Archive for 2007

When the Dollar Crashes, All That Glitters May Be Gold

It is not a matter of “if” the demise of the U.S. dollar is going to happen, but a matter of “when”. We have seen signs of its weakening in the last couple of years and it does not look like it will recover any time soon. The actions of a number of [...]

Death and Taxes, What Ben Franklin Didn’t Know About Viaticals

Benjamin Franklin once said that “In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.”, but if he were to be alive today, I think he might have said, “death, taxes and capitalism.” I must admit that this seems to be a bit of a morbid subject, but the fact that money is made [...]

X-Rated Investments, Spicing Up You Portfolio with Sex and Porn

 
Kids, cover your eyes and ears because this is only for mature adults 18 and over. Well, at least for grown-ups that are accredited with a high net worth. It was bound to happen sooner or later in this 57 billion dollar industry. Adultvest.com is a website that caters to investors interested [...]

Lending Club: Earning Double Digit Returns in Private P2P Loans to Borrowers

Do you have some extra cash sitting around doing nothing or just earning minimal interests in you bank account? Why not lend it out to borrowers and earn some decent interest rates? LendingClub.com appears to be a new company that is modeling after Prosper.com’s P2P loan business. The average lender is averaging 12.23% per annum, [...]

FOREX Broker Not Needed: Trading Foreign Currencies the Simple Way

 
Learning to trade in the Forex currency market can be a daunting task for investors wanting to diversify their stock portfolio to hedge against the weak US dollar. The Forex exchange may appear a bit too “foreign” to stock investors who are only familiar with trading on the stock markets. There is a better option [...]

Autotrading Forex with Zulutrade’s Free Signal Services

Are you having a difficult time finding a Forex signal provider to automate your currency trading? Maybe the ones you have found are a little bit too expensive for the service. Fret no more, because Zulutrade gives you a choice from numerous signal providers at no cost.
“Zulutrade receives rebates from the [...]

TREX: A Christmas Gift That Keeps on Giving

 
Happy Holidays! And no, I’m not talking about TREX the stock ticker, but T-Rex of the Jurassic kind. If you are having a hard time finding that perfect gift for the paleontologist or fossil collector that is on your Christmas list, you should swing by Paleodirect.com and browse around. You will [...]

Trademaster: Broadcast FX Account Up 37.43%

Founded in June 2005, Trademaster has offices in both London and Dubai to offer investors managed Forex investing. Even though they are a fairly new company, they have had a strong trading record. Since its inception, the live Broadcast Account with the Velocity4x broker has shown a 37.43% cumulative return as of September [...]