Shiny Things...Another Look at Gold
Gold has become even more alluring since I warned you off of thinking about it several months ago. During that time, I suggested that the markets would see some recovery and that recovery, coupled with a technique used by gold producers to inflate the price of the metal ending soon, would bring the price down to its past 22 year trading range.
The Lonely Investor
Professor David Riesman wrote a book in 1950 that became the sociological handbook for direction. This scholarly work looked at population in relation to the way its people acted given certain technological advances. Borrowing from his book, we ask, what kind of investor are you?
Balance Matters
The days of double digit expectations are over. Now the word is balance.
ReAllowance
If you are using a broker to buy mutual funds, are they interested in your return, or the reallowanceoffered to their firm?
Parental Guilt
They are getting older and it might be time to think about them as part of your future plans. Could the pressure of aging parents have an effect on your financial plans?
Focus on Risk
It is important to remember that volatility tells us nothing about risk, amounting to a statistic that is more probability than fact. The real risk, according to Robert Jeffery is "in holding a portfolio that might not provide its owner...with the cash he requires to make essential outlays."
Golden Opportunity?
Along with the Dow futures, the Nasdaq futures, and the S&P futures, all considered market indicators, suddenly gold was being tracked as it climbed north of the $300 an ounce mark, priced as bullion.
When to Sell
Funds falter, markets stumble, and things change. You change.Do you know when to sell your mutual fund?
If Equities Stumble...
The National Association of Real Estate Trusts reported that mortgage REITs returned 77.3% total return in 2001. So what about 2002? Many mutual fund managers have conservatively estimated that the sector will return in the 7-10% range for the year. But that may be just a little too conservative.
So what is a REIT?
Readers ask about Bonds
The bond market boom might be over, but readers are still interested in this mystifying investment.
The Thirty Year Note
The 30 Year Treasury Note has been cancelled. Does this mean that the one last bastion of economic stability, the housing market, might miss the recession completely?
Sage Advice
The investment community has trotted out some of their old sages to help with the lack of optimism, and read the color right back into the current economy. But will a fresh coat of paint actually help matters, or merely mask what couldn't be fixed?
Hiring Out
This is certainly the perfect environment to ramp up the efforts at convincing you that you can not go it alone. What happens when the thought of educating yourself becomes something you don't want to do? You Hire Out
A New Post Bubble Fund
Success in mutual fund investing has had different definitions in recent years. What do you do now?
Star Spangled Investing
Thinking about a patriotic investment?