Entries for the ‘News & Ideas’ Category

700 BILLION DOLLAR BAILOUT REJECTED!

Turns out not not everyone is a fan of the bailout plan but now what?
Run for the hills?
The government is going to have to come up with something to fix this problem as soon as possible and when they annouce it we might have a short day run up in the financial industry.
Could the credit […]

The 700 Billion Dollar Bailout

The world has been in chaos the past while as its most prestigious financial institutions have been closing their doors. Big time investment firms that chased big time profits through the fire have finally gotten burned through the subprime mortgage meltdown and Uncle Sam has had to bail them out. The world economy has gone […]

Federal Liberals in Canada Promise to Remove Income Trust Tax

Stephan Dion, leader of the federal Liberal Party of Canada, promised today to roll back the tax on income trusts. Income trusts became very popular because they let companies payout a lot of their profits as taxable income to investors, allowing them to pay little corporate tax. In an attempt to stop companies from all […]

How to Recession Proof your Stock Portfolio

In todays up and down market we need to hedge against risk in our stock portfolios, especially with all this media talk of recession. Recessions and bear markets can make you great returns just as a bull market can without constantly looking for stocks to short; you just need to know how to properly “Recession […]

Never Lend Money To Friends

In this up and down economy that we are having these days people seem a little short of cash. Your buddy is in a total jam and he needs your help, should you lend him the cash he needs? The Answer is not always as clear as it seems. I’m not talking about 30 dollars […]