| Irish Art - Investment For Art's Sake |
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| Art has become an increasingly popular area for investment and Art investment has become a fashionable, sociable and fun way for some of the Celtic Tiger Cubs to spend money. Occasionally, paintings are passed down through generations of families, b |
| Wall Street Rally - Credit Crisis Over? |
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| Last week the ECB (European central bank) and MPC (UK central bank) opted to take a wait and see approach with interest rates. Both announced that they would be leaving interest rates on hold, preferring to see how their respective economies hold up |
| Which Interest Rate? |
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| Interest rates is the income on bank and building society deposits, and takes different forms and sizes. It is essential that the investor develops an awareness of the types there are and how they differ from each other. As will be soon revealed, la |
| How To Select Shares For Your Portfolio |
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| Investors employ a multiplicity of techniques in choosing shares. What is common amongst the various methods is that they don't always work. The suggestions made in this discussion combined with common sense and good judgment should help to hone you |
| Private vs Professional Investors |
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| Proponents of pooled funds argue that there is a great uncertainty on the stock market, and that it is dangerous for the private investor to play there, as they get prone to high losses and costs. Although there is a grain of truth in this, the argu |
| Doubling Stocks With A Small Bankroll |
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| People are always asking me why they can't break even in the stock market while I manage to consistently pull profits almost at will. If your goal is doubling stocks, and therefore your money, on a regular basis then it is absolutely crucial that yo |
| Who Is To Blame? Investor Or Financial Advisor? |
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| When financial plans fail to achieve the financial objectives aimed at, there is normally a lot of blame-laying. Indeed some advisors even get fired along the way. But let us be brutally honest with each other. Who is to blame? The investor or the f |
| Is the Media Useful to Investors? |
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| Investors fall into two broad categories, namely: individual investors and institutional investors. If I was asked this question: Is the media useful to investors? My response will be a yes for institutional investors, but as regards individual inve |
| Assembling Criteria for Stock Evaluation |
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| What are you looking for in your stock picks? First of all maybe we should establish where you are getting your selections from? Do you subscribe to a newsletter from some guru who has a fail-proof system? Or do you look at the Wall Street Journal e |
| How to Value Shares |
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| The equity market is fairly capricious and can lead to losses. With care and due judgment in valuing shares, however, substantial profits can be made over and above what can be achieved with relatively less risky securities such as bonds, gilts and |
| Unit Trust Versus Investment Trust |
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| Considering the high dealing cost in share transactions, for the private investor, it is not worth the trouble investing less than 2000 pounds in shares. In fact one will chuck himself into a gambling or speculation situation unless he/she is prepar |
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