Are You Being Charged Twice at the ATM?
We’ve all seen the message before: “An additional service fee of $2 will be charged in order to process this transaction. Do you still want to continue with your withdraw?” It’s annoying, but who cares...
View Article‘FTC Negotiates Access to Consumers’ Bank Accounts with Payday Loan Lenders
All states in the US are taking strict actions against payday lenders after receiving numerous complaints from the consumers about these companies over the years. The consumer groups and civil rights...
View ArticleLong Call Market Neutral Positioning
In the last article, I discussed a simple strategy for hedging out macroeconomic risks in a particularly turbulent market. However, the market neutral equity strategy described has a very serious risk...
View ArticleHow a Gold Exit Might Impact Your Real Estate Portfolio
When looking at how it is that a gold liquidation would impact a personal investing portfolio, we need to remember how it is that Gold will generally act as a store of value against uncertainty,...
View ArticleHow Video Game Companies Make Money
One of the quietest growth stories over the last few years has come from what is possibly the loudest consumer industry in existence (besides rock and roll I guess). The video game industry has been...
View ArticleApplying Technical Indicators to Value Investment
In the last article, I described what momentum investing is, and how it can be broadly applied to a personal investment portfolio. By acting as an indicator of when to buy into an opportunity that has...
View ArticleIs that Really a Mutual Fund or Just Diluted Equity Position?
Having looked through a batch of tech Funds in preparation for an upcoming post, I came across a startling trend for overexposing a fund towards a very specific security. Funds that claim to act as an...
View ArticleInvestment Risk, and Understanding when to Sell or Hold
When we sell a security, we are doing so with the understanding that we can re-invest the proceeds in a way that will maintain our nominal returns. The logic behind this is fairly simple, in that we...
View ArticleInside a Mutual Fund Understanding BPRAX
In an effort to help personal investors better understand what kind of risks and opportunities they are exposed to within their portfolio, I’m going to start dedicating an entire post every week to...
View ArticleApplying Value Analysis to Expenses
Having looked at incomes in the last post, I’d like to take this opportunity to dig into the profitability ratios we discussed. Specifically, it’s important to understand how these ratios are impacted...
View ArticleHow Pipeline Infrastructure Creates Value
Throughout this year, the political implications of building new pipeline infrastructure throughout North America will have some serious consequences on market movements. Between the Keystone XL...
View ArticleBank of England Hints (Again) at 2016 Interest Rate Hike
Will the Bank of England (BOE) finally raise interest rates after years of hints? Perhaps, but it won’t be this year. The central bank’s quarterly Inflation Report released Thursday signalled that a...
View ArticleHIV and Computer Malware Eerily Similar
HIV progression in your body is the same way computer worms and malwares infect your computer, says a group of researchers. A new report from the scientists shows that they have established a new model...
View ArticleFord Says Enough is Enough After 91 Years and Closes Its Doors
American automaker Ford (NYSE:F) is closing its manufacturing facilities in Australia, bringing to an end more than 90 years of its car-making business on the island country. The final six-cylinder...
View ArticleBitcoin Could Lose Half its Value Facing Coordinated 51% Attack
Speculation that the Bitcoin Unlimited (BU) Project is planning something big; possibly a 51% attack, may becoming a reality. The project’s members might be planning to start larger blocks of bitcoin...
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