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261. Industrial Revenue Bonds Overview By Paul Nicolosi
     Summary: Industrial Revenue Bonds have a variety of names and purposes, but there are three basic types of bond issuances as follows:' Tax Exempt - (Small Issue IDB's) Because the income derived by the bond holder is not subject to federal income tax, the maximum bond amount is $10 million in any given jurisdiction. Article: Industrial Revenue bridle have a variety of names and purposes, but there are three chaste types of bond issuances as fol…



262. Is Starting A Business For Me? What To Consider Before Starting A Business By Austen Osborne
     Summary: In addition, it is always wise buy a few pertinent general business books as most will encapsulate the basics of creating a successful business - The formula being remarkably consistent from sector to sector.Hope for the best but expect the worst!By definition most entrepreneurs are positive but ironically such optimism can often be their worst enemy, so always leave a sufficient financial safety blanket.Keep non-essential costs to a min…



263. Hedge Funds A Booming Market By Rafik Patel
     Summary: Rafik Patel, of FSP Search, in conversation with James Cullen about the growth in the hedge fund industry.Q1: As an introduction, can you give us a broad brush description of the hedge fund universe?The hedge fund industry consists of around 6,000 funds globally, and manages around $900 billion in assets. Many hedge funds are relatively young (less than five years old) and relatively small (less than $25 million under management), which…



264. Now is the Time to Invest for Your Retirement! By Scott Pearson
     Summary: Investors typically choose to take advantage of this through an Individual Retirement Account.Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) are excellent plans to build retirement savings. Depending on the type of IRA that you choose, contributions can be tax deductible and grow tax deferred or even tax free. Investments grow tax deferred with earnings taxed only at withdrawal.The Roth IRA- Annual contribution maximums are the same for both T…



265. Planning Starts with the Basics By Jonathan Citrin
     Summary: After listing all you earn and everything you spend, you can calculate your net cash flow by simply subtracting expenses from revenue.By analyzing your cash flow statement, you can more easily cut expenses and identify excess net cash to use towards your goals. Generally, someone with negative net cash flow should first concentrate on cutting expenses to achieve positive cash flow before attempting to save or invest towards any future go…



266. Porter's Five Forces Analysis By Chris Mallon
     Summary: Conversely, if a company sells to a few large buyers, those buyers will have significant leverage to negotiate better pricing.Some factors affecting buyer power are:Size of buyer ' larger buyers will have more power over suppliers.Number of buyers ' when there are a small number of buyers, they will tend to have more power over suppliers. Using Wal-Mart as an example, we find that suppliers have no power because Wal-Mart purchases in s…



267. Use this Simple Trick it's to Buy $100 Bills Direct from your Bank for only $97 By Mike Makler
     Summary: Your Bank is Selling $100 Bills for $97 Back up the SUV.The Equity in your Home is like that Bank. In Most cases the money you borrow is Tax Deductable while the money you place in the Equity Indexed Annuity is Tax Defered.Taking a Closer Look, If you Borrow money at 2% and turn around and get a return of 5% that means your net return is 3%. Article: Most People just don't understand the power of using their home as a Wealth Creation…



268. Opening an Investment Account By Charles Kassotis
     Summary: Generally speaking, the market will continue to pay dividends over time, but the path may get bumpy and you could even lose part of your investment in a bear market. Never invest more than you can afford to lose.The flip side of investing is that many people have earned comfortable dividends that built a retirement fund, put kids through college, or financed a new home. Although you may want to maintain bank savings accounts as well, an …



269. Brain Snappers and Other Wall Street Nonsense By Al Thomas
     Summary: Diversification, Price-to-earnings ratios, discretionary trading, lifting a leg (he's talking to you not your dog), leverage, divergence, fee-based compensation, escalator clause, tactical asset allocation and other mesmerizing words to place you in stupefying shock.Brokers do that to let you know that you don't know anything about the market and you must allow them to make decisions for you. Believe me you don't want to.When you are s…



270. Forex market offers opportunity and information By Jay Moncliff
     Summary: The forex market is what is called an international exchange currency market, where currencies are exchanged on a daily basis. Today, forex trading can be done from home on a computer.The forex market itself is basically a worldwide connection of traders, who make investment moves based on the price of currencies, or their values relative to other currencies. Article: The forex market is what is an international exchange currency mark…



271. Seven Investment Terms Everyone Should Know By Tim Gorman
     Summary: When investing money you must determine the amount of money you can lose before determining how much money you will invest and where you will invest it.* Compounding-Money made from an investment that will then be reinvested into the same or another investment to generate its own earnings.* Bonds-Money that is loaned to a company or the government at a specified interest rate. Article: For those who have never given their financial fut…



272. Advice for International Investors on How to Safeguard Their Profits By Gerron Woodruffe
     Summary: What are the risks?Today, investors are increasingly turning to global markets to find opportunities for profit, giving urgency to the issue of protecting returns from foreign exchange risk. An understanding of how currency rate movements can affect profits can help investors protect their bottom line from this uncertainty.A vivid example of how currency volatility can impact profits occurred in 2004. Read on to learn how easy it is to …



273. The Difference Between Investing and Trading By Rob Hall
     Summary: This is referred to as the "buy and hold" strategy.Real estate would be another example of investing, unless the property is purchased for quick flipping.Jewelry, art, stamps, and collectibles are still other examples of investing where they are kept for a long time in the hope their value appreciates.TradingTrading is also investing but the time frame for a return on that investment is a much shorter period, usually a matter of a few da…



274. Waiting 20 Years Can Cost You Millions - Don't Wait Start Today By Mike Makler
     Summary: If my young friend were to invest his $20 a Week and receive a 10% Return on his investment In 20 Years when he is 41 he will have a little over $66,000In 30 Years when he is 51 he will have a little over $198,000In 40 Years when he is 61 he will have a little over $550,000.In 45 Years when he is 66 He would have a little over 920,000In 50 Years when he is 71 He would have over $1,500,000. Article: Many Young people live for Today. …



275. Your Worst Enemy To Successful Investing - The Media By Ulli G. Niemann
     Summary: Beats me.Another problem with this approach is that many experts recommend different funds at different times, and, in an effort to be in the hot fund, investors keep moving from fund to fund.In the same breath, the experts are telling us to invest for the long term. Then, when our trend indicator signals a Buy, we select our mutual funds based on momentum figures for various time periods to arrive at the most promising fund(s) to use fo…



276. Oil and Gasoline Price Uncertainties By Arthur Eckart
     Summary: However, oil closed the week at $67.57 a barrel, while gasoline finished the week up 15%. Consequently, oil stocks may be in a volatile range over the next few weeks, along with the stock market in general.The first chart below is an OIH weekly chart. Volatility normally picks-up two weeks before options expiration.Economic reports next week are: Mon: None (market closed for Labor Day), Tue: Revised Productivity, and Fed's Beige Book, We…



277. The Era of Disaster Recovery and Prevention . . . And What It Means to Investors By Leon Altman
     Summary: The recovery from Katrina and Rita ushers in a new era of Disaster Recovery and Prevention. If many meterologists are correct, we may have entered a cycle of increasing frequency and severity of hurricanes.Combine the measures slated for homeland security, rebuilding the Gulf coast and the ramp-up of disaster prevention around the country and you have a near permanent state of disaster recovery and prevention.For some companies, let's …



278. Investing Pointers for Neophyte Investors By Tim Gorman
     Summary: The answers to these questions will be valuable guideposts for you in your venture into investing your funds.' What is your timetable for investing?' What sectors of industries are you interested in investing in?' What is the amount of funds you can safely use in investing in order to reach your goals?' Have you considered your short term financial needs or goals?' Do you plan to live off these investments in your retirement years?Determ…



279. Discover the Foundation of Retiring Wealthy - The IRA! By Dr. Scott Brown, Ph.D.
     Summary: It may seem a little confusing because since the original enactment of IRA legislation, several types of IRAs have been developed with a variety of characteristics that can meet your investment and retirement needs.The most common forms of the IRA are as follows. The traditional IRA gives you a tax deduction on all of your contributions to the account during your working years and taxes what you take out of the account in your retiremen…



280. Saving for Retirement: Why You Should Always Max out Your 401(k) By Teve Torbes
     Summary: One of the easiest and cheapest ways to make sure you've got enough money to actually be able to retire and not end up as a greeter at Wal-Mart to make ends meet is to max out your 401(k) every month.All you need to do is elect to contribute the maximum that your company's plan allows as a percentage of your income. Second, it's free money ' the money you save in taxes is money that you are throwing away. Article: Saving for retirement …



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