DRIPs Many companies which pay dividends on their stock also offer dividend reinvestment plans, or DRIPs. Receiving a quarterly dividend check is nice, of course, but you’re probably not going to be receiving much at once, and many of us would be inclined to fritter that extra cash away. DRIPs help you make more effective […]
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2012 has been a tough year for people around the world. With the European debt crisis and high unemployment rates in the U.S., it is hard to decide where to invest to keep your money safe and to earn some interest without getting yourself into financial trouble. It is a fact that in order to make money
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Tax Deferred Retirement Income Being able to live a comfortable life once you retire is easier said than done in today’s economy. Many people who thought they were going to be able to retire were caught off-guard when the financial markets took a turn for the worse. While there are many different investing strategies that
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Students with a small amount of savings on the side might want to consider putting their nest egg in secure investments so that it grows over time. A savings account from a bank will hardly accrue any interest, and a CD will often yield little more. The obvious choices left are stocks and bonds, two of
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Euro-Crash In an interview with Louis James, world traveler and legendary speculator Doug Casey makes a compelling case for becoming a “permanent tourist” to be best able to survive the coming economic crash. Louis James: So Doug, you’re off to FreedomFest shortly, where people will be able to hear your latest thoughts on many subjects.
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According to Investopedia: Leverage is the use of various financial instruments or borrowed capital, such as margin, to increase the potential return of an investment. Leveraged Investing Exploded The World of Finance has gotten increasingily complex in the last five years. The collapse of some famous Banks like Lehman Brothers was laid firmly at the door of the problems related
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They say, “politics makes strange bedfellows” and nowhere is that more apparent than in the middle east. Oil and the massive investment returns it can bring can turn friends into enemies and enemies into friends in rather short order. Up until recently Turkey has been at odds with the Kurds in Northern Iraq but all that is
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Japanese Economy Japan has been the number 2 economy in the world for 40 years but in 2010 it fell to 3rd place as the economy of China has continued to grow while Japan has stagnated for the last decade. Japan has an aging population and a mature economy while China is growing rapidly. In
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Before Buying Stocks and Bonds Given the state of the economy over the last few years, it’s no wonder everyone’s safeguarding his or her money a little more carefully. From bailouts to budget cuts, the ebbs and flows of the world’s economy are evident but Buying Stocks and Bonds often allow you to get the most bang
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Contrarian Investing Are You Brave Enough to Buy Low? By Louis James, Casey Research This time last week, I was at the Cambridge House World Resource Investment Conference in Vancouver, BC. Usually the show is quite hopping, but this time, while there was the usual mob and there was standing room only at several of
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