Rubber price - bullish

Filed Under (Finance Help) by Admin on 06-08-2009

The price of rubber has been trading sideways between $150 and $180 for more than three months in the month of April through mid July. The price went above the $180 level just a week ago, indicating that the correction is over and the bulls are taking charge. The price trend is generally up as the long term 90 day has been increasing since April. The short term 30 and 60-day moving averages have

Lost Money Recoup Time? Use This Calculator

Filed Under (Investor News) by Admin on 06-08-2009

[This post is written and copyrighted by FIRE Finance (http://firefinance.blogspot.com).]

Recoup Lost Money CalculatorThe financial meltdown of the stock market (since the Fall of 2008) not only triggered a recession but wiped away 50% of our portfolio. So like most people we were wondering how long it will take to recover from this blow. Kiplinger came to our rescue with their special calculator which tells us how long it will take to recoup our losses. After plugging in the figures we were told that it would take about five years for us to recoup our losses!

You can experiment with different combinations of two of the three primary variables: contribution rates, rates of return on investments and years of saving. The basic assumption is that the more we save and the higher our investments earn, the faster we will recoup our losses.

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