Investing - Investing Ain't What It Used To Be

Heads up, retirees! If you depend on your investments to maintain your standard of living you need to know times have changed. Unless you recognize these changes and adjust how you invest you could be putting your lifestyle at risk.

Investing - Investors Have Been Duped

The financial services industry has duped unsuspecting investors out of millions of dollars. For decades, they've said the best way to invest was to buy an investment and hold it decades. I think they're crazy!

Investing - Take My Advice And Stop Being A Loser

You’ve won a new car! Who wouldn't like to hear those words, be it from Bob Barker or Pat Sajek, or like over 200 lucky audience members, from Oprah Winfrey? Mega-instant winners are raking in the goodies with monster home re-models, complete body makeovers and million dollar prizes. But when the bright lights fade and the TV cameras are gone, the winner can feel like a loser with an enormous tax bill.

Investing - How To Invest in 2000 - An Update

In January, I discussed my predictions for how you should invest in 2004. This article updates those recommendations in light of recent events. Read on to know how to protect your money.

Investing - Advisor Reveals His True Color Part 2

Not all advisors are sales hustlers. I also heard from someone who made a radical decision in response to his experience in the financial services industry. Let's hope that other conscientious advisors don't follow his example!

Investing - How To Stretch Your IRA Tax-Free

Income taxes are a great inhibitor to building wealth. I've talked about the power of stretching an IRA across multiple generations and how it can build tremendous wealth. Now, I'll show you how it can be done income tax-free.

Investing - Seniors - Beware of Buy and Hold Investing

If you are retired or near retirement, you need to understand a major weakness of the popular Buy and Hold strategy of investing. Read on to learn what it is and how you can protect yourself.

Insurance for Cars and Pets - Who Knew

The most popular insured risks are: home insurance - to protect against risks of fire; car insurance ' to hedge against risk of accidents; and, medical insurance ' to help safeguard the health of you and your family in times of medical need. In the event of, for example, a home fire, the monthly insurance premium paid for home insurance (and in particular fire insurance) becomes insignificant to the cost of buying a new home.

The Business Cycle

The business cycle is a long-term pattern of changes in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) that follows four stages: expansion, prosperity, contraction, and recession. After a recessionary phase, the expansionary phase can start again. The phases of the business cycle are characterized by changing employment, industrial productivity, and interest rates. Some economists believe that stock price trends precede business cycle stages.

Leverage In Trading Emini Futures

This article explains the concept of leverage in emini futures. Eminis are very popular day trading instruments.

Debunking 3 Common Myths About Bad Credit Credit Cards

Bad credit credit cards are some of the most misunderstood financial tools of all time. To make matters worse, the lines in the world of these credit cards aren't always cut and dry and not all things are as they seem. If you really want to understand bad credit credit cards and how they can work for you, follow along as we debunk the three most-common bad credit credit card myths.

Some Reasons Why Share Prices Go Upwards.

Want To Know Why Share Prices Go Upwards?

Pros and Cons of an Online Futures Broker

That advantage is often real-time market stats, real-time commodity prices, as well as up-to-date market news. Yes, a localized broker may also have access to the same information, but if they are away from their commuters, regularly meeting with clients, the real-time information may slip through their fingers, possibly giving you a disadvantage.