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Warren Buffett's Investment Rules For Smart Investors

with Warren Buffett

with Warren Buffett (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Warren Buffett's Investment Rules

You can describe Warren Buffett as one of the greatest investors of all time. He is definitely the greatest stock market investor of the present age. As a stock market investor, this man has no rival. The man believes in buying stocks and he has a huge portfolio to back up his beliefs. Over the years Mr. Buffett has developed an investment strategy that has worked wonders for him. Warren Buffett's investment rules are clearly spelt out below.

KOL- What We Should Know?

Jin Hua Gong Mine, Datong, Shanxi, China

Jin Hua Gong Mine, Datong, Shanxi, China (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

KOL- What We Should Know?

According the recent reports, Coal exchange traded funds or coal ETF (KOL) has experienced a better growth than expected by the market experts. The expected theatrical forecast for KOL by market vectors KOL is reported as positive, especially in the thermal coal. This rise is purposely noticed because of the rising demand of thermal coal in the future. And this rise is demand is directly proportional to the coal ETF.

The high graph helped to raise the coal focused fund in a quicker way. But, the investors must learn some tips before they jump into the coal ETF market.

What Is The Difference Between Investing And Trading

International Money Pile in Cash and Coins

International Money Pile in Cash and Coins (Photo credit: epSos.de)

Investing And Trading

Looking to put your money into something long term can be very rewarding. However, if you are not careful you can easily think investing and trading are the same exact thing, when they are not the same thing or anywhere close to it. The problem is many people have never thought about the difference between these and think they are the same thing.

Gold Futures Prices Promise A Strong Investment For Your Portfolio

English: Graph of gold prices from 1980-2010

English: Graph of gold prices from 1980-2010 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Gold Futures Prices

If Investing in gold has you a little worried, then you should know that gold has been one of the most reliable methods of investing and holding onto your hard earned money even as inflation and stock markets fluctuate. Typically, as stocks are falling gold prices are rising, and vice versa. Gold future prices are expected to continue to rise. It is highly possible that the price of gold will reach two-thousand dollars per ounce by the end of the year.

Google Inc. Trading in a Range

English: NASDAQ in Times Square, New York City...

English: NASDAQ in Times Square, New York City, USA. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Google’s main business is providing a large database of indexed web pages from across the Internet, the largest database of any other organization. It also provides a number of free and premium services to online clients including advertisement and placement.

The Market Cap for Google has grown to exceed $210 Billion on the Nasdaq stock exchange. The company has never offered a dividend as many technology investors are investing for appreciation instead of income. The company has no investor related events approaching in the near future.

Facebook And Google Quarterly Earnings

Image representing Alexa as depicted in CrunchBase

Image via CrunchBase

Google and Facebook have earned the number one and number two Alexa rankings respectively. Even though Alexa rankings are important, they are an indication of the traffic a website receives. They do not indicate the amount of profit that an individual site may have.  Because Google and Facebook are now publicly traded companies, they must release their earnings figures quarterly.

Invest In Google Today

SUN VALLEY, ID - JULY 12:  Eric Schmidt, execu...

SUN VALLEY, ID - JULY 12: Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google, displays the Google's Nexus Q streaming media player and Google’s Nexus 7 Android tablet during the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 12, 2012 in Sun Valley, Idaho. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)

Now is the time to invest in Google and begin making a strong addition to your portfolio that will begin to generate income in a short period of time. There are millions of people interested in making money in the stock market, but most people have no idea about where to put their money. Since there are so many different options, people tend to choose stocks that are very popular at the moment. Selecting your investments this way could lead to taking on too much risk and increasing the possibility of suffering a loss. What you should do is choose stocks that would provide you with solid returns for years to come.

What Is The Future For Facebook After IPO?

Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook

Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Facebook made waves on the NYSE recently as it went public in early May. Shares of the stock were snatched up at the initial price offering because of predictions that it would be a good money maker on the heels of its popularity when it was just a private company. The change in principle ownership did have users of the website worried though. Those that owned a Facebook profile became worried that Facebook going public would bring a lot of negative changes to their Facebook experience.  The truth is whenever company decides to go public there inevitably going to some changes that come along with it. What will be the future Facebook after IPO?

Fed Officials Move Towards Monetary Easing

The Federal Reserve: The Biggest Scam In History

The Federal Reserve: The Biggest Scam In History (Photo credit: CityGypsy11)

As a result of the seemingly weak recovery of US economy coupled with the high rate of unemployment, a few top Federal Reserve makers of policy settled for a third purchase of bonds. As indicated by John Williams, San Francisco Fed president, little progress seems to have been made on their mandates and this calls for new strategies. On the other hand, Richmond Federal president Jeffrey Lacker highlighted on the current rifts at the United States Central bank and expressed his sentiments against bond purchases. The Fed has maintained low rates of standard short-term interest since December 2008, speculated to last till the latter months of the year 2014 in order to boost the economy.

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