Stock Investing Tips
Sound Stock Investing Principles
It was just after the stock market crash that ushered in the Great Depression that many investors learned the concept of fundamental analysis. Stock investing is not gambling. Smart investors seek to understand the factors that will drive a stock price up or down. They look at the price to earnings ratio of a stock […]
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 […]
Investing in Risky Stocks
Investing in volatile stocks can be profitable if your fundamental analysis indicates that a stock is underpriced. And investing in risky stocks of the volatile kind can be very dangerous if you neglect to do your homework. As all too many investors learned to their dismay in the 2008 market crash, big stocks are not […]
BRICS Development Bank Problems
There seem to be BRICS development bank problems even before the idea gets off the ground. In their recent summit in South Africa, the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa stated that they intend to create an international bank to support development in the developing world. The argument made by many in […]
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 […]
Declining Investment in China
According to a recent press release by Dow Jones there has been declining investment in China at the end of last year. The report notes a more than forty percent fall in venture capital infusion. Direct investment in China has been popular if not always profitable for years. A major issue that we have written […]