Speculator or Investor, Which are You?

A Speculator has different goals and style from an Investor.  Which is best?  Today, we’re continuing the series on asset allocation. “As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the body is formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things.” (Ecclesiastes […]

Do aggressive investors hit home runs?

Should you be an aggressive investor? After reading the last section, you might think that the correct answer is to not be one of those aggressive investors.  This is true in some ways.  However, in other ways it can be dangerous to think that you can avoid all risk because you don’t consider yourself to […]

How active do you want to be in your money management?

Is active money management a good idea?  Solomon had an interesting take… “If clouds are full of water, they pour rain upon the earth. Whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where it falls, there will it lie. Whoever watches the wind will not plant; whoever looks at […]

How Do Falling Interest Rates Affect Bonds?

Falling Interest Rates are much more exciting for someone who owns bonds.  We looked at the affects of rising interest rates recently and now we’ll examine the opposite scenario. This scenario would work to your benefit as the holder of the original bond.  If you own the same bond we mentioned previously with a $1000 […]

Economic Outlook & Stock Market Indicators Video – Pt 1

This economic outlook video looks into factors affecting the world & US economy as well as the stock market.  You can find all the economic update videos here.  In this economic update, we look at factors such as problems in the banking industry, Pension problems for US cities, the double dip beginning in housing, sentiment […]

Do You Have Control over the Return for your Investment?

Which of the characteristics which will generate the return on your investment do you control?  Is the investment active or passive?  What happens is the investment spins out of control?  Do you have any ability to right the ship?  Or could the investment destroy the capital you’ve invested while you sit helplessly by watching it […]

What is a Bond?

What is a bond?  Everyone has heard of bonds, but do you know what a bond is?  Most people have some vague idea, but when pressed, can’t exactly explain what they are or how they work.  The bond market is far larger than the stock market and you absolutely must understand it to comprehend the […]

What’s the safest kind of Bond?

A bond is a promise to pay you a stream of future payments with your principle being returned at the end of the holding period.  We’ve been discussing asset management in a crazy economy.  In the last couple posts, we began looking at the devastating effects of inflation on a bond.  Today we’ll look at […]

Alternative Energy Source Investing

Most alternative energies are still incredibly inefficient for real world use.  We’ve been discussing asset management in a crazy economy.  We’ll continue the series on energy that we’ve been at for many posts in a row.  Even though alternative energy is inefficient, some governments of the world try to fix this by giving subsidies to […]

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