Profitable Investing
Hazards of Wholesale Funding
Does wholesale funding make your financial life safer or riskier? What are the advantages of wholesale funding and what are the hazards of wholesale funding? If you have not been keeping up with the banking news, wholesale funding is how many large banks are now financing their operations and managing banking risk. The traditional means […]
Avoid Mutual Funds
When looking for a safe and profitable investment vehicle is it wise to look for or avoid mutual funds? Mutual funds are professionally managed pools of money from many investors. Mutual funds are marketed as investment products to the investing public. These vehicles are most often open ended in that investors can buy into the […]
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 […]
Make Money on Cell Tower Investing
There are more investing opportunities in the world than just stocks and bonds. One excellent opportunity right in your neighborhood is cell phone tower investment. Just what are cell towers and how do they translate into investment opportunity? Cell towers or cell sites hold the mobile phone masts (base receiver stations) that connect the mobile […]
Russian Chinese Energy Agreement
The new Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, signed a Russian Chinese energy agreement set to provide the still-growing Chinese economy with oil and natural gas for years to come. China has worked hard to secure sources of energy for its economy for years. The thriving Chinese economy and large cash reserves have been indispensable in the […]
Invest in Wired Fabrics
An evolving technology will allow people to wear or carry so called wired fabrics. This new technology may provide smart investors with opportunities to get in on the ground floor. And the same new technology may result in investors losing their money, thinking that they are picking new winners when they are just throwing good […]
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 […]
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 […]