Basics of Successful Investing I
Successful investing is not a matter of luck, tips or playing the market. Three basics of successful investing are sound fundamental analysis, appropriate risk management and patience in waiting for investment opportunities. Let us start with risk management first of all.
Risk Management in Your Life and Investments
Investing is part of life and not a separate entity. So, it is important to have your financial life in order before even starting to invest. Build a stable financial platform for your life first of all.
Pay off any credit card debts: It is difficult for a beginner to make 18% a year on […]
Invest in Iran
The talks between Iran and the six world powers (USA, Germany, Great Britain, France, Russia, China) are progressing. If the current negotiations succeed to the satisfaction of the world powers, it may be time to invest in Iran. According to an article in Reuters, the U.N. nuclear chief had a useful visit to Iran. FREE […]
Time to Buy Gold
Is it time to buy gold again? The shiny stuff peaked in 2011 and then fell from its high of $1900. It languishes in the $1300 range these days after dipping below $1200 an ounce at the start of 2014. Gold futures quotes from the CME Group are in the $1300 range through December of […]
Profit from Inefficient Markets
When the stock market corrects as it has recently there are often profitable stocks to buy. When bad news hits the markets there is a tendency for all stocks to fall, even when the news may actually be good for a few. Here is where a wise investor can profit from inefficient markets. The efficient […]
Can Tobacco Cure Ebola – Cutting Edge Drugs from Plants
We recently wrote about the potential economic devastation of the Ebola virus. Now we see an investment opportunity tied to the treatment of this terrible disease and other ailments. A recent article in online Bloomberg notes the use of an Ebola Tobacco drug that appears to have been successful in treating two Americans infected by […]
Invest in Argentina
With the recent default by Argentina on sovereign debt payments it may seem a strange time to look at how to invest in Argentina. But, the old adage is to invest when there is blood in the streets. The point of this quote from Baron Rothschild is that when things look their worst in when […]
Debt Default and Offshore Investing
Argentina defaulted on its sovereign debt obligations and markets across the world took a hit. What is the relationship between debt default and offshore investing, in Argentina, Latin America and the rest of the world? The first part of fundamental analysis is to research the issue. The Argentine debt default started more than a decade […]
Potential Economic Devastation of the Ebola Virus
There is a virus on the loose in Africa that has a ninety percent mortality for anyone who contacts it. This is the Ebola virus. The virus which was previously confined to East Africa has now broken out in West Africa and spread into the most populous nation on the continent, Nigeria. This outbreak is […]
Natural Gas Reserves – War in Gaza
In our recent article, Middle East Investment – War in Gaza, we mentioned the Israeli defense industry as an investment possibility. An additional investment opportunity lies beneath the Mediterranean Sea off the shores of the Sinai Peninsula, Gaza, Israel and Lebanon. It is the Leviathan basin and some contend that the war in Gaza has […]
Middle East Investment – War in Gaza
How will the war in Gaza affect Middle East investment? Will the deep seeded resentments that fuel support for Hamas ever subside? Does the generalized chaos in the Middle East give Israel a window in which to impose a final military solution in Gaza? Does the hatred that the military government for Islamists give Israel […]