When it comes to investing money many people believe that the stock market is the only way you can really see substantial returns, but that isn’t true. In fact, just going over all the various type of investement vehicles and strategies can be bundled up into a book in itself… oh wait… it was – [...]
It is pretty clear that over the last couple of years the stock market has changed. You can try to play the companies with the best financials and outlook, but, with the “greedy hungry” traders exponentially growing, the most successful traders are those that can out-trade the other traders – that is what Quint Tatro’s [...]
Many people will tell you that if they could just raise a little bit amount of money, then they will be able to grow that forever – but if it was so easy then why do we have people who are homeless, filing for bankruptcy, and incurring massive amounts of debt? The truth is, while [...]
Need something to read this weekend? Check out The Big Picture. One of my hobbies (if you want to call it that) is watching movies. They provide entertainment and every so often there is a movie that inspires us to better ourselves in one form or another. So I was excited when I got a [...]
In the financial world, commodities refer to some tangible product where the supply fluctuates based on usage and/or seasonal conditions. If weather conditions look to damage the supply of oranges, then the price of orange future contracts will rise. Popular commodities include that of grain, wheat, and other agriculture crops. Oil and metals are also [...]
While 2008 was a bad year for many people’s retirement and investment accounts, the crash spawned a bunch of new books and equally rich authors in 2009. USA Today recently put together a list of the year’s best business books that try to make sense of the financial crisis. The selection includes books that point [...]
Could you imagine making $20 billion in the stock market BETWEEN 2007 – 2009? Well if you were smart enough to bet against the housing market, it could have been more than a wish. That’s exactly what New York hedge fund manager, John Paulson, did. Here’s a brief excerpt from the related WSJ article. His [...]