Please welcome Paul Judd to the Trader’s Blog stage where he will present to you a very interesting trick…BONDS ARE GOOD! Paul should know as he’s dedicated the last 14 years to treasury bonds where he’s learned the in’s and out’s that we should all take a look at! So please read the article below, visit Paul’s Blog here, and let the comments fly!

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I can take a position in the bond market prior to the release of an economic report. Once the report is released, I can close out my position and take profits. Cash is King!

Not so if you are a long-term investor in stocks.

A popular slogan used by many “salespeople” on Wall Street is to buy and hold for the long term. However, not only is your money tied up for years but also holding for the long term doesn’t necessarily mean you will make a

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The carnage of the past two years in the stock market is giving investors a clear warning; learn a new way of doing things or get ready for more of the same. The money clock never stops ticking and the longer you wait to make the necessary changes to stop the bleeding in your accounts the less you’ll have when you retire. Every day you put this off increases the chance of being broke in retirement.

This is the most important money decision you will ever make.

The losses the Baby Boomers have racked up in the stock market all but guarantee they will have to work well past their retirement age or survive on Social Security which puts them below the poverty level, for life.

It doesn’t have to be this way!

Are you ready to get serious and finally start making money?

There is a new strategy that works in all

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Anyone looking at the headlines coming in from the Northern Hemisphere in the last couple of days would be forgiven for being a little nervous. I have received many calls from savers asking about our banks.

Even over the weekend the news has got worse. British mortgage bank Bradford and Bingley is likely to be nationalised by the government there after it failed to find a buyer. Dutch/Belgian bank Fortis is in crisis talks about either a forced sale or a government bailout. America’s sixth-largest bank, Wachovia, is hunting for someone to rescue it, although it is possible it could be allowed to fail so buyers can snap up assets in a fire sale.

The US$700 billion bailout of US banks by the US taxpayer looks more likely to pass Congress this week after leaders from both sides of the House re-railed the derailed plan. But many

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