Archive for July, 2010
July 22nd, 2010
Investors have many options for getting involved precious commodities like gold, silver, platinum, oil, and gas.One direct method of owning commodities is through the physical purchase of gold, silver, platinum, and other precious metals and stones. There is not a viable profitable method for purchasing oil or gas especially storing it. Another option for commodities is in futures or futures options. Futures are very risky and unpredictable. You will definitely have to do your homework and possibly invest large amounts of money.Another method of owning commodities is through the purchase of exchange traded funds or ETF’s. ETF’s are like stocks and are traded on the stock exchange
July 16th, 2010
Wouldn’t it be nice to be like your bank or credit card company and charge interest on loans. Well it’s possible, yet very risky to lend out money to people who are seeking loans. It can be tricky to work out agreements and to protect yourself from the loss of the money not being paid back. That is why protected banks make all the easy money on these loans. However it is an investment strategy worth looking into.
July 10th, 2010
Platinum has a much shorter investment history that gold and silver historically. The metal platinum is mined like gold and silver and is quite scarce like silver is to gold. It’s investment growth is dependent on supply and demand like gold and silver. Platinum is typically less hyped up as gold and silver. By tracking and predicting it’s value platinum can be a viable investment option.
July 2nd, 2010
When people think long term stock investing they think it’s safe. Call it stock broker sales pitch or investing conditioning this is actually a very risky strategy to buy and hold long term. The informed wealthy are getting out and in at the right times more accurately. The one’s who buy and hold are the ones paying for the wealthy on the way out. The wealthy are also coming back in with now deflated worthless stock being dumped by the investing losers when it’s too late. Yes you may buy and hold and take out at the right timing, but no one can predict the timing. It’s better to predict the short term by making money in a up or down market. Find out how in the short term investing article.Sponsored Ads
