Archive for August, 2009

Golf and Investing: Optimism, Focus, and Education

by Steve Selengut

You knew it the moment it left the club, that spark at contact when you catch it just right. You look up. It’s just reaching the top of its climb— and heading down right at the pin, a pin positioned left of center on the elevated green, much too close to the water.

This could be the one! Four mouths hang open, not a sound. Then whack, the ball strikes low on the stick and disappears; the pin wobbles; the ball is nowhere to be seen— Read the rest of this entry »

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Meaningful Elements of a Practical Debt Mitigation Plan

Author: Robin Williams

           

Among the ongoing worldwide financial calamity and fiscal woes, a credit card debt assistance program is clearly becoming one of the chief concerns many people have. You may not think you have a need for a debt negotiation program or debt management program at the present moment for getting out of debt as you want to believe. The main reason why we find ourselves in significant financial trouble is that we are in many cases in outright denial of the significance of our current issues.

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Timing Investment

Investment timing is the bread and butter of traders seeking to cream off a few points difference between buying and selling. But what of investors, looking to buy and hold over the relatively long term?

For those focusing upon the longer-term, timing investing is less critical. Read the rest of this entry »

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Investment Scam Alert 2009: Spread the Word

by Steve Selengut

This is a real world situation that could impact each of you as professionals, investors, and friends of persons who could fall for such schemes. So please get angry about it!

An envelope arrived yesterday from a worried investor (not a client of mine) in Appleton, Wisconsin. He had been contacted with an “investment partner” opportunity touting a “guaranteed investment program” that would absolutely “double and triple his money every sixty days” with no worries, work, or risk involved. Read the rest of this entry »

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Investment Grade Value Stock Index (IGVSI) Soars 24%

by Steve Selengut

The Investment Grade Value Stock Index is a barometer of a small but elite sector of the stock market. Some Investment Grade Value Stocks are included in all averages and indices, but even the Dow Jones Industrial Average includes several issues that are below Investment Grade and very few boast an A+ S & P rating. Read the rest of this entry »

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