tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4933746085574083612019-03-13T07:49:11.847-07:00 Investments play a huge role in the life of a successful person. This blog is dedicated to solving global problems that arise for newbies, when choosing a service for investment and withdrawing their own funds. Viktorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13210462811579481774noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-493374608557408361.post-31994186734981826242019-02-06T06:32:00.000-08:002019-02-06T06:32:20.745-08:00 <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UaHoMg7Zo_Q/XFrvWOCBRqI/AAAAAAAAAHA/TiauPWHEjZ8n27qHnlXv87OezsiE6NXRQCLcBGAs/s1600/11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="700" height="182" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UaHoMg7Zo_Q/XFrvWOCBRqI/AAAAAAAAAHA/TiauPWHEjZ8n27qHnlXv87OezsiE6NXRQCLcBGAs/s320/11.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What is the EB-5 Program?</span></h4><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />The US Green Card through Investments (EB-5 Program) is currently one of the most popular ways to immigrate to the United States. Compared to other immigration categories, the EB-5 category for foreign investors has many advantages. The EB-5 program allows you to get a green card relatively quickly (the whole process takes 1.5-2 years, sometimes less) and is open to all foreigners. Moreover, the green card is received not only by the investor but also by his family members: spouses and unmarried children under the age of 21. It should be noted that other categories of immigration are either associated with a more complex and lengthy process or suggest conditions that are practically impracticable for many who want to move to the United States for permanent residence.<br /><br />If you do not have relatives in the United States, then you can get a green map of the United States just for three reasons:<br /><br /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Marriage with a US citizen or marriage with the owner of a permanent green card. This category does not automatically suit those foreign nationals who already have a spouse. By the way, even if you have other relatives in the United States, the process of applying for a residence permit can be delayed for 10-15 years.</li><li>Political asylum. This category is provided only for those foreigners who were persecuted by the state on political or religious grounds or on a national basis in their homeland. Accordingly, this category fits very little.</li><li>Employment. Obtaining a green card in this category can take from 3 to 7 years. This is one of the most difficult areas of US immigration law, which not only involves overcoming many pitfalls but also requires an employer who is willing to sponsor you with a green card in your specialty.</li></ol><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>The last of the listed immigration categories is divided into several subcategories, one of which is the EB-5 Foreign Investor Program. The EB-5 program was founded by the US Congress in 1990. The purpose of the program is to attract foreign investment to create new jobs. There are two options for the EB-5 Program: standard and pilot.<br /><br />Under the terms of the so-called Standard Program EB-5, a foreign citizen must invest $ 1 million in the US economy (or 500 thousand if the project is in the zone of target employment) and create at least 10 jobs as a result of the implementation of their investment project. In this case, the investor should be directly involved in the management of the enterprise. This version of the EB-5 Program is suitable for a very small number of investors. Despite the attractiveness of the very idea of ​​opening a profitable business in the United States and in addition to getting a green card, in practice, this is associated with great difficulties. The main obstacle is that a foreign investor must be in the United States in order to manage the project (you will hardly find it appropriate to trust someone with your million dollars). And for this, you need to maintain student or work status, which is associated with additional risks and costs for the services of lawyers.<br /><br />A little later, in 1992, the US Congress established the Pilot Version of the EB-5 Program. The pilot option allows investors to pool capital and invest in large projects through the EB-5 Regional Centers. Each center must be licensed by the US Immigration Service. Typically, the projects of the centers are located in the zones of target employment, so the amount of investment is reduced to 500 thousand. The responsibility for ensuring that the project complies with the terms of the EB-5 Program is borne by the Regional Center. Responsibility for the implementation of the project and the creation of the planned number of jobs is the responsibility of the developer. At the same time, the developer also finances the project at his own expense and through a bank loan for construction. Thus, all parties are equally interested in the successful completion of the project (investors, the Regional Center, the bank and the developer) and this is one of the reasons for the popularity of the Pilot Program EB-5.</span><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><br /></span><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What are the benefits of investing in Regional Centers?</span></h4><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>You need to invest only 500 thousand dollars, instead of 1 million.</li><li>Since the Regional Center controls your investment, you do not need to actively participate in the activities of the enterprise. The Regional Center will do that for you.</li><li>If you decide to invest in a regular enterprise, you need to create (or, in the case of buying a loss-making enterprise, save) 10 jobs for citizens and permanent residents of the United States. Only for projects of the Regional Centers, “indirect” workplaces can be added to directly created (“real”) jobs. Since your employees need to buy food, clothes, use certain services for themselves and family members, each newly created “real” workplace indirectly creates additional jobs in the region (“indirect” jobs). Economists have developed special tables that demonstrate the approximate number of indirect jobs that will be created in a particular region for one real work as a result of the implementation of a particular project. Thus, while the requirement of creating 10 jobs remains in force, this can be achieved by combining real and indirect jobs.</li><li>Investing through the Regional Center has a more predictable result and, in fact, less risky for the investor. The most important thing is to choose a reliable Center that has already completed several investment projects and can provide evidence that investors did not receive a waiver from the Immigration Service due to the fault of the Regional Center (that is, due to the project’s inconsistency with the EB-5 Program or unsuccessful project implementation). It is also important that even in case of refusal the Regional Center will return your 500 thousand to you, and you will only lose the administrative fee. If you invest in your own project, then, as in any business, you risk losing all the money if the project "does not go."</li></ol></span><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Investment process. The procedure for investing in the project of the Regional Center</span></h4><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />Today, 95% of foreign investors invest in projects of the Regional Centers.<br /><br />The investment process consists of the following steps:<br /><br /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>The investor independently or with the help of an immigration lawyer chooses a certain Regional Center and a specific investment project.</li><li>The investor is provided with confidential information regarding the investment project, including a business plan, economic calculations, licenses, a founding partnership agreement with a limited liability company (LimitedPartnershipAgreement), an agreement with a bank for escrow account maintenance (EscrowAgreement), etc.</li><li>After careful consideration of the documentation, the investor makes a decision and officially enters into the number of partners of a new commercial enterprise, and also collects the necessary documents for filing the Petition of a foreign entrepreneur (I-526, Petition by AlienEntrepreneur).</li><li>An investor deposits $ 500,000 plus the Regional Center fee (an average of $ 50,000) in an escrow account of the Regional Center. All project documents are immediately sent to your immigration lawyer and, theoretically, you can submit your first petition on the same day.</li><li>Upon expiration of the first (conditional) green card, the Regional Center provides all documents for submission to the permanent green card. That is why the reliability of the Regional Center plays a decisive role - how responsibly the staff of the center is to control the project and how competently they collect documents confirming the investment process and the fact that jobs have been created depends on whether you get a permanent green card.</li><li>After 5 years have passed since your funds were spent on the project, you receive the invested capital back. Every year during these 5 years you receive an investment return of 1% (i.e. 5,000). The low percentage of income on capital is due to the fact that investments under the EB-5 Program suggest that in exchange for a green card you are ready to accept a lower percentage compared to the profitability of other investment assets in the market. Thus, the program is consistent with the goals of its creation: the implementation of socially useful projects at the expense of cheaper borrowed funds for developers and the creation of new jobs.</li></ol><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div></span><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Immigration process. The procedure for obtaining a green card investor program EB-5</span></h4><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />The procedure for obtaining a green card under the EB-5 Program consists of three stages.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uDAeotFAP24/XFrvWU-Tn3I/AAAAAAAAAHE/EODV0VDgk84Gea6UXDE4HayplbWbAdeMACEwYBhgL/s1600/9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1002" data-original-width="1600" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uDAeotFAP24/XFrvWU-Tn3I/AAAAAAAAAHE/EODV0VDgk84Gea6UXDE4HayplbWbAdeMACEwYBhgL/s320/9.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>You must first submit and receive a positive response to the so-called Foreign Entrepreneur Petition (Form I-526, Petition by AlienEntrepreneur). Approval of this petition depends on the reliability of the Regional Center, the investment project and the experience of the immigration lawyer who will help you prepare all the documents in support of the petition). Consideration of the first stage usually takes 8-12 months.<br /><br />Next, you need to change your current non-immigration status to permanent resident status by submitting an application for change of status to the US Immigration Service (Form I-485 ApplicationtoRegisterPermanentResidenceorAdjustStatus) - if you are in the USA. If you are outside the United States, you need to apply for an immigration visa at the US Consulate in your country of residence. You will receive the green card immediately upon arrival in America. The first green card is issued for 2 years ("temporary" or "conditional" green card). The application process for a green card takes about 6-8 months.<br /><br />90 days before the expiration of the conditional green card, you will need to apply for the removal of restrictions (Form I-829 Petition by anEntrepreneurtoRemoveConditions). After approval of this petition, you and your family members will receive a permanent green card for 10 years. This green card can either be renewed an unlimited number of times, or you can change the status of permanent resident to the status of a US citizen. Application for citizenship can be submitted after 4 years and 9 months from the date of receipt of the first (conditional) green card.</span></div></div> Viktorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13210462811579481774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-493374608557408361.post-59302940268901233672019-02-06T06:12:00.001-08:002019-02-06T06:12:27.531-08:00 <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Founders</span></h4><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The institution of shareholder agreements is emerging in Russia. The founders sign them among themselves at a very early stage and thus give each other rights regarding their shares in certain situations.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the US, shareholder agreements at the stage of incorporation of a startup are not practiced (although something similar is introduced by investors at a later stage and entitles investors to the founders). Instead of a shareholder agreement in the United States, the protection of the project is determined in the contract for the acquisition of a share directly between each founder and company. Thus, if one of the founders leaves the project, then the principle of vesting works, and the company has the right to buy back part of its shares at the original (usually close to nominal) price. How much she can buy out depends on the specific conditions of the westing and on how much the founder has worked in the project. If the founder wants to sell his share or its part to a third party, the right of the first refusal works, and the company can force it to sell its share to the company instead of a third party at the price offered for it by a third party.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In fact, there is no big difference between these approaches. But instead of trying to persuade all shareholders to approve a single contract that governs their relationship, here it seems to me that a simpler mechanism is used - a standard contract for each founder with the company. The new shareholder, therefore, should not be included in the general contract and will not know the conditions of the vesting, for example, or its acceleration by other shareholders.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shares and their blurring</span></h4><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shares in LLC are distributed by percent between founders. In order to introduce a new shareholder, the share of current shareholders has to be redistributed. Current shareholders share their shares with a newcomer, and there are often agreements on the non-dilution of some shareholders who will not have to share, with others who take over the blur.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JNdCfAn39R4/XFrfDA2NyeI/AAAAAAAAAGU/SSIx8ohKv6s9do_0kqO5u_jxQyFAu9PPQCEwYBhgL/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="328" data-original-width="500" height="209" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JNdCfAn39R4/XFrfDA2NyeI/AAAAAAAAAGU/SSIx8ohKv6s9do_0kqO5u_jxQyFAu9PPQCEwYBhgL/s320/2.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><br /> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In corporations that are the most used legal entities for startups in the United States, shares are determined by the number of shares issued to a shareholder in relation to all shares issued by a company.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The company's board of directors, its governing body, may additionally issue shares to both new and current shareholders, but only within shares authorized for issue in the company's charter (Certificate of Incorporation or Articles of Incorporation, depending on the state). If there are not enough authorized shares and you need to increase their number, then a majority vote of shareholders is required.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the easiest ways that start-up investors in the United States are protected against blurring is the restriction of authorized shares in the charter to the number of shares currently required by the company.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When it comes time to add a new investor, current shareholders vote, and the charter is rewritten with more shares and often with additional rights and privileges of shares for the new investor.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Different classes of shares</span></h4><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In LLC, in general, different classes of shares are impossible, therefore purely corporate nuances are already beginning here.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thus, both ordinary shares (<span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">CommonStock</span>) and preferred shares (PreferredStock) can be authorized by the charter of a US corporation. According to the convention, the founders and employees receive ordinary shares (or options to buy them), and investors - preferred ones. Each class of shares can then be divided into series, although it is much more typical to see different series of preferred shares than ordinary ones.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Why do we need different classes and series of shares? The fact is that the company's charter can fix not only the number of shares of different classes and <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">series</span> but also their various rights and privileges. But the charter does not allow differentiation between shareholders of the same class. Accordingly, if investors entered into different periods of time have agreed with the company on different conditions, and everyone wants to fix their rights in the charter, then each subsequent investor has to issue a new series of preferred shares (from here Series A <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">PreferredStock</span>, Series B <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">PreferredStock</span>, and etc.).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Those who are familiar with the practice of creating start-ups in Russia are asking the obvious question: why all these difficulties are different classes and series of actions and changes in the statute that need to be submitted to the state if investors can be fixed in the shareholder agreement instead of the charter? And here there is a small, but very important nuance - the rights enshrined in the shareholder agreement are contractual rights. Accordingly, if they are not respected, and the investor is suing the company, then at best he will receive compensation for damages to the extent that the investor can prove in court. If his rights are enshrined in the charter and they are not respected by the company, then the investor, who is suing because of this violation, is no longer asking for damages, but for canceling that transaction or canceling the action that violated his rights.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Because of this potential risk, the likelihood that a company will violate the rights of shares specified in the charter is much less than the probability that only a contractual obligation will be violated.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On this basis, Russian investors in start-up projects registered under US law should not avoid investing in preferred shares, but rather the opposite — insist on buying preferred shares with key rights reflected in the charter.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Other risks</span></h4><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The significant difference that I have noticed between investors in the United States and in Russia is manifested in the weight that investors attach to the risk of banal fraud on the part of the founders.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmqZejrXnBM/XFrrDusjg2I/AAAAAAAAAG0/jBAJQGQqUC4iU7unjJL2frS92n9fYfFMgCLcBGAs/s1600/7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="439" data-original-width="780" height="180" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmqZejrXnBM/XFrrDusjg2I/AAAAAAAAAG0/jBAJQGQqUC4iU7unjJL2frS92n9fYfFMgCLcBGAs/s320/7.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><br /> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Start-up investors in the United States realize that the probability of success of a startup is already so small, and the probability of losing all or most of their contribution is so high (start-ups are a very speculative area) that it’s simply meaningless to defend against insignificant </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">risk.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Russian investors, on the other hand, often spend a lot of time and effort on introducing mechanisms to control the company's operating activities, the founders and the company's cash flows.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Of course, fraudsters are everywhere. But if the American investor has a low level of trust in the founders, and he is afraid that he will be “thrown”, he will simply not enter the project. After all, the founder on the collar will not build the next Facebook, Tesla or Amazon.</span></div></div> Viktorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13210462811579481774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-493374608557408361.post-82109746120214831802019-02-06T05:56:00.002-08:002019-02-06T05:56:31.412-08:00 <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Despite the somewhat tarnished image of the American dream, a tight tax regime and serious consequences that threaten to violate the US are not diminishing, and the green card continues to be the cherished dream of many people on the planet.</b></span><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uLxuGe76zng/XFrfDXMDK7I/AAAAAAAAAGU/T9IbkLvbvJoZhfhtUQBlwgrfN_UOsuqIgCEwYBhgL/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="955" height="167" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uLxuGe76zng/XFrfDXMDK7I/AAAAAAAAAGU/T9IbkLvbvJoZhfhtUQBlwgrfN_UOsuqIgCEwYBhgL/s320/3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></b>Those who were interested in the question of possible ways to obtain a residence permit in America know that one of the prepared options that immigration attorneys offer to potential clients at the first consultation is an EB5 investment visa. For a busy person who does not want to drastically change their way of life and part with sources of income at home, the attractiveness of EB5 is obvious: it is a passive investment that does not require investor efforts in running a business in the United States. <br /><br />The idea of ​​buying and selling green cards is not new: the EB5 program appeared back in 1990 when the US Congress aimed to stimulate the economy, spur foreign investment, create additional jobs, and EB5 seemed to be an excellent mechanism to achieve it. Until 2008, it was not very popular, but after the collapse of the markets and the banking crisis, it became very popular as a saving straw for developers suffocating from the lack of financing. <br /><br /></span><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How it works </span></h4><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />The program really works. It is safe to say that the construction boom of recent years, which has engulfed megalopolises like New York, Miami, Los Angeles, is not the least of America's responsibility for affordable foreign investment, through which the most ambitious projects are implemented. <br /><br />For a million dollars invested in a new commercial enterprise and created 10 jobs, a foreign investor is rewarded with the opportunity to quickly become a permanent resident of the United States, beating a huge number of years of waiting for people. The level of investment is reduced to five hundred thousand if the project is located in a territory that is particularly in need of attracting new jobs (in this case, as a rule, this is a deaf province and economically lagging areas of the country). <br /></span><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Equity must be acquired legally, and the investment cannot be guaranteed but must be at risk. According to approximate estimates, since 2012, through such investments, about $ 8.7 billion has flowed into the American economy. </span></blockquote><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />The annual quota for EB5 is 10 thousand applications, about 90% of which are now accounted for by investors from Asia, where the process of attracting potential customers is put on a bigfoot. Echelons of representatives of real estate companies, who estimated the possibilities of practically free EB5 capital, are constantly moving east to China and Vietnam. <br /><br />In such marketing, even relatives of President Trump, the Kouchner family, who were very successful in real estate development, were noticed. Jared Kushner’s sister, the president’s son-in-law, recently personally visited Beijing and advertised a potential investor audience to a New Jersey construction project, which again attracted attention to the program from the press and the legislative branch of government. <br /><br /></span><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Green Card Scandals </span></h4><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />Russia, although not leading in terms of the number of EB5 investments, is also not avoided by the concern of project owners. Their representatives, often in a team with lawyers specializing in the processing of an investment visa, regularly visit Moscow and the regions in search of those who want to obtain a relatively cheap green card in America. Presentations, conferences, advertising brochures - lawyers and developers willingly spend considerable money on all this marketing. But a series of scandals that erupted over the past few years around the EB5 industry exposed the shortcomings of the current system. <br /><br />The largest of these is associated with the Vermont project Jay Peak, which has long been considered the "gold standard", an exemplary example of the effect of the investment program and enjoyed a high degree of trust from immigration lawyers. Jay Peak was patronized by Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin and Senator Patrick Leahy, talking about the project in the press and promoting it at various events. The governor even personally appeared in a promotional video, where he assured investors that Jay Peak had been successfully audited. <br /></span><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The project turned out to be a pyramid. The thread that triggered the investigation was a complaint from an investor, whose share was suddenly converted into debt without an agreement with him. </span></blockquote><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />This car dealer from London proved to be a competent person, having shown miracles of perseverance in searching for information and analyzing the current situation. About $ 200 million owned by the same foreign investors have disappeared. <br /><br />Urgently organized checks revealed that Jay Peak’s bookkeeping was conducted negligently, without proper control by state supervisors, and much of the money was used for the personal needs of the owners. One of them, a businessman from Miami, Ariel Quiros, according to the charges, bought a plane and real estate for investors' money. The prospect of depositors receiving immigration status, which was the main purpose of their participation in the project, was put at risk. The project itself was in bankruptcy proceedings and could have been buried under a mountain of unpaid bills if a competent trusted manager had not been appointed by a Florida court. Various individuals, organizations and even the state of Vermont, who, like an avalanche, covered with lawsuits, were involved in the outbreak of scandal. <br /><br />Particularly noteworthy is the story of the investment company Raymond James, which recently agreed to put an end to litigation by paying the plaintiffs $ 150 million for servicing the accounts with which fraudulent operations were conducted. The settlement was reached after the battles that broke out in the federal court of South Florida, where a group of investors, represented by a team of experienced lawyers, attacked the position of a financial company. Despite the fact that the role of “Raymond James” in this case was limited (the company did not participate in advertising the project, attracting capital and did not have direct contact with investors), the plaintiffs insisted that she entered into a criminal conspiracy with Jay Peak co-owner Ariel Quiros , and that the fact of this conspiracy made it possible for him to build a financial pyramid of the Ponzi type. <br /><br />“Cherry on the cake” was certainly served by the fact that the manager of the Raymond James office in Florida was Kviros's former son-in-law, Joel Burstein, who also became the target of the suit. By order of the judge, a special fund of $ 25 million was established, from which all thirteen law firms participating in the case will be paid due to fees. <br /></span><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Along the way, it turned out that some immigration attorneys who sent their clients to Jay Peak received a “kickback” of $ 25,000 each from the project owners. </span></blockquote><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />By itself, this fact did not shock anyone, since lawyers had been whispering about EB5 commissions for a long time, and there was even a certain presumption that a lawyer, besides the fee paid by a client for visa support, had the right to apply for “encouragement” from the project. <br /><br />In 2015, the Securities Commission harshly tightened a whole group of EB5 lawyers with fines and penalties, qualifying them as illegal brokerage. In addition to violations of federal laws requiring that any person engaged in attracting investments for EB5 be registered as a broker, the problem in this scenario is the abuse of client confidence in light of the apparent conflict of interest. This is especially acute in cases (and their absolute majority) when the client is not aware of the financial relationship between his lawyer and the company with which the client enters into a partnership. <br /><br /></span><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Profound investment and deception customers </span></h4><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />The role of lawyers in the design of EB5 has recently become the object of close attention. Recently, the already mentioned federal court in South Florida filed a lawsuit by a Russian investor against Mona Shah, a well-known and successful lawyer and speaker in the EB5 field at numerous international conferences. The essence of the claim is the waste of investment funds held in the trust account of her company, or rather, the unauthorized transfer of the entire amount of the investment by the Mona Shah to the account of the beneficiary company without the permission of the depositor and prior to receiving a positive decision from the immigration authority. <br /><br />The case is a Russian-speaking lawyer from Brooklyn, Vladislav Syrota, whose firm has collaborated with the company Mona Shah. The facts presented in the lawsuit raise many questions to the competence and powers of the fiduciary persons and should make potential EB5 investors alert. <br /><br />A few months earlier, Tet and Victoria Chen, father and daughter (the latter is a lawyer), were searched in California for being accused of laundering their clients' money, as well as stealing more than $ 50 million of their investments. Federal prosecutors petitioned for the confiscation of 9 real estate properties owned by Chen and affiliated structures for an amount close to $ 30 million. An enterprising family worked smoothly between the United States and China, actively “recruiting” investors. <br /></span><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The list of their clients even included people on the lists of dangerous criminals who were wanted in the country and escaped from justice. </span></blockquote><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />In 2016, another California lawyer, Emilio Francisco, was brought to justice for deceiving investors. According to the accusation made by the Securities Commission, Francisco appropriated more than $ 9.5 million, which he sent to his own business and for personal expenses, instead of the cafes and homes promised to investors for the care of the elderly. <br /><br />Prior to that, in 2014, another California attorney, Justin Lee, was accused of embezzling investor funds. Investments that were intended to be placed in a biofuel plant in Texas, he willfully led into a mining enterprise in the Philippines. <br /><br /></span><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Constant vigilance </span></h4><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) is seriously concerned about the state of affairs in EB5. At various specialized forums and publications for immigration lawyers, the emphasis is placed on discussing issues of deception, pyramids, and possible conflicts of interest. A memorandum was recently published, in which lawyers were urged to be more careful and strictly follow the rules of ethics, which would be beneficial and seductive if there were no options under which a conflict of interest is possible.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g00YaQFcXWA/XFrnS2KySxI/AAAAAAAAAGo/KtBzhCmf0BAxfM9CXLAzt0_wpiKD4B4_wCLcBGAs/s1600/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="417" data-original-width="676" height="196" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g00YaQFcXWA/XFrnS2KySxI/AAAAAAAAAGo/KtBzhCmf0BAxfM9CXLAzt0_wpiKD4B4_wCLcBGAs/s320/6.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>A classic example of such a scenario is the possession of a lawyer of a regional center / EB5 project, in which a client’s investment is placed, and simultaneous legal support of a transaction involving fiduciary duties. Of course, the client itself must be vigilant and feel free to ask questions, no matter how awkward they may appear.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is difficult to consider reinsurance to obtain an additional legal opinion or even control of the process by an independent lawyer. </span></blockquote><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />The cost of such a service may in the future seem very insignificant compared to the fees of lawyers working at the stage of judicial proceedings. It should also be extremely critical to the proposals of persons with limited experience in organizing EB5 projects, even if they come from close friends or relatives. The EB5 fever that has engulfed the US in the last 8-9 years is associated with some people living in America with the ability to easily improve their affairs and get the maximum profit with the help of someone else's, easily accessible capital. <br /><br />Unfortunately, the lack of clear agreements, a carefully planned structure, legal support, and strict control often leads to a loss of funds. Court registers abound in cases of this kind, and participation in them further convinces us that transactions on trust here are unacceptable. <br /><br />In 2016, the Florida authorities arrested a certain Igor Tikhonov on charges of embezzling more than $ 500,000 from a Russian citizen Sergey Danilchenko under the pretext of placing an EB5 investment. Tikhonov’s scheme of work was simple: under the name of Harry, on behalf of his company Alcor Service, registered in South Florida, placed ads of various concierge services on the Internet, including receiving a green card through EB5 investments. <br /></span><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A resident of Sochi, Danilchenko, hoping to relocate to the United States and treat his sick child, transferred the company more than $ 500,000 in exchange for promises of a green card and 60% of the profits from managing real estate, into which Tikhonov allegedly intended to put the capital of his victim. </span></blockquote><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />In response to a request for corporate documents confirming the fact of purchase, Danilchenko received a pile of postcards. The scammer transferred all the money to a personal account. The investor, in this case, was able to achieve the intervention of criminal justice, but the proceedings of this kind can take years. The list of such cases can be continued. <br /><br /></span><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Transition period </span></h4><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />Weak control mechanisms, coupled with the temptation to make quick money, create fertile ground for fraud. Legislators are well aware of the costs and adverse effects of the EB5 program. There are discussions in Congress about the complete abolition of the program, as well as its reform. The most irreconcilable position is occupied by Democratic Senator from California Dian Feinstein. She insists that it is not for America to sell citizenship, but her voice is in the absolute minority. <br /><br />Once having tasted the charms and amenities of EB5, it will be difficult for America to abandon attractive and affordable foreign investment. The most likely is a compromise option in which the minimum amount of investment will be increased and control tightened. <br /><br />In the meantime, during the transition period, the fate of investors wishing to use EB5 at the old price depends on their own vigilance and awareness. America does not lack talented and honest lawyers, in whose competent hands the investment program can be an excellent strategy for the client.</span></div></div> Viktorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13210462811579481774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-493374608557408361.post-79873865234235450832019-02-06T05:36:00.000-08:002019-02-06T05:36:12.776-08:00 <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WQtYgozI8KQ/XFrfC834PFI/AAAAAAAAAGM/IvDs8ZvXHQIhMm5A4yhZ7YyzaeGnsO8mACEwYBhgL/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="488" data-original-width="735" height="212" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WQtYgozI8KQ/XFrfC834PFI/AAAAAAAAAGM/IvDs8ZvXHQIhMm5A4yhZ7YyzaeGnsO8mACEwYBhgL/s320/1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today, most of the financial market is an investment. For some, investments have become an excellent alternative to bank deposits, since their use allows you to make substantial profits. Among foreign investments, American securities have become a common option.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The United States is among the closed states regarding the granting of a residence permit. But despite this, the country's activity is aimed at attracting investors from other countries who have revealed a desire to place funds in companies whose activities take place in one of the regions. Investing involves a certain risk, but with proper placement of <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">funds,</span> a substantial profit is guaranteed.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Among the types of investment should be distinguished investments in precious metals. Under the category of "protective" funds fall into funds that are invested in the company's gold. The price of this type of assets will increase with <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">inflation</span>when investments decline. Inflation negatively affects stock prices, but gold increases. Investing in Forex is popular today. It is worth knowing what is scalping trade12 before investing. Broker Trade12 offers favorable conditions for cooperation.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Among the popular investments uses US real estate. This type of investment is profitable and reliable. But in practice, everything looks different. Investing is divided into two types. For example, you can purchase apartments for further residence or rental. These investments can not act as a 100% guarantee of regular income. Increasing the cost of investment will depend on the macroeconomic level and demographic indicators, which are at 4% throughout the year. It is impossible to assert the liquidity of such an investment. For the reason that their sale may take several years.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Investing in a US bond has tremendous popularity. The acquisition of treasury securities is widely regarded as one of the options for secure transactions. In this case, the owner can receive income. It should also be noted that the bonds have 100% liquidity and at the same <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">time,</span> a preferential tax is possible. Among the disadvantages is a slight increase in cost.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Acquisition of shares is among the varieties of investment, but there is no guarantee of the money spent when paying dividends. When acquiring securities it is possible to receive regular income. It is necessary to highlight a rather high indicator of liquidity of shares, which is approaching 100%, but this phenomenon is not typical for new companies. Increasing the value of shares will not be subject to taxation.</span></div></div> Viktorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13210462811579481774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-493374608557408361.post-65474019313398906092019-02-06T05:31:00.000-08:002019-02-06T05:31:03.742-08:00 <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Investments are becoming increasingly popular among our compatriots. They are an excellent alternative to bank </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">deposits</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> because they allow you to get much more income. If we talk about foreign investment, then American securities are very popular. The US government offers various investment products, among which an important place is occupied by the EB-5 program. This program began to operate since 1990 and involves the provision of substantial benefits to investors who have decided to invest their own funds in the US economy.&nbsp;</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-I-Z0GW9m_WM/XFrhXJycGcI/AAAAAAAAAGc/YDn1apeeRKUJWNUcA3sLrYFEYesZxfpzQCLcBGAs/s1600/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="1024" height="166" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-I-Z0GW9m_WM/XFrhXJycGcI/AAAAAAAAAGc/YDn1apeeRKUJWNUcA3sLrYFEYesZxfpzQCLcBGAs/s320/5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Although the United States is a fairly closed state when granting a residence permit, it still tries to attract investors from other countries who want to place their own funds in a company that operates in one of their regions. Of course, investing carries certain risks, however, the reward in the case of proper placement of funds will be appropriate.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When choosing a type of investment, the following parameters should be considered:</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>the possibility of obtaining a regular income;</li><li>safety of invested funds;</li><li>liquidity - the ability to quickly sell investments;</li><li>increase the value of invested funds;</li><li>reduction of taxable income from investing.</li></ul><br /><br /> </span><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Features of some investments in the USA</span></h4><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One type of investment <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">in</span>precious metals, mainly gold. Investing in gold and the companies that mine it is considered “defensive”. The value of such assets increases with <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">inflation</span> when the cost of other investments decreases. Inflation has a negative impact on stock prices, but gold in such situations is increasing. Of course, there is no guarantee that the invested funds may not remain, this also applies to regular income, however, depending on macroeconomic factors, a significant increase in value is possible. Often in investment portfolios for the purchase of gold is allocated about 5-15% of all funds.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Certainly popular are real estate investments in the USA. Such investments are considered profitable and reliable. However, in <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">practice,</span> this is not always the case. Such investments are of two types - the house can be purchased in order to subsequently lease it or reside in it. Such an investment cannot guarantee 100% that you will receive a regular income. The increase in the cost of investment depends on demographic and macroeconomic indicators, the annual yield rarely exceeds 4%. Investing in real estate cannot be called liquid because its sale can take a year or a few years.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Investing in US bonds is very popular. Thus, the purchase of treasury securities is considered one of the safest transactions. In this case, the owner receives a regular income, in addition, the bonds have 100 percent liquidity, and preferential taxation is also possible. Among the weaknesses - a limited increase in the cost, as a rule, small.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Buying stocks is another type of investment in the United States. They do not guarantee the return of the money <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">spent</span> if companies pay dividends, then a regular income is possible when acquiring their securities. The liquidity of the shares is large enough, approaching 100%, but this does not apply to new companies. The increase in stock prices is not taxable.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We looked at the most common types of investment in the United States. Having considered the features of each, you can make your choice and make your own portfolio of investments.</span></div></div> Viktorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13210462811579481774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-493374608557408361.post-52441981744469322532019-02-06T05:21:00.000-08:002019-02-06T05:21:23.527-08:00 <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From the abundance of existing in the US investment opportunities can easily get lost. In order not to be trapped, and with the maximum benefit to investing your money, read a brief description of the most common investment options. This will help you choose the most appropriate way to increase your capital.</span><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hSl2pSms2Z0/XFrfD561lPI/AAAAAAAAAGI/MrV_i4jHTscr0XUZoZRMtUl1HMY7C9AqQCEwYBhgL/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="298" data-original-width="530" height="179" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hSl2pSms2Z0/XFrfD561lPI/AAAAAAAAAGI/MrV_i4jHTscr0XUZoZRMtUl1HMY7C9AqQCEwYBhgL/s320/4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>If you have a certain amount of money and want to multiply it, but do not understand the intricacies of investing, it is best to get advice from a financial planner. It will help you develop a common strategy, identify long-term investment goals, and chart out how to achieve these goals. A good specialist will not offer you ready-made investment solutions for the sake of a percentage of their sale.&nbsp;<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></span><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bank Accounts (Deposits) – Savings Accounts </span></h4><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />A deposit account can be easily and quickly opened in any bank. This way of investing does not give you much trouble: the bank itself can transfer part of your money on deposit every month. As for the efficiency of such an investment, it is not very high (charges on deposits are 1-3% per year). However, deposit accounts provide minimal risk of losing money and also allow you to quickly return the invested funds if necessary. Even if the bank "collapsed", which happens infrequently, the state guarantees a return on deposits of up to $ 250,000.&nbsp;</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Certificates of Deposit </span></h4><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />Certificates of deposit are similar to ordinary deposit accounts, with the only difference that you undertake not to withdraw the money invested for a certain period of time. For example, a six-month certificate of deposit implies that you should not withdraw money within six months after depositing funds into your account. Since the bank receives an additional guarantee against early repayment, it usually offers slightly higher interest rates than simple deposit accounts. However, it is also not prohibited to withdraw money ahead of time, although there is a certain fine for this. As with conventional deposits, the risk of losing money is also minimal.&nbsp;</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Government securities </span></h4><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />Investing in government securities, until recently, was also safe. The US government spends more money than it receives in taxes, and therefore it is forced to borrow the missing funds. When you buy government securities, you lend your money to the state for a while. This money is not taxable, so this way of investing is more profitable than bank accounts. <br /><br />There are several types of government securities. Treasury bills have a short maturity of three, six, or twelve months. The maturity dates of treasury notes vary from 2 to 10 years. Long-term Treasury bonds have repayment periods of up to 30 years. Treasury securities can be purchased at branches of the Federal Reserve System. The interest on government bonds is 2% -5%.&nbsp;</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Money Market Deposit Account (Investment Account) </span></h4><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />You can open an investment account in a bank, but this is not the best option. In most cases, it is better to apply to an investment fund. This will allow you to get higher percentages. An investment account is a fairly reliable means of accumulating capital since your money is sent by the fund to safe investment objects, such as government securities. However, compared with direct investment in Treasury securities, the reliability of funds is considered to be lower.&nbsp;</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mutual investment funds </span></h4><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />There are thousands of mutual funds on the market. As the name implies, mutual funds work with cash contributed by a large number of investors. The fund directs this money to various investment objects, ensuring the diversification of deposits. Mutual funds are managed by a team of experts who seek to place the funds raised in the fund in the most profitable way, seeking maximum profit. Each mutual fund has its own investment direction. One fund can focus on Latin American companies, the other - on firms of new technologies. Accordingly, different funds have different degrees of deposit reliability. Therefore, it is worth paying attention to the results of the fund's work in the past, as well as to the area of ​​investment in which a particular fund specializes. <br /><br />Since mutual funds invest in stocks and bonds, they put investors at higher risk than all the previously listed investment options. That is, there is a possibility of losing money invested in a mutual fund. But mutual funds, as a rule, provide higher returns, especially in the long run. The fund can invest in hundreds of different companies, and this significantly reduces the risk compared to investing in a single company. <br /><br />Buying a share in a mutual fund may require payment of a brokerage commission. If possible, look for mutual funds that do not require a commission fee (no-load or no-fee fund).&nbsp;</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stock purchase </span></h4><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />A far more risky investment option is to buy shares in a separate company. Although it can make a profit, it is not worth investing all your capital into individual stocks. Before buying stocks, consider whether you should use the services of an experienced stockbroker. The broker will tell you which stocks to buy and at what point to sell them. He can also carry out exchange transactions for you. Naturally, for a fee. <br /><br />With the development of the Internet, many people have been able to independently buy and sell stocks on special websites. You can easily register for any of these online services if you have a bank account and social security number. For an additional fee, you will even be given the opportunity to communicate with a stockbroker. Online exchanges provide good tools for analyzing market conditions. However, if you are new to the market and make decisions without a broker’s hints, you significantly increase the risk of losing your investment.&nbsp;</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Investing in US Real Estate </span></h4><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />The United States is a country of immigrants who have succeeded. Buying residential and commercial property by investors outside the United States has always been an interesting business, involving both the possibility of high income and pitfalls. Foreigners can invest in almost any American real estate - in houses, apartments, commercial property. Of course, we recommend consulting with professionals located within the United States and the territory where you are interested in investing.</span></div></div></div> Viktorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13210462811579481774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-493374608557408361.post-51742136710468128932019-01-18T06:25:00.000-08:002019-01-18T06:25:05.296-08:00 <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px;">Recently, phrases like&nbsp;stock market investing for dummieshave been very popular. But personally, I think these are basically scams to get us to buy books. The idea being that some one can write a book about stock market investing specifically for us dumb investors who have no clue what to do. The bottom line is that these books are so basic that they teach us nothing about how to invest in the stock market and actually make money. The only people who make money are the book publishers themselves. And for what — selling lowsy stock market advice as how to guides.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-r9D1Wt1ySk0/XEHhs7DdbXI/AAAAAAAAADg/b9n_M3s9vw4FBG2rTpT9u2GthH0Jd0KCgCLcBGAs/s1600/depositphotos_25219677_original.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="1600" height="210" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-r9D1Wt1ySk0/XEHhs7DdbXI/AAAAAAAAADg/b9n_M3s9vw4FBG2rTpT9u2GthH0Jd0KCgCLcBGAs/s320/depositphotos_25219677_original.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px;">I’m not saying that the whole Dummies series doesn’t have a place and that there aren’t any good bits of information at all. I suppose that if you read Stock Market For Dummies and Investing For Dummies that you will no doubt find a tip or two. What you won’t find though is a comprehensive guide that gives you step-by-step instructions for investing in the stock market today.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px;">The people who publish the Dummies books are not the only ones. You can check about any of the “best-sellers” and find basic generic information on the stock market and finance and find the same lame self help guides. What you’ll have a tough time finding is specific real world application of strategies that you can use to invest.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px;">There are exceptions of course. I’d strongly recommend How to Make Money in Stocks by William O’Neil as my top choice. If you need a beginners book, I’d suggest The Neatest Little Guide to Stock Market Investing (2010 edition as of this writing). I’d even suggest How a Second Grader Beats Wall Street: Golden Rules Any Investor Can Learn. At least in that book, they offer a specific and measurable strategy that in the end will probably help you make money in the market.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px;">Read O’Neil’s book along with The Successful Investor.If you ask me what I would do personally if I was a beginning investor, I would take the following steps:</div><ol style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em 1.5em; padding: 0px;"><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Subscribe to the Investor’s Business Daily.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Start focusing on determining the overall direction of the market. The market indexes I would focus on would be S&amp;P 500, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the NYSE Composite and the NASDAQ.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Only invest when the market is in a confirmed up trend.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Start watching the screens in the IBD every day.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Develop your own watch list of stocks.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Start reviewing charts on your watch list and figuring out the best entry points.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Set up a stock simulator to practice your CASNLIM investment strategy.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Learn to sell stocks quickly if they don’t go up and sell them when they have gains of 20 percent or more.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Keep a journal of all of your trades so that you can review them.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">When you are right one in three times, start using real cash.</li></ol><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px;">In the end, actual experience is the best teacher. Learn by doing and put the stock market investing for dummies books back on the shelf where you found them.</div> Viktorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13210462811579481774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-493374608557408361.post-61577708418725305082019-01-15T07:50:00.000-08:002019-01-18T07:51:10.902-08:00 A striking indicator of success in reforming the economy and creating a competitive environment is the volume of foreign direct investment. Successful transformations in the post-socialist countries contributed to the appearance of foreign investors in the domestic markets of these countries, which, in turn, had a number of structural macroeconomic consequences:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rjrOb2u1JBM/XEH116t4huI/AAAAAAAAAFw/GLdAZ_6rvvMHT-J0pBAqJNsGnMi_d7jrQCLcBGAs/s1600/150901B_impact_investing_graphics_for_web_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="514" data-original-width="730" height="225" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rjrOb2u1JBM/XEH116t4huI/AAAAAAAAAFw/GLdAZ_6rvvMHT-J0pBAqJNsGnMi_d7jrQCLcBGAs/s320/150901B_impact_investing_graphics_for_web_2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />the level of capitalization of national savings and the accumulation of fixed capital increased;<br />changed the structure of production and exports by type of economic activity;<br />there was a technological update of production, as well as an increase in the overall dynamics of economic growth.<br />The change in ownership structure in favor of expanding the non-state part and the ownership of non-residents also worked as a catalyst for market transformations.<br /><br />The effect of foreign investment largely depends on the form of investment. Foreign direct investment (FDI), which comes to transformational economies, can be conventionally divided into two main streams: investments for privatization and so-called green field investments, or investments built from scratch. In addition, in the economic literature allocate export investment, sent to a particular country in order to use cheap labor. The latter may first be in the form of privatization, but later will require additional injections into the technological re-equipment of already privatized objects in order to set up export-oriented production in order to gain from the difference in prices in the domestic and foreign markets.<br /><br />The most important macro-structural effects of increased investment activity of foreign capital in the domestic markets of countries with transformational economies are:<br /><br />an increase in the level of fixed capital accumulation, which is accompanied by the emergence of an investment wave and the formation of a development model in the recipient country of FDI and at the same time is an investment and innovation one;<br />expansion of the development base;<br />qualitative changes in foreign trade in favor of investment imports and expansion of the export part of the highly developed countries of the world;<br />increasing the technological level of production and changes in the structure of production;<br />increase the export share of high-tech and medium-tech goods;<br />growth in economic productivity;<br />strengthening the upward dynamics of GDP.<br />Thus, among the positive results of attracting FDI, the main ones are:<br />gaining access to new production and business technologies;<br />expansion of cooperation with foreign companies;<br />information exchange;<br />increasing the level of education and qualification of human resources;<br />increase employment;<br />expansion and deepening of the domestic market, combined with its diversification;<br />growth of the general factor of labor productivity;<br />the expansion of foreign trade and the like. Viktorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13210462811579481774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-493374608557408361.post-197719354065123402019-01-15T07:47:00.000-08:002019-01-18T07:48:30.013-08:00 DC is a company that provides access to Forex for ordinary traders. Sometimes dealing centers call themselves brokers, but brokers have a range of activities already. In this article we will use these two terms as synonymous, since the difference between them is not so great. In order to choose a reliable broker correctly, you need to know what you need to pay attention to and what should be avoided when choosing. View Dealing Center. How is currency trading. There are three options for which the operations take place. The first is that the broker creates his own foreign exchange market, that is, it is a trade within the company. We do not recommend you to work with such DCs, as there will be problems associated with a small liquidity of instruments and, moreover, the broker can interfere in the process of your trading, and this is completely useless. operations and lack of control of the broker. The last option - trading takes place through a representative on Forex, this is a common system of DC operation. If there is a high-speed channel for operations, then this method is not inferior to the second.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-F6x-zY106j8/XEH1PmJ5oyI/AAAAAAAAAFk/ziBv_vFloToNVZwPCy5MuWRCesag9lZEgCLcBGAs/s1600/%25D0%2591%25D0%25B5%25D0%25B7%2B%25D0%25BD%25D0%25B0%25D0%25B7%25D0%25B2%25D0%25B0%25D0%25BD%25D0%25B8%25D1%258F.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="750" height="212" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-F6x-zY106j8/XEH1PmJ5oyI/AAAAAAAAAFk/ziBv_vFloToNVZwPCy5MuWRCesag9lZEgCLcBGAs/s320/%25D0%2591%25D0%25B5%25D0%25B7%2B%25D0%25BD%25D0%25B0%25D0%25B7%25D0%25B2%25D0%25B0%25D0%25BD%25D0%25B8%25D1%258F.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />The reliability of the broker. Reliable are the largest DC in the foreign exchange market. The reliability of a broker is affected by: the number of offices of the company; number of clients; turnover of the company. Do not risk to cooperate with small and new companies, you can lose your money. Trading conditions. When you choose a company with which you are going to cooperate in the future, focus on those moments that are important for you. Trading conditions for different companies differ, for example, leverage or spreads may vary depending on the broker. Determine without haste. So, the main selection criteria are: the spread established by the broker; swaps; minimum invoice amount; scope of leverage; the level at which positions are closed automatically; order execution options; lot volume.<br /><br />Bonuses - they help in trading, increasing your deposit by 60-100 percent, many firms give a chance to get bonus money with each deposit of funds. But this indicator, when choosing a DC, should not be the main one. The bonus is given to you not just so that in order to turn it into real money, you must work out the necessary number of transactions. Take the dealing center's choice as seriously as possible; you need to know where you are investing your money. To do this, check with which banks the broker cooperates. Find out what bodies it is regulated (for example, KROUFR). Test the conditions of the DC on a demo account and only then open a real one. The right choice will be the key to your successful and profitable trading in the future. Viktorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13210462811579481774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-493374608557408361.post-82131984055695059762019-01-11T07:45:00.000-08:002019-01-18T07:47:16.996-08:00 As a rule, the stock market is very different from the forex market in terms of the nature of the work and the instruments, strategies and indicators used. But sometimes the strategies that are widely used by capitalists to work in their market + are also salutary for the currency markets. One of these mutually beneficial strategies is the formation of a portfolio of currencies.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0WdtdMC03bg/XEH0xdczxwI/AAAAAAAAAFc/XPpe-mz_8dEA-PAxXspJ1j7W8SevcT1cQCLcBGAs/s1600/investing-average.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1011" data-original-width="1600" height="202" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0WdtdMC03bg/XEH0xdczxwI/AAAAAAAAAFc/XPpe-mz_8dEA-PAxXspJ1j7W8SevcT1cQCLcBGAs/s320/investing-average.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />The portfolio of currencies is formed approximately according to the same principles as the securities portfolio. Currency pairs are selected in such a way that in the aggregate in the “basket” of acquired currencies there remains approximately an equal number of currencies with which operations are being conducted at the moment (there are open orders). Why such a strategy? It leads to the fact that in any movement of the market for a currency pair involved in the “currency portfolio”, there will not be any noticeable bias or a large floating loss - if a larger loss is incurred for one currency, a corresponding income will be generated for counterbalancing pairs. Thus, the overall structure of the portfolio remains unchanged, those transactions that turn out to be profitable are closed, those that accumulate unprofitableness are repaid by profitable pairs of correspondents.<br /><br />Some awkwardness of such trade lies in the fact that it is quite difficult for a trader himself to implement such an algorithm. To do this, as a rule, they use trading robots, which they are charged with forming the portfolio and keeping track of its content, while the trader leaves the flow control over the trade. It is also very important that the portfolio type of trading is more reliable in terms of risk control, but at the same time it is quite problematic if the task is to obtain a maximized return. It is almost impossible to get the highest return with the help of this portfolio: the lower the risks, the lower the profit is the general rule of the market.<br /><br />In addition, there are special tools and additional mathematical settings that allow you to sufficiently increase the profitability of algorithms that are based on the portfolio. There is a lot of open research into the mathematical analysis of this algorithm and its variants and improvements — so a good programmer will always find something to add to the standard scheme. The trader himself can also trade in such an algorithm without relying on a trading robot, but for this it is necessary both to use the built-in balance control tools in the trading terminal, and to actively maintain its own trading records. Viktorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13210462811579481774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-493374608557408361.post-54892921846479080302019-01-11T07:39:00.000-08:002019-01-18T07:41:02.268-08:00 You can write a whole book about how to invest money to save them and get a stable income. However, we have only a small article at our disposal, and therefore we will focus on one of the quite promising types of investment - investing in investment coins.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PsfCjfUxugI/XEHzf8YuXNI/AAAAAAAAAFI/MQtDIUWRcS4V1XI4LWfN1suzXYzlw7sngCLcBGAs/s1600/make-money-investing-in-stocks-compressor.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="700" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PsfCjfUxugI/XEHzf8YuXNI/AAAAAAAAAFI/MQtDIUWRcS4V1XI4LWfN1suzXYzlw7sngCLcBGAs/s320/make-money-investing-in-stocks-compressor.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />Investment coin is a topical means of investing capital for almost 20 years: during this time it has been included in the turnover of most large banks. This investment instrument is a coin of a certain nominal value issued by the Central Bank (1,5,10,50 or 100 rubles). However, its real price and value are related to the content of precious metals in it: gold and silver. The cost of such a coin on the market changes according to the exchange rate of these metals, which, importantly, continues to grow even in times of crisis. Another advantage is the possibility of sale !! without intermediation of financial institutions, except for the bank. It is worth noting the availability of this type of investment: for example, as of February-March 2015, the cost of the silver coin "George the Victorious" is 1,200 rubles, which is quite affordable for the majority of Russian citizens.<br /><br />One of the varieties of investment coins are collectible coins. Their purchase and sale began to be viewed as an investment instrument relatively recently: until 2011, operations with them were subject to VAT, which minimized possible profits. However, now the same rules apply to them as to investment coins, and it is impossible not to note certain advantages of this type of investment: first, the value of such a coin is not tied to the precious metals rate, but is determined by the circulation, composition, subject, preservation and prevalence that brings it closer to antiques, so stock prices do not affect its value. Moreover, interest in these coins can be caused not only from a financial point of view: some collectors are ready to pay an inflated price to complete their collections with the missing copy.<br /><br />But it is also worth understanding that only experienced coin collectors will be able to extract real profit from collectible coins, and asking for professional help for one of them can cost a considerable amount and negate even the profit from a successful transaction.<br /><br />There are pitfalls in the turnover of ordinary investment coins: first of all, the difference in the buying / selling rate. Therefore, it is not profitable to play on the difference in rates, selling and buying investment coins. This makes the coin a long-term investment. But in this case it is necessary to resolve the issue of storing coins: if the money can be deposited in the bank as a deposit, the coins are a physically expressed object and the bank will charge a certain fee for storing them in a dedicated bank cell, while storing them in an apartment may be risky, especially if it becomes known to your friends, and from them - to third parties. Moreover, freedom from paying VAT does not mean that the proceeds from a competent investment of funds are not subject to taxation.<br /><br />In conclusion, we would like to note that any kind of investment is inevitably associated with risk, and investment coins are no exception. However, in the long run, they have been showing growth for more than a year than people who are prone to long-term planning. And if in a crisis period you do not wish to stop the movement of your capital, then investing in investment coins is a completely relevant way. Viktorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13210462811579481774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-493374608557408361.post-64783111646024284482019-01-08T07:37:00.000-08:002019-01-18T07:38:41.376-08:00 What is absorption?<br />Absorption implies an economic process, as a result of which, an increase in business occurs, that is, one large company appears instead of several less significant ones. The main goal of any takeover is to reduce costs and increase profits. As a result of this process, productivity increases, efficiency increases, which in turn gives the company a huge advantage over its competitors. As a rule, during absorption, one stronger and large company absorbs the weaker one. As a result, a weak company ceases to exist, and all its property and assets pass into the possession of the scavenger company, which becomes even larger.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2qYTudTJots/XEHy7_KBCXI/AAAAAAAAAFA/_nz09d1KPXskMqpfx8oCVEYiw4anLFuhQCLcBGAs/s1600/How-To-Invest-50-In-The-Stock-Market_-A-Beginners-Guide-To-Investing-Like-A-Pro.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="700" height="160" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2qYTudTJots/XEHy7_KBCXI/AAAAAAAAAFA/_nz09d1KPXskMqpfx8oCVEYiw4anLFuhQCLcBGAs/s320/How-To-Invest-50-In-The-Stock-Market_-A-Beginners-Guide-To-Investing-Like-A-Pro.png" width="320" /></a></div>There are only two types of absorption: friendly and aggressive. With an aggressive one, the company buys back the main stake in the other and simply leaves her no choice to be absorbed. An example of such a takeover is the company GOOGLE, which absorbed more than 100 (hundreds) of companies, including YouTube, AOL, Begun, etc.<br /><br />If the companies themselves make an informed takeover decision on the basis of mutual (and eligible, as well) agreement, this is called a friendly takeover. But there are situations when it is difficult to find out whether the absorption was reciprocal or aggressive, because the absorbers themselves often pretend that everything happened on a friendly note.<br /><br />Benefits of absorption<br />The main goal of any takeover is to get a significant advantage from the joint venture. These benefits include reducing the number (it may be partial) of the entire staff (management cuts, marketing cuts, financiers). The company begins to save on wholesale conditions, due to the increase in purchases. The company increases its market share by increasing brand awareness, providing loans on the best terms, as a large company trusts more.<br /><br />Classification of investments aimed at acquiring companies<br />Depending on the degree of risk, investments aimed at acquiring companies can be classified into several types. This is a low-risk, medium-risk investment. Accordingly, the degree of risk will also determine the profit, the lowest for investments with a low (or medium) level of risk, and the greatest for investments with an increased risk. But investments with an average degree of risk can bring a stable long-term income.<br /><br />Also, investments aimed at acquiring companies can be classified depending on the degree of liquidity. These are highly liquid when investments quickly turn into revenues. For example, the purchase of shares of large companies (securities), which are listed on the world famous exchanges.<br /><br />Medium-liquid investments, such investments do not require a long time to generate income, but they will not be able to sell them quickly. As an example (fairly simple), we can cite the assignment of claims for reimbursable receivables (DZ) to a company and its resale. And low-liquid investments, such investments will require a lot of time for their implementation and profit. An example is an investment in a company's fixed assets.<br /><br />Another investment is classified by the time of their placement. These are short-term, medium-term and long-term investments. But it is worth emphasizing that investments that are aimed at acquisitions cannot be short-term. In the market one can still meet foreign and domestic investments. Domestic means investments in those companies that are located on the territory of one country, but, outside, on the territory of several states. Viktorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13210462811579481774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-493374608557408361.post-35368806816142092272019-01-07T07:44:00.000-08:002019-01-18T07:44:30.481-08:00 Most people work day by day at work and at the end of the month they give out the money they earn or transfer it to a card. Others have several types of income or several part-time jobs. Their income depends on the ability to work and the amount of work done. The smartest earn money without doing anything physically. This type of income is called passive income.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fVDfCVsj72A/XEH0SJrfqdI/AAAAAAAAAFU/a3iTF2mmhtgFBF27VfbiQX19dbODhsgUwCLcBGAs/s1600/unnamed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="750" height="239" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fVDfCVsj72A/XEH0SJrfqdI/AAAAAAAAAFU/a3iTF2mmhtgFBF27VfbiQX19dbODhsgUwCLcBGAs/s320/unnamed.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Interest from such income may accrue from deposits, dividends from stocks, deductions for business partnerships or fees from books and other products. For all people, the chances are almost equal to only some of them love security in the form of a monthly payment, while others have a freedom in which they can do whatever they want, and the money will still be credited to their account.<br /><br />The first steps to passive income are investing. At the initial stage, it will be difficult because, not knowing all the basics of investing, you can make a mistake and lose your money. This often happens with newbies who trust emotions and trust their money to scammers, who in turn are looking for naive and inexperienced investors.<br /><br />You can start investing from a small amount and invest at least 10% of your income every month. After a few months, you will have developed a habit and it will not be so difficult for you to invest money as at the beginning. It is also important to learn and learn about new ways of investing. Over time, you will learn to invest in assets such as stocks, business, commodities, or gold.<br /><br />After a few years of intensive investment, your passive income will only grow, and you will work less and less or you may stop working at all. While others were spending money in bars and watching television, you invested and trained. Now the other person works further, and you get income, and spend your free time as you wish. Viktorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13210462811579481774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-493374608557408361.post-89321488968249332082019-01-07T07:35:00.000-08:002019-01-18T07:36:11.964-08:00 Before you start investing your money, read through a few rules. Such investments as in trust management companies and Forex in PAMM accounts, of course, bring much more than a deposit in a bank, but if you make a wrong choice, you can not only win, but also lose a large amount, get upset and forget about this venture. and forever. To avoid this, you need to follow the rules of investing.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-J9rKbT2eHSY/XEHyW6Iv0iI/AAAAAAAAAE4/iWn1w2BtXhURt9J4XypNEwqQRKXZLbjlgCLcBGAs/s1600/Are-We-Investing-Enough-in-Our-Managers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="719" data-original-width="1280" height="179" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-J9rKbT2eHSY/XEHyW6Iv0iI/AAAAAAAAAE4/iWn1w2BtXhURt9J4XypNEwqQRKXZLbjlgCLcBGAs/s320/Are-We-Investing-Enough-in-Our-Managers.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Before you invest your money. You must be clear about where exactly your capital is invested and what risk you might expect. Do not make a decision under pressure, thoughtlessly. Examine all the information, read the reviews, delve into the subtleties of work, selected projects.<br /><br />Never invest your last cash or take a loan to invest. Imagine a picture of what will happen if you lose all investments, what kind of life you will have then, and you have to pay the loan or interest will start to grow. Start investing only on deferred free funds, without prejudice to yourself and your family. Only when you become a professional investor, you can count on credit funds for a more rapid increase in investments.<br /><br />Do not believe the screaming slogans about maximum profit. It is better to have a small but stable profit than to lose everything. Forex profits can be up to 10 percent per month. In certain trust management companies, in some cases, it reaches up to 20 percent. Now on the Internet a huge number of scammers who promise higher incomes. Treats them with need. Trust your investments only to trusted exchanges and companies.<br /><br />It is better to make investments in several directions. Because even the most professional traders make mistakes and suffer heavy losses. Such a distribution of investments, in case of failure in one project, is compensated by the profit of another. We recommend at least 10 investment tools, proven and reliable, and not random.<br /><br />By following these rules of investing, almost everyone will be able to have passive income with minor risks. For this you need to try how this mechanism works. Try to spend less than you get. Monthly save at least a tenth of all your income on investments. Look for monthly and invest in reliable companies. And you yourself will notice how your capital will increase. Viktorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13210462811579481774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-493374608557408361.post-69662190476282543162019-01-07T05:04:00.004-08:002019-01-18T08:26:20.816-08:00 <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9Ono3wBipIc/XDNOGwW_isI/AAAAAAAAACY/NmSB3QSt_dobx_oyEzztIrSyB_vp6e42QCLcBGAs/s1600/Mutual-Fund-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="300" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9Ono3wBipIc/XDNOGwW_isI/AAAAAAAAACY/NmSB3QSt_dobx_oyEzztIrSyB_vp6e42QCLcBGAs/s320/Mutual-Fund-2.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: , , &quot;blinkmacsystemfont&quot; , &quot;segoe ui&quot; , &quot;roboto&quot; , , &quot;ubuntu&quot; , &quot;cantarell&quot; , &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , sans-serif , &quot;apple color emoji&quot; , &quot;segoe ui emoji&quot; , &quot;segoe ui symbol&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br />Equity investment generally refers to the buying and holding of shares of stock on a stock market by individuals and funds in anticipation of income from dividends and capital gain as the value of the stock rises. It also sometimes refers to the acquisition of equity (ownership) participation in a private (unlisted) company or a startup (a company being created or newly created). When the investment is in infant companies, it is referred to as venture capital investing and is generally understood to be higher risk than investment in listed going-concern situations.</span><br /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: , , &quot;blinkmacsystemfont&quot; , &quot;segoe ui&quot; , &quot;roboto&quot; , , &quot;ubuntu&quot; , &quot;cantarell&quot; , &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , sans-serif , &quot;apple color emoji&quot; , &quot;segoe ui emoji&quot; , &quot;segoe ui symbol&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Table of contents</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: , , &quot;blinkmacsystemfont&quot; , &quot;segoe ui&quot; , &quot;roboto&quot; , , &quot;ubuntu&quot; , &quot;cantarell&quot; , &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , sans-serif , &quot;apple color emoji&quot; , &quot;segoe ui emoji&quot; , &quot;segoe ui symbol&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;">1 Direct holdings and Pooled funds</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: , , &quot;blinkmacsystemfont&quot; , &quot;segoe ui&quot; , &quot;roboto&quot; , , &quot;ubuntu&quot; , &quot;cantarell&quot; , &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , sans-serif , &quot;apple color emoji&quot; , &quot;segoe ui emoji&quot; , &quot;segoe ui symbol&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;">1.1 The Pros and Cons of holding shares directly or via pooled vehicles</span><br /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: , , &quot;blinkmacsystemfont&quot; , &quot;segoe ui&quot; , &quot;roboto&quot; , , &quot;ubuntu&quot; , &quot;cantarell&quot; , &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , sans-serif , &quot;apple color emoji&quot; , &quot;segoe ui emoji&quot; , &quot;segoe ui symbol&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;">2 Fundamental Analysis and Technical Analysis</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: , , &quot;blinkmacsystemfont&quot; , &quot;segoe ui&quot; , &quot;roboto&quot; , , &quot;ubuntu&quot; , &quot;cantarell&quot; , &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , sans-serif , &quot;apple color emoji&quot; , &quot;segoe ui emoji&quot; , &quot;segoe ui symbol&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;">3 How share prices are determined</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: , , &quot;blinkmacsystemfont&quot; , &quot;segoe ui&quot; , &quot;roboto&quot; , , &quot;ubuntu&quot; , &quot;cantarell&quot; , &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , sans-serif , &quot;apple color emoji&quot; , &quot;segoe ui emoji&quot; , &quot;segoe ui symbol&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;">4 Related Material</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: , , &quot;blinkmacsystemfont&quot; , &quot;segoe ui&quot; , &quot;roboto&quot; , , &quot;ubuntu&quot; , &quot;cantarell&quot; , &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , sans-serif , &quot;apple color emoji&quot; , &quot;segoe ui emoji&quot; , &quot;segoe ui symbol&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;">5 Further Reading</span><br /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: , , &quot;blinkmacsystemfont&quot; , &quot;segoe ui&quot; , &quot;roboto&quot; , , &quot;ubuntu&quot; , &quot;cantarell&quot; , &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , sans-serif , &quot;apple color emoji&quot; , &quot;segoe ui emoji&quot; , &quot;segoe ui symbol&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Direct holdings and Pooled funds</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: , , &quot;blinkmacsystemfont&quot; , &quot;segoe ui&quot; , &quot;roboto&quot; , , &quot;ubuntu&quot; , &quot;cantarell&quot; , &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , sans-serif , &quot;apple color emoji&quot; , &quot;segoe ui emoji&quot; , &quot;segoe ui symbol&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The equities held by private individuals are often held via mutual funds or other forms of pooled investment vehicle, many of which have quoted prices that are listed in financial newpapers or magazines; the mutual funds are typically managed by prominent fund management firms (e.g. Fidelity or Vanguard). Such holdings allow individual investors to obtain the diversification of the fund(s) and to obtain the skill of the professional fund managers in charge of the fund(s). An alternative usually employed by large private investors and institutions (e.g. large pension funds) is to hold shares directly;in the institutional environment many clients that own portfolios have what are called segregated funds as opposed to, or in addition to, the pooled e.g. mutual fund alternative.</span><br /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: , , &quot;blinkmacsystemfont&quot; , &quot;segoe ui&quot; , &quot;roboto&quot; , , &quot;ubuntu&quot; , &quot;cantarell&quot; , &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , sans-serif , &quot;apple color emoji&quot; , &quot;segoe ui emoji&quot; , &quot;segoe ui symbol&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Pros and Cons of holding shares directly or via pooled vehicles</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: , , &quot;blinkmacsystemfont&quot; , &quot;segoe ui&quot; , &quot;roboto&quot; , , &quot;ubuntu&quot; , &quot;cantarell&quot; , &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , sans-serif , &quot;apple color emoji&quot; , &quot;segoe ui emoji&quot; , &quot;segoe ui symbol&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The major advantages of investing in pooled funds are access to professional investor skills and obtaining the diversification of the holdings within the fund. The investor also receives the services associated with the fund e.g. regular written reports and dividend payments (where applicable). The major disadvantages of investing in pooled funds are the fees payable to the managers of the fund (usually payable on entry and annually and sometimes on exit) and the diversification of the fund that may or may not be appropriate given the investors circumstances.</span><br /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: , , &quot;blinkmacsystemfont&quot; , &quot;segoe ui&quot; , &quot;roboto&quot; , , &quot;ubuntu&quot; , &quot;cantarell&quot; , &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , sans-serif , &quot;apple color emoji&quot; , &quot;segoe ui emoji&quot; , &quot;segoe ui symbol&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;">It is possible to over-diversify. If an investor holds several funds, then the risks and structure of his overall position is an amalgam of the holdings in all the different funds and arguably the investors holdings successively approximate to an index or market risk.</span><br /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: , , &quot;blinkmacsystemfont&quot; , &quot;segoe ui&quot; , &quot;roboto&quot; , , &quot;ubuntu&quot; , &quot;cantarell&quot; , &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , sans-serif , &quot;apple color emoji&quot; , &quot;segoe ui emoji&quot; , &quot;segoe ui symbol&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The costs or fees paid to the professional fund management organisation need to be monitored carefully. In the worst cases the costs (e.g. fees and other costs that may be less obvious hidden fees within the workings of the investing organisation) are large relative to the dividend income payable on the stock market and to the total post-tax return that the investor can anticipate in an average year.</span><br /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: , , &quot;blinkmacsystemfont&quot; , &quot;segoe ui&quot; , &quot;roboto&quot; , , &quot;ubuntu&quot; , &quot;cantarell&quot; , &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , sans-serif , &quot;apple color emoji&quot; , &quot;segoe ui emoji&quot; , &quot;segoe ui symbol&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Fundamental Analysis and Technical Analysis</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: , , &quot;blinkmacsystemfont&quot; , &quot;segoe ui&quot; , &quot;roboto&quot; , , &quot;ubuntu&quot; , &quot;cantarell&quot; , &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , sans-serif , &quot;apple color emoji&quot; , &quot;segoe ui emoji&quot; , &quot;segoe ui symbol&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;">To try to identify good shares to invest in, two main schools of thought exist: technical analysis and fundamental analysis. The former involves the study of the price history of a share(s) and the price history of the stock market as a whole; technical analysts have developed an array of indicators, some very complex, that seek to tease useful information from the price and volume series. Fundamental analysis involves study of all pertinent information relevant to the share and market in question in an attempt to forecast future business and financial developments including the likely trajectory of the share price(s) itself. The fundamental information studied will include the annual report and accounts, industry data (such as sales and order trends) and study of the financial and economic environment (e.g. the trend of interest rates).</span><br /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: , , &quot;blinkmacsystemfont&quot; , &quot;segoe ui&quot; , &quot;roboto&quot; , , &quot;ubuntu&quot; , &quot;cantarell&quot; , &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , sans-serif , &quot;apple color emoji&quot; , &quot;segoe ui emoji&quot; , &quot;segoe ui symbol&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;">How share prices are determined</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: , , &quot;blinkmacsystemfont&quot; , &quot;segoe ui&quot; , &quot;roboto&quot; , , &quot;ubuntu&quot; , &quot;cantarell&quot; , &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , sans-serif , &quot;apple color emoji&quot; , &quot;segoe ui emoji&quot; , &quot;segoe ui symbol&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;">One theory about equity price determination in professional investment circles continues is the Efficient Markets Hypothesis (EFM), although this theory is being widely discredited in the academic and professional markets. Briefly, this theory suggests that the share prices of equities are priced efficiently and will tend to follow a random walk determined by the emergence of news (randomly) over time. Professional equity investors therefore tend to spend their time immersed in the flow of fundamental information seeking to gain an advantage over their competitors (mainly other professional investors) by more intelligently interpreting the emerging flow of information (news).</span><br /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: , , &quot;blinkmacsystemfont&quot; , &quot;segoe ui&quot; , &quot;roboto&quot; , , &quot;ubuntu&quot; , &quot;cantarell&quot; , &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , sans-serif , &quot;apple color emoji&quot; , &quot;segoe ui emoji&quot; , &quot;segoe ui symbol&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The EFM theory does not seem to give a complete description of the process of equity price determination, for example because share markets are more volatile than a theory that assumes that prices are the result of discounting expected future cash flows would imply. In recent years it has come to be accepted that the share markets are not perfectly efficient, perhaps especially in emerging markets or other markets where the degree of professional (very well informed) activity is lacking.</span><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: , , &quot;blinkmacsystemfont&quot; , &quot;segoe ui&quot; , &quot;roboto&quot; , , &quot;ubuntu&quot; , &quot;cantarell&quot; , &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , sans-serif , &quot;apple color emoji&quot; , &quot;segoe ui emoji&quot; , &quot;segoe ui symbol&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Another theory of share price determination comes from the field of Behavioral Finance. In Behavioral Finance, it is believed that humans often make irrational decisions, particularly related to the buying and selling of securities based upon fears and misperceptions of outcomes. The irrational trading of securities can often create securities prices which vary from rational, fundamental prices valuations. For instance, during the technology bubble of the late 90's and subsequent 'burst' in 2000-2002, technology companies were often bid beyond any rational fundamental value because of what is commonly known as the 'greater fool theory'. The Greater Fool Theory holds that because the predominant method of realizing returns in equity is from the sale to another investor, one should select securities that they believe that someone else will value at a higher level at some point in the future.</span> Viktorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13210462811579481774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-493374608557408361.post-52851918361799165582019-01-06T07:30:00.000-08:002019-01-18T07:31:12.674-08:00 By definition, any investment of money carries a certain degree of risk, and in order for the investment process to be reliable and justifiable over a long period of time, the investment must be diversified - distributed among different instruments. Similarly to the saying from the IT world: investors are divided into those who use diversification and those who already use (as in my case).<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dQ7Xa7bujoE/XEHxBEGzpCI/AAAAAAAAAEo/LdDzvEw-Yuw8qV9faEcG6Je_EwhkI7JnwCLcBGAs/s1600/images%2B%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="299" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dQ7Xa7bujoE/XEHxBEGzpCI/AAAAAAAAAEo/LdDzvEw-Yuw8qV9faEcG6Je_EwhkI7JnwCLcBGAs/s1600/images%2B%25281%2529.jpg" /></a></div><br />The first reason to use diversification is to reduce the likely loss of the investment portfolio. The more investment instruments it includes, the greater the chance that the profitability of the other instruments will cover the potential loss of one of them. Of course, this does not negate the need to rationally pick up assets in the portfolio, because if it is all cracking at the seams, then there will be nothing to compensate for the losses.<br /><br />Of course, the profitability of the wide-diversified portfolio will be very average, which can be observed by analyzing the reports of experienced investors, but taking into account the substantial amounts that can be lost with a more risky strategy, we will find such a reasonable price for reliability.<br /><br />In the event that we want to actively manage our portfolio to generate increased profits, diversification will give us the right to take risks. At the same time, investment instruments are distributed in certain proportions, where most of them are "conservative" with moderate risk and profitability, providing us with a safety cushion, we distribute the remaining 20-40% among "aggressive" instruments (young PAMM accounts, HYIPs, etc. .) in anticipation of super-profits. It is important to reallocate funds in a timely manner according to the initial strategy so that the ratio of reliable and risky instruments always remains constant.<br /><br />When creating a diversified portfolio, it is important to take into account all possible investment risks and remember that the distribution of funds within the same market (different PAMM accounts of one broker) at best will protect us only from trading risks, but in case of problems of the market itself (broker's bankruptcy, legal restrictions) we will lose everything. The growth of investment inevitably encourages the development of new markets and financial instruments, because even when limited to investing in one state (especially such as ours), we are not insured against crises, devaluation, and negative economic and political changes. Viktorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13210462811579481774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-493374608557408361.post-43021466615861320082019-01-04T06:53:00.000-08:002019-01-18T06:54:11.756-08:00 <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;">When you look at the market indexes each day, at some point you will ask yourself why is&nbsp;the stock market&nbsp;down today? This question will lead you to look at the major news sources for an answer. Over time, they will give you numerous answers as to what caused the market to close lower. Today for example, the market is uneasy about the “debt-ceiling” in the United States and that Moody’s downgraded Greece’s credit rating. On other days, earnings reports might have come in lower than expected. The truth is that while there will be truth in what they say because that was the general news for the day, the real reasons are really probably unclear and to be honest with you don’t really matter to you as you try and ascertain the general&nbsp;market direction&nbsp;each day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Dezs7HwoJzk/XEHoZ9KBmcI/AAAAAAAAAEc/J0DmReN3RSwTe0a3qDQZaJVW6oA0HcB9wCLcBGAs/s1600/images.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="180" data-original-width="279" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Dezs7HwoJzk/XEHoZ9KBmcI/AAAAAAAAAEc/J0DmReN3RSwTe0a3qDQZaJVW6oA0HcB9wCLcBGAs/s1600/images.jpg" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;">All you really care about is what the market indexes tell you happened — not what the “general opinion” is as to why it happened.&nbsp;You’ll first want to review each index every day. Those indexes are the S&amp;P 500, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the NASDAQ. You’ll want to look at each index and figure out whether it closed higher or lower than the previous day. After that, you’ll also want to see whether volume was higher or lower than the previous day. When you do this, you’ll discover one of the four following situations.</div><ul style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"><li style="font-size: 14px; list-style-type: square; margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">A higher close on higher volume</strong>&nbsp;– This means that there were more shares of stock bought than sold and it pushed the price higher. This is known as an accumulation day. This is what you really want to see.</li><li style="font-size: 14px; list-style-type: square; margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">A higher close on lower volume</strong>&nbsp;– This means that less shares of stock were sold and prices did increase but is more of a stalling action. While this will happen, it’s not really representative of a market under accumulation and not the ideal close you’d like to see.</li><li style="font-size: 14px; list-style-type: square; margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">A lower close on higher volume</strong>&nbsp;– This means that more shares of stock were sold than bought and it pushed prices lower. This is known as a&nbsp;distribution day. To much distribution isn’t a positive sign for the overall market direction.</li><li style="font-size: 14px; list-style-type: square; margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">A lower close on lower volume</strong>&nbsp;– This means that less shares of stock were sold than bought and prices fell. This is a neutral action and what you would expect to see when there is less than demand.</li></ul><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;">When you look at the market each day, you don’t really care “why” the market went down. You only care about whether the market was under accumulation or distribution. You are concerned about this because you want to only invest in a market under accumulation or an uptrend and not under distribution or downtrend.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;">As you learn to do this, you can just read the IBD Big Picture column and let them tell you what happened or you can do what I suggest and that is figure out what happened on your own and confirm it with what the IBD editors think. Over time, you’ll find that you can get a handle on what happened instead of why.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;">Let’s use today as an example:</div><ul style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"><li style="font-size: 14px; list-style-type: square; margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">S&amp;P 500</strong>&nbsp;– The index closed at lower at 1,337.43 or .56% lower than yesterday. Volume on the NYSE was 3.9 percent higher than the previous day. Since this is more than .2% decline on higher volume, this is a distribution day for the S%P 500.</li><li style="font-size: 14px; list-style-type: square; margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">DJIA</strong>&nbsp;– The index closed lower at 12,592.80 or .70 percent lower than yesterday. The NYSE volume was higher as we have already said and so this also represents a distribution day on the Dow as well.</li><li style="font-size: 14px; list-style-type: square; margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">NYSE</strong>&nbsp;– The index closed lower at 8,357,57 or .60 percent lower than yesterday. Volume was higher as discussed and so the NYSE also suffered a distribution day.</li><li style="font-size: 14px; list-style-type: square; margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">NASDAQ</strong>&nbsp;– The index closed lower at 2,482.80 or .56 percent lower than yesterday. Volume on the NASDAQ also closed even from the day before. Because it is neither higher or lower. It is not a distribution day.</li></ul><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;">We know from today’s market action that the S&amp;P 500, the DJIA and NYSE all suffered&nbsp;distribution days&nbsp;while the NASDAQ did not. This information in and of itself doesn’t tell you specifically why the&nbsp;stock market&nbsp;was down today, but it does tell you a more critical piece of the puzzle and that is that it was under distribution. Enough distribution days and it will change the&nbsp;market outlook. Because three out of four stocks follow the trend, and because the IBD currently has several distribution days chocked up for the indexes already, I’m expecting the market outlook might change today to market uptrend under pressure.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;">This would mean that I wouldn’t want to make any new&nbsp;stock purchases&nbsp;and watch the stocks I am in closely. Knowing what action to take with my&nbsp;stock market investing&nbsp;program is much more important than knowing why&nbsp;the stock market today&nbsp;went up or down.</div> Viktorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13210462811579481774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-493374608557408361.post-64503579816288776102019-01-04T06:44:00.000-08:002019-01-18T06:45:00.798-08:00 <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px;">I wanted to spend today talking about why good&nbsp;stock market investing strategies&nbsp;go bad. I’ve got a friend who loves investing in the stock market. He spends hours reading about all this stock market investing strategy and that one. One day, he’s investing in options. The next he is selling an index short. The problem with this is that he never quite excels at any of his strategies because he’s too busy trying the next best thing and not working on one specific investment technique. I think this is a common problem and it’s also not helped by the things I talked about in my post about&nbsp;stock market investing for dummies. Rule number one of any investor should be this – become a master at one specific strategy. Taking this one particular step will drastically improve your results.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KNoZIWC_j7M/XEHmVhLMDLI/AAAAAAAAAEI/x44wD-BGlQwwiJMBHB1uVawlLokjwATyQCLcBGAs/s1600/REIT-Investing-Up.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="296" data-original-width="593" height="159" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KNoZIWC_j7M/XEHmVhLMDLI/AAAAAAAAAEI/x44wD-BGlQwwiJMBHB1uVawlLokjwATyQCLcBGAs/s320/REIT-Investing-Up.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px;">You see there are all kinds of ways to make money, as well as lose it, in stocks. There’s no shortage of ideas. You can be a value investor or a growth investor. You could focus on penny stocks or on options. There’s always exchange traded funds and indexes or mutual funds. The key for you is that you must pick one and then spend all of your time working on mastering it.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px;">One of the reasons that flipping from strategy doesn’t work is because each requires a certain set of tools and experience. If you are new, then you can bet that you don’t no what tools you should use nor the experience to implement the strategy correctly. They all require a different learning curve. It’s this learning curve that could cost you a fortune over time both in losses or opportunity costs. Let’s face it, if a mutual fund manager can manage your money better than you, you should give it to him (or her).</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px;">So if you are going to bother to spend time buying stocks, then take the time to become a master of your craft. Learn one strategy, start practicing it and then throw real cash at it.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px;">The problem with most individual investors is that they invest real cash, never practice and never really hone in on a winning strategy.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px;">Which investment philosophy should you choose? It probably doesn’t matter just as long as it has proven to work. Study the masters like Benjamin Graham, Warren Buffett, William O’Neil or Peter Lynch. Follow their system and make it your own.</div> Viktorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13210462811579481774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-493374608557408361.post-41177604920436113482019-01-03T08:30:00.000-08:002019-01-18T06:51:05.188-08:00 <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;">After the new edition of the IBD comes out each night, I start my stock screening. I get my stocks almost exclusively from the Stocks on the Move column every night. I just copy down the ticker symbols from the stocks above the line on both the NYSE and the NASDAQ. This should also tell you that I don’t look at any over the counter stocks – only NYSE and NASDAQ. I then take those stock symbols and put them in the My&nbsp;Stocks List&nbsp;of investors.com.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qQM4o2VA75k/XEHnwo8b0NI/AAAAAAAAAEU/Yj03UzVtSVoMh7VqxTTA9acfLdzBsdrZACLcBGAs/s1600/1_8f29YAiwwtEqT9TD_CVtUw.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="709" data-original-width="1024" height="221" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qQM4o2VA75k/XEHnwo8b0NI/AAAAAAAAAEU/Yj03UzVtSVoMh7VqxTTA9acfLdzBsdrZACLcBGAs/s320/1_8f29YAiwwtEqT9TD_CVtUw.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;">I do this because I am looking for one particular type of stock — one that institutional investors are buying. This buying shows up in stocks that have large increases in price on heavy volume.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;">Once I put the stocks in my list, I then screen them further as follows:</div><ul style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"><li style="font-size: 14px; list-style-type: square; margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Volume</strong>&nbsp;– I want to see at least 100,000 shares traded daily. You can find the volume number under the price and volume.</li><li style="font-size: 14px; list-style-type: square; margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Earnings Per Share % Change (Latest Quarter)</strong>&nbsp;– I want stocks over 25%. You can find this under the fundamentals tab.</li><li style="font-size: 14px; list-style-type: square; margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Earnings Per Share % Change (Prior Quarter)</strong>&nbsp;– I want stocks over 25%.</li><li style="font-size: 14px; list-style-type: square; margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Sales % Change (Latest Quarter)</strong>&nbsp;– Again stocks over 25%.</li><li style="font-size: 14px; list-style-type: square; margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Earnings Per Share Estimated % Change (Current quarter)</strong>&nbsp;– Over 25%</li><li style="font-size: 14px; list-style-type: square; margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Earnings Per Share Estimated % Change (Current year)</strong>&nbsp;– Over 25%</li><li style="font-size: 14px; list-style-type: square; margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Composite Rating</strong>&nbsp;– Over 70. Under the SmartSelect ratings</li><li style="font-size: 14px; list-style-type: square; margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">EPS Rating</strong>&nbsp;– Over 70</li><li style="font-size: 14px; list-style-type: square; margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">RS Rating</strong>&nbsp;– Over 70</li><li style="font-size: 14px; list-style-type: square; margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">SMR Rating</strong>&nbsp;– A, B, or C</li><li style="font-size: 14px; list-style-type: square; margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Accumulation/Distribution Rating</strong>&nbsp;– A, B, or C</li><li style="font-size: 14px; list-style-type: square; margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Group Relative Strength</strong>&nbsp;– A, B, or C</li></ul><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;">I have recently lowered my stock screening criteria in a couple of areas so that I could look at more stocks on a daily basis. The first is in the Composite, EPS and RS ratings. I will now go to as low as 70. With the other SmartSelect ratings, I also now include stocks with a “C” rating. I did this so that I could look at more stocks on a daily basis. My thinking is that I might be able to catch a stock a little sooner than I could before. I also am looking for stocks with stellar earnings and sales as opposed to stellar ratings.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;">Once I have the list compiled, I like to sort it by price percentage change to see&nbsp;the best stocks&nbsp;in&nbsp;the stock market today. I then move on to looking at particular buy points or set ups in my&nbsp;stock market investing&nbsp;strategy.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;">Usually, I then post my watch list on my twitter feed which can be found in the sidebar.</div> Viktorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13210462811579481774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-493374608557408361.post-15939654058564038012019-01-02T08:00:00.000-08:002019-01-18T06:42:54.082-08:00 <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px;">For a long time, I passed by&nbsp;The Neatest Little Guide To Stock Market Investing&nbsp;because I thought the title sounded hokey. So, as I would peruse the book store for new and exciting&nbsp;stock market investing strategies. You can’t find that in a hokey book like&nbsp;stock market investing for dummies&nbsp;type thing. No way. So for a long time, I overlooked Jason Kelly’s book in search of greater books. Finally, because I had pretty much checked every other stock market investing book out that was available at Borders and there was nothing else to do, I skimmed through it.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px;">I was pleasantly surprised. And here is what I learned. The first secret of the of the book is that he does give you some specific and easy to understand investment strategies. While he does go into good detail about the options you have as far as investment philosophy, he also delves into what you can do right now to start investing in the stock market. While I didn’t look at the previous edition, the 2010 version also shared with me the biggest secret I thought that I picked up on from his book and that is how to use a watch list.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wPuMj4Awj94/XEHltDeWhgI/AAAAAAAAAEA/1_7k9GsWzSQNcF91B_UwuSCJxHIgeC-swCLcBGAs/s1600/trading-vs-investing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="664" data-original-width="1000" height="212" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wPuMj4Awj94/XEHltDeWhgI/AAAAAAAAAEA/1_7k9GsWzSQNcF91B_UwuSCJxHIgeC-swCLcBGAs/s320/trading-vs-investing.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px;">This is an area that I don’t find discussed much in many of the books. Sure they all give the topic of lip service, but nobody really walks you through the mechanics of how to set one up and how to use it. I only wish that he would have gone into greater detail about how to prune stocks from the list. He recommends that you keep a list of ten top notch stocks and when you find a better one, you get rid of the worst one on your list.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px;"></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px;">That’s great in theory but when you have 20 different criteria, how do you decide what is exactly better if all your stocks meet certain thresholds. I wondered that and emailed him. His book said to do that if you needed additional information. But alas he doesn’t respond so I was left to my own methods and that was to let your list grow for all the stocks that meet your minimum standards. If your list gets to big, raise your minimum standards for earnings and sales or for some other category until your list shrinks. As soon as a stock falls below your minimum requirements then let it go.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px;">To me that was the biggest “secret” I learned but I guess I taught part of it to myself. Nonetheless, this&nbsp;stock market investing book&nbsp;might deserve a look for your library.</div> Viktorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13210462811579481774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-493374608557408361.post-37584062921786162012019-01-02T06:39:00.000-08:002019-01-18T06:40:06.089-08:00 <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px;">I’ve put together what I think are the eight&nbsp;basics of stock market investing. From my research if you follow these steps, you’ll increase your chances of being a successful stock market investor. Investing in the stock market does require daily study and if you are to get good at it, you’ll need to work at it. There is no free lunch. I have already talked about a few of these things so some won’t come as a surprise. First, if you are a beginner, I recommend that you get a foundation of investing by reading&nbsp;The Neatest Little Guide to Stock Market Investing. That should give you a good handle on the basic terms you’ll need to know as you go along.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zqCZQ9b2d_U/XEHlLYzDE6I/AAAAAAAAAD4/FQFyuIh3rAEWB5TYzB3BBRne-qy8ECGtgCLcBGAs/s1600/investing-retirement.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1024" height="180" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zqCZQ9b2d_U/XEHlLYzDE6I/AAAAAAAAAD4/FQFyuIh3rAEWB5TYzB3BBRne-qy8ECGtgCLcBGAs/s320/investing-retirement.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><ol style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em 1.5em; padding: 0px;"><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px;">The first thing you need to do is to pick a strategy. You can find a few of the masters in the book above. After that, if you don’t have a strategy, I suggest that you adopt the CANSLIM strategy as your own. You can read more about it in my article called The Only&nbsp;Stock Market Investing Book&nbsp;You Should Ever Read. It’s important that you pick and master one specific strategy. What’s important is that it is one of the&nbsp;stock market investing strategies&nbsp;of the masters, you are good to go. Remember you won’t learn anything if you don’t read specific techniques. So&nbsp;stock market investing for dummies&nbsp;material is not the way to go.</div></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The next thing &nbsp;you want to do is set up stock screens that bring the stocks you need to review to your attention. You do this by setting up stock screens to uncover stocks that might have strong earnings, strong price moves, surges in volume. It all depends on your strategy. I like to look for stocks that are up on higher volume. So I have a screen set up for that.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Once you’ve done that, you need to move the stocks that appear on your screens over to your watch list. That way you can keep an eye on the performance of the stock. More importantly though, you want to make sure that you buy the stocks at the right time.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">That’s where picking entry points come in. Also called a “set up”, you’ll want to enter stocks at times that most likely predict they will go higher. For canslim, that’s when they break out of a base on strong volume. Whatever your strategy, learning to pick the proper buy point is key to a successful stock.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Next you need to have an exit strategy. What will you do if the price goes down. What will you do if the stock goes up. Having price targets is important so you know when to take your gains. Having limits to how far you will ride a stock down in price will help you protect your investment capital. Setting stops is as important as setting profit targets.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">After that, you’ll want to use a stock simulator to work on your technique. The best professionals in the world practice in the gym or in simulators (think pilots). You should to.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Review your practice trades and shoot for a specific batting average. Try and get 1 out of 3 right of your stock buys as winning stocks. Learn from your mistakes and keep shooting for a better batting average.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Once you’ve reached your batting average, start using real cash and work on duplicating the results you had when you were practicing. The real stock market works different than a simulator. You’ll find out that emotion comes into play. You’ll need to get a handle on that.</li></ol><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px;">So there you have it. &nbsp;These are my eight stock market investing basics. Get to work and let me know how you do!</div> Viktorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13210462811579481774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-493374608557408361.post-80072311330843744902019-01-02T06:35:00.000-08:002019-01-18T06:36:02.836-08:00 <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px;">Today I wanted to talk about how to master the&nbsp;stock market investing basics. In my last post I talked about the Eight&nbsp;Basics of Stock Market Investing. This is what I suggest to become successful at stock market investing. A lot of people who are investing in the stock market today are looking for a get rich quick scheme. If this is you, you are going to struggle. If you are new to the stock market, you have a unique advantage in that you can know from the beginning that it’s going to take study. It’s going to take daily work. It’s going to take dedication and it’s you are going to encounter your share of mistakes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-g607UTwWP_k/XEHkCZm-PhI/AAAAAAAAADs/IWqu-AfDXYAktK-Kop11JXJtuZfXrgyvQCLcBGAs/s1600/basics-of-investing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="800" height="160" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-g607UTwWP_k/XEHkCZm-PhI/AAAAAAAAADs/IWqu-AfDXYAktK-Kop11JXJtuZfXrgyvQCLcBGAs/s320/basics-of-investing.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px;">What I suggest that you do, is first review that you have indeed chosen a strategy. Many investors fly by the seat of their pants. They have no strategy. Without a road map for your&nbsp;stock market investing strategies&nbsp;to follow, you don’t really know what you are trying to master. If you haven’t chosen one yet or need a review of the basics, check out&nbsp;The Neatest Little Guide To Stock Market Investing. Inside, he review all of the masters from Benjamin Graham to William O’Neil. Get a guru and study his methods. As I’ve mentioned before, my guru is William O’Neil. I talked about his book, How to Make Money in Stocks in my post called The Only&nbsp;Stock Market Investing Book&nbsp;You Should Ever Read. Again avoid the&nbsp;stock market investing for dummies&nbsp;type books. They are too generic.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px;"><br />Go to investors.com After that, what you need to do is start breaking down all of the decisions that you need to make and writing them down. For example, the first thing I do is check each of the market indexes each day. I started a checklist that looks like this:</div><ul style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; list-style: square; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em 1.5em; padding: 0px;"><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Check the price and volume action for the S&amp;P 500</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">If the index closed higher on higher volume the market is under accumulation (more buyers than sellers)</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">If the index closed lower on higher volume the market is under distribution (more sellers than buyers)</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">If the market closed lower on lower volume, this is neutral</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">If the market closed higher on lower volume, the market could be stalling</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Watch the IBD TV Market Wrap for analysis of today’s market action</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Confirm my findings of the market action in the IBD Big Picture column</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Review the current outlook</li></ul><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px;">Doing this serves a couple of purposes. One, it forces you to think out each step you need to take. Two, it makes it so you don’t forget a step. As you go along, you’ll want to refine your checklist and have one for each component of your strategy. You’ll find that you’ll fine tune it by moving the actions you take to different spots on your list and adding things here or there.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px;">For every set of decisions you need to make. Put them in order of how you do them. Master one set of checklists at a time. Learn from your mistakes and retool your steps. This is how you master the stock market investing basics.</div> Viktorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13210462811579481774noreply@blogger.com