Investment


Feature Writer: Howard Bryan Bonham
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Investment is the act of purchasing a monetary asset or resource in order to receive future income or a capital gain from its sale.

We will publish articles to help readers invest for retirement or other objectives, with the tools and curiosity necessary for them to tackle global investing successfully.

These will include: Bonds, Currencies, Derivatives Investing, Economics 101, Funds Investing, Futures Investing, Investment (General) Investment Banking, Options Investing, Portfolio Management, Precious Metals Investing, Private Equity, and Shares/Stocks.

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Major Poll Shows Doubts about Economic Recovery

In: Investment (general)

A recent survey by business consultants McKinsey & Co. suggests corporate managements should come up with new game plans, based on the lingering crises in global finance. more...

Microsoft Pins Hopes on Windows 7 and IE 8

In: Shares/Stocks

With the launch of Windows 7 operating system in October, Microsoft Corp. hopes to recoup goodwill lost during two winters of customer discontent with the flawed Vista. more...

Democrats Cast Health Insurers as Villains

In: Investment (general)

In the debate over restructuring of the $2.5 trillion US health care marketplace, advocates of a comprehensive plan have turned a searing spotlight on health insurers. more...

Look for Silver Lining in Current Business Cycle

In: Investment (general)

A business cycle is much like the weather. It can be a brief squally interlude, followed by sunshine; or, it can be a long winter storm, followed by cold gradual thaw. more...

FED's Capacity to Boost Money Is Factor of Ten

In: Economics 101

When the Federal Reserve Bank buys a $10,000 US Treasury note, or any acceptable asset of that amount from a member bank, it can set off a ten-fold jump in money supply. more...

Exchange-traded Funds Investing in Fast Track

In: Funds Investing

The newly-released Flow of Funds report of the Federal Reserve Bank shows investors are favoring shares of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) during the current recession. more...

Microsoft was the 800-pound Gorilla on Steroids

In: Shares/Stocks

Ringside hooters juicing up the mayhem of a WWF wrestling Smack Down could not exhibit more of a love-hate relationship than the one between Microsoft and its customers. more...

SEC Making EDGAR Files Interactive on Internet

In: Shares/Stocks

Congress created the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in 1934, in response to the dangers to America of excessive malfeasance and recklessness on Wall Street. more...

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