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Gold stock investing may soon become the only profitable financial sector. Gold stock investing hedges against inflation and out of control debt. We are reaching a point where government intervention in the free markets is reaching a tipping point. Gold stock investing may be the last bastion of capitalism as we knew it in America.

Now is the time to get serious with your gold stock investing. We are in the early stages of a bull market in gold and the down side is currently limited. If you feel that the green shoots that the media is hyping these days are taking root, then maybe gold stock investing is not for you. If, on the other hand, you are feeling uneasy about the economy and the dollar’s future, then gold stock investing is for you. Continue reading ‘Gold Stock Investing Secrets’ »

ETF Trend Trading & Investing can be an intimidating process. Many of us would prefer to leave the “heavy lifting” to someone we perceive as a professional and check in occasionally to see how we are doing. This approach can be profitable depending on the personalities involved.

More likely, though, we are missing opportunities in the market on a daily basis. Continue reading ‘Characteristics Needed For Successful ETF Trend Trading’ »

Stock market they say is not for the weak and that is very true. No matter how much amount of fundamental analysis that you do every now and then there will be some opportunity which will arise in the stock market that will defy logic and conventional wisdom.

That is a lot of people always keep pool money aside to take advantage of these special situations. The most important thing is that you will have the money when the opportunity presents itself. That is why it is always better that as stock market investors that you should keep your eye open for a lot of special things like hostile acquisitions, mergers or scandals or even country risks. Continue reading ‘Your Guide to Investing in Stocks With Special Situations’ »

Have you ever heard someone make the statement, “Social Security won’t even be around for you.”? As a network markeer, I often hear this statement used in business building, as what I call “the Social Security Myth.” The Social Secuirty Myth is meant to scare you into “realizing” the bleakness of your projected retirement financial. Many of the things about your situation may, in fact, be bleak or close to it, and many of the sobering facts you are forced to realize about your financial situation may be true, but the statements about Social Security are not. Here’s why.

According to the 2006 Social Security Administration’s Trustee Report, with no changes to the program, Social Security will be able to pay 100% of benefits until 2040. At that point, the revenues collected would still allow for benefits to be paid at a rate of 74%, again with no changes to the program. Further, the program would additionally be able to afford payment of 70% of benefits through 2080. In reality, the picture is not quite as bleak as is often painted. Continue reading ‘The Social Security Myth’ »

Recent media coverage and debate about the credit meltdown has focused largely on big lenders in the developed world. But attention must also be paid to the developing world to prevent a potential parallel crisis in the microfinance sector. This vital industry provides access to basic financial services for millions of people in emerging countries including Brazil, Kenya, Bangladesh and India. If microfinance institutions suffer losses akin to big banks in the developed world, however, their clients could lose a vital lifeline: access to affordable credit.

Today, the microfinance sector appears solid, with high repayment rates of over 98 percent. But this doesn’t mean that all is smooth sailing. The sub-prime market collapse has made many microfinance institutions nervous. And rightly so: like banks in developed nations, microfinance organizations were incentivized to expand rapidly in recent years, transforming the sector from an industry dominated by NGOs like Grameen Bank in Bangladesh to one led by for-profit companies including Compartamos in Mexico and SKS Microfinance in India. Continue reading ‘Avoiding a Microfinancial Crisis’ »

Oil is a hot topic on the City’s trading floors right now. Having peaked at $147/barrel just over a year ago, the price of crude oil dipped below $40/barrel only six months later. And now, having made a determined ascent for most of 2009, prices are still on the up. At the time of writing, oil has passed the $70/barrel level.

So, what’s the future for this volatile commodity? And how can you profit from these fluctuations in the price of oil? Continue reading ‘Spread Bet to Take Advantage of Volatile Oil Prices’ »

Two widely followed market experts have fundamentally conflicting outlooks on the current market. One says bull, the other bear. Who should be believed? This is a question that runs right to the heart of trading psychology.

The Bullish View

Abby Joseph Cohen, the Goldman Sachs senior market strategist, said yesterday that “We do think the new bull market has begun.” The Wall Street Journal says she is calling for the S&P 500 to reach 1050 to 1100, based on an improving economy and corporate profits. Continue reading ‘Trading Psychology – Why Following the Experts Harms Our Trading Psychology’ »

The stock market is all about speculation. About understanding trends and interpreting them to your own benefit. If you understand the way the market rolls then you can maybe predict the fortunes of the market and make your money out of it. So to be a trader in the stock exchange, the first prerequisite is to study the trends of the market in previous years and then be able to apply them to current trends.

For a trader, an educated guess can go a long way in profit making. Say the trader wants to invest in a particular stock. The first thing that trader will have to do is study the past trends of the stock, its ups and downs and then guess if buying that stock is a lucrative option or not. The easiest method of doing this is by studying something called the chart history of a stock. Continue reading ‘Financial Charts – Understanding The Chart History Of The Stock Market’ »

Gordon Brown first introduced his stealth tax abolishing advanced corporation tax credits on pensions in his 1997 budget. Terry Arthur, a fellow of the Institute of Actuaries, estimated that this would reduce the value of UK pension schemes by more than a £100 billion in a paper written for the group. A joint investigation by The Independent on Sunday and BDO Stoy Hayward, the specialist accountancy and business advisory group, has revealed that Mr Brown’s 1997 decision to tax dividends paid into pension funds will have far greater consequences than previously thought. The £100,000 figure represents a reduction of up to 13 per cent in the value of the pension pot a typical employee who pays into a defined contribution scheme could expect to save over the course of their working life.

Furthermore, the amount of companies contributing to final salary schemes have halved under the labour government. On top of this, they decided not to pass an amendment which would have given 8 million women with a partial pension entitlement the chance to make up the shortfall in their National Insurance contributions by making lump sum payments into their national insurance contributions. In fact, pressure is growing for Gordon Brown to step down as James Purnell has become the third cabinet minister to resign according to BBC news, June 5th. In fact, according to their ICM survey, only 29% of the 1,005 adults surveyed thought that Gordon Brown was in touch with ordinary people. Continue reading ‘Gordon Brown Reduces the Value of UK Pensions’ »

Article 1, Section 8, Clause 5 of the Constitution of the United States of America grants Congress the “power to coin money” and Article 1, Section 10, Clause 1 specifies that “No state shall… coin money: emit Bills of Credit; make anything but gold and silver coin a Tender in Payment of Debt.”

The Constitution clearly states that money is to be coined and that only gold and silver coin (I.E. real money) is a tender in payment of debt. Note that Congress was granted the power only to coin money, not to print it. They were granted the power to borrow money, not to loan it.

Silver characterizes all six aspects of real money. It is divisible, durable, convenient, consistent, and has utility value, and cannot be created by fiat. Silver is used as a medium of exchange and as a store of value. It is indispensable, has tangible value, and is in limited supply. Continue reading ‘Silver, The Affordable Real Money’ »