If you like roller coaster rides, then you probably loved investing in the stock market this year with its huge daily swings, many times more than 200 points at a time. But, at the end of the year, this breathtaking ride will have put very little extra cash in your pocket. For
When I first got into investing, I read a lot of books. And one of the first books I ever read was called Reminiscences of a Stock Operator. It was the story of legendary investor Jesse Livermore. He was a very successful investor from the late 1800’s to the early 1900’s.
I remember when I first arrived in Oregon, during the fall. The leaves were bright orange and falling everywhere. The weather was cool. And there always seemed to be a nice breeze blowing. Believe it or not, this was the first time I had experienced fall. Up until then, I lived in
Australia’s stock market in up on Monday by more than 1% and the mood is bullish. Belief that the end game in Europe is finally coming is one reason. But there’s also the idea that …
About IF | Services | Newsletter Archives | IF Video Room | Contact Us Visit the IF Video Room The Grand Diversification Lie By Charles Delvalle September 1, 2011 An opening word from Andrew Gordon The least controversial investing rule on Wall Street is
Naysayers like Bill Gross (of Pimco) got it all wrong, says Robert Kessler of Kessler Investment Advisors (out of Denver). Treasuries are still a safe-haven investment. If you don’t know this already, Gross pulled all his fund’s money out of long-term Treasuries. He justified his move saying that a 2% return wasn’t
Britain thinks that California should consider ditching the dollar and going its own way. Yes it sounds outrageous (as intended). But, as The Guardian points out, California would have “approximately the eighth largest economy in the world and its fairly low debt-to-GDP ratio (about 3%) – would make it one of the
Freddie and Fannie. They were just not part of the “too-big-to-fail” financial instiutions that got hundreds of billions of dollars from the government. They were at the head of the line. And now the US Congress is trying to figure out what to do with them.
