Friday, April 8, 2011 at 08:08AM Bill Gross is widely recognized as the Bond King due to his incredible ability to outperform the major bond indices. For more than two decades his talent has become legendary.
Saturday, April 2, 2011 at 01:28PM
Updated on Monday, April 4, 2011 at 09:34AM by
Jim Smith
A real estate investment trust or REIT is a tax designation for a corporate entity investing in real estate that reduces or eliminates corporate income taxes.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011 at 12:40PM
Updated on Tuesday, February 15, 2011 at 01:43PM by
Jim Smith
The stock of this technology leader has been crushed. From a price of around 22 dollars a share a couple of weeks ago to the current price below 19.
balance sheet, cisco systems, cloud computing, internet, margins in Investment Saturday, February 12, 2011 at 06:54PM
Updated on Monday, February 14, 2011 at 10:09AM by
Jim Smith
The most difficult decision in equity investing is the determination of when to sell a holding. There are many different things to consider not the least of which is the current value of the company and the future direction of the stock market as a whole.
Friday, February 11, 2011 at 05:15PM The forex trading market is the largest and most liquid market in the world. Daily volume exceeds $4 trillion and is growing, but no one anticipated this level of growth when the major currencies were allowed to “float” in the seventies.
Sunday, December 19, 2010 at 07:13PM
Updated on Monday, December 20, 2010 at 02:52PM by
Jim Smith
In the world of big Pharma the next few years is now known as the drug patent cliff. The biggest drug companies in the world will have many of their best selling drugs coming off patent protection.
drug, generics, health, pharaceutical, pipeline, teva in Investment Sunday, October 24, 2010 at 05:53PM Winthrop Realty Trust (fur) is a real estate investment trust (REIT) based in Boston. The purpose of the company according to their website is to engage in the business of owning and operating real property and real estate related assets
Tuesday, June 8, 2010 at 07:08AM
Updated on Tuesday, June 8, 2010 at 11:55AM by
Jim Smith
Exxon Mobil Corporation is a manufacturer and marketer of commodity petrochemicals, including olefins, aromatics, polyethylene and polypropylene plastics and a range of specialty products.
Investment, bp, deepwater, environment, exxonmobil, finance, gulf oil spill, transocan in Investment Monday, April 26, 2010 at 09:44AM The Model Retirement Portfolio did very well and produced a total return of over 7% in the first quarter of 2010.
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Investment, bank of america, economy, equity, flour, ge, growth in Investment Thursday, April 8, 2010 at 10:36AM If you like a stock with a high risk/high reward profile, our stock of the month selection for April 2010, Imperial Sugar (IPSU) may be the perfect choice for you.
Investment, fire, georgia, imperial sugar, insurance, refinary, sugar, workmans compensation in Investment Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 09:17AM Normally, long term bonds provide an important source of income for a retirement portfolio. However, as can be seen from the financial events of the last few years, these are not normal times.
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Updated on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 05:05PM by
Jim Smith
Economist Nouriel Roubini put the current risk to the United States economy in perspective when he recently said: "A near-depression was avoided through a massive monetary and financial stimulus....
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Updated on Monday, March 8, 2010 at 10:35AM by
Jim Smith
Ten years ago many of the the financial pundits were glowing about the future prospects of the world's largest drugmaker.
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Updated on Tuesday, March 2, 2010 at 09:48AM by
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The problem with traditional phone companies is that the landline telephone business is an ongoing drag on earnings since it is in a state of decline while the wireless business provides much of the subscriber growth.
Investment, emerging, finance, retirment, telecommunications, verizon, vodaphone, wireless in Investment Sunday, February 28, 2010 at 02:59PM The equity holdings in the eWorldvu Model Retirement Portfolio were selected with several important considerations in mind.
Investment, bonds, etf, growth, income, mutual funds, retirement plans, stock, yields in Investment Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 11:47AM A stagnant economy, high unemployment and rising inflation. The word for this combination of events is called stagflation.
Investment, bonds, economy, finance, inflation, slow economic growth, stagflation, unemployment in Investment Monday, February 15, 2010 at 07:53AM
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Updated on Tuesday, March 2, 2010 at 03:35PM by
Jim Smith
Microsoft is the world's largest software maker with a dominant positon in operating systems and business productivity applications. In fact, the software giant runs more than 90 percent of all PC's currently in use.
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Updated on Thursday, February 11, 2010 at 10:07AM by
Jim Smith
The last ten years were considered the lost decade in investing. The S&P 500 Index dropped 1% annually. However, investments in precious metals and oil provided an investor with double digit returns.
Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 09:17AM
Updated on Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 10:23AM by
Jim Smith
Here is a biotechnology stock with 3 billion dollars in cash, owns all of its drugs and has no debt. It has a huge pipeline of more than 20 drugs in late stage trails during 2010.
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