? 1:25 - Peer to Peer lending 4:25 - Aggressive investing 7:17 - Why a technology based fund may not have performed well this year Here is the link to the transcript for this video
? 1:25 - Peer to Peer lending 4:25 - Aggressive investing 7:17 - Why a technology based fund may not have performed well this year Here is the link to the transcript for this video
Investors looking for income might be drawn to high yield bonds. High yield sounds like exactly what they're looking for. However, their desire for yield often leads them to overlook the many risks that surround these investments. Tom and Brendan discuss the risks...
Warren Buffett writes an annual letter to the shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway each year. If you've never read them, you really ought to. They are priceless gems. Not a laugh a minute, but an interesting observation on what's happening. This year's version is...
What is left in the governments bag of tricks to get the banks back on track? One topic that I wrote about -- 5 months ago -- has popped up this past week with more and more frequency. We are finally starting to hear more and more chatter about relaxing "Mark to the...
It was reported this week that the Treasury Department sold $32 billion in T-bills at a yield of 0%. Yes, that's NOT a misprint: zero percent yield. These are treasury bills which mature in four weeks. Yields on these kind of investments have dropped from 1.75% this...
The Treasury announced they will begin to inject capital (money) into banks, under terms created under the bailout bill. This article will try to walk through, in English, what this all means. As part of the bailout bill (or TARP: troubled asset recovery plan), one...
Bank Failures in Nevada and California The headlines this past weekend showed that US regulators took over two banks Friday afternoon and sold them both to Mutual of Omaha bank. This was the sixth and seventh bank failures this year. Before becoming a broker, over 25...
Look At The Bond Market Hate being the party pooper, but I think it's important to remind people that when interest rates start to creep up, that's usually a sign that the party in the stock market may be taking a pause, or even coming to a close. Look at what's...