by: Stephen L. Nelson, CPA Investing in real estate? Thinking about buying new equipment for your business? The depreciation you take on your tax return can turn into a significant tax benefit. But you need to make some complex calculations. Fortunately, Microsoft Excel can help. Excel’s VDB function calculates declining balance depreciation for an asset [...]
by: Michael Saville Sometimes investors think of mutual funds as a straight choice between no-load funds or load funds, because that is what they read about in the financial or popular press. But, there are a host of mutual fund expenses that can be charged to a no-load mutual fund as well as a load [...]
by: Mike Beo A carpenter uses a set of house plans to build a house. If he didn’t the bathroom might get overlooked altogether. Rocket Scientists would never begin construction on a new booster rocket without a detailed set of design specifications. Yet most of us go blindly out into the world without an inkling [...]
by: Robert Michael Investing can be scary. People tell stories of stock market crashes and the pain of cutting their losses. However, investments offer a dangerous magnetism that pulls people to Wall Street to invest in stocks. People have tried and failed to predict the fluctuations of the market, but as you build your portfolio, [...]
by: Dr. Sanjoy Ghose Financial planners, brokerage firms and mutual fund companies maintain that individuals should buy and hold their investments forever, till they retire. This “buy and hold” philosophy has been disastrous for millions of investors, who remained fully-invested through the vicious bear market that started in 2000, and have seen their portfolios decimated. [...]
by: Dennis Biray Typically when a company decides to buy another corporation, due to the prospect of growth and cutting cost and the possibility of a bidding war, the company that is desired buy another company will skyrocket in terms of price. Since the stock market is a rational expectations market, such information will be [...]
by: Jill Kane Exchange-traded funds (or EFT for short) have recently become a more and more interesting alternative to classic mutual funds. As of today, there are over 175 EFTs accumulating over 200 billion dollars – and these numbers are growing. While it is improbable for EFT to completely supersede classic mutual funds (at least [...]
by: Michael Weisbrot Usually the first question when a consumer is looking to purchase something is, “What will it cost?”. While cost is obviously important, it is not the only factor that should be considered when purchasing anything, including surety bonds. There are several items you should focus on as well, including, but not limited [...]
by: Mark Gardner Emerson The secret is well and truly out for Bulgaria. With the cheapest property prices in Europe, and a ridiculously low cost of living, people are buying Bulgarian properties in their droves. Traditionally, property investing has been for the well-heeled, and the well-connected. Exotic foreign climes, slick city centre apartments and bustling [...]
by: Mark Gardner Emerson The secret is well and truly out for Bulgaria. With the cheapest property prices in Europe, and a ridiculously low cost of living, people are buying Bulgarian properties in their droves. Traditionally, property investing has been for the well-heeled, and the well-connected. Exotic foreign climes, slick city centre apartments and bustling [...]
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