Gold Is On The Run

On Tuesday, gold prices hit an all time high by climbing 1.5%. Most of the cause of the move is because of economic concerns that Congress wouldn’t (or couldn’t) come to an agreement as to the debt ceiling. Even though they have now come to a decision and an agreement to it all, investors are still concerned about the status of the U.S. credit rating. Even though Moody’s has stated that they will hold the...

Investing As A Beginner In A Recession

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that the U.S. economy has been in a recession for some time. The DOW has climbed from it low in March of 2009 of 6,600 range to where it is now in the 12,000 range. Is the time still good to invest in stocks while the economy is on very shaking ground? If you’re a beginner investing in the stock market and have very little knowledge of how it all works, I would say...

Growth Investing Tactics and Strategies

I think it is assumed that all investors are looking for growth.  But when we talk about growth investing in particular, we are talking about an aggressive growth stock investment strategy that involves a little more risk but better than average potential returns. Growth Investing Defined When we talk about growth, we are not just talking about any positive % return.  The reason why 2-3% return doesn’t work, even...

Why Are People Buying Stocks In This Bad Economy?

It seems many people are suddenly interested in the stock market. After the huge downswing in 2008, a lot of us lost money and went out of the market. But 2009 was a much better year for stocks and 2010 has seen the market go sideways. After testing some lows in 2010, the Dow seems to want to go up again and apparently, people don’t want to get left behind. They might have been watching AAPL stock go way up or they...

Beginner Investing: Real Estate

Are you thinking about investing some of your money in real estate? This is one of the best times to invest in real estate if you are thinking of making a long term investment. With the economy in the shape that it is in people are finding it harder and harder to keep up with their mortgage payments so houses all over the place are being foreclosed on by the bank. Some of them are being sold for dirt cheap so if you have the...