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521. 15 Common Investing Pitfalls By Hari Wibowo
     Summary: The sooner you start, the longer time you let compounding do its magic and the larger your savings will be at retirement age.Investing based on stock tips. Stock tips are just that, tips. Doing your own due diligence is an absolute must even when you get stock tips from the so-called professional.Investing for the short-term. The easy access of internet makes it cheaper for small investors to buy stocks online. There are hundreds of othe…



522. Angel Investors: Who They Are & When Are They Appropriate By Dani Martin
     Summary: Recently, angel investing has become more organized, and angel groups often invest from $250,000 to $500,000 at a time to deserving ventures.Angel investors often have similar financing criteria as venture capitalists. They want to see proprietary intellectual property, a large market size, management team members with expertise and experience, and a current valuation that allows for a good return on investment.In identifying and attract…



523. Credit Scores = ROI Profits for Real Estate Investors By Jeanette Joy Fisher
     Summary: Also, good credit scores help you avoid garbage fees associated with nonprime loans.However, the real money making difference for real estate investors comes into play in the return on investment (ROI). The point: get your credit score over 720 so that when you're ready to buy investment property, you get the best return on your money.Copyright ' 2005 Jeanette J. Article: Strong credit saves real estate investors money on mortgage finan…



524. 5 Ways To Protect Your Bond Portfolio From Rising Interest Rates By David Twibell
     Summary: This could be just the tip of the iceberg, though, as many experts believe rising inflation and a strengthening economy will spur continued rate hikes for the foreseeable future.This is bad news for bond investors, since bonds lose value as interest rates rise. So, as rates rise and new bonds with higher coupon rates become available, investors are willing to pay less for existing bonds with lower coupon rates.So what can you do to pro…



525. Retesting the Top By Arthur Eckart
     Summary: However, the next few weeks may be volatile, because of the FOMC announcement Tuesday, earnings warning season in late September, end-of-the-quarter "window dressing," new money at beginning of quarter, and earnings reports in October.The SPX daily and monthly charts below show major resistance between the mid 1,240s and mid 1,250s, i.e. The SPX to U.S. Dollar ratio is near an all-time high, which suggests SPX will fall and the dollar wi…



526. Before You Invest You Must Read This By Steve Parsons
     Summary: It is important to answer the following questions before you begin to invest any of your money. You need to decide how much time, energy, and money you are going to need to invest in order to accomplish your short term goals. Establish a spending plan with the actual amount you have to invest- The prime force behind your investment opportunities will be the amount of money you have to invest. Do not over extend how much you can invest a…



527. Larry, Moe and Curley, Investment Brokers By Al Thomas
     Summary: Larry, Moe and Curley were sitting in their favorite restaurant just off Wall Street having their usual 3 martini lunch and were discussing the day's events and their client portfolios.Larry:'I had 12 calls this morning from customers wanting to know why the market was going down'.Moe: What did you tell them?'Curley: 'Yeah, what', taking another gulp of his libation.Larry: 'You know, the usual. Nyuk.'Yes, it may sound funny, but the…



528. Timeshare as an Investment By Don Philpott
     Summary: Don't get drawn in by some slick sales pitch into buying an interest in a property if you are not likely to stay there and never ever buy a property purely as an investment.If you buy a timeshare in a resort that you love and you plan on vacationing there every year, then it will turn out to be a great investment especially if you take into account savings on hotels over the years and other factors, says Patrick E. Article: The most imp…



529. Market Experience of a Naïve Stock Operator By Gautam Dev
     Summary: Sometime in the third quarter of 1997, someone told me that I should play the stock market. You can not buy or sell them, at least in the beginning.So I learn how to get quotes, how to put an order to buy or sell stocks: market order, limit order, stops order etc. I learn that a market order is an order to buy a stock such that , when one buys a stock at some price, then it immediately goes down. This sounds well and good, but actually …



530. The Difference Between Down and Out By Hari Wibowo
     Summary: If the answer is yes to both questions, then the company in question is most likely is just down, but not out.Company that is Out. This is the company that experiences problem but its future existence might be in doubt. The latest information on Pfizer shows that the company has $ 15 Billion of cash and equivalent and $ 5.517 Billion in long term debt. If AMR doesn't turn its ship anytime soon, it might be forced to file bankruptcy.To co…



531. Better Investing Made Easy By Mika Hamilton
     Summary: If there were one piece of advice that an investor could ask for, the question would probably be something like 'What do I need to do to invest better?' Better investing choices are sought by investors every day. They are, however, asking the wrong questions.Instead of asking 'How can I make better investments,' they should be asking 'How can I discern better investment choices?' While everyone is looking for that one hot investment …



532. Investing and the Fear of Regret and Greed By Ioannis - Evangelos Haramis
     Summary: People tend to feel sorrow and grief after having made an error in judgement.Investors deciding whether to sell or buy a security are typically emotionally affected by whether the security was bought or sold for more or less than the current price.One theory is that investors avoid selling stocks that are going down, in order to avoid the fear, pain and regret of having made a bad investment. Article: People tend to feel sorrow and gri…



533. Volatile Oil By Arthur Eckart
     Summary: Consequently, oil stocks followed the sharp move in oil prices last week.The first chart is an OIH (basket of oil stocks) daily chart, which suggests a consolidation or correction over the next few weeks. However, a volatile trading range may continue next week, perhaps between 1,200 and 1,235.Next week is a light economic data week: Mon: None, Tue: Existing Home Sales, Wed: Durable Goods Orders and New Home Sales, Thu: Unemployment Clai…



534. Options Education: Financing the Calendar! By Harald Anderson
     Summary: If Gold is trading at $800 an ounce come December 2004 and you have not offset this option you are obligated to make delivery of Gold to the Option purchaser at the originally agreed upon price of $500 an ounce. However, if this same trader now SOLD (1) GOLD December $500 Gold Call Option (NOTE THAT THE DECEMBER OPTION WILL EXPIRE BEFORE the March Option) and collected a premium payment of $300 they have in effect reduced their initia…



535. Playing With Money - And Making More By Steven Gillman
     Summary: An auction near us lets anyone in, with no fee to enter - just a 25% commission on anything sold.Playing With The Casino's MoneyWhen I worked the roulette wheel at a casino I saw many people foolishly writing down the numbers that came up. A number pays 35 to 1, but one of the numbers, due to manufacturing imperfections or whatever, was appearing 1 in 27 spins, instead of the average 1 in 38 spins.He bet $10 a spin, and he profited $80 f…



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