 per share in the first quarter of 2005. Article: While it is rather rare that value gurus sell stocks short, Robert Olstein has been selling s…



14. The Roth IRA: Never Pay Taxes On Retirement Savings Again By Larry Holmes
    Summary: The Roth IRA is the simplest, easiest, most effective tax-free savings plan imaginable. So if you don't need the money you can just keep letting your account grow, free of taxes, for as long as you want.Early Withdrawals Withdrawals from a traditional IRA or an employer-sponsored retirement plan before the age of 59 1/2 could led to taxes and penalties. So a Roth also has an advantage over other retirement plans if you plan to retire ea…



15. Risk and Reward By John McKeon
    Summary: Wrong.Diversification is great, but you should still be aware of the risk and reward because even indexes of the entire market have a risk and a reward, depending on the length of time invested. What is the % of risk on each stock position in the portfolio and what is the risk to the total portfolio. Buying 1% risk on IBM and 1% on Dell and 1% on Hewlard Packard is a 3% risk because they all sell the same productsDon't risk more than 20…



16. An Introduction to Offshore Investing By Jeremy Pickles
    Summary: Again, residents of the USA in particular are not acceptable as clients in many offshore investment funds, but this can be worked around by establishing a suitable offshore company or trust.It is most important that you do not engage any professional advisors who are 'foreign' to the offshore investment field. Once you are happy with the safety of your investment in a particular country you need to perform thorough due diligence on the p…



17. Retirement Is A Scary Proposition If You're Without A Plan, And Running Out Of Time By C.C. Collins
    Summary: I have written a book on the subject called 'Scientific Wealth Strategies.' You can find it at http://wealthscientist.comI also have some more retirement strategies and resources located here: http://wwww.retirementinfo4u.comWhatever your situation is right now, how much time you have left to make a change, and how much you calculate your need to be for a comfortable retirement, you cannot benefit from leaving things as they are.Only …



18. Should You Put Your Annuity in an IRA? By Tony Bahu
    Summary: Let me start by answering that question...if an annuity fits your investment objectives than there is no reason that an annuity should not go in your IRA. There are many benefits an annuity can offer and if these benefits match your needs, than I can truly say, it may be appropriate.However, before you invest in an annuity, or anything for that matter, it makes sense to know what's right for your particular situation. Article: Let me …



19. Stock Market Leaders and Laggards By Chris Perruna
    Summary: Leaders are stocks that breakout immediately when the market confirms a new rally. This doesn't mean that they can't have a nice run, it just means that the chances for failure are higher because 'dumb money' may be bidding up the cheaper stock in that particular group.The 'smart money', otherwise know as institutions may have ran up stock 'XYZ' for 3 months and will most likely allow weak holders to sell before they resume the advance.…



20. Retirement – It's Sooner Than You Think!! (Honestly) By Kate Hufstetler
    Summary: Plus, we all hear the news periodically that there might not be any Social Security around when we get older and need it.And as a further WAKE UP call, I found a calculator which estimated (without Social Security):a couple at 40bringing in $90k a year (together)with very modest investmentswould need to save an additional $2,690,000.00 ( yes 2 million +) in order to retire at 65-- OR ' plan on working an additional 29 years!!Now before y…



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