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Newsletter Archive: 2005

It's a done deal, as Time Warner accepted the $1 billion bid from Google for a 5 percent stake in AOL, who had been poised to accept an offer from Microsoft before Google's late push.

http://www.investnewz.com/2005/1221.html

12.21.05

Understanding Fixed Income Investing: Expectations

As unlikely as this sounds, experience proves it, irrefutably. Few investors grow to love volatility as I do, but most expect it in the Market Value of their equity positions. When dealing with Fixed Income Securities however, neither they nor their advisors are comfortable with any downward movement at all. Most won't consider taking profits when prices increase, but will rush in to accept losses when prices fall.

http://www.investnewz.com/2005/1130.html

11.30.05

Need More Income From Your Investment Property?

The goal of every real estate investor is to see their property appreciate in value and to have it generate a positive cash flow. The appreciation normally takes care of itself if the property is of good quality, in a good location, and is held...

http://www.investnewz.com/2005/1102.html

11.02.05

Fools Rush In

Too often investors buy shares in a stock armed with little more than the ticker symbol and a tip from a friend at work. Why not arm yourself with the best possible information, especially when it is all there at your fingertips for free? Here are the bare bones factors that are important to know about the company you are going to invest in, and how they can impact the prices of shares.

http://www.investnewz.com/2005/1012.html

10.12.05

Google Stock Prices At $295

The new offering of 14,159,265 shares of stock in the search engine company price just a bit higher than its IPO price of $85. Once markets open in the US on Thursday, new shares of GOOG will debut with a starting price of $295, according to the BBC.

http://www.investnewz.com/2005/0915.html

09.15.05

Mitsui & Co. Helps Feedster Expansion

Japan's Mitsui & Co. announced that it has made an investment in blog and RSS search engine Feedster, but the company did not say how big the investment actually is.

http://www.investnewz.com/2005/0907.html

09.07.05

Adobe And Macromedia Ready Get Together

Google has filed a request with SEC regulators that would allow the search engine to sell 14.16 million shares of class A common stock. The filing was completed today (8-18-05). Going by today's current price for GOOG's stock ($285.10), the sale...

http://www.investnewz.com/2005/0825.html

08.25.05

What’s In A Google Stock Offering

Right now, the tech and business world are all speculating about what's in the future for Google with them getting the huge quantities of funding they're going to receive from this new stock offering they're planning.

http://www.investnewz.com/2005/0819.html

08.19.05

Google To Sell 14.16 Million Shares

Google has filed a request with SEC regulators that would allow the search engine to sell 14.16 million shares of class A common stock. The filing was completed today (8-18-05).

http://www.investnewz.com/2005/0818.html

08.18.05

Dell Missed 2nd Quarter Marks

Round Rock, Texas computer giant Dell missed projections during the 2nd quarter and suggested the 3rd quarter will also fall short. Sales for the Texas Tornado of computer manufacturers appears to have slowed down.

http://www.investnewz.com/2005/0812.html

08.12.05

Advice For International Investors On How To Safeguard Their Profits

Today, investors are increasingly turning to global markets to find opportunities for profit, giving urgency to the issue of protecting returns from foreign exchange risk. While there are many excellent investment opportunities to be found all over the world, volatility in the currency markets can and does affect the profitability of these investments. An understanding of how currency rate movements can affect profits can help investors protect their bottom line from this uncertainty.

http://www.investnewz.com/2005/0803.html

08.03.05

8 Penny Stocks To Avoid

There are many good penny stock investments available, which could turn a small amount of capital into a small fortune very quickly. However, to discover these you need to know what to look for and what to avoid. When searching for that one big payoff, steer clear of the following examples.

http://www.investnewz.com/2005/0622.html

06.22.05

Mutual Fund Expense Lies

When purchasing mutual funds we are cautioned to read the prospectus, look at past performance, check out the fund manager's record and see what their expense ratios have been. When you ask the fund salesman (don't forget he's a salesman) he will assure you that the fund expenses are whatever is shown in the prospectus. He is telling you the truth, but not the whole truth, according the Securities and Exchange regulations. In many cases he has left out a big chuck of expenses.

http://www.investnewz.com/2005/0525.html

05.25.05

Are You Really A Twenty First Century Investor?

Real Estate Investors that educate themselves about CURRENT MARKET TRENDS will reap huge returns NOW!!! Information concerning NEW TRENDS in financial resources will open new and more profitable real estate opportunities for your business.

http://www.investnewz.com/2005/0504.html

05.04.05

VCs Don't Invest In Ideas

SiliconBeat looks at the overhang in venture capital because interest rates have led to a general glut of capital, and wonders if all that supply benefits demand...

http://www.investnewz.com/2005/0406.html

04.06.05

Google's Grating Silence

TheStreet's Kevin Kelleher talks about Google's secretiveness when it comes to talking to Investors and says that this is all well and good in good times, but Investors won't stand for it in bad...

http://www.investnewz.com/2005/0316.html

03.16.05

Insights Into The World Of Start-Ups

Insights into the world of start-ups from Michael Moritz, a partner at Sequioa Capital, one of the most successful venture capital firms in the world. The Financial Times interviewed Moritz and reports his views on some of the biggest successes (and not-so-successes) of the internet era, as well as the pursuit of the next big idea whose time has yet to come.

http://www.investnewz.com/2005/0223.html

02.23.05

Increase Your Buying Power With Capital Gains Reinvestment

The Internal Revenue Service requires capital gains tax to be paid on the sale of all capital assets, including properties. Once the sale occurs the tax expense can be enormous, but with a little ingenuity capital gains tax can be avoided and the tax burden relieved. The sale of a home or an investment property can facilitate incredible steps forward for anyone in the real estate market.

http://www.investnewz.com/2005/0218.html

02.18.05

Best No Load Mutual Funds: Mutual Fund Fees And Mutual Fund Expenses

When searching for the best no load mutual funds, some mutual fund investors often tend to focus exclusively on mutual fund fees and expense ratios. Is this always a smart way to select mutual funds?

http://www.investnewz.com/2005/0128.html

01.28.05

How To Get Money Back For Your Process And Procedures Investments

Wouldn't it be nice to get some of your money back that you have invested in developing policies, procedures and processes for your organization? Well, you can with the recently restored tax credit.

http://www.investnewz.com/2005/0107.html

01.07.05