Investment Academy Archive March 2009

Picture this: You’ve just come home from a wonderful weekend away from it all. You push open your front door and put down your bags. But just before you can say, “Home, sweet home!” the chaos around you tells you there’s been a burglary.

We've been looking at warrants and, in today's second last visit on the topic for a while, you can't even think about making money with warrants until you find someone to trade them through...

2008 was a dark year: Not only did we deal with a financial ice age, a topsy-turvy rand and the demise of some of the biggest banks in the world, but we also sat in the dark for months dealing with bi-weekly load shedding sessions.

You might have seen reports in the press this week about the massive change in the Forbes' rich list. The credit crunch has definetely shaken it up and made a dramatic impact on the rich's wealth. Now Bill Gates has managed to regain his top slot as the world's richest man.

For the most part, people buy warrants as insurance. They either take a wait-and-see approach in a stock they're interested in by using a call warrant or they hedge against loss by buying put warrants

No matter what the doomsayers in the press say, property’s still a hot topic. This means that many estate agents are still trying to dress up wrecked houses as “unmissable bargains”.

With market mayhem continuing to rock the world, it takes bravery to trade, especially if you're new to the game. With the markets being so unpredictable, the last thing you want is to be caught on the wrong side of a trade and lose your life savings.

Forget luxuries – The economic slowdown is hitting us so hard that many of us have to cut back on bare necessities. In fact, according to research, more than a quarter of the country can no longer afford medical aid.

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