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Greetings! Welcome to the 9th edition of the Carnival of Long Term Investing. A large number of entries have been received for this edition. Here are the 17 posts in the order they were received.

Vause presents Presidential Spouse Gold Coins posted at Active Duty Military Money and Matters. This investment in gold would have neted on Ebay about $200 profit if these gold coins were purchased on the 19th of June.

DWSUWF presents Investors still love divided government. posted at Divided We Stand United We Fall. Eight months after the American electorate in their collective wisdom saw fit to install divided government in Washington DC, the investor class seems to be enjoying it more and more. .So says Ken Fisher- author, investment manager and a columnist in Forbes magazine for over 20 years.

FitBuff presents FitBuff.com's Total Mind and Body Fitness Blog » Blog Archive » How to Take Advantage of the Stock Market’s Summer Slump posted at FitBuff.com’s Total Mind and Body Fitness Blog. Interested in adding to your portfolio or starting a new one? The summer is usually one of the best times to get in the stock market game, and here’s how and why to do it.

Edithyeung presents How to Analyze Real Estate: Single Family Homes (SFH) posted at Stewart Hsu. A single family home (SFH) property could be a house, townhouse, or condo. You, as the investor, are most likely buying the SFH with the hopes that buying in the right market, over time, you will see appreciation in the value of the SFH. If you buy a new SFH with a 20% down-payment, chance are the property is going to be negative cash flow, which means that your rental income will not cover all of the operating expenses associated with owning the property.

Steve Faber presents - Capital Gains Tax Strategies - May You Forever Need Them posted at Debt Free. Capital gains taxes will be owed any time you sell a highly appreciated asset, weather it’s a collector car, investment portfolio or real estate. In addition, you’ll have to pay capital gains taxes on the sale of your business. The last one really hurts.

Shamelle presents I do (But…. I don’t): Decide To Be Decisive posted at Enhance Life. Life is a collection of continuous decisions. It can be simple as ‘what time to get up in the morning’, or ‘what to wear to office today’ or as complex as ’should I take a loan’ or “should I buy the new car” etc.

MoneyNing presents Taxable Account Portfolio Update - June 2007 | Personal Finance Blog by Money Ning posted at Personal Finance Blog by Money Ning. MoneyNing’s Taxable account. A few stocks and why he purchased these.

Mark30 presents Do Not Sell Your Stocks Randomly posted at Small Business. This is obvious advice and almost ridiculous to make an article about it, but selling stocks randomly is what countless people are doing everyday and losing money without understanding. When you buy a stock, you should at the same time have an exit strategy, some point where you would sell without asking yourself any question.

Edithyeung presents How To Build a Strong Real Estate Team posted at Stewart Hsu. Well, it’s the same investing in real estate. The good news is you don’t even need as many as 10 other people, just a few select people will do.

Warren Wong presents Grow Your Pile Of Money posted at Personal Development for INTJs. Your Pile of Money is shrinking just by keeping it in the bank! Learn to grow your pile of money here!

The Skilled Investor presents How to lie with statistics: Investment performance charts ? A Tip from The Skilled Investor posted at THE SKILLED INVESTOR Blog. Historical investment performance charts for investment funds might be historically accurate. However, their presentation in advertising, on line, and in printed materials can amount to lies from several perspectives. Performance charts are designed to lure gullible individual investors with an implied promise that superior past performance will continue.

Adventures in Money Making presents How Capitalism Really Works posted at Adventures in Money Making. Adventures in Money Making discovers how capitalism really works!

Aaron Wakling presents Boat Show Financing - Never, Ever Use It posted at The Credit & Credit Card Blog. When buying a boat, used or new, cash is always better than financing. You can save money with cash, as there are no finance charges. Financing charges can get high, very high in fact if you don’t know a lot about it.

Eric Hudin presents Smart Estate Planning Strategies for Average Joe posted at My Estate Planning Career Blog. The basics of estate planning are things you can do on your own and you do not necessarily need estate planning lawyers to help you.

Allen Taylor presents Investing - Gold Shares - The Leverage Factor posted at Investing World Today. Investors the world over are constantly evaluating the leverage, risk and potential rewards of their investment decisions. Whether you are an individual investor or an analyst for a large mutual fund, leverage, risk and the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow are always factors to be considered.

Babak presents Homebuilding Sector Merits Attention posted at Trader’s Narrative. Although it is always most difficult, it is rewarding to step in and buy when no one else is. Right now sentiment and the technicals in the home building sector have reached a crescendo of pessimism that usually signals an inflection point.

Leon Gettler presents School ties and investing posted at Sox First. Mutual fund managers invest more money in companies that are run by people with whom they went to college or graduate school than in companies where they have no such connections. The interesting part is that these investments do better than the other investments. That might be evidence of insider trading.

That concludes the 8th edition of the Carnival of Long Term Investing. Next edition of this carnival will be hosted here on 08 July, 2007. You can submit your posts here.

Greetings! Welcome to the 8th edition Carnival of Economics and Global Trade. We have received 9 posts for this edition. I hope our readers will find those useful and interesting. Here are the posts in the order they were received.

Phil presents Phil for Humanity: The Effects of Globalization on the United States of America posted at Phil for Humanity. American companies have migrated most of their manufacturing jobs to foreign countries where it is cheaper to do business. Furthermore, service and technical jobs are currently undergoing a large exodus to foreign labor too.

HP presents What is a Bubble?? posted at Money works!!. Is it a global bubble in the making? Progressive price movements across asset classes just makes you wonder how real economics can support this so called “bull rage”, is it a bubble waiting to burst??

The Skilled Investor presents Commodity futures in your investment portfolio: Is there really any future for individual investors? posted at THE SKILLED INVESTOR Blog. This article delves into the financial science behind this skepticism, as it relates to one of these supposedly new asset classes. In this article, we focus on whether commodity futures really are a good candidate for long-term holdings in the portfolios of individual investors.

Ruby presents 25 Ways to Make Money Quickly and Easily (and Legally)! posted at Advice and Rants. How can you earn some extra money easily and quickly? You may be broke, debt, and desperate to make some money quickly, or you may be unable to work full-time (maybe because you’re a student like me?). Don’t worry, there are ways to make money quickly, easily, and without robbing a bank.

Bryan Moore presents How to Create Synthetic FOREX Currency Pairs posted at TheFinancialWhiz.Com. This article explains the principles behind creating synthetic Forex currency pairs. The problem a lot of traders run into is that they sometimes cannot directly trade a particular currency pair from their broker, this explains how you can dissect two currency pairs to create the one you need.

Leon Gettler presents London to overtake New York and rival Silicon Valley posted at Sox First. Here’s a warning to America. Within the next eight years, London will overtake New York as the world’s financial hub, and it will rival Silicon Valley as a technology centre.

Matthew Paulson presents World Markets: Be Culturally Savvy for Less posted at Getting Green. Not having a ton of money and trying to eat well is no small task. One needs to maintain a healthy level of nutrition while not busting the budget. Many people in this situation resort to eating inexpensive foods such as ramen noodles, beans and the like.

Amish Parashar presents What Big Oil can stand to learn from Google posted at New venture outsourcing blog. On a global marketplace and economic theory applied to pricing choices…

Eric Hudin presents Protect, Provide & Profit - A Family Limited Partnership posted at My Estate Planning Career Blog. A Family Limited Partnership is becoming one of the most popular methods to pass the equity in a larger estate to the heirs at a discounted tax rate, while retaining control, and at the same time, protecting the assets from lawsuits.

That concludes the 8th edition of the Carnival of Economics and Global Trade. Next edition of this carnival will be hosted here on 01 July, 2007. You can submit your posts here.

Greetings! Welcome to the 7th edition of the Carnival of Long Term Investing. We have received 10 posts for this edition that our readers will definitely find useful and interesting. Without further ado, here are the posts in the order they were received.

Andrei Moraru presents Forex Trading Using the Long-Term Charts posted at Forex Blog, Forex Trading Information. When it comes to Forex trading it is usually associated intra-day trading or more rarely - intra-week trading. This is caused mainly by the high volatility of major currency pairs which makes them potentially profitable in the small amounts of time, while making it too risky in longer terms.

Tyler presents Where Did The Cash Flow Go? posted at Dividend Money. With all of the merger and acquisition activity happening in the markets lately, valuing the merged entities becomes slightly tricky using regular ratios and metrics…let’s see why!

Tushar presents Understand how bonds work ? posted at Life of a Resident Alien…. If you’re investing money outside of tax-advantaged accounts like a 401(k) or IRA, you may also want to consider buying municipal bonds. Their yields aren’t as high as the payouts on taxable bonds, but, depending on your tax bracket, those lower yields may actually turn out to be higher on an after-tax basis.

Edithyeung presents How To Build a Strong Real Estate Team posted at Stewart Hsu. Being able to find, interview, motivate and work with excellent people can make all the difference between incurring losses vs. achieving stellar returns. It takes time and skill to build and maintain a good team, but that time and effort you invest will undoubtedly yield you greater confidence, better decisions and therefore better results.

The Skilled Investor presents Commodity futures in your investment portfolio: Is there really any future for individual investors? posted at THE SKILLED INVESTOR Blog. The Skilled Investor’s previous article, “Hear ye, Hear Ye, individual investors: Be wary of the new investment asset classes,” voiced skepticism about many supposedly new asset classes. This article delves into the financial science behind this skepticism, as it relates to one of these supposedly new asset classes.

Bryan Moore presents One Method of Valuing Stocks: Comparable Ratio Valuation posted at TheFinancialWhiz.Com. The Comparable Ratio Valuation is just one of the ways to value stocks, but it can be very useful in identifying undervalued stocks. Here you can download a copy of the spreadsheet and follow the step-by-step instructions on how to value a particular stock of your choosing. Questions can be directed to the site’s owner by utilizing the comments field.

Dough Roller presents Are Mutual Funds for the Poor? posted at The Dough Roller. This article follows an interesting survey about how the long-term investing habits vary depending on the wealth of the investor.

Babak presents Inflation? What Inflation? posted at Trader’s Narrative. The current worry is that inflation is rising and that it will lead to much higher interest rates. But is the fear warranted? Markets like gold, silver and the CRB commodities index, all of which act as the canaries in the coal mine are not showing any sign of an uptick in inflation.

Aaron Wakling presents Virtual Prepaid Credit Cards posted at The Credit & Credit Card Blog. Interest in virtual credit cards seems to be increasing.

Eric Hudin presents Protect, Provide & Profit - A Family Limited Partnership posted at My Estate Planning Career Blog. A Family Limited Partnership is becoming one of the most popular methods to pass the equity in a larger estate to the heirs at a discounted tax rate, while retaining control, and at the same time, protecting the assets from lawsuits.

That concludes the 7th edition of the Carnival of Long Term Investing. Next edition of this carnival will be hosted here on 30 June, 2007. You can submit your posts here.

,Greetings! The 7th edition of the Carnival of Economics and Global Trade is live with 10 great posts. I hope you will enjoy reading this carnival. Here are the posts in the order they were received.

Praveen presents Unintended Effects of Stock Market Regulation posted at My Simple Trading System. The House of Representatives recently passed the "say on pay" bill proposed by Congressman Barney Frank. The bill forces all corporations to allow shareholders a non-binding vote on CEO compensation.

Leon Gettler presents China’s high-speed economy: will there be a car crash? posted at Sox First. Is China’s high-speed economy headed for a car crash? What are the chances of China’s engine getting a power supply, hardware or software failure because of governance, corruption, banking, budget problems, or social unrest?

Gavin R. Putland presents Corporate solution to rape posted at /etc/cron.whenever/. A global alliance of corporate think-tanks has come up with an ingenious market-based system for limiting the incidence of rape. It’s called "rape-rights trading" or, more informally, "cap and trade". Here’s how it works.

The Skilled Investor presents How expensive is financial advisor compensation paid via sales loads? posted at THE SKILLED INVESTOR Blog. For two primary reasons, The Skilled Investor has concluded that compensating advisers through sales loads is extremely expensive. First, the lifetime value of the assets you give away through sales loads can be huge. There are much better and much cheaper ways to pay advisers. Instead, just find a competent adviser who charges reasonable hourly rates and who does not try to live off of your assets.

Matthew Paulson presents World Markets: Be Culturally Savvy for Less posted at Getting Green. Shopping at ethnic markets will allow you to sample great specialty foods from around the world and allow you to do so at a very inexpensive price.

Gustav S presents American Social Security, our World Economic meltdown? posted at success-is-in-you.com. If you are going for long term investment or other investment affairs please be aware of the possible upcoming events, this article is divided in 3 parts please read them all.

R.Pettinger presents The effects of a devaluation in the Dollar posted at Economics Essays. What are the economic effects of a prolonged devaluation in the dollar. With a large current account deficit the devaluation is likely to continue.

Allen Taylor presents Steps to Financial Independence posted at Investing World Today. There are so many gurus out there publishing book after book about what these ground rules should entail. For this short article, let’s stick to the basics - those rules that are undeniable.

Phil presents A Call for More Multinational Currencies � Phil for Humanity posted at Phil for Humanity. Have you noticed that almost every country has their own currency? The only exception is the European Union where over a dozen countries share a single currency, called the Euro.

Charles H. Green presents How Marketing Can Destroy Sales Trust posted at Trust Matters. Private equity is in danger of being damaged by its own successes and high profile.

That concludes the 7th edition of the Carnival of Economics and Global Trade. Next edition of this carnival will be hosted here on 19 June, 2007. Feel free to submit your posts.

Welcome to the 6th edition of the Carnival of Long Term Investing. We have received 10 posts for this edition. All the posts are useful and interesting. I am sure our readers will like these.

Bryan Moore presents Utilizing “Hedge Fund” Mutual Funds to Generate Consistent Returns posted at TheFinancialWhiz.Com. This innovative portfolio strategy allows for a small retail investor to be able to purchase mutual funds that utilize strategies that are employed by hedge funds. The results and analysis are presented over a 4 1/2 year time spans, which demonstrates that returns are comparable to the broad stock indexes with much less volatility.

Andy presents Are you a Traditional or a Roth? posted at moneywalks. Gives pros and cons on both Roth and Traditional IRA.

Tyler presents Attention Please! posted at Dividend Money. The majority of us buy-and-hold investors could probably get by with reviewing our portfolios on a monthly basis. Some would suggest that quarterly is sufficient for those who invest primarily in large blue-chip stocks.

AJ presents Stock Analysis - Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT) posted at Dividends Matter. Analysis of a dividend paying stock Abbott Laboratories. Member of the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats.

The Skilled Investor presents Use Caution with Classical Investment Books ? A Tip from The Skilled Investor posted at THE SKILLED INVESTOR Blog. Individual investors should exercise caution when applying the tactics of classical investment books to current markets. The more handcrafted, seat-of-the-pants, and individual actor approach to the securities markets in the pre-computer, pre-networking era has given way to different practices.

Average Joe presents Reader Stock Pick - Starbucks Corp (NASDAQ:SBUX) posted at Investment Jungle. Stock Analysis of Starbucks.

Babak presents IBES Valuation Model: Stocks Extremely Undervalued posted at Trader’s Narrative. The IBES valuation model has been almost flawless, over the long term, in pointing out good times and cautioning against bad times in the stock market. You’ll be surprised to know that it is signaling an extremely good buying opportunity.

Gustav S presents American Social Security, our World Economic meltdown? posted at success-is-in-you.com. If you are going to invest for the long term better read this article to be informed. This article is divided in 3 parts please read all of them.

Steve Faber presents - The SSBC Investing Strategy � the 4 Secrets to Investment Success? posted at Debt Free. You need strength, good solid investments you can bank on to support your portfolio. Whether you are primarily in equities, debt, real estate, commodities, or some other investment instruments, you absolutely must have pillars to support your portfolio.

Eric Hudin presents Living Trust Confusion posted at My Estate Planning Career Blog. One of the biggest benefits of a living trust is that it allows you to begin to put your estate plan into action while still alive. You can then get some insight into how your estate plan will work and make adjustments if necessary.

That concludes the sixth edition of the Carnival of Long Term Investing. Next edition of this carnival will be hosted on 18 June, 2007. Feel free to submit your posts.

Welcome to the sixth edition of the Carnival of Economics and Global Trade. We have received 18 posts for this edition. Here are the posts in the order they were received.

Brian Brady presents What’s my rate? It looks like I gotta WACC you ! posted at The Most Opinionated Mortgage Broker. Stop shopping online for loans. The average loan hack in a boiler room has no clue about what is taught in the article. Rather, look for a mortgage adviser who has had some real financial planning experience or training.

Josh presents National Gas Blackout March 15 2007 posted at The Mad Money Analyst. When consolidation occurs the security’s price that has recently broken out of a trend and will begin to level off. Within this process, supply and demand meet and become more and more less even.

David presents Apparel Buying Agents posted at The Alexander Report. Information on apparel buying agents for designers, retailers and manufacturers.

Eric Stanley presents Too Broke to Budget? posted at Personal Finance Blog Articles. Budgets are for people with predictable income, fairly predictable expenses, and the former larger than the latter, right? What good will a budget do if you dont have enough money to go around, and you never know when more is coming in?

WBL presents Will The U.S. Experience A Depression? posted at Wealth Building Lessons. Whats a likely scenario for the US economy and how to profit from it.

Shadox presents Globalization and Your Check Book posted at Money and Such. The main stream media and some of our populist representatives on Capitol Hill are constantly complaining about global free trade. This article lists four specific examples showing how globalization has helped Shadox personally, as proof that globalization is a good thing for the little guy, not just for multi-national corporations.

Renthusiast presents The Inflation Question posted at Renthusiast.org. Inflation at any rate is still inflation. The question: why at 2% inflation is "good", but at 3% inflation is "bad" intrigued everyone including Renthusiast.

Alfaking presents Not on the same wavelength posted at Alfa King Memories. Something is wrong somewhere. We’ve always been used to seeing the government and the private sector in good terms, with common stand even in difficult economic contexts. Everybody is surprised with the statement of the Joint Economic Council (JEC), on the one hand, and the Government on the other.

WBL presents Is Gold a Good Investment posted at Wealth Building Lessons. WBL talks about whether its a good time to invest in Gold.

R.Pettinger presents Economics Essays: Why the UK will never join the EURO. posted at Economics Essays. Why the Euro will never make it to the UK.

Charles H. Green presents TrDoes Business Squeeze the Poor? posted at Trust Matters. The global trend toward concentration of wealth is making the US more and more like Rio de Janeiro.

KRG presents The Falling Dollar and Its Effect On You posted at FIL-AM WORDS. The post is based on the effect of the falling dollar to the dollar remittances sent to th Philippines. Also, it discusses the effect on everybody (both in the US and abroad).

Alex Z presents Investing In Mutual Funds: The Advantages posted at Funds Zine. Investing in funds for simple people.

Tim Ramsey presents 2 Debt Tips for Improving Your Credit Score posted at My Debt Relief Blog. If you are struggling with debt and need to improve your credit score, you need to understand how important financial organization will be. Getting your finances organized will go a long way toward improving your credit score and reducing your debt. So how do you go about making these changes?

FIRE Finance presents Online Checking Accounts: Part 3 - FreeNet Checking From EverBank posted at FIRE Finance. Everbank is FDIC insured and has a 4 star rating by Bankrate which means that it is a sound financial institution.

FitBuff presents How to Legally Get Your Cable and Phone Bills Paid for Free! posted at FitBuff.com’s Total Mind and Body Fitness Blog. If you’re always worrying about money, then it will be near impossible to achieve “total mind and body fitness”.

Adventures in Money Making presents Beware The Chinese Stock Market posted at Adventures in Money Making. Why the Chinese Stock market will correct.

Edithyeung presents 7 Habits of Highly Effective Money Managers posted at Edith Yeung.Com: Dream. Think. Act.. Money can’t work hard for you unless you are in control of the money. Money is like a child. The child can be easily tamed if you spend time to teach and nurture them. Otherwise, they can easily take over your life.

That concludes the sixth edition of the Carnival of Economics and Global Trade. Keep submitting your posts to the future editions of this carnival. Thank you for your participation.