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Easily Finding A Good Stock


There is a tremendous amount of software, complicated high priced newsletters, radio and TV stock pickers and Internet web sites that will help you find a stock that is going to make you rich.The problem is you don't know if this is talk or are these gurus putting their own money where their mouth is.

Trend Following


Trend following also called momentum trading is the simplest and safest method of stock market investing. It puts you in stocks and mutual funds that are going up and gets you out when they start down.

When Its Too Late to Save for Retirement


You are 55 years old (or somewhere around there) and your company is going to force you to retire at 65. You have $35,000 saved in your 401K and that's all.

Discipline in Trading and Investing


The one thing I can think of that most affects both trading and investing has to be self-discipline.Being disciplined is fully 50% of the job of trading or of investing.

Rules of Simple IRA Your Business Needs to Know


A Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees plan, better known as a SIMPLE plan, is an IRA-based retirement plan available to employers with fewer than 100 employees.Under a SIMPLE IRA plan, an employee can contribute a portion of his pay to his SIMPLE IRA account.

Retirement Plan Considerations Cheat Sheet for Small Business


RETIREMENT PLAN CONSIDERATIONS are something every small business person needs to be thinking about. Do you have a strategic plan? Don't expect to have social security save you.

Raising Capital in Today's "New Economy"


We've helped a number of clients develop business plans and raise capital from "angel" investors, corporate entities and venture capitalists during the last 6-8 years. It's always a daunting process that can be full of pitfalls and require a tremendous amount of work - but it can be done! Here is some perspective gleaned from years of experience.

Investing: Do You Want To Make Money, Or Would You Rather Fool Around?


It always amazes me how much stock market investors resemble horse track bettors. Some are very conservative, willing to trade low returns for relative safety.

Short Term Savings Products


When you invest, it simply means that you are putting your funds in products, in this case short-term savings vehicles, which will allow you to reap high financial rewards.Here is a list of the more common short term savings products you should consider investing in.

Investing Pointers for Neophyte Investors


If you know next to nothing, how do you go about the business of investing? The first thing you need to know about investing is, how much do you really know? If its' not much, then you will need to read extensively to educate yourself.To become well-informed, you should read up on the basics.

Making It Second Nature


Not long ago I was laying on my son's floor throwing one of his toy balls back and forth in the air to myself and I had a strange revelation. I noticed that as I threw the ball up in the air my left arm automatically started to move to where the ball was going to come down.

California Deparment of Corporations and Franchise Opportunities Law


What CA Needs To Do To Address Issues in FranchisingWe should not allow anymore degradation of California through incessant over regulations in the franchising sector. No other sector of our economy provides as many jobs as franchising.

Investing As A Sport?


I said last week that money doesn't generally buy happiness, but the lack of it can buy absolute misery. This, by the way, is not just my personal observation.

The Myth of the Earnings Yield


AbstractA very slim minority of firms distribute dividends. This truism has revolutionary implications.

Lessons in Transition


Q: What have been the most successful approaches to attracting direct foreign investments: offering prospective investors tax breaks and similar benefits, or improving the overall investment climate of the country?Empirical research has demonstrated that investors are not lured by tax breaks and monetary or fiscal investment incentives. They will take advantage of existing schemes (and ask for more, pitting one country against another).

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