Investments & Loans

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.

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 backed by job figures expecting to come in line with expectations.

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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 that increased 130% in 2006)

Warren Buffet is pretty good at investing. It has made him the second richest man on the planet.

Buffet’s investment philosophy can be summarized as follows:

Patience and discipline and doing something you LOVE.

You can find following a list of Buffet’s top 11 investment rules.. which I found here. Linked from this article at Forbes.com

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