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		<title>Finding Valuable Investment Information</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you research your investments, you may want to consider getting professional guidance to help you out. Without good advice and information, a lot of investors have made bad choices based on what they thought they knew. This is a mistake that can be avoided if you spend a little time doing some research and finding good people to put on your team.

There is an overwhelming amount on information out there pertaining to stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and just investing in general.]]></description>
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		<title>Determining Your Asset Allocation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This all starts with the saying we all have heard, don't put all of your eggs in one basket. This just means that you should invest in a variety of different investments to even your portfolio. There are two parts that every investor must determine in order to make their personal investment plan.]]></description>
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		<title>Best Books For Options Traders to Study</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are interested in learning how to trade options, and are looking for resources to help you get started, Get Rich with Options by Lee Lowell is a great place to start.

This book will give you a great foundational understanding of the various options trading strategies. It will help you sharpen your trading skills by learning from the successes and mistakes of one of the best professional traders.

Lee's credentials as a trader speak for themselves. He has spent 15 years in the trenches as an options trader.]]></description>
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		<title>The Characteristics of Quality Investment Companies</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 01:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A key element of any investment philosophy is to invest in 'quality' companies. We believe quality companies deliver higher returns at a lower level of risk than low quality companies. The issue with the term 'quality' is defining what exactly is a quality company and what it not.]]></description>
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		<title>The Characteristics of Quality Investment Companies</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 11:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A key element of any investment philosophy is to invest in 'quality' companies. We believe quality companies deliver higher returns at a lower level of risk than low quality companies. The issue with the term 'quality' is defining what exactly is a quality company and what it not.]]></description>
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		<title>The Biggest Investing Potholes</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 11:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The longer one is involved in the investment sector the more you realise that being a successful investor is 20% market nous and 80% avoiding stupid mistakes. As legendary investor Warren Buffett put it; "investing is simple, not easy".

With that in mind, Hhere are some of the more common potholes that continue to trip up investors.

Having unrealistic expectations Shares have been the best performing investment over the past 60-70 years and have returned around 10% a year. During periods when inflation is low and rising returns tend to be more like 8% a year.

Investors gunning for returns of 15% plus will have to take huge risks to get there by putting all their money on a few shares or properties, or by using debt to gear their portfolio.]]></description>
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		<title>Online Investing, An Easy Way to Earn Money</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Compared to the old ways of years past, finding ways to invest your money have never been easier, faster, and more informed due to the technology of the Internet. You can earn money instantly with up to the minute stock trading with different services that offer the ability to make purchases for only a few dollars, and making commodity purchases or precious metals are just as easy.

Current tracking of your individual retirement accounts, 401Ks, or bank accounts are available over the Internet as well, when in days passed you had to wait for your quarterly report or had to wait for confirmation of where your account was when the papers were mailed. By the time you received how much damage was done it was too late to do anything about it.

Today, you can look up your accounts online, make instant changes to how your investment dollars will be working to earn money for you, and stop the bleeding of a bad investment quickly before you are sucked dry by a failing stock.]]></description>
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		<title>Why Do People Prefer Investing in Gold Rather Than Silver?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So we know that gold is currently much more valuable than silver. That's the general knowledge right now, and that's why companies that have money to invest prefer to buy gold over silver. Because they're buying and selling gold, their profit margins are larger.

Another reason companies invest in gold is that they know that gold is very popular.]]></description>
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		<title>How to Assess the Best Forestry Investment</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forestry investment has outperformed most other assets for the last 30 years, providing consistent returns averaging 15% per annum over the last decade. Institutional investors like Jeremy Grantham have been using forestry as an effective inflation hedge for years (Grantham even holds 20% of his personal investment portfolio in Forestry), and an investment of £1 million into a managed forest in 1990 would be worth on average £16,366,537 today in 2010 (tax free in most countries too!).

So what is the best forestry investment, and how can smaller investors, who maybe don´t have access to £1 million, participate in forestry investment and take advantage of the low risk, high returns that have been enjoyed by institutional investors for decades?

There are many structures available for smaller investors, with options from Teak to Argawood, through to Paulownia and even bamboo, and there are also various locations to choose from covering most continents and all economies from frontier markets to developed economies. Choosing which type of forestry investment is for you will depend on how long you want to tie up your cash (tree type), and your attitude to political risk (where your forest is located).

After conducting some extensive due diligence on the harvest times of different timber types and their historical price performance and forward looking demand, and also settled on where you are, and are not, happy to invest, you can start to narrow down your selection of investment projects.

Deal Structure for Smaller Investors

Smaller investors can participate in forestry by buying or leasing a small part, maybe a hectare or three, of a much larger managed forest of maybe 1000 hectares.]]></description>
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		<title>Investor Claims Against Stockbrokers For Fraud Continue to Soar</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Securities arbitration results from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA") Office of Dispute Resolution reporting the outcomes of customer initiated investment related arbitrations against stockbrokers and investment firms have been released for 2009.

Not surprisingly, the number of FINRA customer initiated arbitration cases filed in 2009 increased 43% from 4,982 cases in 2008 to 7,137 cases in 2009. The number of these cases was initially expected to exceed 10,000 in 2009. Increases in securities prices in the 2009 have probably reduced the number of claims that would otherwise have been filed last year, given Wall Street's more recent misconduct, as the high tide conceals that the swimmers are wearing no clothes.

Last years filings are still behind the number of presumably "tech-wreck" related annual filings in 2002, 2003 and 2004.]]></description>
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		<title>Dividends &#8211; Investing Tips For Good Dividends</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many people want to play on the stock market in hopes of making the magical selection that will provide them with lots of disposable income and make all their dreams come true. Although it might seem like the stock market is a place where you get thousands of dollars in return for a small investment, there are actually a lot of very complex processes and equations that go into determining who makes money, and who does not. More often than not, naive investors will sink all their money into one prospect only to have it shudder and die within a few months.]]></description>
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		<title>Best Investment Strategy For 2010 &amp; Beyond</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The best investment strategy for 2010 and beyond is not likely to be the normal investment strategy recommended year after year by many investment firms. Things ARE different this time. Here's your basic investment guide of things to consider going forward.

Year after year the basic investment strategy or asset allocation recommended for most people: 60% stocks and 40% bonds.]]></description>
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		<title>A Beginner&#8217;s Guide to Private Equity</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The business of private equity is one that has been in the headlines for some time now - coming under the public spotlight even more since the beginning of the recession. In this article we shall discuss how these firms operate, and how they make their rather substantial profits.

Let's begin by outlining what exactly private equity is. These companies are in essence investment companies.]]></description>
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		<title>Green Investment Advisor</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An investment advisor is someone who takes his or her extensive knowledge of the stock market and financial arenas and tells others what stocks are worth investing for their trading needs and which should be passed on as too risky for the investment amount.

An advisor will not make the final decisions for the investor; only offer strong cautions or recommendations. A green investment adviser is one who takes those cautions and recommendations just a step further by suggesting only the companies that engage in ecologically aware practices or those that are more socially responsible. However, the level of this social responsibility may vary among investment firms and from company to company.

Light Green Advisors (LGA) suggests products such as mutual funds that include the Eco Index and the Environmental Leadership Trust.]]></description>
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		<title>The Best and Easiest Way to Become a Successful Investor &#8211; How to Join the Professionals</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What if you could achieve the investment returns of a professional? I am going to show you that the secret to becoming a successful investor is the exact opposite to what you think. To become a great stock market investor you must do what most people aren't prepared to.

Why do most Stock Investors fail?

1. Because they believe that a financial adviser will do the work for them 2.]]></description>
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		<title>Investment Opportunities &#8211; Good Or Bad?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just how do you seek out investment opportunities and how do you pick the best ones?

The Prospectus

There are many offers for investing with companies and business entities that are made available to the public. These are usually made through the issue of a prospectus. This is a document that should give full details of the offer and also include an application form.]]></description>
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