If you are a car enthusiast and are looking to make a nice profit from your passion, you need to consider flipping cars for profit. This otherwise overlooked trade has seen some people make good profits and even turn it into a fully-fledged business. Flipping cars It is possible that you have heard about flipping […]
Continue readingIf you are looking to make some extra income, then you might consider getting into the flipping furniture business. Furniture flipping is basically buying furniture at a low price, sprucing it up, and selling it for a profit. This might earn you a handsome income if you decide to turn into a full-time business. Can […]
Continue readingThe largest repercussion of an economic recession is unemployment. When we are faced with a failing economy, the fear of being jobless becomes very real. But what if you have a job that cannot be scathed by an economic downturn? It means, you still be able to pay your bills and feed your family. Even […]
Continue readingI would think that you’re crazy if you tell me this statement six months ago. Frankly, RED HOT is not even enough to describe the current market. Here are some of my personal anectodes, based on my bidding in the market: 1. Most listings go into pending on the first two days, or after the […]
Continue readingInstead of writing on my blog, I have been working on my personal finance book. I have a lofty goal of making real changes in people’s personal finance affairs, hoping that more people can live under their means, and accumulate a great wealth for their retirement. The book is currently ON SALE for just $0.99Since […]
Continue readingThis year’s raise is less than previous year, but my raise is still about the double of the average engineers in my group. It’s fairly good by any measure. One of the best ways to make more money is to invest yourself in your job and career. Whether it’s spending more time, volunteering, attending seminar […]
Continue readingI have discussed before that for my asset allocation, I had chosen to have muni bonds in taxable accounts instead of taxable bonds in tax-deferred accounts. In fact, I purchased some NXZ at the beginning of the year. I got out of them last Tuesday, after the big panic. Although I managed a small profit, […]
Continue readingI saw this article the other day from thestreet.com. It spoke about CGMFX returning 50% in two months. That is simply INCREDIBLE for a mutual fund. Don’t know if any of you picked up some shares in CGMFX or CGMRX when I first blogged about Ken Heebner and his funds back in April 2007. Heebner […]
Continue readingFor me to come out and recommend a real estate fund, you know this mutual fund needs to be more than truly outstanding. I’m very bearish on real estate as the regular readers know very well. But this real estate fund, plus its other fund offerings in other categories are simply outstanding. In fact, I […]
Continue readingI have been contemplating how I can hedge my portfolio with less risk. I decided to take a look at how Hussman mutual fund managers do it. Using from their semi-annual report, I found out that they had the following outstanding option positions: Effectivley Long: Call on 10000 S&P 500 index option, expiring 2/17/07 at […]
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