Archive for November, 2006

Want to buy Uranium?

Monday, November 6th, 2006

The surge in oil prices over the past year has many investors looking at investing in uranium mining companies like Cameco and BHP Billiton. Interestingly, you can buy uranium ore from Amazon.com [link to product].

My healthcare equity allocation

Monday, November 6th, 2006

I decided to write something about the 5% healthcare allocation in my portfolio. Generally, sector investing (with the possible exception of precious metal equity and REITs) is discouraged by many authors (including Bernstein, Swedroe, Ferri, Bogle etc). In my portfolio, I have made an exception to include a healthcare allocation. The reasons for my healthcare [...]

My first Carnival of Investing entry

Friday, November 3rd, 2006

My first entry to the Carnival of Investing was accepted and published at the 46th carnival, hosted at My 1st Million at 33. The published entry read as follows: indexfundfan presents Cash balance interest and margin account posted at Indextown. A good detailed strategy on how to maximize your cash balance interest earnings while waiting [...]