The marijuana legalization movement has exploded in the United States. It started with medicinal marijuana (MMJ). Now things are moving towards full legalization for recreational use and that is opening up a whole new potential industry. Investors should start to take notice of marijuana stocks. State by state, the movement spreads. Colorado and Washington [...]
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Investing IN Student Loans – The Unconventional Options
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Last week I wrote a post about whether or not investing student loans was right for you. We looked at the ethical and legal barriers, and the challenges that you would face in using student loans as investment seed money. Today I want to look into the other side of that thought; whether or not [...]
The Stock Market is on a Tear – But Have You Been Feeling the Love?
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If you are a headline reader, then you probably have a good sense of what the stock market has been doing lately. It seems like not a day that goes by lately where we are reading about how stocks are supposedly at all-time highs. The Dow has hit 15,000 and stocks are posting, in general, [...]
Merger Arbitrage: How it Works (And an Example)
Merger arbitrage was first perfected by Benjamin Graham, one of the world’s first and most successful “value” investors. Although Ben Graham used merger arbitrage in the early 20th century, there is still room to make money on this strategy today. Merger arbitrage is a way to generate an income on low-risk mergers. When a company [...]
The Problem Behind Sell in May and Go Away
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There are many weird stock market indicators that pundits try to use to explain what you should be doing in the stock market at any given time. From the January effect to following the Presidential cycle to believing which conference wins the Super Bowl determines how well stocks will fare, there seems to be many [...]
CH Robinson: Is Logistics a Logical Bet?
In between your home and everything you have in it is a complex distribution system connecting millions of businesses with billions of customers. Logistics is a complicated but very profitable business. The third-party logistics (3PL) segment is the one which is growing fastest. 3PL firms are in the business of removing the headache of managing [...]
Top Investing Podcasts
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Until late last year, I NEVER listened to a podcast. I didn’t even really understand the concept before I tried it out. Now, about 6 months later, I love podcasts! Maybe it’s because I’m going to be a dad, and so it’s time to stop listening to “pop” and start paying attention to talk radio? [...]
Investing In Canada
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Many Americans tend to overlook Canada. The country seems so familiar to us that it’s easy to think of them as an extension of the United States. But for Americans looking for investment opportunities abroad, this kind of thinking would be a mistake. Canada does share close ties with the US. But Canada is a foreign [...]
Making Money in the Market with MQL5 Signals
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Are you an active trader? Or, would you rather put your money into an investment and not think about it for 10 years? Either way, you must understand that the market is constantly fluctuating, especially in today’s uncertain environment. It used to be that each stock price moved up or down because of the facts [...]
Are Fees Taking a Bite Out of Your Retirement Planning?
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I was reading the other day and stumbled across an article that stopped me dead in my tracks. Even if you’re not a finance nut like me, you need to know what it said. Yahoo Finance reported recently that an estimated 8,000 Baby Boomers will leave the workforce each and every day for the next 16 [...]
Silver and Gold Streaming: Will the Profits Flow to Your Portfolio?
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Silver and gold streaming businesses are enormously popular with investors. The model allows ordinary investors like you and I the opportunity to own a stake in several different gold and silver mining operations. Silver and gold streaming companies are really just financiers in disguise. In exchange for an upfront cash payment, a streaming company receives [...]
Why Do People Think Investing is a Good Idea?
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You’ve probably heard that investing is a good idea. Heck, if you read my site everyday, you know that I think investing is a good idea. But you may not have given any thought as to why investing is a good idea. You just assumed it was. So, instead of just taking my word for it, I [...]
Exciting Ways to Invest Your Money
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Are you currently investing for your retirement? Hopefully you are. No matter what your age is, it is certainly wise to invest early and allow compounding interest to work in our favor. With your investments though, about how excited are you when you invest on a scale from 1 to 10, 1 being “I never [...]
