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Archive for March, 2008

Mar
28

Countercyclical Investments: Profiting in Tax Liens and Deeds (Part 1)

Posted under Investing


In these troubled times picking the right type of investments can be a headache, if not more. Traditional investment options are either too risky (stocks) or the return is too low (bonds). In order to survive in such a volatile economy we should consider investment opportunities that are more secure and often times overlooked. Ever Friday, i will be a new article about Read the rest of this entry »

Mar
19

Gold and Oil, the Standards for Economy

Posted under Finance, Investing

One of my friends asked me if the price of both is related to inflation. What I told him can be summed up as the following the reason why that the price of gold and oil is going but is simple. It isn’t because of the supply or the demand. It is because the Value of the dollar is falling. As the dollar is devalued resources form other countries become more expensive and items in the US Read the rest of this entry »

Mar
17

Stagflation, the economy, interest rates, inflation and You.

Posted under Finance, Investing

Stagflation, the economy, interest rates, inflation and you.

We can all agree that the United States of America is in a recession. By this point, there have been more then 2 quarters in which there was little to no growth or a decline in the economy. The press is mentioning the word “RECESSION” in every other sentence. Most the of major stock markets have fallen over 11 percent in the last 6 months. Only the president of the US is saying that we are not in a recession, just like there were Read the rest of this entry »