Thursday, March 11, 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 [...]

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 [...]

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Increasing your returns

Posted by Don on May 19, 2009

How many of you wonder why your mutual fund, investment adviser (broker) got 1%-2% fees on you account last year when it went down 40%?  Aren’t we paying those fees so an adviser can protect our funds from being wiped out?
This is not a rant on investment advisors or brokers.  Most of them are not [...]

Stock Market perspective 5-14-09

Posted by Don on May 14, 2009

ETF plays for inflation

Posted by Don on April 16, 2009

If you believe like I do that we are in for inflation in the future then you may be asking yourself how can I invest to take advantage of the coming inflation.  Here are some ways people can invest to hedge against inflation.  I have listed ETF’s next to each strategy that you could use.

Sell [...]