The objective for any savvy investor is a more balanced portfolio. One way to achieve this is purchasing land for agricultural, dairy, and timber purposes. Of course before one makes the investment there a few important points one needs to consider. The first consideration is to invest in a country that has a long tradition of respect for private property rights. This would need to include both domestic and international owners of property. It would also necessitate that the nation in question have […]
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Helping to Put the Great Back in Britain by Investing There
Does an investment in Britain make sense? To Put the Great Back in Britain was the battle cry for the Conservatives under Margaret Thatcher during her tenure as Prime Minister in the 1980’s. Today with the Conservatives back in power, despite all the rhetoric, the way to prosperity for Britain is no great mystery. Growth needs to be driven through a revitalization of exports. This is easier said then done. As an open trading nation Britain has become complacent over the years […]
Cry For Argentina But Don’t Invest There
Thinking about investing in Argentina? Argentina has everything that is needed to be rich and prosperous except a government that respects and encourages private investment and development. The population of Argentina stands at over 42 million which means that it can sustain a strong internal consumer market as well as an export driven economy with sufficient investment. Although close to 1 out of 3 residents of the nation reside in the capital of Buenos Aires there is sufficient population spread throughout the […]
Weekly Investment Insights: Bring on 2014
One can expect a rebound in a range of commodities because of the rapid decline in price in the last quarter of 2013. Economic growth although smaller throughout major areas of the world will put an upward pressure on prices while over supply in many sectors will exert a downward pressure. So except for a few commodities; prices should be somewhat stable in 2014. 1) http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-11-14/2014-outlook-commodity-prices-per-citigroup-analyst-edward-morse So one of the great benefits is that markets are going to start taking over from politics […]
Weekly Investment Insights: Sept 21st – The FED Doesn’t Taper
The major news this week was the Fed announcement which stated that they were not going to taper and slow down the 85 billion dollar injections into the financial system. Currently the Fed is in between a rock and a hard place. If they taper the economy will continue to stagnate and is likely to collapse but if they continue with quantitative easing the dollar will being to collapse. (The sound issue is known in the video for some reason there was […]
Weekly Investment Insights: Sept 13th – Recovery of Global Markets & Middle East War Fears Declining
In this weeks investment insights the two main topics are the recovery of the global markets and the declining war fears. A tentative agreement was made that there will be an agreement to make a negotiated settlement that Syria will give up its chemical weapons. China economy is doing better as expected and helped European expectations of economic growth as China is a major trading partner of European Union. Remember that China is the second largest stand alone economy in the world. Together […]
Weekly Investing Insights: Week of Sept 6th – QE Tapering, The Fed Report, Silver A Good Buy
We plan on releasing these new weekly investing insight videos and notes either weekly or biweekly to keep you abreast of important investing news. It is getting harder and harder to read between the lines and it doesn’t help that the government is not reporting economic data correctly. At the bottom of the post under the video you will also find important links to news to stay informed. Be to check our Day Trading Academy Youtube Page for more videos as well. Important […]
Collapse of the American Dollar
The collapse of the American dollar is being accelerated in a massive way by the way the United States government. This is a result in how it is funding the escalating debt and liabilities of the federal government. As stated previously in another article the United States is now unable to fund through taxation over 40 % of the national budget. This is one of the major challenges of investing in 2013. It becomes quite troubling to realize that the U.S. Government […]
The Impact of Debt on the Value of the Dollar
The impact of debt on the value of the dollar is being closely watched by domestic and international investors. In a previous article concerning the decline of the dollar we discussed the evolution of the dollar in the second half of the 20th century. The decline in the value of the dollar over a generation was coupled with economic growth and a continuing rise in the standard of living for many Americans. The shrinking dollar was a cost that most Americans seemed […]
The Decline of the United States Dollar
The decline of the American dollar is still rapidly in motion as a set of fiscal and spending policies by the American federal government create a perfect monetary and economic storm. The continued strength of the dollar at the end of 2012 is more a symptom of the weakness and in one case the non-convertibility of other currencies. As much as a number of countries would like to disembark from the American dollar the alternatives are not plausible given present economic conditions […]