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What are the benefits of Anyone investing in gold that
can tell me the pros and cons?
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gold is a standard so that is a pro but it is an investment like anything else, it can go up and down, gold will never go out of business and when the dollar gets weaker the gold goes up. but just because the dollar is down doesn't mean the price of gold is not over inflated. like any investment you need to be comfortable with what you are buying. getting the hot stock is not necessarily the best thing to invest in, looking at undervalued stocks can make you a healthy profit, especially if you are investing over the long term which is the smartest way to do it |
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Does anyone know what big I am doing an M.B.A.
presentation on Angel
investing and am trying to use
a big corporation as an
example of successful angel
investing. Are there any big
companies that started off
using angel investing to fund
their idea and now are very
successful? Please let me know
of any. Thanks.
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Creative Technology Ltd |
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Whats a good online investing I am a 20 year old college
student looking to get
involved with mutual funds and
maybe some stocks. I already
have a roth ira and am looking
for a good online investment
company like Charles Schwab,
Fidelity, and Ing Direct to
start and play around. I am
looking to investing a couple
thousand for now since that is
what I can afford.
Any advice, pros and cons, and
anything else you have to say
would be appreciated. What is
a good company to start with.
We all have to start from
somewhere.
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Been happy with Schwab the last 12 years. Lots of good research available, access to many no-load and loaded funds (not all Schwab). And offices in many areas if you need to visit one. Good help desk if you have questions about the website or IRA question. Not full of poor english speaking foreigners, like other companies support staff. |
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What is the best real estate All the investing literature I
have read say to protect
yourself from liability and
taxes. I know there are LLC
and Corp (S and C) which
provide these benefits. The
investing literature also says
to use the banks money to
leverage your investing (OPM).
However, my lender will not
provide a single or multi
family home investment loan
for a business (only under my
name). So, how do I create a
business structure that
protects me but still allows
me to get home loans.
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Inquire with your lender, or other lenders, whether they will lend to you, individually, with a guaranty from the LLC and with the collateral being an Indemnity Deed of Trust (IDOT), supplied by the LLC which owns the real property. Feel free to e-mail me if you have any additional questions. |
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I'm 16 and want to start I have more or less $50-60
dollars that I want to start
investing for the long run.
What kind of stocks will do
best for me in the long run?
What stocks are safer and
which are more risky?
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Congratulations on getting started at a young age. It’ll help you more than you know! You ask a very broad question, so be prepared for a pretty long answer. Just take it in chunks! How to invest depends on what you already know. We'll assume that you're beginning. A good primer is How to Make Money in Stocks by William O'Neil. You can get it cheap just about anywhere. It’s widely available new or used. Another good one is one of Jim Cramer's books. But books will only get you so far. At some point, you'll also want to get at least a little training. There are some great education companies if you want to make the investment. Investools.com or optionetics.com are both very good companies as is tmitchell.com For free, you can start by visiting thestreet.com. That'll get you a pretty good primer so at least you'll understand what the markets are and what a stock is, etc. If you get a chance, watch Mad Money on CNBC. Don't trade any of his picks. Just use the show to get you to understand some basics and get a feel for the market itself. Next, subscribe to something like investorsbusiness daily or something like that that can help you identify good stocks. *** Do a quick search (at the top of the page) on ROTH IRAs. You’ll want to put some money in there. *** Once you understand stocks, go to 888options.com. It's a website that'll help you understand options (what they do, how they work, etc). You don't need to trade them, but the more you know, the more you'll see how options can really be the safest way to invest (once you're educated). As you get more advanced, you might want a technical analysis book like Murphy's Visual Investor or A Technical Analysis Course by Meyer. If it's discipline (which is crucial to successful trading), probably Trading in the Zone by Mark Douglas or Mastering the Trade by John Carter I know that’s a LOT to absorb. Just take it one step at a time for now. Start with a book or two to give you an idea of where to begin. Since you're starting with a smaller amount of money, you'll probably want to save up at least a few dollars so you don't get eaten up by commissions (around $10-15/trade). When you have say $200 or so, you can put it into an ETF or into a growth stock. Meanwhile, you can always papertrade to practice (highly recommended). Start slow, then as you figure things out, you can buy more shares. Congrats again on getting started. If you have any questions, please let me know. Hope this helps! |
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