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Investment Management Advice
You have money to invest and you are wondering what is a good investment? What are safe investments? After all you would like to make a better return than on a CD at the bank but you do not want to lose all of your hard earned money on something stupid! You are looking for […]
Investment Risk Management
Investment risk management includes diversifying to balance business risk, being wary of overpriced stocks, and not confusing short term goals with long term investing techniques. Picking new winners is always the name of the game but picking them at the best price, diversifying to reduce sector risk, and choosing stocks whose prospects match your long term goals are good ways of managing investment risk.
Business risk is the risk of competition. Effectiveness of management, developing and promoting products, penetrating markets, and doing so in the most cost effective and profitable manner all go into a profitable company. Business risk is also […]
Is Google Overbought at 1000 Dollars?
The United States Congress and President have finally averted a debt default and put the government back to work. The response was a stock market rally in which the market was able to focus on earnings instead of the prospect of default-related international financial calamity. The S&P 500 hit an all-time high close of 1,733.15. […]
Will Populism Kill the American Economy?
Representatives of an American populist movement, the Tea Party, are using their votes in the US House of Representatives to exert power beyond what their numbers might normally command. The United States has been without a Federal budget for more than two weeks. If the mandated Federal debt ceiling is not raised the oldest democracy […]
Investing in Discounted Stocks
Today’s stock market is largely characterized by uncertainty. The VIX, the options trader’s measure of market volatility, is high. Investors and traders are jumping in and out of the market, afraid of missing a rally and concerned about losing with a big market correction due to a debt default. What is a long term investor […]
Investing in Home Builders
Investing in home builders is currently out of vogue as lower housing starts, fewer sales of existing homes, and a dearth of building permits would predict. The numbers of unsold homes may be rising again if the US government goes into default on its debts. Investing in home builders who cater to the very wealthy […]
Economic Impact of Debt Default
According to a study by the United States Treasury if the United States government does not raise the debt ceiling the economic impact of debt default will 📉️ Use This Prompt to Avoid Bad Stock Picks be catastrophic, will last for decades, and will likely plunge the nation into a recession as bad as the […]