Investing/Trading
Cell Phone Tower Site Leases
Interesting and potentially quite profitable investments are cell phone site leases. These investments pay regularly and commonly have an escalator clause that increases lease payments every year. Cell phone tower site leases tend to be very stable and secure investments because cell phone networks depend upon these sites. Cell phone companies put up cell towers […]
Smart Cell Tower Investing
An investment that fits into the skill set of a smart long term investor is cell phone tower investment. A cell phone tower or cell site is where the phone company places a base receiver station or mobile phone mast. This technology allows for use of cell phones throughout the entire service area of the […]
Make Money on Cell Tower Investing
There are more investing opportunities in the world than just stocks and bonds. One excellent opportunity right in your neighborhood is cell phone tower investment. Just what are cell towers and how do they translate into investment opportunity? Cell towers or cell sites hold the mobile phone masts (base receiver stations) that connect the mobile […]
Russian Chinese Energy Agreement
The new Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, signed a Russian Chinese energy agreement set to provide the still-growing Chinese economy with oil and natural gas for years to come. China has worked hard to secure sources of energy for its economy for years. The thriving Chinese economy and large cash reserves have been indispensable in the […]
Raiding Personal Savings Accounts to Pay off Government Debt
According the news, EU officials are telling Cyprus that in order to get more bailout money Cyprus needs to start raiding personal savings accounts to pay off government debt. Some of this has to do with allegations of money laundering for the Russian mafia but it will surely hit hard at families who have put […]
Investment and the Time Value of Money
Time value is usually an expression used in options trading. When an options contract has a while to run before expiration it is said to have time value. Anything can happen so the price of the options contract may well rise or fall. Here we are concerned about investment and the time value of money. […]
Time to Sell Gold
With gold having its worst beginning of the year in more than two decades, is it time to sell gold? Many big gold investors seem to think so. More than $5 Billion was sold from gold exchange traded funds in a month. Part of this may be that investors are moving their money from gold […]
Profitable Investment Alternatives
Perhaps you have had your money in a mutual fund and are dismayed at poor returns and occasional losses. Maybe your money was in a hedge fund that went down in flames in the 2008 market crash. And, it might be that you invested in South Florida real estate just before the bubble burst. If […]
Invest in Post War Syria
The tide has turned in the grueling Syrian Civil War. Opposition forces have taken another town in the North. United States has stated its willingness to provide non-lethal support for the rebels. The Syrian Opposition is already receiving arms from the likes of Saudi Arabia. Many believe that it is only a matter of time […]
Find Practical Investments
There is often too much hype that attends investing advice. With people selling investment products, trading products, and various services, it is too easy to miss the investing forest for all of the investment product and service trees. Many folks would just like to find practical investments. Mind you, we are not talking about the […]