Investing

When Investing Leave Your Herd Mentality at the Door

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Just like buffalo people often feel safer in herds.  In most situations this is not a problem, but in some instances (like investing) herds of people act more like lemmings than buffalo, which can land you in serious financial difficulty.  Here’s why. Ignoring Fundamental Analysis could Equal a Harmful Investment When looking at a potential portfolio, there are two types […]

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Investing when you think we're in a bubble

Retirement Investing

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Older investors are starved for income investments that don’t require them to take on undue risk. The days of 7% CDs are gone and not coming back any time soon. There are however, investments were we can still get decent yield if we’re willing to take on a little more risk and to more actively monitor our portfolio. In this article we’ll cover some of those.

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Real Estate Portugal

Is This the Time to Buy Real Estate in Portugal?

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The time to buy is when everyone else is selling. That holds true not only for stocks but also for commodities like Gold and Real Estate. Another truism is to buy when you least feel like buying. Right now an extremely out of favor asset is real estate in Portugal. They almost can’t give it away. Which is why we are taking a look at it today. In her article, Vivian Lewis gives us some great reasons to consider Portugal. 

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Silver Holdings

Is Recent Action in Silver Bullish or Bearish?

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Investors are quietly accumulating physical silver and silver ETF’s, while holdings in gold ETFs have plummeted. Meanwhile, the price of silver is drifting slightly lower. What does it mean and how can you profit? In today’s article Jeff Clark, Senior Precious Metals Analyst for Casey Research will look at these factors and where they are pointing.  ~Tim

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Risk

Alternatives to Trading in a Shaky Economy

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Almost six years later, the recession of 2007-2008 hovers on the edge of rearing its ugly head again unless the major world economies find a way to stabilize and steadily grow. The unemployment rate and the American economy have had some relief, however, the threat of another recession is very real. For example, imports and exports for the United States in 2012 were extremely lopsided with the weight on imports. The country accepted $2.09 trillion in imports but exported only $1.41 trillion. In other words, the U.S. had a net outflow of  .68 Trillion.  In the long run, this will be a drain on our economy. But what does that have to do with an individual?

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Three cheers for the Dow

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The Dow has been setting record highs for over a week now. You’d think the economy was booming or something. But as I’ve said before perhaps it is all just “funny money.”  Is it possible that even though inflation isn’t affecting the price of most commodities it is affecting the stock market? After all, if people are concerned about their future, rather than spending money they save it but if the banks aren’t paying enough interest to cover inflation perhaps you might consider putting it in a mutual fund?  That would drive up the price of stocks encouraging more people to choose mutual funds over banks. Hmmm.  In today’s article Eric Frye looks at the stock market in a very different way. 

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