Watch Out for These Pitfalls when Finding Your Next Investment Property Finding a bargain investment property on paper is only half of the process of property investment. The other half of real estate investing is going down to the property to examine the real estate investment property physically for defects either in terms of the construction and legal title and other liens that can be on the property. You do not want to spend...more
Managing The Evil Eight Risks Threatening Your Investments Now more than ever, there are so many risks from financial investing that it's difficult to keep one's eye on all of them. This article examines the top eight risks and how we can manage them to make investment decisions that will produce measureable performance results.1. Inflation Risk Inflation is the general rise over the years in the prices of goods and...more
Expectations for Your Yearly Investment Returns Clearly, anyone who trades does so with the expectation of making profits. We take risks to gain rewards. The question each trader must answer, however, is what kind of return he or she expects to make? This is a very important consideration, as it speaks directly to what kind of trading will take place, what market or markets are best suited to the purpose, and the kinds of risks required.Let s start with a very simple example. Suppose a trader would like to make 10% per year on a very consistent basis with little variance. There are any number of options available. If interest rates are sufficiently high, the trader could simply put the money in a fixed income instrument like a CD or a bond of some kind and take relatively little risk. Should interest rates not be sufficient, the trader could use one or more of any number of other markets (stocks, commodities, currencies, etc.) with varying risk profiles and structures to find one or more (perhaps in combination) which suits the need. The trader may not even have to make many actual transactions each year to accomplish the objective.A trader looking for 100% returns...more
What Purpose can an Investment Formula Serve? What exactly does a formula do? A complete detailed explanation can be as vast and complex as each individual investor and is beyond the scope of this article but a brief summary of a formula's usefulness would include the two primary functions it fulfills.First, over a full market cycle,...more
Investment Opportunities with Condotels in the Philippines The buyers are investors in hotel-condos, a real estate product that combines the flexibility of ownership of a condo in ahotel setting. Popular in the United States, Europe and the Middle East, hotel-condos are just starting to pop up in the Philippines for the first...more
Why Your Investment Plan May be Failing Every investor has several characteristics that combine to make them successful. The degree of success depends on how well you can implement these and how well your strategy works. The method investors have for selecting shares that they want in their portfolio is arguably one of the most important areas of being a successful investor. For me personally I have stuck to selecting shares that are leading ie blue chip companies, whose price histories are in a long term uptrend and that are themselves doing better than the market average. The next vital component is the trading plan. This doesn't need to be overly complex. You just need to know what you will do if the share price goes up, down or sideways. If you can cover these three things then you have a contingency for anything the share price can throw at you. And more importantly you will prevent yourself from reacting to sudden market fluctuations that happen all of the time.The trading plan should also incorporate an overall strategy for the share that you have selected and explain the reasoning behind why you're doing what you're doing ie why you decided to place your...more
What are Annuity Investments and How Do They Work? An annuity investment is set up to meet specific financial expectations and needs. For example, large sums of money which are received through winning the lottery, through an...more
A More Active Kind of Investment Long-term investing in the stock market can offer a passive return around 5-8% if you remain invested for 30 years; but, unfortunately, that return is before taxes and inflation. This is so low because...more
Stainless steel cook ware- are they worth the investment Consumers seeking to buy a cookware in current times are faced with an array of alternatives. Cooking vessels are now being crafted in a variety of shapes and sizes to cater...more
Why Offshore Investments? 21st century businesses are gigantic empires spanning continents and possessing unprecedented wealth. New markets are constantly flourishing but along with them is the competition that is persistently looking...more
The Hunt for Investment Locations Investors are always on the pursuit of places with favorable market conditions because it really does sound like the safest places to put their money into. Being able to identify places with good...more
REI show how difficult commercial property investment outside the M25 is The final results for 2010 for AIM-listed West Midlands commercial property concern Real Estate Investors Plc, shows that life in commercial property circles...more