Let Your Smile Travel Around The World

Filed Under (Investor News) by Admin on 10-07-2009

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Yesterday when we went to do our laundry at our apartment’s laundromat, we spied upon a bunch of kids playing with crayons. When one of them looked up at us, we spontaneously smiled. Well she liked it and smiled back. Soon the other kids were smiling at us. Before we realized, we were already engaged in a conversation about their crayons’ colors and the importance of their drawings. Kids are so spontaneous and beautiful, they selflessly passed their hearts’ joy to us. That’s when we realized the power of an innocent smile …

Smile More OftenHave a wonderful weekend filled with innocent smiles and joy :).

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US Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) – Signs of a bearish reversal

Filed Under (Finance Help) by Admin on 09-07-2009

In my last article I mentioned that the DJI has more potential upside if the DJI breaks and stay above the resistance level at 8,600 points. The DJI did break above this level in the early of June but failed to stay above it after two weeks. The DJI went as high as 8,877,93 points before making its way down to close at 8,438.39 points end June. There were no positive catalysts to boost the market

USING THE CHAIKEN A_D OSCILLATOR By DARYL GUPPY

Filed Under (Finance Help) by Admin on 09-07-2009

This is a market about momentum. finding it and setting stops. We have been looking at momentum stocks and exploring the relationship between volume and price activity. The key observation with these stocks is that price increases dramatically on high volume and that the price retreats are accompanies by much lower volume. The change in this mirror activity where a fall in price is matched by

Treasury Inflation Protected Securities - Worth It?

Filed Under (Investor News) by Admin on 09-07-2009

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Treasury Inflation Protected Securities - Worth It?While the U.S. economy is in recession and the stock market in shambles, is it a good idea to invest in Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS)?

We feel that this is probably the best time to invest in TIPS. The reason being the fact that our economy is in deflation (negative inflation). TIPS safe guard our investments against inflation. So once the economy begins to inflate (which might happen sooner than we think since the government is trying its best to reflate the economy), our money will be protected against inflation.

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Periodic Table of Investment Returns

Filed Under (Investor News) by Admin on 08-07-2009

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Of late we’ve been studying Callan’s Periodic Table of Investment Returns. Callan Associates are famous for presenting these charts free of cost to the world. Their Periodic Table of Investment Returns offers a comprehensive representation of relative asset class performance over the last 20 years. It depicts rankings of annual returns (best to worst) for eight asset classes which have been color-coded for easy tracking. Industry standard market indexes are used to represent each asset class. Figure 1 shows the periodic table of investment returns of eight asset classes based on Key Indices.

Periodic Table of Investment Returns
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FREE courses from MIT available online

Filed Under (Investor News) by Admin on 07-07-2009

FREE courses from MIT

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New Money Rules for Financial Security - #3. Earning Potential

Filed Under (Investor News) by Admin on 06-07-2009

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Contemplating on Money RulesWhen we began disciplined investing through a diversified portfolio, “experts” were of the opinion that the more years one had to recoup losses, the more aggressive one could be. In other words the younger we were the more risk we could take on. Unfortunately we learnt that the rules of money are not so clear cut.

Rule #3: Earning Potential

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Chances of making new highs slimmer

Filed Under (Finance Help) by Admin on 05-07-2009

The Malaysian equity market was directionless last week with much lower trading volume. Investors and traders were uncertain about the direction of the market especially when it is overbought. Those who have not bought shares and already have bought shares are wondering whether the bullish trend is going to continue. The benchmark KLCI traded in a very tight trading range between 1,070 and 1,082

July 4th - Happy Independence Day

Filed Under (Investor News) by Admin on 04-07-2009

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July 4th - Happy Independence Day4th July, 2009: We wish you all a happy independence day. 233 years have gone by since July 3rd, 1776 when we adopted the Declaration of Independence and broke the shackles from the Kingdom of Great Britain. This is a special day since it commemorates the birth of a great free nation “The United States of America.”

Independence is dear to most of us. This site was started to maintain a log of our journey towards financial independence. The day we break the 9 to 5 shackles of our jobs, we’d celebrate with fireworks :).

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Calm Down - Enjoy Your Long Weekend

Filed Under (Investor News) by Admin on 03-07-2009

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Calm Down
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