Posts Tagged ‘investor’
I am 100 percent sure that the U.S. will go into hyperinflation – Marc Faber
Thursday, June 4, 2009 10:56 2 CommentsBelow is an excerpt from a piece in Bloomberg today.
The U.S. economy will enter “hyperinflation” approaching the levels in Zimbabwe because the Federal Reserve will be reluctant to raise interest rates, investor Marc Faber said.
Prices may increase at rates “close to” Zimbabwe’s gains, Faber said in an interview with Bloomberg Television in Hong Kong. [...]
Beware of the REIT Dividend
Sunday, February 8, 2009 16:29 No CommentsA recent IRS ruling will cause the dividend on REIT’s to disappear this year while costing the investor in taxes.
The December ruling allows REIT’s to skip on the longstanding requirement to pay 90% of pretax income to shareholders in cash. The companies will be allowed to keep the money instead of paying investors.
REIT’s can now [...]
The Bull Market in Bear Market ETF’s
Tuesday, November 25, 2008 19:46 No CommentsShort ETF’s are the big winners in 2008.
The following ETF’s are among the top performing index funds for all of 2008. It should come as no surprise that each of them short (bet against) the market. This bunch, in particular, actually does so by using leverage and gives the investor exposure to twice the [...]
