Does Your Investment Depend upon the Current Market Conditions?
Is the market which you are looking at investing into on a roll? Are you betting on this continuing? Might that be your undoing? Today, we’ll continue looking at methods of due diligence. It is human nature to see big gains being made in a market and feel left out of all the money making. […]
Merry Christmas!
We wanted to stop for a moment from our financial writing and wish you and your family a wonderful and joyful season worshipping the Lord. God is the Creator of family and it is through this institution which He teaches us. He gave His only begotten Son unto death in order that you and I […]
Foreign Bonds & Emerging Market Bonds
Foreign Bonds or Emerging Market Bonds, which is better? The United States is obviously not the only country which issues bonds. You can buy foreign bonds issued by other industrial power governments as well as foreign corporations. As mentioned previously, you have currency risk when you go outside the US Dollar with your investments, but […]
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 […]
Is the Fed Printing Money?
Printing money? We’ve been telling you for a year that it could destroy our way of life and that our Government, Wall Street, & particularly The Fed are trying to get us there as quickly as possible. A week ago, Jon Stewart of Comedy Central pointed out one of the many lies and incompetencies of […]
Types of Bonds
What types of bonds can you invest in and how are they different? As we’ve been alluding, there are many types of bonds, including: municipal, US government, foreign government, corporate, mortgage-backed or asset-backed securities, and agency bonds. Preferred Stocks are also very similar to bonds and in fact are much more similar to what we’re […]
Does Your Investment Offer Immediate Cash Flow?
How do you know if an investment is profitable? The quickest and surest way to know is if it pays you. Preferably often and amply! We’re going to break away from our discussion of bonds to examine why…Cash flow is the truest measure of the success of an investment. Sometimes the best speculations might demand […]
Bonds Are Guaranteed, But Are They Risky?
Bonds, Are they Safe? Bonds are always issued as a guarantee, but there are substantial risks hidden within this guarantee. Credit/default risk is the question of whether or not the company or government will be able to pay you back as they have promised. They must pay you back, but if they don’t have the […]
How Secure is Your Investment Exit Strategy?
Most investors never fully think through the exit strategy for an investment. They get so carried away thinking about how well they will do with an investment that they don’t take the time to carefully think about how they will ensure the final profitable resolution of the deal. We’ll take a break from our discussion […]
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 […]