What about Tax Deferred Retirement Accounts? According to Investopedia: The most common types of tax-deferred investments include those in individual retirement accounts (IRAs) and deferred annuities. By deferring taxes on the returns of an investment, the investor benefits in two ways. The first benefit is tax-free growth: instead of paying tax on the returns of […]
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Cashing In On Japan’s Debt Conundrum? By Robert Ross, Casey Research On the heels of Fitch’s sovereign credit downgrade to A plus (the fifth-highest investment grade), Japan’s government debt continues to swell. With its debt at over 200% of its GDP, the Land of the Rising Sun appears to be embarking on a trek into
Who’s Winning and Who’s Losing from Facebook’s Botched IPO By Adam J. Crawford, Casey Research In less than a week’s time, the Facebook IPO has gone from the most-hyped technology event since Google went public into “blame-storming” mode. Details concerning the stock’s sudden drop, the market’s inability to process orders, and the (mis)behavior of insiders
The moving average is a simple tool designed to help you easily determine the underlying financial trend of a stock, bond, commodity, mutual fund, or any other financial instrument. According to Wikipedia a moving average is “commonly used with time series data to smooth out short-term fluctuations and highlight longer-term trends or cycles. The threshold between short-term
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Is Economic Volatility Coming? Source: Karen Roche and JT Long of The Gold Report (5/9/12). One special session at the April 27–29 Casey Research Recovery Reality Check Summit wasn’t on the agenda—a private panel for The Gold Report readers with three of the premier summit speakers: Global Resource Investments Founder and Chairman Rick Rule, Casey
Rick Rule’s Primer on Contrarian Speculation In an interview with Louis James, Rick Rule provides an excellent summary of what contrarian speculation investment is and makes a powerful case that the current metals climate means gold stocks are the play to make. [If you weren’t present at this timely summit, you can still learn the
Buy Rental Property or a REIT? Although many individuals prefer rental units as additional income, one of the last things you probably want to do in your retirement is to find renters and deal with the drama that comes from having them rent for you. You have to find tenants with reliable income, continue to
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Mutual Funds Even in the wake of the Great Recession, the mutual fund has proven itself a worthy investment for the average person. In fact, many people are actually looking towards mutual funds as their hedged bet into the world of variable investments. In order to fully understand how to invest in a mutual fund,
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By Tim McMahon, editor What Are Structured Bonds? First let’s look at what makes up a bond. A bond is a form of debt where a company borrows money from investors and has a certain expiration date called a “Maturity Date”. The interest rate that the company pays is called the “coupon rate.” One advantage
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By Jeff Clark, Casey Research Let’s explore the advantages of saving in gold and silver over dollars. Here’s a hypothetical look at what could occur over the remainder of this decade. The charts below compare saving $100/month in gold and silver vs. an interest-bearing money-market account. For our projections, we assumed gold’s average annual gain
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