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Over the past two years, leverage was a CEO’s best friend. They thought it would lead to huge profits and sustainable growth. Now the friendship is over and companies like General Growth Properties (NYSE:GGP) are going out of business.
By Andrew Snyder, TodaysFinancialNews.com
Baltimore – (TFN): Wise investors have traditionally headed for real estate investment trusts (REITs) [...]
Tags: bankruptcy, big dividend, chapter 11, danger of leverage, financial news, general growth properties, ggp, leverage, nyse:ggp, Real Estate Investment Trust, reit
It may be a nice place to live, as long as you don’t mind the cold… or the dark, but Iceland could be the first country to declare bankrupcy in the credit crisis. Will the country previously said to have the "highest standard of living in the world" collapse under the weight of its own [...]
Tags: bankruptcy, credit crisis, damian reece, david stevenson, debts, gdp, iceland, leverage, mobile telephones, property, sovereign hedge fund, stock values, telegraph, U.N.
“Many people feel that options are too risky or confusing. To a brand new investor, that may seem to be the case. But, with the right kind of preparation and skill, option investing is just as easy as anything. You just need to be aware of some pitfalls that [...]
“A lot of investors utilize the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR (XLP:AMEX), an ETF (exchange traded fund) covering that sector. What they may not know is that there is also an ETF that offers leveraged returns on the same sector.” — Christian Hill
by Christian Hill
Baltimore – (TFN): [...]
Tags: amex, christian hill, cnpix, coke, consumer goods, dow, etf, johnson and johnson, leverage, philip morris, SPDR, xlp
“Many real estate investors never get beyond their backyards. They add to their investment portfolios over time, yes… but by buying more of what they are familiar with.” — Lief Simon
by Lief Simon
Baltimore – (TFN): I met an investor recently who had created a big, profitable portfolio of rental houses in [...]
“Either commodity prices must fall or junior miners must rise and close the gap. I don’t see commodity prices falling significantly from present levels. They stand as protection against currency debasement which happens to be a growth industry these days.” — Russell McDougal
Blogger’s note: Russell McDougal has [...]
'Buy insurance against major declines by arranging a staggered set of put options against the major markets that are very exposed to the declines.' – J. Christoph Amberger, president of TFN
Baltimore – (TFN): The following was taken from the transcript of this week's TFN Smart Trading Action Alert video featuring J. Christoph Amberger. Watch this video.
Laura [...]