February 11th, 2008
I will never forget my first investing lesson, not because the effects hurt me that much, but because it is a simple mistake that a lot of people make. From that day on I vowed never to make such an avoidable obstacle a problem again.
It was in the early summer of 06, I was [...]
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February 7th, 2008
Wow we’re already on Part IV if this research mini series. I hope you found the previous 3 indicators helpful. It is always important to do your research before putting your name on the dotted line and I hope this series will improve the quality of your research.So Part IV is Total Sales, total [...]
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February 7th, 2008
Forget about your ancestor’s traditional way of buying and selling Fortune 500 stocks on the Dow Jones or Nasdaq. Move over 401k and Pension, the 24/7 worldwide Foreign Currency Exchange has arrived. The term is on every website and every blog. It’s Forex- The Foreign Currency Exchange.
So what is traded? Currency. All types of currency [...]
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February 6th, 2008
Help! The Economy is borderline recession and my stocks are dropping, how can I save my money?
Some of us have either put our money away in a low interest savings account or a C.D. for a period of 1-5 years. All are financially stable options and are based on both the Fed rate and interest [...]
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February 5th, 2008
Everybody knows the saying “Buy low, sell high”, its the basic goal of every single investment. All it means is that you should sell something for more then you purchased it for and thus generate a profit. It is very simple to understand but a bit harder to put into practice. Hard enough that many [...]
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February 4th, 2008
First off I would like to welcome Cameron to the blog, he has already made his first post so I hope you like it. Him and I have experience and knowledge in different areas so we should be able to expand our range of topics.
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So now that you’ve taken a look at the population growth [...]
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January 30th, 2008
Now that you’ve got a handle on how important population is to the real estate market it is time to move on. And the next important market indicator is….
Employment Rates: If population can have effect it stands to reason that the employment rate will also be a factor. If there is a high unemployment [...]
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January 28th, 2008
This week is going to be devoted to real estate and more specifically analyzing real estate markets. It is always important to do your due diligence when investing money and real estate is no exception. The idea behind this mini-series is to help people grasp a stronger understanding of what indicators can help predict [...]
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January 24th, 2008
Financial freedom is the idea that you no longer need to work in order to maintain your desired lifestyle. Which means that all your expenses are covered by your cash flow, this income should be passive in one way or another. It needs to be passive so that the cash flow is not tied to [...]
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January 20th, 2008
I thought I would start off the week with 5 reasons to invest in real estate. As many of you may already know real estate is a very powerful vehicle. In fact 90% of millionaires made their first million in real estate. That is one statistic that is hard to ignore. So without further delay [...]
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