Exchange Traded Funds Primer (21 Mar 2006) Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) are a group of passive index funds that trade on an exchange like an individual stock. At the time of writing there are 162 ETFs with $220 billion in assets under management trading on U.S. exchanges.
Exchange Traded Funds: Why You Should Never Buy a Mutual Fund Again (30 Jun 2006) Copyright 2006 Equitrend, Inc. Many investors still don't know about Exchange Traded Funds (or ETFs) and their advantages over traditional mutual funds. In this article, we'll examine Exchange Traded Funds, their history, performance and advantages .......
Expense Ratios (21 Mar 2006) Mutual funds and brokers are always preaching not to buy any fund with a high expense ratio. That is the annual costs of the fund to pay for trading of stocks within their portfolio, salaries, rent, telephone, analysts, etc. Most of them tell you not to buy one that exceeds 1.5%. There is also another expense added by some mutual funds called a 12b1 (usually from ¼% to 1%) that is supposed to be used for promotional purposes only. These numbers may appear small, but they are being applied to multi-millions, sometimes billions of dollars.
Explore asset and sales finance solutions with your bank (07 Nov 2006) If you're starting up a business, it can be hard to grasp the terminology you need in order to speak to your bank about funds; when it comes to discussing asset and sales finance, for instance, things can get tricky. It is, firstly, important to know wha.......
Fair Value with Negative Growth (21 Mar 2006) You can invest in companies that grow rapidly and lose money. On the other hand, you can also invest in companies in a declining industry, yet you can still make money. Investing profitably does not merely depend on what you invest in, but rather how much you pay for a given company.
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Fake Money (21 Mar 2006) Reach in your pocket and take out that big roll of bills. Depending on how many of them you have you feel pretty good. BUT did you know they are not worth the paper they are printed on? Huh? Let me explain.
Financial Crime (21 Mar 2006) Congress recently passed another new law that is supposed to outlaw financial crime. Corporate officers will be sent to jail for "cooking the books" as it is called. Among other things it is taking the stockholders money and paying themselves huge bonuses for nonperformance. These guys are even worse than mutual fund managers who do the same thing - get paid big salaries yet continue to lose your money.
Finding A Good Stock (21 Mar 2006) One of the things people are always asking me is how can I find a good stock. The answer I give does not please them. I say, "You are not qualified to pick stock. You don't know how so don't try. Put your money in a no-load mutual fund that is going up".
Finding the Right Annuity (29 Sep 2006) Annuities can provide a steady flow of retirement income. But there are many types of annuities and not all of them are right for everyone. Insurance companies and agents are sometimes over aggressive in trying to convince a consumer to buy a particular a.......
Five Simple Tools For Trading (07 Jul 2006) Copyright 2006 Billy Williams In this day and age of trading, traders and investors have enormous resources at their disposal. You have real time data feed that can pull and current future contract on any exchange at the tips of their fingers, you can.......
