Obama Administration considers forcing investors into Treasury debt

The Obama administration appears to have come up with a novel way of financing “trillion dollar” budget deficits – demanding IRA and 401(k) holders buy trillions of dollars in Treasury bonds.
With the Treasury needing this year to see another $1 trillion in debt to finance the anticipated federal budget deficit, and the Federal Reserve about [...]

How Roth IRA conversions work.

There are three ways to convert traditional IRAs to Roth IRAs:

Indirect Roth conversions occur when traditional IRA holders request and constructively receive distributions from their IRA and deposit the amount in a Roth IRA within 60 days. In this situation, the check is made payable to the traditional IRA holder.
Direct Roth conversions occur when traditional [...]

Investing : Double Dip Recession

Carl Icahn, the billionaire investor, sees a risk of a double-dip recession because rising unemployment may curtail consumer spending during the holidays.
“We’re right on the precipice” of another contraction in the U.S. economy, he said in an interview on CNBC today.
The U.S. economy shrank 3.8 percent in the year ended in June, the worst economic [...]

7 tips for investing in stocks

Stocks can be as tricky a business for novice investors as they are for seasoned players. However, as Warren Buffet has always propagated, ‘Right stocks at the right price’ is the way to laugh your way to the bank. This means, avoiding all those ‘junk’ stocks and setting your sights only on the ‘right ones’.
Investing [...]

Successful investing in stocks requires patience

As always, big market moves, whether seriously up or down, bring out the fear/greed dilemma, complete with accompanying anxiety. If you’ve missed the massive run-up in the markets since the lows of March, is it too late to invest now? Should you wait for a correction to get back in? What if you get in [...]

Heavy Metal Jacket For Defensive Investors

“Gold has a place in almost every investment portfolio as a hedge or safety mechanism,” says Burton Rothberg, Ph.D., a former senior trader with Commodities Corporation, who has invested in the gold markets for decades.
In February, gold briefly pierced the $1000-an-ounce mark before retreating, and while prices have been volatile this year, they have mostly [...]

Forex Philosophies

For someone who is new in the foreign exchange industry, investment strategies may come in as something difficult Without knowing some of the most valuable viable strategies in forex, it is likely to lose a lot of money in the process of investing. This is not the kind of information you will find in stock [...]

5 Strategies for Investing Properly

This is a perilous period in the stock market; a deceptive bear market that disguises its downward drift. Beware of misleading Wall Street doubletalk, as it tempts investors into this dangerous bear market. The Street tends to discourage and even hinder proper investing. Its advice is unreliable and often contradictory. Professional insiders know better than [...]

Risks greater when investing during a recession

DURING both recessions and expansions, share values are the price tag we place on all the expected future cash flows.
Why do share prices change? If I asked a group of investors why share prices have gone down over the past 12-18 months, I would probably hear a long list of possible reasons.
We can take [...]

Emerging markets

After being shell-shocked by nearly two years of brutal losses, investors are finally emerging from their T-bill and CD foxholes, looking for bigger returns. And high up on their wish list are emerging-stock funds.
Makes sense, right? Developing countries are, after all, expected to lead us out of this global recession. And in the long run, [...]

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