by Lilia Germann For many years, I have actively participated in the achievement of my financial goals by making sound investment decisions. When I first became an investor, my activity was limited to participation in a 401K program and several CD purchases. I met a financial planner that gave me life-changing advice. My new financial planner let me know that my current investment strategy would not be able to provide for me, financially, when I retired. The financial planner let me know that
Today domestic markets are likely to open negative as majority of Asian markets have opened in red. On the other hand US markets also closed will moderate losses as Chicago purchasing manager’s index dropped to 46.10 in the month of September as compared to 50 in August. The sentiments across the broader level looked strong during yesterday’s trade and therefore one could anticipate some consolidation happening at this level. The domestic markets are likely to trade range bound today.On Wednesda
Local indices are likely to witness a subdued start, snapping two-day gains, following weak global cues. The SGX Nifty futures for October 2009 expiry was down 33 points in Singapore. Volatility may rise in the truncated trading week, in the absence of any major trigger for sharp movements either side. The government will today unveil data on headline inflation for the year through 22 September 2009. Also the proposed $24 billion merger deal call-off between India's largest mobile services provi
Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed. – Mahatma Gandhi. Whether one should be greedy at this stage is a BIG question after such a stunning rally. We’ve come a long way in a year. The journey from the brink of Great Depression has been spectacular. The moot point is where do we go from here? The fact that so many people have missed the rally could ensure that the bulls maintain an upper hand.
My latest trip to Ecuador left me feeling like the California gold rush had arrived in Cotacachi Ecuador at least. There are numerous new projects underway… at least 200 houses and condos that I could count. This message looks at gold, but also delves into stores of value and why I prefer good value real estate in Ecuador, or wherever, over gold as an investment. Timber bricks and mortar can be more valuable than gold. These are the beams of a new premium house being built in Cotaca
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Two Dean Winchesters and a Watchman connection — that’s what this Thursday night’s new episode of the hit CW series Supernatural promises viewers as episode 5.04 The End airs at 9PM EST. In The End, which was written by Ben Edlund and directed by Steve Boyum, the viewers find that Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles) Winchester are still estranged from each other even though Sam has called his brother up to tell Dean he wants to rejoin him in the battle of the Apocalypse. Dean puts t
by John Browne – Senior Market Strategist, Euro Pacific Capital As a part-time member of the press corps, I had the good fortune to attend many of the public sessions at last week’s G-20 meeting in Pittsburgh. As impressive as it was to closely witness the gathering of countries representing some 85 percent of the world’s GDP (along with the governors of the World Bank, the IMF and the European Central Bank), it was equally remarkable to witness the immense security forces deployed to restrai
A few personal finance bloggers decided to participate in a friendly stock picking contest for 2009. The criteria was to pick four securities in equal dollar amounts listed on a Canadian or American exchange (not including derivatives) to just sit on for the duration of 2009 with no changes allowed. We are to provide updates every quarter and the contest ends on the last trading day of 2009. The initial prices were based on the closing prices of December 31st, 2008. Disclaimer My picks were
Hard to believe the 3rd quarter of 2009 is already up, but it is and my 4 stocks to buy in 2009 have kept rising; however, the million dollar question… have the 4 stocks already peaked and are they still good buys? Remember that the goal of this competition, between a few financial bloggers (rankings below), was to pick 4 stocks that we thought would perform the best over the ENTIRE year. Considering what we were looking at pre-2009, that was obviously a daunting task in itself. Before ge
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