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161. Begging Your Trust in Africa By Sam Vaknin
     Summary: The syntax is tortured, the grammar mutilated, but the message - sent by snail mail, telex, fax, or e-mail - is coherent: an African bigwig or his heirs wish to transfer funds amassed in years of graft and venality to a safe bank account in the West. But only one in ten successful crimes is reported, says the FBI's report.The IFCC provides this advisory to potential targets:Be skeptical of individuals representing themselves as Nigerian…



162. Four Key Components To Building A Trading System By James Brumley
     Summary: Need some insight on what you should really be striving for when you're building a mechanical trading system? That allows you to allocate just a portion of your portfolio, say 10% per trade, into the trading system to give you some real-life trading results. Or, if the market is losing ground, is your system at least profitable to some degree.PITFALLS: Many system builders run a hypothetical trading system over a long period of time (li…



163. 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…



164. "In a Time of Need" By Kenneth Stephan
     Summary: We will have to re-think our strategies in order to accommodate the client's ever-evolving needs, both financial and emotional.Throughout an active career it is inevitable that most of us in providing financial advice will come into contact with grieving clients at some time. When needed, the advisor will request the assistance of an attorney and a tax accountant to settle the estate.The confidence and guidance of a trusted financial a…



165. What Can We Learn From Warren Buffett? By Larry Holmes
     Summary: He sells them when he is no longer comfortable with the business a company is in.His current portfolio is allocated in 30.4% cash, 16.0% bonds, 29.0% publicly traded stocks, and 24.7% private businesses. Six years ago his allocation was 5.0% cash, 39.2% bonds, 51.2% public stocks, and 4.7% private businesses. So, compared to six years ago, he's emphasizing cash and private investments and de-emphasizing stocks and bonds.What can we learn…



166. When NOT to Invest By Ioannis - Evangelos Haramis
     Summary: Unfortunately, many investors who are seduced by the lure of easy money try to become "active" investors before they have the skills, the resources, or the appropriate intellectual framework to do so.This is not to say that investing in stocks is extraordinarily difficult ... In fact, for every amount of money that outperforms the market, somebody else's money is not doing quite so well!How can you tell if you are ready to become an "ac…



167. A Safe Port For Mutual Funds But Not You! By Dr. Scott Brown, Ph.D.
     Summary: Soft dollars, a form of legal kickback, is a sly way you can get ripped off by mutual fund managers. The best way to avoid these losses altogether is to restrict your purchases of mutual funds to your 401(k) and try to only buy indexed mutual funds such as the Vanguard 500 (VFINX). Article: Soft dollars, a form of legal kickback, is a sly way you can get ripped off by mutual fund managers. Full service brokers give these kickbacks …



168. How to Invest Your Money By John Mussi
     Summary: It's important that you go into any investment in stocks, bonds or mutual funds with a full understanding that you could lose some or all of your money in any one investment.Diversification:It is true that the greater the risk, the greater the potential rewards in investing, but taking on unnecessary risk is often avoidable. Investors can best protect themselves against risk by spreading their money among various investments, hoping that…



169. Risk Versus Reward By Hari Wibowo
     Summary: In all investing situations, we will be confronted with both risk and reward. The most common investment opportunity I have seen is low risk - low reward, low risk- high reward, big risk - big reward, big risk - low reward.Big risk - low reward opportunities are everywhere. Article: In all investing situations, we will be confronted with both risk and reward. I cannot think of any investments that offer no risk with big reward. The mos…



170. Well Managed Investing Risks Bring Rewards! By Ioannis - Evangelos Haramis
     Summary: The choice ranges from conservative to aggressive, with a broad middle ground between the extremes.Conservative Investing: Means putting money where there's little risk to principal.Moderate Investing: Means taking risks by putting money into growth stocks and bonds.Aggressive or Speculative Investing: Means taking a possible risk of losing part of your investment in exchange for the possibility of making a larger profit.The ideal risk e…



171. What Does It Mean When a Stock Has Gone "Parabolic"? By Larry Potter
     Summary: As a rule of thumb, investors should regard such reports as warnings.News about a company can often drive the price of its stock quickly to the upside as new investors and day traders jump on the bandwagon. What happens is the stock price simply continues to rise without pause as more and more investors create what appears to be a never-ending cycle of higher prices each trading day. The process can continue for a number of weeks as the …



172. Value Investing By David Pakman
     Summary: By definition, value investing is the process of selecting stocks that trade for less than their intrinsic value. Value investor extraordinaire Warren Buffett has used this style to become a billionaire.It's important to keep in mind that value investing is not concerned with how much the price of a stock has risen or fallen necessarily, but rather what is the "intrinsic" or inherent value of the stock, and is it currently trading below…



173. The High Price of Oil By Arthur Eckart
     Summary: Persistently high oil prices will eventually slow economic growth, which in turn will cause oil prices to fall, ceritus paribus.The two charts below are same period daily charts of SPX (S&P 500) and OIH (an oil ETF, which is a basket of oil stocks). The high price of oil tends to slow economic growth rather than cause inflation (in part, because the high price of oil is a tax on consumption, which lowers demand for non-energy goods).The …



174. Investing 101: Risk Terminology - BETA By Harald Anderson
     Summary: A BETA greater than 1.00 reflects above average market volatility, and a BETA of less than 1.00 indicates below average market volatility. When a BETA is less than zero it indicates that the stock moves contrary to the general market, going down in bull markets and rising in bear markets.. Article: About thirty years ago, statisticians cloaked with all of their statistical theories began to confront the financial markets. A handful o…



175. Find Your Investing Soulmate on the Jersey Turnpike By Hesh Reinfeld
     Summary: As a followup to a previous column, 'Irreconcilable Differences,' I received an e-mail from a reader asking how she could ensure, ahead of time, investment compatibility with a future spouse.Unfortunately, like most issues in life, the direct approach does not work. Does he scan the mass of opportunities and abruptly cut across eight lanes of traffic to get into the shortest lane? He realizes that the lane that moves the fastest cannot …



176. 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…



177. 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…



178. Before You Start Investing By Quoc Nguyen
     Summary: There maybe several reasons why you to want to invest your money. Paying down that loan is like investing your money in stocks with a 10% annual return without tax consequences and risk free. Paying down your mortgage:If you want to pay down your mortgage earlier than required, compare your mortgage interest rate to an investment that you intend to invest in to make your decision. Another reason that you may not want to pay down your m…



179. 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 …



180. Franchise Opportunity Sellers Beware; franchise buyers lie on forms? By Lance Winslow
     Summary: It seems completely absurd that franchise buyers lie about their financial position, available cash and abilities in order to buy a franchise. If you wonder why franchisors make franchise buyers fill out forms and ask lots of questions it is because 75% or more of every franchise inquiry to a franchise company is misrepresentative of their reality. A franchise opportunity seller should beware of franchise buyers lying on forms.Why do we…



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