Daily Investment Tips

If you are interested in retirement planning, you may be interested in reading a case study published by businessweek.

The retirement plan was prepared by Christopher McDermott, vice-president of retirement and financial planning at mutual fund giant Fidelity.

The retirement plan is for a husband and wife, ages 51 and 49 respectively, with two kids in college and a third headed that way. The pair earn a seemingly comfortable $210,000.

Read the retirement plan at businessweek

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Warren Buffet once said, We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful.

Businessweek has an article of how investors this years are frustrated by stock returns and are now running away from stocks.

Americans continue to be wary of stocks. The Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index is almost unchanged since the end of 2009, and mutual fund investors have yanked money from equities for four straight months. Activity in the options market shows that concern has never been higher that stocks will plunge. At the same time, other indicators, including cash flow and dividend yields, suggest equities are attractively valued.

The article continues to make an argument as to why investors should jump back into stocks. Read the rest of the article at Businessweek

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E. William Stone is the chief investment strategist at PNC Wealth Management in Philadelphia.

William Stone Financial Advice

In businessweek interview the man gave his thoughts on why this is the best time to be investing in stocks.

Widespread nervousness about the economy is “a positive” because it gives investors a chance to find “a good company that’s being dragged down by the overall market.”

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Solar energy is in vogue! I have read a couple of business articles talking about the coming boom in Solar energy. Although solar is yet to compete with natural gas and coal as a source of cheap energy it is still used in sufficient amount to consider it an emerging force.

If you are interested in investing in Solar energy you can invest in stocks of companies supplying the solar industry. The following companies were featured in a Businessweek article on Solar Energy.

SMA SOLAR

a German producer of inverters, which convert the direct current produced by solar and wind into alternating current that can be used on the grid.

SATCON TECHNOLOGY

is the largest manufacturer of utility-scale inverters

POWER ONE

Maker of inverters

ADVANCED ENERGY INDUSTRIES

Also maker of inverters

STR HOLDINGS

Which makes adhesive encapsulants, the ethylene vinyl acetate sheets used to weatherproof solar panels and prevent yellowing. Demand for STR’s products is strong, with half the world’s solar panel makers signed up to use them

FIRST SOLAR & SUNPOWER

Photovoltaic panel makers

Source businessweek.com

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Thomas Kaplan, a billionaire investor has been profiled in the latest issue of Business week magazine. He is also the Chairman of Tigris Financial Group

Thomas Kaplan gold forecast

Kaplan says the big rally is still to come. It’s not riots in the streets he envisions, but a more fundamental case of demand outstripping supply as gold becomes a currency in its own right.

Gold Stocks he is holding

Thomas has invested in in Vancouver-based mining company NovaGold Resources. Other investors in this mining operationg include George Soros & John Paulson.

Best Thomas Kaplan quote

“People view gold as emotional, but when they demythologize it, when they look at it for what it is and the opportunity it represents, they’re going to say, ‘We really should own some of that.’ The question will then change to ‘Where do we get the gold?’ “

Source Businessweek Gold Evangelist

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Novagold resources is a Vancouver based mining company. The interesting thing about this mining company is the heavy hitters who have bet their money in it.

According to an article in businessweek. Some of the famous billionaire commodity investors who have invested their money in it are, George Soros, John Paulson and  Thomas Kaplan.

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Jim Rogers, a commodities guru and creator of the Rogers International Commodities Index, gave an interview to businessweek, giving his assessment of the ever rising gold price.

Jim Rogers Gold price prediction

Jim Rogers expects it to be over a couple thousand dollars an ounce sometime in the next decade.

Jim Rogers on what is driving the price of gold

• Demand from Central Banks, central banks which were selling gold a few years ago are now buying.
• The US Fiscal & Monetary Deficit – Throughout history, printing money has led to weaker currencies and higher prices for real assets.
• The Herd Mentality – Everyone is bullish about Gold and this is enough reason to drive prices up.

Read the whole Jim Rogers interview at this businessweek article.

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