From the monthly archives:

May 2009

Chrysler Bankruptcy and Investing in a Union Run Company

May 26, 2009

In the latest round from Detroit Chrysler is undergoing one of the more radical and speedy bouts with bankruptcy ever. How will this change the way that corporations do business? Will other companies look at the deals that the big three auto makers are getting and expect to get the same deals? OR instead of [...]

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Hiring a Financial Planner

May 18, 2009

I have gone into some level of detail regarding different designations for financial planners (see Financial Certifications ), but I didn’t really go into advantages and disadvantages of having a financial planner. I know there are some people upset that their financial planner wasn’t omnipotent regarding the latest plunge, but they probably did as well [...]

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Investment Clubs

May 15, 2009

One way of getting into investing without having much experience is to pool resources with other investors and form an investment club. You can also join an existing club if there is one in your area with openings for new members.
Investment clubs came to national attention a few years ago with a group of ladies [...]

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Value Stocks and Fine Tuning a Selection Process

May 11, 2009

I had a question on the e-book I sell regarding how to fine tune the process. I’ll also answer it here; perhaps others are wondering the same thing.
One principal of my stock selection process is looking for real value in a company. This is taking all the hype out of the equation. Warren Buffett has [...]

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Short Term Vs. Long Term Gains

May 4, 2009

The next thing to be said is that your actual gains are only taxed if they are realized. I have written about this before, distinguishing between gains/losses on paper and in actuality. Paper gains are not taxed whatsoever. To dive just a little further into that, unless you actually sell a stock, gains or losses [...]

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Stock Market Still the Key to Wealth

May 1, 2009

I was reading an article today with the headline “Those getting richer probably don’t include you.” It was an interesting article pointing out that the top 1% of households in 2004 had 19.8% of the entire nations pre-tax income with an average income of $326,720. The top tenth of a percent had 9.5% of pre-tax [...]

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