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The advantage of investing in a franchise business instead of starting your own brand is you will have an easier time attracting hard to find customers. A franchise business like Mcdonald is already established in the market, consumers already recognize it, when you invest in Mcdonald franchise you are riding on their goodwill.

Top 5 Franchise Business Investment 2011

Forbes magazine has compiled a list of top 20 franchise businesses that offer best investment returns.

1. Domino Plaza
2. 7 Eleven
3. Kumon North America
4. Mcdonalds USA
5. Papa Murphy’s International

Check out the slide show of the other 15 franchise businesses at Forbes website.

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I did a google search for “investment counselor new york” and the first result was for Bolter Investment company, an investment portfolio management company in New York City.

On its website the company describes itself as a registered independent investment advisor providing traditional portfolio management for a select number of clients.  Clients include individuals, families, trusts, charitable organizations, and retirement plans.

Portfolios are managed individually within the guidelines and objectives that are established with each client. Our attention to each client enables us to maximize investment returns while being considerate of individual financial security, risk tolerance and investment goals.

Looking at their annual returns page the investment counseling company has delivered annualized returns ranging from 4%-6%.

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Jim Simon is a hedge fund manager with Renaissance Technologies. A.K.A as “Quants”  Traders with PHds and rely on complex mathematics in making money.

When they came to the scene with their mathematical models for investing it seemed they had found the answer to the age old question “Is there a perfect formula to make money in the stock market?”

From a NYT article:-

Mr. Simons was celebrated as the King of the Quants after his in-house fund, Medallion, posted an average return of nearly 39 percent a year, after fees, from 2000 to 2007. It was an astonishing run rivaling some of the greatest feats in investing history.

With those kind of results it was easy for investors to get carried away with the idea that Jim Simon and the rest of Quants family were the messiahs.

Past results is not an indicator of future performance.

After the collapse of Bear Sterns and Credit crises most Quant funds are fighting for their own survival. The NYT article further reported : -

The combined assets of quantitative funds specializing in United States stocks have plunged to $467 billion, from $1.2 trillion in 2007, a 61 percent decline. And One in four quant hedge funds has closed since 2007

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