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16 February 2012 at 15 : 22 PM
Treasury Bonds Yield Less Than Dividend Stocks
These are historic times when it comes to the economy and the stock market. Of course, you could probably say that about almost any time in history for some reason or other. But in this case, we are talking about how freakishly low interest rates have become. Not only are the interest rates on savings [...]
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15 February 2012 at 10 : 38 AM
Trading Gold for Cash Online
If you haven’t seen at least a thousand TV commercials offering “cash for your gold” then you’re probably not watching TV. It seems the high price of gold and a poor economy has led lots of people to want to raise cash by selling their gold. And most of the TV commercials are online offers, [...]
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9 February 2012 at 10 : 49 AM
Calculating Enterprise Value to EBITDA Ratio (EV/EBITDA)
Perhaps you’ve seen the ratio of Enterprise Value to EBITDA and wondered why this investing metric is used instead of price to earnings to guage a company’s valuation? Or maybe you were just curious about what EV/EBITDA really means? Maybe, you just need help calculating the ratio? Either way, we will cover all three of [...]
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25 January 2012 at 12 : 45 PM
The Varying Degrees of Investment Risk, Where Do You Fit In?
I’ve met investors that have been way too conservative. And I’ve met investors that are way too aggressive. And as we all know, every investor has a different comfort level with the amount of risk they take. There are investors that can’t sleep at night if they lose a few percent in the stock market, [...]
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17 January 2012 at 14 : 16 PM
How to Find a Good Value Stock
Finding a stock that’s a good value isn’t as easy as it sounds. Sure, you can look at simple valuation metrics like price to earnings ratio to help you pick, but if you look at only one metric then you’ll likely miss out on many stocks that are actually a better value. After all, what [...]
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11 January 2012 at 13 : 35 PM
Easy Ways to Invest Money
There are lots of ways to invest your money. Personally, when I think of investing I think first of stocks, then real estate. But for others, the term “investing” can mean lots of different things. Here are some easy and not so easy ways to invest money into investments you might not have thought of [...]
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10 January 2012 at 10 : 26 AM
The Appeal of Investing in Dividend Stocks
As a growth investor, I’ve never been interested in dividend stocks. In fact, I’ve always thought that dividend stocks were for people that have given up on trying to make big returns in the stock market. Well, given the lack of performance of growth stocks over the past decade, I’ve started to reconsider. So, in [...]
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1 January 2012 at 19 : 24 PM
Running a Comparable Company Valuation Analysis
If you’re serious about doing your own stock investment research, then the number one tool at your disposal is a comparable company valuation analysis, also referred to as running “comps”. When I used to work as a stock analyst, I would update, print, email and distribute a list of comparable companies for the industry that [...]
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21 December 2011 at 12 : 39 PM
Lawmakers and Insider Trading – What a Joke!
In times like these I actually try to avoid the news. Mainly because I’m sick and tired of hearing about how our politicians continuously fail us. But when I saw a brief segment on the subject of our lawmakers and insider trading I had to take a second look. The fact is, when the insider [...]
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21 December 2011 at 10 : 27 AM
The Four Investment Assets You Don’t Have to Report to the US Government
If you’ve found yourself here trying to find the 4 investment assets that you don’t have to report to the US government, then you’ve probably recently watched an infomercial or seen a website video by Porter Stansbury. Let me start by telling you that his video and his newsletter is a scam, and here’s why. [...]
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