Month: January 2009

Below are all the posts archived for the month.

If you are buying a Target Retirement Fund: You can’t buy anything else
in ETF

Target Retirement Funds – function on the principle that you should invest in equity, while you are young, and move towards debt, as you get older. Since such funds are – fund of funds, when you buy a Target Retirement Fund, you are effectively buying the funds that your Target Investment Fund invests in. But,
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Should I buy a 100 billion dollar Zimbabwe Bank Note?
in Opinion

Zimbabwe is going through one of the worst humanitarian crisis that the world has ever seen, and the economy has all, but collapsed. The inflation rate exceeds 2 million percent per annum, and that means Zimbabwe is issuing some banknotes with – a very very high value. In fact you can pay – 15 USD
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How does China Manipulate its Currency?
in Articles

China’s currency manipulation remarks by Mr. Tim Geithner hit the front pages of all major newspapers last week. So let’s take a look at how China manipulates it currency. To be fair to China, almost every country in the world manipulates its currency. In an ideal free market world – there would be no government
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What is a Bank Run?
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A  bank-run occurs when a large number of depositors queue outside a bank, and ask for their money back. Normally, customers and depositors hear rumors about the bad state of their bank, and decide that it is a good idea to take their money out of the bank. When a large number of people start
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How does a Leveraged ETF make money?
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Leveraged ETFs are a relatively new species of rapidly growing ETFs, that have already crossed the $6 billion dollar mark – for assets under management. Leveraged ETFs track an index, commodity, currency or sector, and target double or triple daily returns of the index. So, a 2X Leveraged ETF that tracks oil prices will gain
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How to invest in Gold?
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There has been a lot of discussion about Gold as an investment class and for people who are interested in buying – gold, there are several options. Gold ETFs You can invest in gold by buying gold ETFs. Here is a list of some Gold ETFs. 1. SPDR Gold Trust ETF (NYSE: GLD) 2. ISHARES
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