Many people are drawing parallels between this current market selloff and the credit crisis that nearly ended in depression a few years ago. I don’t see any. The downgrade of the US AAA rating is nothing like the collapse of Lehman Brothers, Bear Sterns, or any of the other firms that went under. T
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As investors, we have a variety of opportunities to determine where to place our money and ‘bet’ on the markets. For an aggressive investor, the stock market has been the venue of choice. For conservative investors, bonds have had the upper hand. The famous cowboy/philosopher Will Rogers always said
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The first Ask the Investment Guy submission- and it’s from a real person! Investment Guy, I know that starting a 401K or 403B or IRA is beneficial, but I currently live paycheck to paycheck. I’m 34- how can I make this happen? – Kevin Hi Kevin- Thanks for asking! That’s a great question. Livin
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Here’s a neat little trick. It’s a simple way to calculate the amount of time and/or the interest rate necessary to double an investment, and it’s called The Rule of 72. Let’s say you know one of the variables: time. If you want to calculate what interest rate is necessary in orde
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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again- Asset Allocation. It’s the best way to invest. I often feel like a broken record, but I believe in AA more and more every day. I’ve been utilizing AA since 2003. Before international and emerging markets were in vogue. And when nobody wanted to own larg
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If so, I can understand why. I was reluctant for a while. But I’ve succumbed, and after facebook and twitter took down Hosni Mubarek I’ve become fascinated with it. (for the time being, at least) I wonder how long it will be before the smell of this new car wears off… as a new user, [...]
On a Sunday night two months ago, Meredith Whitney went on 60 minutes and scared the hell out of muni bond investors with her talks of doomsday defaults across the country’s state and local governments. Now congress is requesting Whitney’s testimony and an explanation of her research. Whitney declin
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Investments that have zero downside are known as risk free, and exist only in theory. The risk-free rate represents the interest that an investor would expect from an absolutely risk-free investment over a given period of time. There’s no such thing. CD’s and money-markets? Not risk free: Just ask
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On Jan 3 2011 Byron R. Wien, Vice Chairman, Blackstone Advisory Partners, issued his list of The Ten Surprises for 2011. This is the 26th year Byron has given his predictions of a number of economic, financial market and political Surprises for the coming year. Byron defines a “Surprise” as an even
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