Entries Tagged as 'Investing'

Tuesday, August 14th, 2007

All You Will Ever Need To Know About Investing

Investments & Loans is a personal finance blog. Personal finance blogs love to talk about saving money. And, we love to talk about being sensible with your money. And on some of the better personal finance blogs we love to talk about how to make money.
Investing
Investment strategy that is smart, that you can understand […]

Wednesday, August 1st, 2007

Make Money Flipping Your Principle Place of Residence..

A pretty easy way to make money is to renovate your principle place of residence.
Like all money things this is not what suits everyone. And I have decided lately that the only reason there is not a billion people doing it is because some people just hate the idea of it altogether.
The basic point […]

Sunday, May 20th, 2007

One way people get involved in bad investments

Bogus overseas banks.
The con man, the promoter gets people to think that there are high-return, low-risk financial instruments sold by elite overseas banks. These prime banks do not exist. Using complex terms and promising that their funds are guaranteed, promoters collect money that they then often use to pay for cars, vacations, homes and […]

Monday, May 14th, 2007

How to get everything you ever wanted on ANY budget

Sound too good to be true? Is this personal finance guy really trying to tell me ANYONE can afford everything they ever wanted? Wait for it, I bet this is going to be another “positive thinking” and “personal power” Anthony Robbins style post.
No it is not.
This is a personal finance blog. We talk money […]

Saturday, May 5th, 2007

Are you passionate about your investments?

More and more of us are opting to follow our passions when we invest. This year, high-income families will place 22% of their assets in alternative investments, according to Capgemini and Merrill Lynch, up from 10% in 2002.
How do you invest?
It seems some of us feel an increasing need to connect emotionally with […]

Wednesday, April 4th, 2007

Fantasy Trading, Beat the Street

The street.com is running a Fantasy Trading competition. First prize is $100k and a face to face with Jim Cramer, investment guru.
The premise is simple, “Beat the Street is a fantasy game for investors at all levels of experience. You can trade stocks without losing a dime, play the market no holds barred, AND […]

Monday, April 2nd, 2007

Berkshire Hathaway’s Investments

Following on from our How to Invest like Warren Buffet series.. I thought you might be interested to see what companies Warren Buffet and Birkshire Hathaway hold positions in..
This list is a little old (2002) but comes from Buffet Secrets..
GEICO - Motor insurance company, provided earnings to Berkshire in 2002 of 271 million […]