Guest Post

3 Reasons It’s Not Too Late to Jump On This Rally

May 3, 2013

You’ve probably seen news accounts recently that equities markets in various countries are hitting new highs and continue to rally in spite of whatever alarming news exists in the economy, Europe, and the geopolitical landscape.  There are good reasons for this, while other facets of this rally leave many scratching their heads.  Regardless of what [...]

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Risk Aversion Applies to More Than Just Investing

April 30, 2013

I’m sometimes confounded by people who say they are very conservative investors and are unwilling to take on the routine equity volatility risk that is, well, pretty much necessary to beat inflation these days.  Yet at the same time, they carry no insurance of any sort for all the various unforeseen events and maladies that [...]

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How Far Should Investors Go in the Quest for Diversification

April 26, 2013

One of the key tenants of successful investing is proper diversification.  But can diversifying assets and classes be taken to such an extreme that it’s detrimental to returns?  Back when I was a more active investor trading individual stocks on a more routine basis, I used to question the wisdom of professional fund managers owning [...]

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Are Global Markets Due for a Correction?

March 26, 2013

Now that we’re a few years into a bull market and these cycles don’t last forever, many investors are considering alternatives to the equities, commodities and real estate plays that have performed so well over the past few years.  Here are a few trends we’re seeing in the European region specifically that may give investors [...]

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Pros and Cons of Active Trading

March 21, 2013

Volumes have been written on the topics of both “beating the market” and individual investing, but also on passive strategies.  In my view, over the long haul, it’s much more important to get money INTO your investment accounts and put it to work compared to whether you can beat the market or not.  But once [...]

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Unintended Consequences of QE and Low Interest Rates

February 21, 2013

I couldn’t help but notice today’s note from the EIA that if you exclude the 2008 spike in oil prices (to be fair, seemingly a unique anomaly and unsustained) Americans are paying the highest portion of paychecks toward gasoline prices in the past 3 decades.  30 years.  This chart tells the story, but consider the [...]

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Five types of insurances you should consider investing in

February 10, 2013

The following is a guest post on behalf of Life Insurance: Planning for the future – whatever it may hold – is an important and often neglected part of your overall financial plan. In this piece we’ll discuss five types of insurance policy that can give you a solid financial base to fall back on [...]

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Amazon beat Q4 market expectations

February 8, 2013

As one of the world’s leading technology firms, Amazon’s quarterly reports are eagerly anticipated by the markets, and their set of figures for Q4 proved no exception. Following the news that Q4 earnings were higher than expected, their share price shot up by 9% when the markets opened. Gross profit margins for Q4 rose by [...]

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Three ways your business can save money

February 6, 2013

The following is a guest post on behalf of Egnyte: Whether you are an SME, a brand new start up or a successful multi-national, figuring out ways to save your business money increases your bottom line and makes for a more successful profit margin. Saving money is almost as important as making it – if [...]

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