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SeedInvest Review

When you look at the amount of money that early investing in Venture Capital has made over the last 30 years, it will sicken you if you missed out like the overwhelming majority of investors. At an astonishing 21.29% average…

Yodlee Money Center

Yodlee has been around ten years now, making it the undisputed grandfather of the personal financial software and apps out there. This is its great advantage, since it has been first in the space, it secured some of the best…

JJG Grains

Time to Bet the Farm

Since hitting a low on January 20, the iPath Bloomberg Commodity Index Total Return ETN (DJP), a proxy for commodity markets as a whole, has risen by 10.6%. The rally has largely been powered by rising prices for oil and…

Quicken Review

Quicken Intro and Background Quicken has always been the legendary gold standard of personal financial management apps. They maintain this status in part because every year the software developer (formerly Intuit) releases an updated version with at least a few…

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The Song Remains the Same–For Now

Based on recent reports, many investors believe the turbulence that impacted various markets earlier this year has come and gone. But that doesn’t necessarily mean that sentiment is ripe–sufficiently complacent–for a broad range of negative fundamental and macroeconomic forces–discussed here,…

Empower Review (formerly Personal Capital)

(Note: Personal Capital is now known as “Empower”. You can read more about the company’s rebrand here.) There are many different services available today that help you to manage your personal financial empire, but few of them do this as well…

Prosper Review

Among the various peer to peer lending outfits in the U.S., Prosper.com turns out to be the very first one in the country. This lending company is not so much a bank as it is a matchmaking service. The organization matches…

Vix Index

Not Yet Time to Pull the Trigger

Last week’s column, “Is the ‘Crowd’ too Bearish?” discussed whether excessive pessimism on Wall Street had set the stage for corrective countertrend moves in various markets. As of now, the question remains open. After a choppy week, equities and Treasury…

RealCrowd Review

RealCrowd is on a mission to put online investors together with commercial real estate that is actually professionally managed. Read on to see how and how well they achieve their objectives in this goal. RealCrowd Intro & Background The idea…

Death of Equities

Is the “Crowd” too Bearish?

In light of recent market turbulence, one question investors might naturally be thinking about is how concerned should they be? Before answering, it is worth considering two things that old Wall Street hands try to keep in mind. The first is the fact that…

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What’s Next for Gold?

Gold has gained more than 15% to just over $1,200 an ounce since hitting multi-year lows in December. The Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX) has fared even better, rallying roughly 40% over the span. The question now, of course,…

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