Tuesday, March 9, 2010

High interest rates are coming but when?

Posted by Don on January 1, 2010

We have heard about inflation over the last year, but when will we see it?  I believe you already have begun seeing it in the 10 Yr. Treasury rate.  This is the same thing Gold and the other commodities have told us.  Unfortunately the bond bullies are telling the US government that they are going [...]

Finding High Yield Stocks

Posted by Don on December 28, 2009

In an article written a while back I discussed the rule of 72 and how high yielding stocks could help smooth out returns in a down market.  I talked about a REIT that I had purchased at almost double the current price, but due to the large yield I was receiving I had actually earned [...]

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Lending Club No-Fee IRA

Posted by Don on November 21, 2009

Lending Club has announced a No-Fee IRA that can be opened with them.  You now can open a self directed IRA thru EntrustCANA that will allow you to invest that IRA in Lending Club notes and also will allow you to invest in many other types of investments also.
Lending Club has an average return of [...]

S&P 500 Breaks out

Posted by Don on November 18, 2009

Well no one likes to be wrong, but it looks like I was when I called for a double top last week.  The S&P 500 broke thru the 1100 level to close at 1109 and then held the 1100 level yesterday.  This should give us another leg up until we run into resistance at about [...]

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Lending Club $40 for new accounts

Posted by Don on November 12, 2009

Lending Club has increased their new account bonus to $40 when invited by an existing member.  If you have ever thought about opening a lending club account you should look into it.  Average returns for social lending at Lending Club are 9.67%.
If anyone is interested contact me at contact@keepmydollar.com and I will send [...]

Take some profits please

Posted by admin on November 9, 2009

Anyone who has money invested 401-K please re-balance your portfolio now.  Please, for your peace of mind, remember where you were at 1 year ago.  Take some profits and have some cash ready, because I believe that we are getting ready to top out.
Oh sure everyone is on board with the rally, but seriously is [...]

Expert opinions

Posted by Don on November 1, 2009

Two big names have come out in the last week have come out saying that the market is overvalued again.  Both Bill Gross of PIMCO and Jeremy Grantham have published newsletters last week and both make a claim for overvaluations in both the stock market and other assets.
Grantham states fair value for the S&P is [...]

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Late day Market Reversal

Posted by Don on October 21, 2009

Don’t look now friends but the market staged a late day reversal in the face of very good earnings reports today.  As evidenced in the article by Midnight Trader the market turned from up all day to a large drop in the last hour.

If you look at the chart, the S&P 500 is still in [...]

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My take on the rule of 72

Posted by Don on September 19, 2009

The greatest thing to those looking to increase wealth is the beauty of compounding.  The Rule of 72 is a quick calculation to figure out how long it will take to double your money at a given rate of return, or allow you to figure out what rate of return you need to double your [...]

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Possible inflation ahead?

Posted by admin on September 13, 2009

Hello all.  Long time no write.   We have had a tough time the last couple of months in which we lost a dear friend, and my new position at work has taken a tremendous amount of time.
Anyway, in getting the kids in school and getting life back to normal for us, I began getting back [...]