Archive for March, 2006

Investment guide

Wednesday, March 29th, 2006

Taylor posted (49073) a link to yet another great online book. According to Paul K, author of the online book “Investment Guide“, the book was written to help an investor to

Implement the five essentials of investing,
Understand and manage risk,
Evaluate and select mutual funds,
Recognize and control the devastating effects of cost,
Develop and write an Investment Policy […]

TIPS are getting attractive

Tuesday, March 28th, 2006

According to data posted HERE, the real yields of TIPS are getting attractive

Date
5 yr
7 yr
10 yr
20 yr*

03/28/06
2.22%
2.25%
2.30%
2.28%

Larry posted a note (49100) on the Diehards website about this today. The upcoming treasury auctions on April 10 (10-yr TIPS) and April 20 (5-yr TIPS) might be good opportunities to get some nice yielding TIPS.

Do you Prosper?

Tuesday, March 28th, 2006

I loaned out $200 as a test of the Prosper system before deciding whether to commit more money. To date, however, I am quite disappointed with the system. From my experience, I found a long overhead waiting time before your money can be loaned out and before payment can be collected and deposited back into […]