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Commodities: A Gift To My Children

billy — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 17:35:21 +0000

If you’ve been reading this blog for any length of time, you know that I’m expecting to see the stock market take another plunge. So where are we to invest? Commodities, that’s where. Commodities like gold, silver other precious metals, oil, natural gas corn and sugar can not be printed in a few minutes or hours. It can not be manipulated as easily as any government currency. The Federal Reserve is printing money like they’re Kinko’s or something.

I’ve been building up a nest egg of commodities for sometime. It’s not something I’m doing because of the current situation of the U.S. economy (actually I’m am buying more than I’ve done in the past), I’m doing it for my children. My daughters are teenagers and soon enough they’ll be on their own looking to make it in this world. who knows what the world currency is going to look like in just a few short years. If the United States doesn’t do something now to solidify their financial sovereignty, who knows how things will be. Right now oil is traded in U.S. dollars and China and the United Emirates are discussing reducing their holdings in U.S. dollars and not using the dollar has a the way to trade oil.

So what should you be buying? Gold and silver are the best things at this moment that average investors could and should be investing in. Gold is trading this morning at $1,518 an ounce and silver is trading at $34.74 an ounce. I know you’ve heard the advertisments, seen the ads and listened to the stock news programs stating that we should be buying gold and silver. So have you been buying gold and silver? If you haven’t, remove your head from your butt and do so. Yes gold was trading at less than $1200 on ounce last year and silver was going for about $12 an ounce, but they’re going to be much higher next year so don’t waste time.

There’s a new book out from a man who retired at the age of 37 after making his money the old fashion way…he earned it. Jim Rogers worked as a young kid and a teenager, to investing his money in the markets. His new book, ‘A Gift to My Children A Father’s Lessons for Life and Investing’ helps us prepare our children for the trouble times that are coming in the near and the distant future. Jim discusses the troubled times ahead for the U.S. dollar, he actually believes it’s “doomed”. The book is a great source for teaching our children about investing and other life lessons they’ll need to survive in this world.

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I’ve been showing my girls how to trade stocks, look into real estate investments and investing in precious metals. This book helps to bring the message home about how important it is for parents to teach their children how to prepare for the future. I feel that too many of the younger generation is not aware of how to be financially savvy. Especially since the public school system doesn’t have time to teach the students how to balance a checkbook, nevermind invest in themselves.

So pick up Jim Rogers’ book ‘A Gift to My Children A Father’s Lessons for Life and Investing’ at Amazon or any bookstore. You won’t be disappointed.

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Investments

billy — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:22:43 +0000

I’ve been looking at the different industries and investment vehicles that are out there for the average investors. Depending on which types of investments out there, it may or may not be the time to invest. How can one know if an investment is right? Taking your time and doing the research to find out if it will be a profitable one or not. The housing market, the stock market or any other investment you have to choose from can be profitable, but unless you look at the real numbers and study everything there is to know about the investment prior to putting your money into it, you can lose most (if not all) of your capitol.

Yes housing prices are way down from their peak in 2006-2007, but that doesn’t mean that all housing prices are right for the picking. You need to look at the condition as well as the area the house is in. In some part of the country, housing prices may never reach the prices of just a few years ago.

What about the stock market? I don’t trust the stock market at this time since there is no reason for the DOW to be at where it is at the moment. Every month poor reports are being released (consumer confidence, unemployment and retail sales) and the stock market seem to either gains or holds it’s ground. We are in a terrible economic time and to think that the stock market will continue to hold is risky. The economic current events look pretty scary. If you’re looking to invest in the stock market, make sure you do your research into the company before you buy any shares. It’s the only way to know what stocks to buy now.

In my opinion, gold is the answer right now. I don’t mean stocks that trade off of stocks, I’m referring to actual gold. Gold as always retained it’s value or has gone up during trouble times like these. So when you invest, invest wisely.

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Stock Market Game

billy — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:33:57 +0000

I’ve said it many times, and I stand by it; Stock Trading Is Not A Game. It doesn’t matter if you’re a trader or an investor, you must do your homework by researching every stock you plan to invest in or trade But what if you could play a game and practice investing without risk? You could have fun “playing”, while learning and understanding the stock market even more.
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I stumbled upon a free website where you can trade stocks on a virtual Wall Street. UpDown.com is a free fantasy investing site. People join UpDown to practice investing and can earn money for winning contests. Start with a $1,000,000 cash reserve and start trading stocks immediately after registering and creating a profile. With up-to-date news information along with an active forum for members to share ideas and investment strategies.
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The UpDown is a community for people interested in investing in the stock market. If you’re new to the stock market or have a few year under your belt, this site will give you the chance to try different strategies without any actual loss of money.
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UpDown.com provides a platform where investors can view, share, and rate high-quality stock analysis and investment ideas. They then filter, aggregate, rank, and present the community’s investment recommendations for the benefit of all UpDown members looking for valuable investment advice.
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Click the banner below, or the one in our sidebar to join. I just joined myself and it looks like a good place for me to test out new strategies that I normally wouldn’t, with my own money.

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