Entries for the ‘Investments’ Category

Do iPhone Apps Make Money?

Well, I’m about to find out if a good idea and great partners is enough of a foundation in the iPhone Application development world to make for a good investment.
This week, I’ve funded the development of an exciting new iPhone app.  The app is a productivity tool for moms and dads, and is “top secret”! [...]

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Should I Be Buying Gold?

So I was visiting one of my favorite blogs…GetMoneyEnergy and my eyes were immediately drawn to information on the site about GoldLine.  Once on the GoldLine site, I was able to pursue through amazing amounts of information on rare coins and precious metals investing. 
Most interesting to me was a chart that showed current Gold, Silver, Platinum, etc. [...]

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Why are Natural Gas prices so low?

For reasons many of you may know, I’ve been following the NYMEX price of Natural Gas very closely for the past year or so.  I’ve seen multi-years highs that made little sense to me…and as recent as yesterday we are seeing 7 year lows in the price of this “clean” fuel.  SO WHAT IS THE [...]

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Why does the Stock Market Keep going up?

Friends, I’ve been away quite a while and miss hearing from everyone.  I’ve been launching a new company over the past month or so, and life has been CRAZY busy.  I’ve been working later than normal, and have been having trouble sticking to my 5:30 AM blogging routine. 
Anyways, I think it is important to open [...]

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My Best Investment - 1st Quarter 2009

Several months ago I posted about some of the great companies that I was buying as the entire stock market was tanking. 
I purchased 15 companies over at Fristrade.  As of today, nine of them have lost money, five of them have made money…but my account is sitting at almost EXACTLY the $15,000 that I started with…so I’m [...]

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Is a Pizza Franchise a Good Investment?

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In June of 2003 I opened my first franchised pizza store here in Michigan. I went into partnership with my best friend from college. We had worked for 18 months planning our business, finding the perfect location, learning about the pizza business (him a lot more than me, as he went through [...]

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How Low Can Stocks Go???

WOW!
This word is all my little brain could register when I pulled up my retirement account at Firstrade today.
I’ve been a licensed securities broker for almost 9 years now, and I NEVER saw this coming. 
Buy and Hold index fund investing is officially a TRAIN WRECK if you started in about the last 12 years or [...]

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Tips for surviving a depression!

First of all… 
I DON’T think that it is a foregone conclusion that our country is headed for a “depression.”  A depression in economic terms is loosely defined as a countries Gross Domestic Product (GDP) dropping by about 10% or more in a given year.  WHAT I MEAN by GDP is the total value of all [...]

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Is Ford A Good Buy?

I’ve posted several times regarding the auto industry here in Michigan.  Since then, we have seen GM and Chrysler receive some federal money to try to keep them afloat. 
Ford Motor Company appeared to shy away from federal dollars and put up a good front that they had everything under control…we don’t need any bailout money. 
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Top 10 Personal Finance Tips for 2009

In any new project, business, or endeavor you need to strategically start with the end in mind.  That being said, “What do you want to accomplish by the end of 2009?”  Start planning now!  Here is my list of 10 important things you can do to take control of your personal finances in 2009

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