Stock Market Investing
Fiscal Cliff Fight Investment Losses
Despite the very public agreement to extend middle class tax cuts and increase taxes on the very rich, the fiscal cliff fight continues. Our concern in this investment column is fiscal cliff fight investment losses. One bright spot for those who believe in the right for parents to pass their wealth on to their heirs […]
Investing for a Tighter Budget
American may wish to start thinking about investing for a tighter budget. The United States Congress just agreed to raise taxes on income over $400,000 a year, extend unemployment benefits and a deal with a handful of items on the country’s economic plate. A huge sigh of relief was heard as congress seemed to finally […]
Will Stocks Fall off the Fiscal Cliff?
As minutes tick away before the end of 2012 we wonder if the juvenile behavior on Capitol Hill will give way to reason. Or will the economy falter? Will stocks fall off the fiscal cliff? Will the US be plunged back into a recession? In the last year we have written, hopefully, about the slow […]
Fiscal Cliff Fear Factor
The so called “fiscal cliff” is likely to be in the news for some time as Democrats and Republicans begrudgingly negotiate a compromise. But, will they negotiate a compromise or will both parties play to the media and their constituencies to the detriment of the American economy and the American people? What we refer to […]
Sound Investment Advice
In today’s world of electronic trading, hedge funds, and increasingly leveraged investments, it is time for some sound investment advice. Don’t get us wrong. If you can make money trading stocks, investing in hedge funds, or leveraging your investments good for you. However, many lost their retirement savings in the 2008 market crash. Many lost […]
Intrinsic Value of Overseas Investments
Long term investors in US stocks commonly look for intrinsic stock value before buying. In general, one looking for offshore investments should apply much of the same thinking when buying foreign stocks and engaging in other offshore investments. What is intrinsic stock value when we are considering the intrinsic value of overseas investments? At its […]
Invest in North American Automakers
The sales figures are out US auto sales for the last month and they look great! November US auto sales are as good as they have been since before the recession started. After dismal times, the bankruptcy of General Motors, and all it may be time to invest in North American automakers for the long […]
Invest in Colombia and the Peso
If ever the famous Baron Rothschild “blood in the streets” quotation about investing were to apply in the later 20 th and early 21 st century, it would apply in Colombia. Colombia is emerging from a three generation long period of civil strife. The civil war in Colombia began in the 1950’s. Rebels demanded land […]