Welcome to the July 20, 2007 edition of Carnival of Investment Strategies.

ETFs

goldguru presents How to Invest in Alternative Energy posted at goldguru, saying, “Diversify your alternative energy investments with a clean energy ETF…”

Sam presents ETF Exchange Traded Funds Are a Great Investment Strategy. Buy and Sell easily. posted at Surfer Sam and Friends, saying, “ETFs Are a Great Investment Strategy How Long Before They Replace Mutual Funds? ETFs give the investor a way to “own” all the stocks in a broad group, like the Dow Jones Industrials or all the stocks in the Standard & Poors 500 Index. Better yet, ETFs are easy to buy and sell because they trade on the stock exchange just like stocks.”

FOREX

The Smart Trader presents Do You Need Trading Rules? posted at Smart Trading For Profits, saying, “Trading Rules”

Mutual Funds

Trent presents Not All Indexed Portfolios Are Equal posted at Financial Education.

Trent presents Constructing an Index Portfolio Using Stratified Sampling posted at Financial Education.

KCLau presents Asset Allocation Application in Unit Trust Investment posted at KCLau’s Money Tips, saying, “Asset allocation involves dividing an investment portfolio among different asset categories, such as stocks, bonds, and liquid cash. The right mix for a person is actually very personal.”

Other

Thomas Humes presents Retirement – The Real Cost of Procrastination posted at Wealth Building World, saying, “If you want to accumulate $1,000,000 when you are 65, how much would you have to save? It all depends on when you get started.”

KCLau presents Why Invest in Land? posted at KCLau’s Money Tips, saying, “Most people think that land investment is only for real estate developers, who buy big parcels of land for commercial, or residential development. But actually, investing in land is one of the sound investment strategies available for common investor, both large and small.”

ChristianPF presents How to make more money with your emergency fund posted at Money in the Bible | Christian Personal Finance Blog, saying, “A quick how-to showing you how to leverage an emergency fund to save more money and increase it’s growth rate.”

Warren Wong presents The Life Pursuit Of Money posted at Personal Development for INTJs, saying, “Why should making money be a life pursuit? Because making money actually helps people! Here’s why.”

edithyeung presents How To Build a Strong Real Estate Team posted at Stewart Hsu.

Steve Faber presents - Can Your Emergency Fund Actually Create an Emergency? posted at DebtBlog.

Tushar Mathur presents Investing in a Tradtional IRA posted at Life of a Resident Alien….

Stocks

Wolf Stone presents Buy Gold During the Summer Doldrums?? posted at Canadian Economy, Commodities And Mining Stocks Through a Fundamental Lens – Wolf Stone.

Josh presents Systematic Investing Could Yield Greater Returns posted at The Mad Money Analyst.

Josh presents Investing in Individual Stocks posted at The Mad Money Analyst, saying, “Picking the winning stock out of a line-up can be an exciting thrill ride that can yield great profits- two reasons why so many investors opt in to investing in individual stocks. You never know what is going to turn into profit making news next. What the next hot product is? First a company will trigger your profit watching senses…”

Josh presents Stock Investing Basics posted at The Mad Money Analyst, saying, “These basics of stock investing will provide a quick overview of what it takes to weed out good investments from the great investments.”

Moneywise presents Stocks as Income Investments posted at The Real Returns, saying, “Stocks as income investments”

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Welcome to the July 8, 2007 edition of Carnival of Investment Strategies.

Stocks

FitBuff presents FitBuff.com’s Total Mind and Body Fitness Blog » Blog Archive » How to Take Advantage of the Stock Market’s Summer Slump posted at FitBuff.com’s Total Mind and Body Fitness Blog, saying, “Interested in adding to your portfolio or starting a new one? The summer is usually one of the best times to get in the stock market game, and here’s how and why to do it.”

Wolf Stone presents 5 Ways to Gauge Market Sentiment posted at Canadian Economy, Commodities And Mining Stocks Through a Fundamental Lens – Wolf Stone.

Josh presents Why Invest in Stocks? posted at The Mad Money Analyst, saying, “Simply put, of all the possible types of investments, stocks will provide the best opportunity for growth over time and are a great solution for long-term investing. This idea is the core approach of many investors…”

Tyler presents Home Sweet Home Depot posted at Dividend Money.

ChristianPF presents 9 Tips from Warren Buffett posted at Money in the Bible | Christian Personal Finance Blog, saying, “Nine tips about investing, business, and life from the world’s greatest investor.”

Bonds

Josh presents Make Corporate Bonds Work for Your Portfolio posted at The Mad Money Analyst, saying, “There are many ways a company can raise capital to expand its corporate reach or add a new product line. Two ways a company can raise capital…”

Mutual Funds

Dough Roller presents Beginner’s Guide to Asset Allocation–Foreign vs. Domestic Mutual Funds posted at The Dough Roller, which examines foreign versus domestic stock mutual funds.

Matthew Paulson presents Debunking Mutual Fund Naysayers posted at Getting Green.

Other

edithyeung presents 7 Habits of Highly Effective Money Managers posted at Edith Yeung.Com: Dream. Think. Act..

Brian Brady presents Pay Cash & Refinance Later? BAD Advice posted at World Wide Wealth Advisors.

Trent presents Past Performance Is Not A Guarantee Of Future Returns posted at The Simple Dollar, saying, “What does “past performance is not a guarantee of future returns” really mean?”

Warren Wong presents Do You Get Money? posted at Personal Development for INTJs, saying, “Do you “get” money? Did you know that if you leave your money in the bank gathering interest, you actually lose a little bit of it every year? Read this article to find out more!”

Allen Taylor presents Investing – Gold Shares – The Leverage Factor posted at Investing World Today, saying, “Investors the world over are constantly evaluating the leverage, risk and potential rewards of their investment decisions. Whether you are an individual investor or an analyst for a large mutual fund, leverage, risk and the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow are always factors to be considered.”

Eric Stanley presents Saving Money – A Top Strategy For Saving Money posted at Personal Finance Blog Articles, saying, “Do you find it difficult to save the money you work hard to earn? If so, then this article aims to help you get on top of your funds and start investing in your future.”

Thomas Humes presents Wealth Creation- Don’t Start With the Wrong Concept of Wealth posted at Wealth Building World, saying, “If you think wealth creation is all about trying to save more money, trying to cut down on your spending, and budgeting then you are very wrong.”

Adventures in Money Making presents How Capitalism Really Works posted at Adventures in Money Making, saying, “Here’s an amusing anecdote on how capitalism really works.”

The Mad Money Analyst presents What You Should Know About Retirement posted at The Mad Money Analyst, saying, “When planning for the future, you must consider many variables. Some of us might have children. Some of us might want to travel around the world. Some of us might even just want to find a small, quaint, little town to ride out in a blaze of glory. But if one thing is for sure…”

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Welcome to the June 20, 2007 edition of Carnival of Investment Strategies. This edition brings a lot of new posters to the site that are looking to share excellent advice from their blogs.
Jason Elder presents What Is Bankruptcy Furniture posted at A Bankruptcy Lawyer’s Blog.

Aaron Wakling presents A Real Eye Opener – Learn The Facts About Your Credit Card! posted at The Credit & Credit Card Blog.

Eric Hudin presents Living Trust Confusion posted at My Estate Planning Career Blog.

Allen Taylor presents Steps to Financial Independence posted at Investing World Today.

Tim Ramsey presents How to Obtain Low Card Interest with Bad Credit posted at My Debt Relief Blog.

Maureen presents Value Mutual Funds :: Empty Nest posted at Empty Nest, saying, “Taking a look at why value funds have outperformed the so-called growth funds”

Eric Stanley presents Getting Money to Finance Your Purpose in Life posted at Personal Finance Blog Articles.

Bonds

Tushar Mathur presents Understand how bonds work ? posted at Life of a Resident Alien….

Mutual Funds

Josh presents Mutual Funds- What You Need To Know posted at The Mad Money Analyst, saying, “This series on mutual funds will explain how a mutual fund is managed, how it is organized, how shares are sold, and who the main players are. This series will be greatly beneficial when on your quest to financial independence and building a balanced portfolio. An important fact about mutual fund ownership is revealed; a must know for every savvy investor…”

Alex Z presents Got Few Thousand Bucks? Time To Invest! posted at Funds Zine, saying, “What would you do with your few thousands in cash and you want to invest them? This article gives you several scenarios, advices and tips.”

Other

Christopher J. Brunner presents Retirement for the Sole-Proprietor posted at GreatFX Business Cards, saying, “Information on a new and improved way for the sole-proprietor business owner to save for retirement.”

Josh presents Build Your Portfolio Wisely posted at The Mad Money Analyst, saying, “When you first start building a portfolio many considerations are probably running through your mind. Even if you’ve had your portfolio for some time, you may be re-evaluating your past purchasing decisions. But have you covered all your bases? Your first consideration when evaluating your position is defining your objectives. Each individual has unique investment objectives based on your age, financial capacity, employment situation, etc. For example a young college student, a…”

Charles H. Green presents How Marketing Can Destroy Sales Trust posted at Trust Matters, saying, “Private Equity invests in assets with funds raised on the private markets (as opposed to the public markets). It is now bigger than the 80s version of corporate restructuring, and it’s still gathering steam.”

Trent presents Should I Prepay On My Home Loan Or Put It Into Savings? posted at The Simple Dollar.

Ralph Morgan presents What Asset Mix to use in our Retirement Account? posted at Enough Wealth.

zenofeller presents Get 500 or more Technorati “Authority” every day, just like me. posted at zenofeller.com.

Larry Russell presents Commodity futures in your investment portfolio: Is there really any future for individual investors? posted at THE SKILLED INVESTOR Blog, saying, “The Skilled Investor’s previous article, “Hear ye, Hear Ye, individual investors: Be wary of the new investment asset classes,” voiced skepticism about many supposedly new asset classes. This article delves into the financial science behind this skepticism, as it relates to one of these supposedly new asset classes. In this article, we focus on whether commodity futures really are a good candidate for long-term holdings in the portfolios of individual investors.”

Nidhi presents Six questions to ask before any investment? posted at Creating Wealth via Stocks, Options and ETFs.

Stocks

Josh presents Technical Analysis posted at The Mad Money Analyst, saying, “The complete guide to technical analysis…”

Josh presents The Key to Valuing Stocks Uncovered posted at The Mad Money Analyst, saying, “The price of a security depends on a variety of factors from economic conditions to investor interpretation about a company and its products. Valuation of a companies’ security takes a few considerations such as fundamental ratios; fundamental ratios will help to distinguish the good purchases from the bad. Also note a combination of technical…”

Josh presents Building a Balanced Portfolio posted at The Mad Money Analyst, saying, “Whether building a home, car, or investment portfolio from scratch, you will always need to have some basic understandings down to get started. Building a portfolio of investments that can guide you to retirement is not such a difficult task, however, no one person can routinely predict where the market is headed. A few pointers to building a balanced portfolio can significantly increase your chances of withstanding an economic…”

Tyler presents Where Did The Cash Flow Go? posted at Dividend Money, saying, “Assessing debt and cashflow through mergers and acquisitions can be tricky. This article can help you through it!”

Mark Gordon presents THE TOP 12 RULES OF GROWTH STOCK INVESTING If you… posted at GOLDENTICKER.COM, saying, “Top tips for successful CAN SLIM – IBD investing from GoldenTicker.com Chief Portfolio Manager Mark Gordon. This investment system was invented by William J. O’Neil, founder of Investor’s Business Daily and was made popular through his best selling book “How To Make Money In Stocks.”"

Larry Russell presents Check out this automated tool for aligning your investment risk tolerance and asset allocation ? A Tip from The Skilled Investor posted at THE SKILLED INVESTOR Blog, saying, “Your tolerance for investment risk is a relative thing. Few people like investment risk, but some can handle it better than others can. The more investment risk you are willing to tolerate, the higher your potential expected investment returns and investment growth. At the same time, the investment road you take might be rougher. Securities markets tend to pay a return on investment only for shouldering investment risks at the market level. The cash, bond, and stock financial asset classes have different expected risk and return characteristics.”

Leon Gettler presents London to overtake New York and rival Silicon Valley posted at Sox First, saying, “Here’s a warning to America. Within the next eight years, London will overtake New York as the world’s financial hub, and it will rival Silicon Valley as a technology centre.”

Silicon Valley Blogger presents 5 Tips For Creating A Solid Investment Plan posted at The Digerati Life.

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