tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197781722023-05-23T15:12:46.864+02:00An introduction to everything related to (personal) finance with a focus on securities.<br> <a href="#disclaimer">Disclaimer</a>skipperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09172281769189808530noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19778172.post-1138876415986347682006-02-02T11:33:00.000+01:002006-02-02T11:34:12.460+01:00

First of all: What are dividends?Well, it's pretty simple: Dividends are a portion of a company's profit paid to the shareholders - who are the owners of a company - in order to let them participate in the company's (financial) success. Here's a rundown on dividend information provided by most stocktables: Dividend paidThe dividend paid to the shareholders in the last year - most often expressed

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Have you thought about investing in bonds? Then 2006 might be the year for you to start. According to Timothy Middleton, bond funds are going to be a good choice this year - maybe "double-digit good". This expectation is based on the assumption that interest rates will be lower and therefore bond prices are going to rise.Read the full story:MSN Money: Up next: A banner year for bondsRelated Posts

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Convertible Bonds:Convertible Bonds are corporate bonds that can be converted into common stock of the issuing company. As a result, convertible bonds are usually offered with a lower yield. Investors may like convertible bonds because of the mixture of a bond's constant income stream combined with the chance to participate in a rising share price. On the other hand, there's always the chance

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After I already explained the P/E ratio, this time I want to explain another ratio that is directly linked to the P/E ratio: The Price/Earnings Growth ratio (PEG).Many investors consider the P/E ratio to be inaccurate to judge wether a stock is overvalued by the market. The problem with the P/E ratio is that it shows you the premium investors are willing to pay in return to an expected growth of

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The cash flow statement in a company's financial statement shows you the inflow and outflow of money. The difference between cash flow and income is that the net income is heavily influenced by depreciation, amortization and other non-cash items. Sometimes a company announces a loss although they earned a lot of money throughout the year. Investors now wonder wether buying the stock was a fault

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This week Chris posted a nice article on bonds on InvestorGeeks. In my opinion, no investor should exclude bonds from his portfolio, because they are a secure way to create a regular income stream. Well, actually it isn't completely safe, as the Argentinian bonds showed in the past. But since rating agencies like Standard & Poor's publish bond ratings the risk can be seen as easily comprehensible

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Please, be the next EinsteinThe Motley Fool provides an introduction to Saving for your Child's College Fees. It starts rather disencouraging:You're not going to like what you're about to read, but you probably suspect as much. You probably have a sense of looming unpleasantness, the kind of feeling you get right before you open a container of leftovers that has been in the fridge for a few

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A brief guide to ratios and financial statements - Part I: P/EAn important ratio reflecting the inverstors' expectations reagarding a single stock is the P/E - the Price-Earnings ratio. It's often published in advanced stock tables and expresses the relation between the stock price and the earnings per share. It is calculated by dividing a company's stock price by its earnings per share:P/E =

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Ford to Save $850 Million in New Health Care Pact (NY Times)Local auto union officials said yesterday that they had approved the Ford Motor Company's demands for lower annual health care costs, saying the agreement would save the automaker $850 million annually. The decision paves the way for a ratification vote by union-represented factory workers.U.S. Trade Deficit Reaches All-Time High (Yahoo!

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1. Bcoming greedyMany investors become greedy when their shares rise. During the internet bubble many stocks rose 150 % within a week and the investors were happy – and sure that this is going to last forever. When the markets collapsed, profits of 300 % turned into losses of 95 % before most of the investors even realised what was happening. When your shares develop well, make sure it is because

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A $30B energy merger may be in works (CNN/Money)Oil major ConocoPhillips is in advanced talks to buy oil and gas producer Burlington Resources Inc. for more than $30 billion, the Wall Street Journal online edition reported.China trumps US as top PC, phone exporter (Reuters.com)China surpassed the United States as the world's top exporter of laptop computers, mobile phones and other information

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To make it easier for you to get in touch with the topic I give you a few links explaining the basics on stocks:Investopedia.com: Stock Basics TutorialYahoo! Finance: What is a Stock, Anyway?Yahoo! Finance: How Stock Markets WorkJust one thought on this: It is important to know the basics of stock investment to understand what you do when investing your money. If you don’t know how stocks and the

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I finally launched this blog. Well, nothing extraordinarely new so far.But what is the goal of this weblog?Well, it's quite simple: Providing information on personal finance and securities useful for the beginner in this field. Although I'm not an expert myself, I learned a few things about business and economics at university as well as by surfing the www. I know that there are a lot of websites

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