"Practical Advice about Finance and Technologyâ€Finance and Technology for the everyday lifeBanks and Officials return to the tables to decide the fate of Lehman Brothers (LEH), liquidation or bailout.- September 17, 2008 Once again the credit crunch finds a victim, this time it is no longer an average American but one of the biggest investment banks on Wall Street Lehman Brothers. Yesterday (September 12, 2009) an emergency meeting was held between the Treasury Department, Federal Reserve, Securities and Exchange Commission and the CEOs of Goldman Sachs ...http://www.romanadvice.com/2008/09/13/banks-and-officials-return-to-the-tables-to-decide-t... Countercyclical Investments: Income Trusts, Master limited Partnerships (MLP), oil, gas, energy, dividends and you. (Part 2)- September 17, 2008 I am a personal fan of dividends, whether they come from stock or bonds. They still represent an alternative cash flow that I would normally posses if I invested in a normal stock. The issue with dividends is that they are directly related to two factors that forces theses dividend to be very low at ...http://www.romanadvice.com/2008/04/08/countercyclical-investments-income-trusts-master-lim... Countercyclical Investments: Real Estate and the slump in the housing market ( Part 3)- September 17, 2008 A wise man once told me that there are only two ways of making money buy low and sell high, this maybe the simplest concept in business. It is a concept that we should in theory follow, but all too often we get caught up in our own emotions. All too often we let our ...http://www.romanadvice.com/2008/04/17/countercyclical-investments-real-estate-and-the-slum... Countercyclical Investments: Foreign Exchange (FOREX or FX)- September 17, 2008 Is a dollar today worth the same as tomorrow when you take inflation out of the picture Its value in the US is still a dollar but the power that it has against other currencies may have fluctuated. The trading of currencies is a very interesting method of investing. It is very similar to investing ...http://www.romanadvice.com/2008/04/20/countercyclical-investments-foreign-exchange-forex-o... Commercialization of Open Source- September 17, 2008 Open Source and Commercialization are words that we use everyday but the definition that we associate with these words is incorrect. The correct meaning of Commercialization for this paper is the process of introducing a new product into the market (Wikipedia). This meaning is far from the commonly used meaning of performing sales. Open ...http://www.romanadvice.com/2008/07/29/commercialization-of-open-source/ Dogs of the Dow: highest yields stock of the Dow Jones- September 17, 2008 I think it is about time I explain to everyone why I love the Dogs of the Dow. Anyone that knows me has been told about this site for the last 4 or 5 years. Why Its very great tool for research for the everyday investor. Dogs of the Dow (http:www.dogsofthedow.com) contains 10 years ...http://www.romanadvice.com/2008/07/29/dogs-of-the-dow-highest-yields-stock-of-the-dow-jone... DRiP (Dividend Reinvestment Plans) and high yield stocks- September 17, 2008 Why do they make up the core of my portfolio Very simple lets take my largest position AT&38;T (T) I bought 100 shares at the end of March 2007 for 38.88. Today its trading at 38.59. I did not lose anything from this trade quite the opposite I have made money on this trade. ...http://www.romanadvice.com/2008/07/29/drip-dividend-reinvestment-plans-and-high-yield-stoc... Useful Questions in Business Marketing- September 17, 2008 Creating customer relationships and value through marketing Marketing- is the organizational function and a set of processes for creating, communicating and delivering value to customers and for managing customer relationships in ways that will benefit the company and its stakeholders. To serve both buyers and sellers marketing (1) seeks to discover the needs and wants ...http://www.romanadvice.com/2008/07/29/business-marketing-useful-questions/ SaneBull, the future of the market data tools- September 17, 2008http://www.romanadvice.com/2008/08/24/sanebull-the-future-of-the-market-data-tools/ Work on the business, not in the business.- September 17, 2008 This simple thought is perhaps the most important lesson that I have learned in school. If you think about it, it is so clear yet many of us forget about it. When working in your own business it is too often that we forget that we as the owner of the business can not do ...http://www.romanadvice.com/2008/04/07/work-on-the-business-not-in-the-business/ |