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Connecting With Your Unclaimed Money
Unless you won the lottery this week you would probably be excited to find money owed to you. Unclaimed money and property in excess of $25 Billion is being held by the government and is just waiting to be claimed. You may be thinking, 'I have never ...

Great Questions
You need help with your investments. But how do you find the right advisor for your needs and goals? * Where do you start? * Which advisor is right for you? * How do you know you are asking the right questions? Selecting an investment advisor can ...

It's Stocks, Not Markets, that Bring Investment Success
It's Stocks, Not Markets, that Bring Investment Successby Gabriel NijmehIf you are fairly new to investing and looking for some guidanceor if you are seasoned investor, let me introduce you to NAIC.National Association of Investors Corporation (NAIC) is a ...




5 Things To Know About The Stock Market
 
50% Of U.S. Households Invest In The Stock Market
Individuals invest in the stock market directly, through mutual funds, their pension plans, profit sharing plans, 401k's, IRA's, etc.

Mutual Funds Dominate The Market
It is mainly the mutual funds, buying and selling, who move the market and cause individual stocks to go up and down. Mutual funds are the 800-pound gorillas of the stock market; at the end of 2003, mutual funds held more than $3 trillion dollars worth of stocks.

The Dow Jones Average Is Not The Stock Market
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is comprised of only 30 selected stocks. In reality, there are more than 7,000 different stocks listed on the 3 major U.S. stock exchanges. That makes it quite possible that, in a given time frame, the Dow Jones Average may be flat or down but many individual stocks may actually be up.

Most Individual Investors Fail
Over time, most individual investors fail to achieve the stock market success they would love to have. This is due to many factors, including lack of knowledge, lack of time and effort, lack of a good strategy that works, and emotional decision making.

Can You Beat The Market?
Investing in stocks can be a very rewarding experience, financially and emotionally. If you do it right. With the right effort, the right knowledge, and the right strategy, an individual investor can do extremely well in today's stock market, and, as a result, realize a brighter and richer financial future.




Alan Korber is a private investor and the creator of the Korber Strategy, a simple and easy stock market strategy that uses certain parameters to identify stocks that have the highest potential return with the lowest acceptable risk. As an individual investor he uses his own strategy and the stocks he buys normally generate up to 50% or more annualized return. For more info go to http://akorber.com



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Indian shares extend gains to 3 pct, Reliance leads - CNBC
MUMBAI, Nov 19 (Reuters) - India's main share index extended gains to more than 3 percent on Wednesday morning as buyers returned to the market after it had fallen 15 percent in the previous five sessions. Reliance Industries led the rise, climbing 6 ...

Mutual termination - Sophia Echo
Mutual funds have been steadily bleeding money as the stock market shows no signs of improvement Bulgarian mutual funds, which have benefitted the most from the stock market boom in 2007, are also among the biggest losers of the 2008 collapse on the ...

Stocks open lower after big rally - USA Today
MANAGING YOUR MONEY: Sign up for our free e-mail newsletter. Every Friday, you'll get a week's worth of USA TODAY's personal finance news and columns. READERS' CHOICE: See the 50 stocks that appear most in USATODAY.com reader portfolios. YOUR ...

Stocks tumble near 2008 lows on more grim economic news - USA Today
MANAGING YOUR MONEY: Sign up for our free e-mail newsletter. Every Friday, you'll get a week's worth of USA TODAY's personal finance news and columns. READERS' CHOICE: See the 50 stocks that appear most in USATODAY.com reader portfolios. YOUR ...

1. What exactly is a mutual fund? - CNN Money
A mutual fund pools money from hundreds and thousands of investors to construct a portfolio of stocks, bonds, real estate, or other securities, according to its charter. Each investor in the fund gets a slice of the total pie. 2. Mutual funds make it ...