FinanceAdvisor

Dear Fellow-Investor.

Many investors continuously attempt to play a trick on the markets by trying to buy or sell securities just at the right time. But most of the time they achive the contrary.
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Below is a letter from Mr. John L. Morgan, beneficial owner of approximately 7% of Lenox (LNX), to Ms. Susan E. Engel, Chairwoman and CEO of Lenox. continued…

I was sent an email on April 2 which said: “In Feb 2006 there were 117,259 foreclosures alone (68% higher than 2005 and rates are going higher everyday”. At first that may sound like economic hardship for all of us. But there is another way to look at this picture. continued…

1. Forget Performance; look at fees

Remember that it’s not what you make, it’s what you keep. When evaluating an investment evaluate the cost to generate an investment return. If you are using an investment manager compare the performance of the investment net of fees. Be careful when entering into non-tradition investment vehicles life limited partnership interest. These type of investments tend to have higher management fees and are often illiquid. continued…

Your average joe investor doesn’t have a lot of tools or knowledge when making decisions on the stock market. For this reason, you will want to at least conduct a fundamental investment analysis before you invest your money into just any old company. This will clearly identify the ratios that determine the worth of a stock and the performance of the company. continued…

In the long run the economic performance of most countries is showing an upward trend. But, although this is true, the global economy and that of individual countries is always subjected to ups and downs. continued…

Google has a competitive advantage. In fact, one might even say it has a franchise in web search. I wouldn’t say that. I mean, Google does have a franchise; but, it doesn’t have a monopoly on web search and never will. There are real problems with Google’s model that are often overlooked. It does a poor job of finding certain sites that are difficult to describe in keywords. For this reason, there may still be a market for web search in the form of specialized niche directories and in some of these ’social search engines’ (e.g., Stumble Upon) for many years to come.
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Long-term investing in the stock market can offer a passive return around 5-8% if you remain invested for 30 years; but, unfortunately, that return is before taxes and inflation. This is so low because the company founders, backers, early investors, investment bankers, etc., have removed all foreseeable profit from the company before it is ever offered to the public market.
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Warren Buffett’s annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders was released over the weekend. Readers will find plenty of investing lessons among the twenty-three pages. Warren began this letter as he begins each letter, by stating Berkshire’s change in per-share book value:
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Mention anything that could lead to High Yield Investment Programs and people will listen. There are good HYIP’s and there are bad. Anything that is good has always attracted the wrong people.
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