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What principles of futures trading you should use...

Investment in futures transactions are easy to understand. The periphery of the negotiation seems complex, but once you know the principles you can easily navigate to the top of the pack in More »

Debt management

Will you be content with debt management or should consider an IVA?...

Every year people use informal debt management plans for resolving their debt problems. These plans often last for several years, and what alternatives would borrowers be better considering? Debt management plan has More »

Investing

How to begin investing in mutual funds...

Before investing you need to know what mutual funds are. These funds are professionally managed reams of securities primarily consist of stocks, bonds and money market securities. With the right sales of More »

Trading

Basic information about commodities and futures trading...

If you are looking for information on products and financial futures, you will find the related article below very helpful. It provides a refreshing perspective that is much more related products and More »

Monthly Archives: January 2012

3 New Year’s Resolutions That Will Change Your Financial Life

This is the time of year when you are inundated with opinions on New Year’s resolutions. I have a problem with this ritual because we tend to get overwhelmed with information and give up.

Making changes to established patterns of behavior is tough. Giving yourself ten assignments for the new year is not realistic. In an effort to really have an impact, I have put together just 3 resolutions. Yes, it would be great if you would consider and implement all of them but if you pick one (any one), you will see measurable, positive changes. I am listing them in no particular order of importance, although I will admit that I feel most strongly about the first one.

The daily grist of many brokers and advisors involves stock picking, market timing and mutual fund manager picking. This is called “active management” and generally refers to efforts to beat risk adjusted benchmarks, like the S&P 500 index. The bedrock of the securities industry is based on its touted ability to add “alpha,” which is a premium over the benchmark index.

There’s a better way. The evidenc

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