Nine Stocks for 2009

Holding true to the optimism that only a New Year can bring, financial analysts across the country are sure to offer their "best picks for 2009" in the coming days. But before we get ahead of ourselves, let's remind everyone of just a few of the recommendations they made for 2008. SymbolPriceChangeAFAM45.870.00POT83.870 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 14:43:00

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Saturday, Jan 10 LinkStuff

Weight 183.0 - I gained 3 pounds over the holidays which is unfortunate but to be expected ... investors. ABCs of Investing wrote about asset allocation and the reasons for owning different asset ... it out. Canadian Capitalist reports on asset class returns for 2008 - most of them weren’t good [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 09:00:41

Real Wealth Expo - Jan 22 thru 25th, Bruce Norris 1 1/2 Days + 9 Other Money Making Investor Experts!

Downloadable Registration Form | 2009 Schedule Coming Soon! REAL WEALTH EXPO REAL ESTATE INVESTING AND INTERNET MARKETING CONFERENCE 3 Days Of Absolutely FREE Training January 22-25, 2009 Scottish Rite Center | San Diego, CA PLUS A SPECIAL BONUS PRE-EVENT JANUARY 18TH FOR THE FIRST 50 PEOPLE TO REGISTER! [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 01:39:38

Bank of America (BOA), Wells Fargo (WFC) End 2008 with Major Buyout Deals

Two major U.S. banking deals were completed yesterday (Thursday), enabling the suitors to finalize the deals before 2008 came to a close ... quantified the still existing risks in Wachovia’s huge portfolio of mortgage and real estate loans ... , investment banking, mortgage and wealth management operations [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 12:36:15

It Keeps Getting Better And Better In California

The Daily Press reports from California. “First-time home buyers jumped into the local real estate market in December, pushing sales of existing homes up by 17 percent for the month and 207 percent compared to a year ago, according to new from the Victor Valley MLS compiled by Larry Trombley, an agent in Hesperia [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 15:46:59

A Government of People-Eaters

by The Mogambo Guru In the essay "Madoff and Bernanke: Doing the math (or: Soylent Green Finance)" by David Goldman at blog.atimes ... Capital says, "The Federal Reserve estimates that in the past year, losses in real estate, stocks ... the figure at $20 trillion." Bud Conrad of CaseyResearch.com says that "a reduction in asset [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 21:06:20

Links for 2009-01-07

Stimulus arithmetic (wonkish but important) - Paul Krugman Blog - NYTimes.com - «I see the following scenario: a weak stimulus plan, perhaps even weaker than what we’re talking about now, is crafted to win those extra GOP votes. The plan limits the rise in unemployment, but things are still pretty bad, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 08:00:55

Finding Foreclosures: Ideas for Investors

Josh Sloan asked: In today's market, ... might be in dire straits. Asset Managers help clients (lenders) dispose of their assets. Many asset management companies have listings of properties they represent on their websites. One subset [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 01:39:06

Real Estate Investors benefit from Green Building Momentum

Every year around this time, I get the itch to move far away from the cold, gray streets of Baltimore. It's not that I dislike Charm City, but when the mercury falls below 40 degrees Fahrenheit, the lure of warmer climates becomes overwhelming [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 05:35:52

Germans top in jersey sponsorship despite credit crunch

Germans top in jersey sponsorship despite credit crunch » Nalbandian stays, ... for The Organic Center Dinner » M|H|S Establishes Insurance Company to Serve Real Estate Settlement ... Obesity » Arthur D. Little Launches The Water Margin: How Strategic Management of Water [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 16:57:21

Review: Put Your Money Where Your Heart Is by Natalie Pace

To be candid, when I was offered a review copy of Natalie Pace’s new book: Put Your Money Where Your Heart Is, I considered turning it down ... General Motors, AIG, Fannie Mae and Phillip Morris ... , that asset diversification is important for long term wealth. For this reason, I have money [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 13:11:16

How To Make Money through Investment

Listen to this article As a result of the global financial crisis ravaging the world, it is pertinent to proffer solutions to this breakdown ... (stocks of companies) will outperform other asset classes. However, individual stocks can clobber [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 16:22:00

Words from the (investment) wise 12.28.08

Investors spent the holiday-shortened Christmas week in an un-merry mood, digesting more gloomy economic data and taking stock of a tumultuous 2008. With the S&P 500 Index and the Dow Jones Industrial Index down by 35.8% and 40.6% respectively for the year to date, many investors would be anxious to wave the old year goodbye [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 12:31:33

CFA Designation: 1 Page Guide

CFA Designation 1 Page Guide to the CFA Designation Quick Links: Chartered Hedge Fund Associate (CHA) Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) ... , derivatives, venture capital, real estate, etc.), and Portfolio Management and Analysis (asset ... with the areas of investment banking, portfolio/investment management, and financial analysis of [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 12:30:24

Oversight Panel Blasts TARP's Lack of Accountability

This report verifies what everyone has suspected for some time, ... or were in some stage of foreclosure through November, according to RealtyTrac Inc., a real estate ... namely that TARP is doling out funds without any real accountability for what the money is being [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 14:26:00

THE WORLD today!

———————————————————————————1. Barack Obama wins Presidential Election and becomes the 44th President of the United States starting January 20 - Hope for a Change - Yes we can -130 Million Americans, more than in any other election since 1960, voted for a change and choose Obama, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 00:09:08

What is the Real Estate Asset Protection?

Asset protection is very essential and it has bee discussed too with great care among various real estate giants. The concept of asset protection includes the possibility of placing the titles in a certain ... . You should really be very caring and daring as well at the time of title transfer. Asset is as important [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 09:00:24

Latest News in Stock Funds Markets - Jan 07, 2009

TIMELINE: Satyam chief quits, shares plunge - Reuters 7 Jan 2009 at 4:56am SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The chairman of Satyam Computer Services ( SATY ... of Anne Stausboll, the new chief executive officer of the California Public Employees Retirement System ... market fund assets increased by 3.19 trillion won ($2.5 billion) on Jan. 5 alone, the Asset [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 17:19:20

WSJ: US Agrees to Bail Out Citi (Updated)

Oddly, I saw this comparatively late (about an hour) ... there will be NO management changes. I do not see how GM can be denied a rescue now (not that that outcome is really in doubt, merely how much pain will be inflicted on management and the UAW). This seems [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 05:16:05

2008: The Year the Chickens Came Home to Roost

“If you wanna dance, you gotta pay the band. If you wanna borrow, you gotta pay the man ... and portfolio manager of Rady Asset Management. “What that means is that consumers, corporations ... , when the reduction of easy credit meant that the ongoing expectation for appreciation of real-estate prices [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 12:00:00

Putting Citizens First: Transforming Online Govt White Paper

[With the federal government in transition, and high expectations for the Obama Administration to revolutionize how government uses the web and other technology to make its processes more open, interactive and effective, we thought it would be interesting to repost this white paper, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 20:37:43

Compute Your Net Worth Once a Year

The following is a guest post from Marotta Asset Management ... . Compute your net worth by creating four lists.  Liquid assets: An asset is something you own that has significant value. A liquid asset can be sold in a matter of days. Include personal bank accounts [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 17:34:21

180th Carnival of Personal Finance

Hi and welcome to the 180th Carnival of Personal Finance.  This is my first time hosting the Carnival of Personal Finance and I’m excited to do so!    If you are interested in hosting or submitting to the Carnival please check out the website. My name is LAL and I’m a twenty-something DINK writing about my journey to one day live large [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 14:05:11

Stage Your Financing With Your Business Growth

Every business goes through growth stages very similar to what we as humans go through ... is concerned with perfecting the business from its management to the products or services it offers ... take from the business (management exit) and give back to the communities that supported it.While each [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 13:52:00

David Harvey: Capitalism and the City (Part 2)

This post is excerpted from a longer article originally published in New Left Review.  This the second of two parts that Kasama is posting ... of terrain occupied for a whole generation. Capital accumulation through real-estate activity booms, since [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 16:00:09

U.S. Economy in 2009, Pain Will Precede the Promise

If there’s a proverb that captures the outlook for the U.S. economy in the New Year, it’s the one that says: “It’s always darkest before the dawn.” Regardless of any formal announcement of whether or not the United States drops into an actual recession, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 15:15:51

Catching Up With the Lehman and AIG Asset Sales

Call it the $153 billion theory. The federal government lent $153 billion to American International Group under the theory that the New York ... including real estate–for $1.75 billion. Lehman’s investment management businesses, including Neuberger ... through asset sales, and AIG $254 million. The problem at the core of these asset sales is obvious [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 13:30:00

Commercial real estate mortgage rates

Even if finance techniques relating to long-term business might seem appropriate in several circumstances, ... , owing to preference by several business owners corresponding to long-term, commercial real estate loans, along with loan programs on the commercial basis. Commercial real estate mortgage rates need [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 00:42:46

A biological perspective on financial bubbles

Freakonomics has this brilliant and illuminating post by Prof Andrew Lo on the genesis of financial asset bubble driven crises and the prescriptions ... by periods of rising real-estate and stock prices, large capital inflows, and financial liberalization [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 12:51:00

Caprock Analytics Stock Ratings for Selected Stocks

Caprock Analytics highlights selected stocks from the over 4,000 stocks tracked and analyzed by Caprock Analytics. These stock selections include a recent Caprock Analytics Strength metric and a brief description of the company. Note that stocks with negative strength ratings indicate a degree of weakness that has been detected [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 14:05:52

Caprock Analytics Stock Ratings for Selected Stocks

Caprock Analytics highlights selected stocks from the over 4,000 stocks tracked and analyzed by Caprock Analytics. These stock selections include a recent Caprock Analytics Strength metric and a brief description of the company. Note that stocks with negative strength ratings indicate a degree of weakness that has been detected [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 19:05:51

Ask The Expert with Larry Swedroe, December 2008 Issue

This is the 11th issue of the Ask The Expert column by Larry Swedroe. You can see Larry’s full biography and important disclaimer below. If you are interested in having your question answered by Larry, please send me an email via the contact page. Now, let’s get to the questions and answers ( [more...]

Date: 2008-12-04 02:00:22

Land development and building development

A real estate developer or property developer makes improvements of some kind to real property, thereby increasing its value. There are two major categories of real estate development activity: land development and building ... parties. Realty development is first and foremost a cash flow business. Real estate [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 05:00:35

Caprock Analytics Stock Ratings

Stock-Net presents custom stock ratings, powered by Caprock Analytics ... , providing human capital and financial management consulting services. The Company focuses on delivering ... opportunities in human capital management. It also provides independent financial advice regarding [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 18:02:52

Resource War, Investing in Demographics, Bottom for Stocks and Gasoline, Fund Managers and More!

by Addison Wiggin & Ian Mathias Russian dispute turns into European crisis… the first days of a coming resource war? ... their favorite asset class for 2009… but can you trust them with your money? J.W. Burritt [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 18:46:45

Posts about Mortgage Market Report as of January 14, 2009

Flagstar Bank 12 to 14 month Promo CD Rate - monitorbankrates.com 01/14/2009 Flagstar Bank 12 to 14 month Promo CD Rate Citibank Savings Account Promo Flagstar Bank $100 Checking Offer Roth IRA vs Tradtional IRA CD Ladder Calculator Imperial Capital Bank’s iMoney Market Checking Mortgage Foreclosure Resources … Money Market Account Financing a [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 12:23:49

US v. Blagojevich & Harris -- the criminal complaint

Text version: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT  NORTHERN  DISTRICT OF   ILLINOIS, EASTERN DIVISION         UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   V.  ROD R. BLAGOJEVICH, and JOHN HARRIS I, the undersigned complainant being duly sworn state the following is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 17:03:21

Live-Blogging Goldman Sachs’ Fourth-Quarter Earnings

We nominate this for the securities industry’s saddest sentence: “For the period ended Nov. 30, Goldman reported a net loss of $2 ... -value implications…” 11:09: M&A, rates, currencies, commodities and asset management were [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 16:26:31

Live-Blogging Goldman Sachs’ Fourth-Quarter Earnings

We nominate this for the securities industry’s saddest sentence: “For the period ended Nov. 30, Goldman reported a net loss of $2 ... -value implications…” 11:09: M&A, rates, currencies, commodities and asset management were [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 19:11:00

Three Facilities Management Appointed By Wasl

Wasl appoints three facilities management service providersConstruction Week Online - Dubai, United Arab EmiratesWasl, the asset management group owned by Dubai Real Estate Corporation (DREC), has announced the appointment of BK Gulf, Operon Middle East and Imdaad as exclusive facilities management service providers [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 15:47:00

Victory! Plum Creek Drops Easement Change

I slept in after a quiet and lovely New Year’s Eve. I was planning an equally pleasant morning, ... Asset Management Corporation and Newground Social Investment, to pursue a shareholders strategy [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 20:59:22

MortgageNewsClips: No Refis for Mods, New Ways, Builder Reprieve, Citi and Capitol Hill, Reverse Commentary, In The Hole, Dennis Lockhart, Tom Brown, Linda Lowell, 2005, Dimon Says 2Q, Rate Low?, Chris Whalen

this could be big - Effective Immediately - No Refi’s For Borrowers with Modified Loans - 1/5/09 - ... more at MR Mortgage  ———— google-news The potential deal between Citi and Morgan Stanley underscores [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 01:37:30

The Carnival of Smarter Investing # 21

Welcome to the Twenty First Edition of The Carnival of Smarter Investing! We're back with our November edition of CoSI, so sit back, relax, and enjoy this supersized gathering of featured articles by investors and writers in the areas of business and real estate [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 22:06:06

Carnival of Personal Finance, Cyber Monday 2008 Edition

Welcome to the Carnival of Personal Finance! It’s officially Cyber Monday 2008, the online doppelgaenger to Black Friday. This term was coined by the American Retail Federation three years ago after a majority of online retailers saw their sales go up the Monday after Thanksgiving [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 06:02:01

Gold, Not so Golden in 2008

Gold It’s been a terrible year for most major asset classes — stocks, real estate, hedge funds, and commodities ... market turmoil because for much of the year, gold was as much a part of the craze as any other asset [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 16:07:07

Looking For No Money Down Mortgage Loans?

Looking For No Money Down Mortgage Loans? Posted By katie George on @ 1: ... about this money management tool to help you build your assets. Get pre-qualified for your no down ... . There are debt management tips and tools in various places on this web site. No money down mortgage loans [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 08:19:34

Women in the City Winner: Trish Barrigan, Senior Partner, Benson Elliot Capital Management LLP

Women in the City Winner: Trish Barrigan, Senior Partner, Benson Elliot Capital Management LLP by Elizabeth Harrin (London) ... Partner of Benson Elliot Capital Management LLP, a leading pan-European private equity real estate firm ... . Private equity real estate is a sub-sector of the better known private equity industry.  However, it’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 18:00:09

Obama, Canada and the Latin problem

Obama, Canada and the Latin problem Posted: January 14, 2009, 7:29 AM by Diane Francis Filed under: Canadian Politics,Energy,U.S ... and Chile, even drug-ravaged Colombia. Non-mining investor, Brookfield Asset Management, has large stakes [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 12:29:00

Route 17 & Paramus Road – What to build? – A hotel?

Here’s an aerial view of the vacant property on Paramus Road where the Baker Group wants to build a much debated multi-family housing complex ... operations, aviation law, general corporate law and real estate law. In 1999, he co-founded the law [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 20:42:00

Where to Invest 2009: Funds & ETF's

"If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it ... of illustrating the wisdom of asset allocation and risk management (click on the image [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 01:37:39

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