May 2011
4 posts
Do You have an Angel on Your Shoulder?
Are you an investor with an entrepreneurial spirit who’s looking for a start-up in which to invest?
Or maybe you have a million dollar idea and need to find a private equity investor who will help you fund your dream.
Forbes reported recently that there is a “sudden proliferation” of angel investors and seed firms.
What is “angel investing,” and how does it benefit would-be entrepreneurs? An...
This is Not the End
Unless you’re completely off the grid, news-averse and you don’t talk to anyone, you’ve probably heard some people aren’t making plans for Saturday.
Or at least, they’re not making their own plans. Instead, they believe they’ll be queued up for the apocalypse. With the precision of a synchronized swim team, Christian broadcaster Harold Camping has calcuated the exact date of Judgment Day: May 21,...
Not News to You: Lessons from the Great Ones
This week, I want to take a bit of a detour from my normal angle—the week’s big financial news story—and highlight the authors who signed books at our booth at The MoneyShow Las Vegas this past week.
We hosted nearly two dozen writers, including:
Buff Dormeier, author of Investing with Volume Analysis
Tom Busy, author of Trade to Win
Bill Bachrach, author of Values-Based Financial Planning
Marilyn...
If it Weren’t for Bad News
The U.S. economy suffers from bad buzz, and the hits just keep on coming.
According to the Wall Street Journal, the bad news—in this case, “downbeat economic data”—made investors question the pace of economic growth.
In turn, this news sent investors clamoring for the relative safety of U.S. government bonds and away from stocks and other “riskier” assets.
Now, the news has become a bit...
