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The Graphite Investment Boom Is Just Starting
By Ben Axler:
Introduction
Graphite is quietly emerging as a strategic industrial material in short supply, similar to the rare earth commodities. Years of underinvestment in new supplies, and growing demand sources, have caused prices to rise sharply in the past few years. China, as the world’s dominant supplier, has significantly curtailed exports in an attempt to exert greater control in the market. As a result, it’s not entirely surprising that the EU named graphite as one of 14 critical materials along with the rare earth elements.
EU Names Graphite a “Critical Material”
A new global rush to find quality graphite supplies has just begun. However, not all graphite is created equally, and there is significant quality variation that determines its price and value, which can range up to a few thousand dollars per ton. When investing in graphite companies, it’s essential to find the emerging producers with the right quality graphite to
Index Mutual Funds: Profiting from an Investment Revolution
Index Mutual Funds: Profiting from an Investment Revolution
This book describes the many benefits of index mutual funds. Yet it also provides a framework for understanding why indexing should be the investment strategy for any investor today. This includes an explanation of why Morningstar, Value Line, stockbrokers, investment gurus, the financial media and others so often fail investors. The book also explores the role of index funds in the context of asset allocation and portfolio diversification.
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This Safe Dividend Stock is up 13,000% and is STILL a Great Investment Today
It’s one of the few companies potentially worth holding forever…
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Enough Bull: How to Retire Well without the Stock Market, Mutual Funds, or Even an Investment Advisor
Enough Bull: How to Retire Well without the Stock Market, Mutual Funds, or Even an Investment Advisor
The one book your bank REALLY does not want you to read.More than ever before, Canadians are frightened and stressed out about their retirement and financial future. With the mortgage, car payments and credit card bills, there never seems to be enough to pay the current bills let alone save thousands in RRSPs. At the same time, the large financial institutions are bombarding us with fearful messages of destitution unless we maximize our RRSP contributions.The stock market crash of 2008 has prove
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Investment Fees Are Something, but Not the Only Thing
HUNT VALLEY, Md. (TheStreet) — The big talk in the 401(k) world is fee transparency and lower fees. It seems as if everyone has concluded that, “If we can get fees down, the rate of return will improve.”
But the cheapest index funds cost 0.1% to 0.4%, and the most expensive active open-end funds cost between 1.2% and 2%. Assuming both have the same annual total return, the most you can increase your return is 1.9%.
Lower fees may mean a better rate of return, but they’re only a piece of a much bigger picture.
No doubt 1.9% compounded over 20 years or more is a significant increase, but that is an extreme example; the normal difference is maybe 0.5 to 1%. The lower the additional yield, the lower the long-term impact.
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How to Profit From Warren Buffett’s Next Major Investment
Warren Buffett is undoubtedly one of the most prolific investors in stock market history… and for good reason.
During the first decade of the new millennium (2000-2010), Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A) returned a blistering 76%. By comparison, the S&P 500 was down 11.3% for that period…
Performances like that are why I always like to keep an eye on where the "Oracle of Omaha" is placing his bets. After all, if Buffett can beat the S&P 500 37 out of the 45 years since he started Berkshire back in 1967, then it stands to reason he can do it again…
So after taking a look at some of Buffett's more notables moves in 2011 — including a $ 5 billion investment in Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), and an $ 8.7 billion buyout of the specialty chemical company Lubrizol — I think Buffett is getting ready to put even more of Berkshire's $ 37 billion in cash to work in 2012. Here's why…
Buffett still says stocks are attractive. According to Buffett's address to shareholders on CNBC last month, Buffett believes stocks will perform better than "bonds, gold or any other investment option over time". He followed by saying stocks still appear relatively cheap even after prices have improved from earlier this year.
The Value of a Written Investment Policy Statement
The argument for developing an investment policy statement that fits your future financial needs no matter how the economy behaves.
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This Incredibly Rare Investment Pays 10% Dividend Yields
I first uncovered this asset class years ago, when I started my High-Yield Investing advisory in 2004. In October of that year, I added one of these securities to my portfolio at $ 41.33. I sold it for $ 64.51 about two years later. Along with $ 9.93 in distributions, my total returns were a little more than 80%.
Another one of these rare investments has also done well for current High-Yield Investing subscribers. I added it to my portfolio in late October 2010. I've received $ 4.28 per unit in distributions and the price has soared. So far, total returns are more than 50% in just 16 months.
I like to return to investment ideas that have done well for me. So it comes as no surprise that I'm again looking into one of the highest-yielding, yet rarest, income investments on the market — royalty trusts.
These trusts are designed for one thing: to pay out royalties, or a share of production revenue, from a field of existing oil and natural gas wells.
The first trust debuted in 1979. Amazingly, even after more than 30 years, there are still only about two dozen publicly traded oil and gas royalty trusts. And between 1999 and 2007, no new royalty trusts were created.
