Entries from February 2007

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007

FMF March Madness

Another popular personal finance and wealth creation blog, and friend of Investments & Loans, Free Money Finance (FMF) is running an inspired March Madness competition at the moment.
FMF has accepted 114 posts from various sources and is setting them against each other in a “playoff” style competition. Each day posts play off against [...]

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007

What the Academy Awards & Jessica Alba can teach us about saving money

Everyone likes to tune in to the Academy Awards each year to see one thing. It isn’t who wins the OSCAR, it isn’t which movie wins best film of the year - it’s the dresses! The women want to see what the stars are wearing and the men want to see what the stars [...]

Monday, February 19th, 2007

Start the week right.. Great Finance Links

We have decided to save all our loyal Investments & Loans readers some surfing time and increase your productivity by starting the week off with a tidy round up of 5 great finance links:
1. Top seven credit score secrets
2. 8 Things you must do if your identity is stolen
3. 10 ways to know you [...]

Friday, February 2nd, 2007

News: Asia stocks hit record highs

Japan’s Nikkei hit a six year high on Friday. And record highs in Australia, Singapore and India suggest Asia has many index fund investors looking at her markets with renewed interest.
CNN world business reports gains have been driven by increased demand for traditionally strong Asian industries in Electronics (notably Samsung) and property.

Friday, February 2nd, 2007

News: Dow in great shape, inflation in check

With the Dow posting higher and higher gains this year, some have questioned how this is impacting on inflation, the question that has been floating about lately is whether inflation is in check. Bloomberg reports here that the fed has said that so far this year “consumers spent more without fueling inflation”.
Good news. Further [...]

Friday, February 2nd, 2007

News: China’s biggest weekly drop in 5 years

Bloomberg reported today that the Chinese Index has been hit with its biggest weekly drop in 5 years. And considering last year the best performing mutual funds were heavily exposed to China, it begs the question:
Where are your mutual funds investing?
Read the full bloomberg post here. (And, let’s not forget China is a market [...]