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Don’t Let Trading Programs Steal Your Money

March 8th, 2010 · No Comments · AIP Money Management Tips

AIP Money Management Tip
 
I don’t know how many people I have seen or heard of paying hundreds and usually thousands of dollars for trading workshops and tutoring packages. Investors are constantly being tempted on traditional media and now social media sites. Promises of easy money, getting rich quickly, and learning to beat the system lure [...]

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Seven ETF Advantages to Boost Your Portfolio Returns

March 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · Investment Planning, Portfolio Management

By Ken Faulkenberry
Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) are an investment vehicle; a hybrid of stocks, mutual funds, and closed-end mutual funds. ETFs are a basket or portfolio of stocks much like mutual funds or closed-end funds. Much like a stock or closed-end fund, on a given day each EFT trades on an exchange with a number [...]

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Are Your Returns Suffering From Over Diversification?

February 22nd, 2010 · 1 Comment · AIP Money Management Tips, Portfolio Management

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Over diversification is a serious mistake made by many investors. Some investors have learned the harmful effects of under diversification and mistakenly believe that the more diversification the better. It has become common to diversify to the point of hurting your investment returns. This is particularly harmful in the current environment where [...]

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Investment Proverbs – Biblical Principles

February 14th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Investment Proverbs

But divide your investments among many places, for you do not know what risks might lie ahead. (Principle of diversification)
Ecclesiastes 11:2
 
The way of the fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to counsel.
Proverbs 12:15
 
Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity, but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty.
Proverbs 21:5
 
Good people leave [...]

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Why and How to Add Brazil to Your Portfolio

February 8th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Portfolio Management, Specific Investment Ideas

By Ken Faulkenberry
Brazil has the tenth largest economy in the world and the fifth largest as measured by land mass. With a population of 193 million and a 2 trillion dollar economy, it is a political and economic leader in Latin America.  However, social and economic problems have kept it from being an effective global [...]

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Mr. Brown Goes to Washington – The Implications Beyond the Obvious

January 24th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Economics, Investment Planning

By Ken Faulkenberry
The election of Scott Brown to the Massachusetts U.S. Senate Seat has been called one of the biggest upsets in elections history. There are obvious important implications of his election. The fact Mr. Brown will be the 41st vote in the Senate takes away the democrats’ ability to dictate policy. His election probably [...]

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Five Reasons to be Cautious Now

January 22nd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Economics, Investment Planning, Risk Management

1. The velocity of money circulating in the economy is very low. The growth we are experiencing right now is from massive government spending and expansion of the money supply. The Federal Reserve has kept short-term rates near zero and provided extremely loose monetary conditions. They have little left to help the economy if it [...]

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