Profitable Investing
Investing in Ketchup
As a recipe for success in a slowly growing economy, a consortium including Berkshire Hathaway has decided that investing in ketchup is the way to go. An investment group that includes Berkshire Hathaway is putting up $28 Billion for a buyout offer for H. J. Heinz Company, the venerable maker of ketchup. As the offer […]
Managing Financial Investments
Profitable investing does not stop with picking sound investments. Getting into a good investment is one thing but managing financial investments is another. Managing financial investments requires a broad view of the intent and purpose of each investment. Managing financial investments also requires continual attention to each and every investment in your portfolio. While getting […]
Profitable Asset Management
Long term management of assets is more than learning fundamental analysis of stocks, diversification of a stock portfolio, and choosing high paying dividend stocks. Profitable asset management involves choosing between investments in real estate, offshore investments, growth markets at home and abroad, stable consumer products companies, and interest bearing investments. Profitable asset management often has […]
Reasonable Investment Advice
If you are wondering how to invest $10,000 you may not want anything fancy. You may just want reasonable investment advice. If the folks who invested all of their money with Bernie Madoff had it to do all over again they would go with reasonable investment advice and not get suckered into a pyramid scheme […]
Finding Good Financial Advisors
In difficult financial times one can still make money in investments. Part of what is needed is finding good financial advisors. No matter how skilled one is at technical and fundamental analysis of investments, there is no need to repeatedly reinvent the wheel. Finding good financial advisors does not mean that you must do everything […]
Investing for a Devalued Dollar
While fiscal cliff stock worries wax and wane, smart investors should be thinking about investing for a devalued dollar. One of the reasons for US fiscal problems is, in fact, an overly strong US dollar. Across the world countries that want to export goods to North America repeatedly purchase US dollars. One reason is that […]
Secure Investment Services
In trying times, investors seek the help of secure investment services. Many invested in hedge funds prior to the 2008 market collapse. They watched their hard earned lifetime assets evaporate virtually overnight. People who sought the services of investment services, such as that of Bernie Madoff, believed what they were told and believed that they […]
Investing and the Continuing Fiscal Cliff Drama
The President of the United States says that we “are not a deadbeat nation.” He states that the US must raise its debt limit to avoid another fiscal cliff situation. From the President’s point of view, Congress must pay for the bills that it has rung up. From the viewpoint of those who want to […]