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Miss Universe Stefania Fernandez Miss Venezuela Winners

noreply@blogger.com (Invest Tool) — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 03:05:00 +0000

Miss Universe 2009 Stefania Fernandez. Miss Venezuela who wins Miss Universe Pageant 2009. Congrats to Stefania Fernandez Miss Universe 2009. Miss Universe Pageant results:

Miss Universe Top 5 contestants:

Miss Universe: Stefania Fernandez Miss Venezuela
Miss Universe 1st runner up: Ada Aimee De la Cruz Miss Dominican Republic
Miss Universe 2nd runner up: Gona Dragusha Miss Kosovo
Miss Universe 3rd runner up: Rachael Finch Miss Australia
Miss Universe 4th runner up: Mayra Matos Perez Miss Puerto Rico

Miss Universe winners:

Miss Congeniality: Wang Jingyao Miss China
Miss Photogenic: Chutima Durongdej Miss Thailand

Miss Universe star performances:

Heidi Montag Body Language made me forget about learn to trade forex.
Flo Rida Right Round and Jump, good song for swimsuit runway.
David Guetta and Kelly Rowland duet

Miss Universe Pageant is a great investment. Who will be crowned Miss Universe 2009 has been answered. Did your Miss Universe prediction true? mine didn't match 2009 Miss Universe Pageant results. Congrats to Miss Universe Top 5 and 2009 winner Miss Universe Stefania Fernandez.

Learn to Trade Online with Forex Simulator Trading Account

noreply@blogger.com (Invest Tool) — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:45:00 +0000

Learn to trade online with Forex Simulator Trading. Forex traders can learn how to trade Forex online. Forex trading simulators have advantages in learning forex trading:

Learn Forex Trading
Forex traders, especially beginners, must practice how to trade forex online, before using real trading account to trade forex. We cannot afford losing our capital, just because we don't know exactly how to put order in online forex.

Find A Good Forex Broker
Trading using forex simulator, we can evaluate the quality of forex on line broker. We can test broker execution speed and whether forex broker trading platform user friendly or not. Good forex brokers provide good forex simulator trading platforms. Open a forex simulator trading account.

Forex simulator trading accounts similar to real forex trading accounts, but no need to transfer capital to trading account. So traders, who just used forex contracts as invest tools, can understand how forex trading works by opening forex simulator trading account. Forex trading tips: find a good forex trading broker and learn how to trade forex online with forex simulator trading.

Real Madrid Transfer Policy Florentino Perez Smart

noreply@blogger.com (Invest Tool) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:00:00 +0000

Real Madrid transfer policy by Florentino Perez is a smart business and good investment. Real Madrid transfer news and Real Madrid transfer rumours will increase Real Madrid revenue. Real Madrid can get secured loans with low interest rates from investors.

Real Madrid transfers result in Real Madrid image.
Real Madrid transfer policy to buy Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo will increase Real Madrid image. Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo are the best footballers, so Real Madrid chances to win trophies next season are big. Strong candidates to win trophies means high and good image.

Real Madrid transfer policies in Real Madrid popularity.
Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo transfer news and rumours are a good publicity for Real Madrid, plus Kaka will play in FIFA Confederations Cup. Everybody talks about Real Madrid transfers. Real Madrid football transfer policy has made Real Madrid the most popular football club in the world.

If i am a wealthy investor, i will give Real Madrid secured loans with low interest rates. High image means more and higher sponsorship deals and high popularity means high revenue in shirt and merchandise sales. Florentino Perez does a smart business and good investment policy in Real Madrid transfers.

Federal Reserve Interest Rates Cuts

noreply@blogger.com (Invest Tool) — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:00:00 +0000

Federal Reserve interest rates cuts happens again. Federal interest rates is cut by 75-100 basis points. So now US Federal interest rates is in a range between 0 to 0.25%.

What is the impact of Federal Reserve interest rates cuts?

Investors

As an Investor, I am thinking to move my money from money market invest tools, such as savings accounts and certificates of deposit, to get higher interest rates. I should consider other ways to invest money, such as investing in stocks, gold, or real estate investing.

business owners

Interest rate cuts is a good news for me, because i can get loans with lower interest rates for my business.

Hopefully, the Federal Reserve interest rates cuts could help US economy. If this interest rates cuts doesn't work, the Fed cannot cut the Federal Reserve interest rates anymore, The Fed should think other tools to help US economy. What would it be?

Invest in Citigroup Stocks, Good or Bad Investment?

noreply@blogger.com (Invest Tool) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:00:00 +0000

Invest in Citigroup stocks (stock symbol C), good or bad investment?

Citigroup stock is declining. Now, Citigroup stock price is at $3.77. Wow a news, the Citigroup stock price is below $5. It's cheap right? Is Citigroup stock a good stock to buy?

Stock investors should remember that a cheap stock doesn't always mean it's a good stock to invest. We should investigate why the stock price is declining.

If you decide to invest in Citigroup stocks, there are three ways to invest in stocks, just like in AIG stocks:

Already know how to invest in stock market? Please remember to only use money that you can lose and do 3 ways on how to minimize losses in stock market.

Ready for investing in stock?

How to Minimize Losses in Stock Market?

noreply@blogger.com (Invest Tool) — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:00:00 +0000

How to minimize losses in stock market?

3 Ways to minimize losses in stock market:

1. cut loss as soon as possible

Stock investors can cut loss as soon as possible by putting cut loss level near the purchase stock price. So whenever you open any position, always decide when to cut loss.

2.buy put options

Buy put options can limit stock investor losses by the option premium and the difference between put option strike price and stock purchase price. This is maybe why i learn option trading.

3. Sell call options

Sell call options cannot limit stock investor losses but it can reduce our losses in stock market.

Please be patient with stock trading losses, sooner or later, stock market will go up again. http://investinginstock.blogspot.com/

Where to Invest in Financial Crisis? Low Risk & Liquid Invest Tool

noreply@blogger.com (Invest Tool) — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:00:00 +0000

Where to invest in financial crisis?

The best Invest Tool in financial crisis is low risk and liquid invest tool.

Why invest in low risk invest tool?

in financial crisis, no one knows what would happen in the future. So it's safer to invest in low risk invest tool.

Why invest in liquid invest tool?

when the financial crisis is over, investors should move their investment funds into riskier invest tool.

Please stay away from high risk high return invest tool and illiquid invest tool in financial crisis. http://investtool.blogspot.com/

Gold Futures Market Opens in Hong Kong

noreply@blogger.com (Invest Tool) — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:00:00 +0000

Gold futures opens again in Hong Kong, after being closed for a decade. Hong Kong Gold futures market is opened for two reasons:

Investors are becoming more interested in gold commodities after stock markets going down.
Greater volatility in gold price

The opening of gold futures market in Hong Kong is a good news for investors because gives us a new Invest Tool to trade, especially for gold investors and futures traders.

Gold investors: http://goldinvesttool.blogspot.com/

Futures traders: http://discountfuturestrading.blogspot.com/

Sell Put Options to Invest in Stocks

noreply@blogger.com (Invest Tool) — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:00:00 +0000

Sell put options is another way to invest in stocks, besides i mentioned in 3 ways to invest in AIG stocks.

Put options is an option contract that gives the buyer a right to sell stocks and the seller or writer has the obligation to buy stocks.

Citigroup Inc stock ( stock symbol: C )

current stock price= $15

for example we think that Citigroup stocks is good for investment, but the current stock price is too high, $10 would be a good stock price. What could we do?

We could sell naked put options with $10 as strike price. If the stock price goes below $10, the put options would be exercised and we as the put sellers should buy the stocks at $10 and we got the stocks to invest. If the stock price goes above $10 until the put options expiration date, the put options would be expired worthless. If this happens, we keep the put option premium. The maximum risk of this strategy is $10, if the stock price goes to zero, like WaMu stocks and Lehman Brothers stocks.

Please remember that it's better to sell naked put option in stocks which we are interested to invest in. http://optiontradingstrategy.blogspot.com/

Invest in Barack Obama or John McCain?

noreply@blogger.com (Invest Tool) — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:00:00 +0000

Invest in Barack Obama or invest in John McCain?

As an investor, between Barack Obama and John McCain who will lead America to survive from financial crisis?

Based on the final Presidential debate today, i think invest in Barack Obama would be a better. Why?

1. Barack Obama very cool

Barack Obama stayed cool even though he was attacked by John McCain. I feel we need a person who can control his emotion to lead a big country.

2. Barack Obama economic plan

In the final presidential debate, Barack Obama focus was to explain his economic plan. He wants to cut the taxes for small businesses. I don't understand why John McCain accused Barack Obama wants to spread the wealth. Isn't it good for everybody?

With a great economic plan plus a coolness like an investor, i think Barack Obama is a good investment. http://investmenttool.blogspot.com/

3 Do's during 2008 Financial Crisis

noreply@blogger.com (Invest Tool) — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:00:00 +0000

US Financial Crisis has become global financial crisis because of globalization. Why? because most of financial institutions, especially big financial institutions, around the world invest in US financial market. What should we do during the financial crisis?

Three Do's during 2008 financial crisis:

1. stay calm

As an investor, we should stay calm, because being panic would not solve the financial crisis and our government is trying their best to solve it by giving financial bailout to financial institutions.

2. stay in cash

During the financial crisis, i think we should stay in cash. There will be many opportunities which can be used as our advantages in the future. In order to do this, we need cash, right?

3. buy put options

If we have stocks as an investment, i think we can just buy put options, instead of selling them and realized the losses.

Please remember that financial crisis is not the end of the world. http://investtool.blogspot.com/

Put Options Protect Stock Investments

noreply@blogger.com (Invest Tool) — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:00:00 +0000

Stock market sinks, how to protect our stock investments?

Buy put options to protect stock investments. This option trading strategy is called hedging.

Put options is an option contract that gives the buyer a right to sell stocks at a certain price. Please remember it's a right, not an obligation, so it's up to the buyer to use the put options or not.

For example: we buy stocks at $100, in order to avoid losses when the stock price decreases, we can just buy put options. When the stock price decreases, stock investment value also decreases, but put option value will increase. This is why buy put options would protect our stock investment value.

In my view, it's wise to buy put options during financial crisis, because most of the stock price would go down. It's not because our stocks are bad, but the overall market that causes our stock price decreases.

If you're afraid your stock investment value decreases like Dow Jones, you can buy put options to protect stock investments. http://onlineoptionstrading.blogspot.com/

Stock Market Down, Gold Price Up, Why ?

noreply@blogger.com (Invest Tool) — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:00:00 +0000

When stock market goes down, why gold price goes up ? because investors, especially stock investors, need to move their fund from stock markets. There are two alternative Invest Tool: certificates of deposit ( CDs ) and gold investment.

1. certificates of deposit

When stock market is going down, the Fed usually cuts the interest rate. So if investors invest in CDs, they will get less return.

2. Gold Investment

Gold is a good investment, because in the long run gold price usually goes up and it's a liquid investment tool.

In normal condition, investors tend to split their investments in CDs and gold. But when financial firms, such as banks, are in crisis, so investors are reluctant to invest in CDs. Most of investors move their fund from stock market to gold investment. This is why gold price goes up while stock market goes down. http://goldinvesttool.blogspot.com/

Credit Crisis Causes Stock Market Sinks

noreply@blogger.com (Invest Tool) — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:00:00 +0000

When financial bailout plan was rejected, the stock market sunks. But after the financial bailout plan accepted, why the stock market still sinks?

Stock market sinks because investors are worried by the implementation of financial bailout plan. Investors still believe that credit crisis is not over yet, because it takes time to feel the impact of financial bailout plan.

If credit crisis couldn't be solved, what would happen?

Credit crisis will cause many companies cannot get enough loans to invest in their businesses. No investment means less growth of economy. If this happen, how companies get the profits? Would you invest in companies that don't have profits? no, right? because profits can benefits investors in term of higher dividends and stock price.

If the future looks bad, why investors would invest in stocks? this is why the stock market is going down. Maybe we should look for another Invest Tool. http://investingtool.blogspot.com/

No Financial Bailout for Lehman Brothers, Why?

noreply@blogger.com (Invest Tool) — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:00:00 +0000

Why Lehman Brothers didn't get financial bailout, like AIG, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac did ?

Is it a little bit unfair ?

If one wall Street firm get financial bailout, all Wall Street firms should get one too, right ?

Wrong! because of two reasons:

Lehman Brothers bankruptcy was because of their own mistake in bad mortgage investments
US government didn't give financial bailout for charity, they gave it as an investment. They hope that financial bailout would help Wall Street firms can survive until the property market bullish again and US Government can take profit. So US Government can choose which Wall Street firms that are good for investment. It's too bad though that US Government didn't explain which investor tool, they used to determine which Wall Street firms to be saved.

If US Government think AIG, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, as a good investment, should we invest in them also ?

Invest in GE Stocks, Good or Bad Investments ?

noreply@blogger.com (Invest Tool) — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:00:00 +0000

Invest in GE Stocks, good or bad investments ?

In my view, it's good if we have the reasons to invest, but not good if we don't have any reasons to invest, just invest based on rumours.

Why invest in GE Stocks:

1. Warren Buffett

Warren Buffett invest in GE Stocks. We all know that he is the best stock investor in the world and his investing criteria is for investors, not speculators.

2. StockScouter Stock rating

General Electric stock rating is 7, so it's a quite good stock rating.

3. GE brand

General Electric has a very good image brand and GE businesses are diversified in many sectors, such as technology, media, and financial services.

Why should we know the reasons to invest ? because by knowing them, we could tell when we should sell the stocks. So please find out the why first, before investing in stocks.

Invest Tool at http://investtool.blogspot.com

Warren Buffett Buy Preferred Stocks, not Common Stocks, Why

noreply@blogger.com (Invest Tool) — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:00:00 +0000

Warren Buffett company ,Berkshire Hathaway Inc, bought GE stocks and Goldman Sachs stocks, but they are not common stocks, but preferred stocks.

Why did Warren Buffett buy preferred stocks instead of common stocks ?

It's because preferred stocks have two main benefits over common stocks:

preferred stock investors will get dividends earlier than common stock investors.
preferred stock investors will get company's assets before common stock investors if the company goes bankrupt.

So if General Electric and Goldman Sachs pay dividends, Warren Buffett will get them first and if General Electric and Goldman Sachs go bankrupt Warren Buffett will also get the assets first. A good investment decision by Warren Buffett, isn't it ? http://investinginstock.blogspot.com/

No Financial Bailout, Oil Price Down, Why

noreply@blogger.com (Invest Tool) — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:00:00 +0000

Financial bailout package was rejected by US Congress and it will cause oil price goes down. Why ?

It's because market thinks that if financial bailout rejected, US will suffer a financial crisis. US Financial crisis will not also affect US economy but also world economy. If US and world economy goes down, the demand of oil will be decreasing. Oil price is determined by demand and supply. So if the demand decreases, the oil price will go down.

In my view, the rejection of financial bailout package is temporarily, because it is crucial for US economy to accept the financial bailout package. This can be seen from the market reaction which caused Dow Jones Industrial Average ( DJIA ) lost 777 points on Monday. So i think, US congress would accept the financial bailout package but in lower dollar value in the next meeting.

Any views about financial bailout ?

WaMu Stocks Price, What Happen ?

noreply@blogger.com (Invest Tool) — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:00:00 +0000

Washington Mutual or WaMu Stocks ( stock symbol: WM ) price has plunged from $1.69 (yesterday close price) to $0.18 ( today open price ), what happen ?

Washington Mutual was the biggest mortgage lenders in the US, so when the subprime mortgage crisis happened, it affected its financial condition. In order to save WaMu, US Government wanted to bail out its bad mortgages. But too bad the bail out plan has been rejected by the lawmakers, WaMu was closed and its banking assets were sold to JP Morgan Chase.

It is so sad to see large financial companies like Lehman Brothers and Washington Mutual have to end their journeys in financial markets. Once again, it is proven that investing world is not easy at all.

For stock investors, especially on WaMu Stocks, how do you deal with stock trading losses ?

3 Ways to Invest in AIG Stocks

noreply@blogger.com (Invest Tool) — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:00:00 +0000

Is AIG Stocks a good investment?

If yes, there are three ways to invest in AIG stocks :

1. buy stocks

Investors can buy AIG stocks and hold them until the stock price goes up.

2. buy call options

Investors can buy call options to invest in AIG Stock.

A Call option in AIG stocks is a contract that gives option buyer a right to buy AIG stock at its strike price.

Although AIG call option price is cheaper than AIG stock price but investors should remember that call options have expiration date. So please consider your situation first before buying one of the Invest Tool.

3. Writing Covered Call

Investors can also buy AIG stocks and sell call options to reduce the cost. But by writing covered calls, investors limit their potential profits.

So which way do you want to use ?

AIG Stocks as Investment, Good or Bad ?

noreply@blogger.com (Invest Tool) — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:00:00 +0000

American International Group stock ( stock symbol : AIG ) as an investment, good or bad ?

Reasons to invest in AIG stock :

AIG is the biggest insurance company in the world
AIG stock price is cheap ( less than $5 per share )
US Government through the Fed decided to "invest" in AIG
AIG is the main sponsor of Manchester United, my favorite football club

Reasons not to invest in AIG stock :

Stock Scouter rating for AIG is 2
stock performances in finance sector, such as Lehman Brothers stock, were very bad
AIG EPS is negative

So, is it good or bad to invest in AIG ?

interested in using stocks as Invest Tool ?

Lehman Brothers Stocks - Good Stocks to Buy ?

noreply@blogger.com (Invest Tool) — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:00:00 +0000

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. is one of the leading company in investment business. LEH is the symbol of Lehman Brothers stocks.

Every professional in investment world wants to work for Lehman Brothers. So only the best who are able to work for Lehman Brothers. But why the Lehman Brothers stock price has plunged from $67.73 per share to $7.25 per share ?

There are two main reasons :

Lehman Brothers takes huge losses because of real estate investments.
Investors are losing confidence in stock market caused by subprime mortgage crisis.

Two hopes for Lehman Brothers stocks price to increase :

Dick Fuld the CEO of Lehman Brothers. Will he come up with a great plan which could gain investor's confidence back ?
US Government. Would US Government takeover Lehman Brothers like they did with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ?

So, is Lehman Brothers Stocks a good stock to buy ? it depends on your view about whether Lehman Brothers can survive from mortgage crisis in the long term or not.

Please don't make the decision solely based on Lehman Brothers stock price,$7.25, because the stock price could be lower to zero and never increase again. It is hard to invest in stocks, isn't it ?

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Takeover Plan

noreply@blogger.com (Invest Tool) — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:00:00 +0000

US government decided to takeover Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in order to stabilize lending in mortgage market.

What is Fannie Mae ?

Fannie Mae is the leading market maker in US Secondary mortgage market.

What is Freddie Mac ?

Freddie Mac buys mortgages on the secondary market and sell them as mortgage backed securities to investors.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac both have important roles in mortgage market, so it is crucial for US Government to save them from bankruptcy. Hopefully this US Government effort would end the housing crisis caused by subprime mortgage crisis.

More info about mortgages is in Bad Mortgage.

Online Forex vs Hyip Investment as Invest Tool

noreply@blogger.com (Invest Tool) — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:00:00 +0000

Online Forex vs Hyip Investment as Invest Tool, which one is better ?

In order to determine which one is better, there are two factors we should consider :

1. risk as Invest Tool

In my opinion, online forex is riskier than hyip investment. Why ? it's because foreign exchange traders use margin to trade online forex, so we can lose more than our capital.

2. return as Invest Tool

In my opinion, online forex provides higher return than hyip investment. Why ? it's because online forex use margin. With margin, forex traders use less capital so the ROI would be larger.

Based on the risk and return, Online Forex offers higher return but with higher risk. So both are the same as Invest Tool, higher return means higher risk. Which one do you prefer ? Online Forex , Hyip Investment or other High Risk Invest Tool ?

American Idol Lessons for Stock Investors

noreply@blogger.com (Invest Tool) — Thu, 22 May 2008 13:32:00 +0000

The result has been announced. Who won on American Idol tonight ? David Cook is the winner of 2008 American Idol season seven. Many people think that it is useless to watch television, i disagree because we can learn from anything. As a stock investor, i get some lessons from American Idol 2008 :

2008 American Idol Lessons for Stock Investors :

1. Market is always right

In American Idol, market is the voters. They decide who win and who lose. Even though we think that David Archuleta would be the winner of American Idol but the voters decided differently. David Cook is the winner of 2008 American Idol final.

2. Don't trust Stock Analyst 100%

What can Stock Analyst do ? they only can give advices to investors, only advices, nothing more. In American Idol the analysts are the judges. They only say their opinions. nothing more. So we must invest based on our trading systems.

3. Don't trust Yourself 100%

Even though you are 100% sure that your theory is right but there is always a risk. As a stock investors, we should always use cut loss or stop loss, so we cannot lost much if we are wrong.
Yesterday i was pretty sure that David Archuleta would the contestant who won on American Idol tonight. But what happened ? i was wrong.

See how i used fundamental analysis and technical analysis to predict American Idol results on http://favouritetvprogram.blogspot.com/2008/05/who-won-on-american-idol-tonight-is.html

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