Latest articles from Investors Book (http://www.investorsbook.com) http://www.investorsbook.com 2012-05-22T07:52:18+01:00 text/html 2007-07-12T15:33:46+01:00 http://www.investorsbook.com http://www.investorsbook.com/how-to-invest-your-a11.html Think carefully on how to invest your money because if you make wrong decisions it could cost you dearly. text/html 2007-07-12T15:33:46+01:00 http://www.investorsbook.com http://www.investorsbook.com/help-with-my-annuity-a10.html The cries are heard from the distance, "I need help with my annuities." Nothing has changed... just a lonely senior who can't trust anybody with her annuity because every time she asks for advice, someone tries to make her invest in a different annuity... Sound familiar? Well you are not alone... text/html 2007-07-12T15:33:46+01:00 http://www.investorsbook.com http://www.investorsbook.com/annuity-investment-the-a9.html Do you ever feel like you haven't been told the whole truth? Kind of like something is missing? Well, you are not alone. text/html 2007-07-12T15:33:46+01:00 http://www.investorsbook.com http://www.investorsbook.com/annuity-help-a8.html Many people today are looking for annuity help. The biggest challenge seems to be that most of the help is biased. What exactly do I mean? I mean that there is always a vested interest for the person who is helping you with your annuities. They are out to sell you something so you don't know if they are doing it for your best interest or for theirs... text/html 2007-07-12T15:33:46+01:00 http://www.investorsbook.com http://www.investorsbook.com/can-your-annuity-do-a7.html Many people buy annuities according to their agent's recommendations. However, many people do not even know what they own. It is a good idea to take inventory of your investments, and particularly your annuity. It is important to understand what your annuity can and cannot do and what features it has. Here are some of the things you definitely must be sure to know about your annuity: text/html 2007-07-12T15:33:46+01:00 http://www.investorsbook.com http://www.investorsbook.com/annuity-investment-guide-a6.html While there is not a lack of information on annuities, there certainly is a lack of good information. In an age full of information, we are constantly bombarded with irrelevant data. Annuities are great investment vehicles... text/html 2007-07-12T15:33:46+01:00 http://www.investorsbook.com http://www.investorsbook.com/annuity-owner-mistakes-a5.html Okay, so I can tell you I have sat in front of countless numbers of people who have made mistakes when purchasing and owning annuities. And I have visited people who wish they never got involved in an annuity. And I have seen people who say that their annuity is their worst nightmare... So what is it that makes the annuity such a bad thing for some people and such a great vehicle for others? text/html 2007-07-12T15:33:46+01:00 http://www.investorsbook.com http://www.investorsbook.com/should-you-put-your-a4.html Let me start by answering that question... if an annuity fits your investment objectives than there is no reason that an annuity should not go in your IRA. Okay all you smarty pants out there who keep arguing that it is tax deferred and it does not belong in your IRA... SO WHAT? text/html 2007-07-12T15:33:46+01:00 http://www.investorsbook.com http://www.investorsbook.com/variable-annuities-a3.html You know all the articles you read about annuities that have extremely high fees? And the ones that people lose a lot of money in? Well, these are better known as variable annuities. Yes, they do have some advantages. They do offer market upside potential, have a guaranteed death benefit, and offer tax deferral... but they have a lot of downside also. text/html 2007-07-12T15:33:46+01:00 http://www.investorsbook.com http://www.investorsbook.com/an-investment-real-estate-a2.html If you want to make the most of your personal or investment real estate, you should consider a negative amortization loan. Mortgage amortization is basically mortgage balance reduction. Consequently, when a mortgage has negative amortization, the loan balance not only is not reduced, it actually grows. So, why should you consider this? Simple. It is a great way to invest money from real estate someplace else. text/html 2007-07-12T15:33:46+01:00 http://www.investorsbook.com http://www.investorsbook.com/trading-tips-no-3-a1.html The majorities of Americans, who use online trading or investing, are proponents of the buy, hold and hope strategy. They are heavily invested in equities on a “long term basis” and are not concerned about the daily (or weekly, or monthly, or yearly) ups and downs of the market because they rest easy in the knowledge that the market will go up over the long term. So they buy ‘em, hold ‘em, and are confident or hope that everything works out all right with their online trading or investing strategy.