The Miracle of the Euro And Forex Trading SecretsWritten by Vic Damone
My father, who owns a small parts store and garage for vintage British sports cars, called me up recently and droned on and on about how he is getting killed by Euro. Confused as to how Euro could possibly be affecting his small and seemingly insignificant business, I asked him how. “Because of Euro!” He went on to explain, after calming down of course, that distributor that he orders his vintage parts from had increased their prices by roughly 30% due to dollar’s poor performance against Euro. Apparently, it takes about $1.30 USD to buy same merchandise that may be acquired with 1 Euro. Essentially, relationship between dollar and Euro is same as we have always had with Canadians—only, we have become Canadians in this bizarre scenario! After getting off phone with dad I decided to investigate this currency exchange question a lot further and came to one startling but very true realization—the stock market is for chumps! Foreign Exchange is where it’s at. The act of exchanging legal tender of one country for that of another. People who play currency exchange market (Forex) do! With same amount of analysis or less in most cases, people anticipate rate at which one currency will convert into another and Presto!—profits please! So if one anticipates that Euro will be stronger next week compared with dollar and I convert $50,000 into Euros, then next week when Euro does in fact rise I can convert those Euros back into more dollars than I initially invested only a few days earlier—or even previous day! Why have your money tied up for extended periods of time praying for a good quarterly earnings report or being grateful for peanuts thrown to you in form of a dividend?
| | ARE YOU REALLY A TWENTY FIRST CENTURY INVESTOR?Written by Steven Battle
Real Estate Investors that educate themselves about CURRENT MARKET TRENDS will reap huge returns NOW!!! Information concerning NEW TRENDS in financial resources will open new and more profitable real estate opportunities for your business.Today’s residential real estate market for investors has become very competitive in most major markets. The vast majority of real estate investing seminars and clubs are encouraging you to search out desperate home owners or distressed properties to be rehabbed. Not to mention fact that today’s disillusioned stock investors have now realized that residential real estate investing offers better returns, with less capital risks. As you seek to identify your lucrative real estate opportunities, have you noticed that good deals are getting harder to find? I am not here to discourage you from investing in real estate, but would like to share real estate investment opportunities and information with you…..opportunities that only a few people are aware of and regularly participate in. That’s right; I am referring to a niche investment market that has VERY LITTLE competition. This unique information is currently setting new trends within commercial real estate investment community! I know you are ready for me to tell you about this quiet niche investment market, so I will...... it is….……. ………..Commercial Real Estate. There are HUNDREDS, maybe THOUSANDS of niche market investment opportunities within Commercial Real Estate. And by way........ main reason why so few investors go after commercial real estate, and that might include yourself, is that you're not convinced that you would qualify for commercial financing ! ! Most investors are lead to believe that a 20% down payment is required to start process for purchasing commercial properties. WELL, THIS IS NOT TRUE! Let’s do math now…… financing a property that cost $5 Million dollars with 20% down would require you to put down $1,000,000 and you would still have to add in legal fees and closing costs. Yes, I know that only a few investors or even investment groups are able to meet these down payment requirements. Your first mistake as an investor would be to go to your local bank to seek financing, or worse, go to private or hard money lenders. First, remember banks are regulated by federal government and they are required to underwrite conforming loans and second, bank loans tend to be very structured and are generally inflexible to your project needs. In most cases, THESE LOANS will require a 20% DOWN PAYMENT OR MORE! The only benefit of using private or hard money lenders is when" NO OTHER FINANCING OPTIONS EXIST FOR YOU!" FINANCING is key ingredient to identifying lucrative real estate investment opportunities, yet, so few people truly understand power of knowing WHERE to find right financing and HOW to get it! WHAT IF you had several lenders, today, that would only require you have 2 to 3% down payments (on certain qualified projects)… WOULD THIS BE OF INTEREST TO YOU? A $5,000,000 loan with 2- 3% down payment equates to putting down $100,000 to $150,000. As an individual investor, this down payment would still be pretty steep for you however, today, many residential investors are already joining and forming Investment clubs to increase and enhance their purchasing power. TO ALL residential real estate investors....... REAL MESSAGE here is that you are closer to buying commercial real estate than you think! This example should make it clear to you that finding right financing is FIRST step and key ingredient to your real estate investing…….. however, there is a PROBLEM.
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