Friday, February 29, 2008

Budget 2007-08: Highlights.

No Change In General Cenvat Or Service Tax Rates

Ad Valorem Component Of Excise Duty On Petrol And Diesel Reduced From 8% To 6%


Excise Duty Exemption Limit For Small Scale Industry Increased From Rs. 1 Crore To Rs. 1.5 Crore

Service Tax Exemption Limit For Small Service Providers Raised From Rs. 400,000 To Rs. 800,000

Service Tax Extended To Some New Areas - They include services outsourced for mining of minerals, oil or gas, asset management and design services, development and supply of content for use in telecom and advertising purposes and renting of immovable property for commercial purpose.

Central Sales Tax To Be Reduced From 4 To 3%

No Change In Personal Income Tax Rates But Threshold Limit Of Exemption In All Cases Incrased By Rs. 10,000

CAPITAL MARKETS INITIATIVES IN BUDGET 2007-08 In line with measures announced every year to strengthen the capital markets, Finance Minister Shri P. Chidambaram proposed in the Budget 2007-08:

- PAN to be made sole identification number for all participants in securities market with an alpha-numeric prefix or suffix to distinguish a particular kind of account;

- Idea of Self Regulating Organisations (SRO) to be taken forward for different market participants under regulations to be made by SEBI;

- Mutual funds to be permitted to launch and operate dedicated infrastructure funds;

- Individuals to be permitted to invest in overseas securities through Indian mutual funds;

- Short selling settled by delivery, and securities lending and borrowing to facilitate delivery, by institutions to be allowed; and

- Enabling mechanism to be put in place to permit Indian companies to unlock a part of their holdings in group companies for meeting their financial requirements by issue of Exchangeable Bonds.

Maximum Limit Of Deduction In Respect Of Medical Insurance Premium To Be Increased To Rs. 15,000; For Senior Citizens The Limit Is Rs. 20,000

Corporate Income Tax Rate Remains Unchanged; Surcharge On Income Tax On All Firms And Companies With A Taxable Income Of Rs. 1 Crore Or Less Removed

Five Year Income Tax Holiday For New Hotels in NCTD - Fresh tax concessions have been allowed in the Budget 2007-08 to promote infrastructure facilities. A five year holiday from income tax has been allowed for two, three or four star hotels as well as convention centres with a seating capacity of not less than 3,000 located in National Capital Territory of Delhi or in the adjacent districts of Faridabad, Gurgaon, Gaziabad or Gautam Budh Nagar. These should be completed and begin operation during the period April 1, 2007 to March 31, 2010. The step is aimed at meeting the requirement of 20,000 additional hotel rooms for the Commonwealth Games.

Tax Holiday For Undertakintgs In Jammu & Kashmir Extended Up To March 31, 2012 - In the new Budget proposals, the Finance Minister has extended the tax holiday for undertakings in Jammu and Kashmir by another five years upto March 31, 2012. The step is aimed at promoting further investment in the State

Rate Of Dividend Distribution Tax Raised From 12.5% To 15% On Dividends Distributed By Companies And To 25% On Dividends Paid By Money Market Mutual Funds And Liquid Mutual Funds i.e. In the case of dividends distributed by money market mutual funds and liquid mutual funds, tax on dividends paid has been raised to 25 per cent for all investors.

Banking Cash Transactions Tax Exemption Limit For Individuals And Hufs Increased From Rs. 25,000 To Rs. 50,000

Additional Cess Of 1% Levied On Taxes To Fund Secondary And Higher Education - In the Budget 2007-08, an additional cess of one per cent on all direct taxes has been levied to fund secondary and higher education. This would also be used towards expansion of capacity by 54 per cent for reservation for socially and educationally backward classes. The present 2 per cent education cess to fund basic education will also remain.

Employees’ Stock Option Plan To Be Brought Under Fringe Benefit Tax - Employees’ Stock Option Plan (ESOP) has been brought under the Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT) in the Budget 2007-08. The value of the fringe benefit will be determined in accordance with a prescribed method on the date of exercise of the option. Expenditure on free samples and displays has been excluded from the scope of FBT.

CIGARETTES TO COST MORE ; PAN MASALA CONTAINING NO TOBACCO TO COST LESS Specific rates of excise duty on cigarettes are proposed to be increased by about 5 percent in the new Budget. Presenting the General Budget 2007-08 in the Lok Sabha today, the Finance Minister also proposed a raise in excise duty on biris from Rs.7 to Rs.11 per thousand for non-machine made biris and from Rs.17 to Rs.24 per thousand for machine made biris.

Shri P. Chidambaram has reduced the excise duty from 66 percent to 45 percent on pan masala containing no tobacco. He also withdrew the exemption for pan masala containing tobacco and other tobacco products that is now given to units in the North Eastern States.

Peak Rate For Customs Duties For Non-Agricultural Products Reduced From 12.5% To 10% - Custom Duties On Most Chemicals And Plastics Reduced From 12.5% To 7.5% - The peak rate Customs Duty for non-agricultural products is proposed to be reduced from 12.5 percent to 10 per cent. Announcing this, while presenting the General Budget 2007-08 in the Lok Sabha today, the Finance Minister, Shri P. Chidambaram said that this reduction is one more step towards comparable East Asian rates. He proposed duty reduction on most chemicals and plastics from 12.5 percent to 7.5 percent. Duty reduced on seconds and defectives of steel from 20 percent to 10 percent while all coking coal irrespective of ash content is fully exempted from duty.

The Finance Minister has reduced the Customs Duty on polyester fibers and yarns from 10 percent to 7.5 percent, consequently the duty on raw materials such as DMT, PTA and MEG will also be reduced from 10 percent to 7.5 percent.

Shri Chidambaram also proposed to bring down the duty on cut and polished diamonds from 5 percent to 3 percent; on rough synthetic stones from 12.5 percent to 5 percent; and on unworked corals from 30 percent to 10 percent. He has fully exempted dredgers from import duty.
During Three Years Of UPA Government, GDP Growth Rate Improves From 7.5% In 2004-05 To 9.2%



In 2006-07; Growth Rate In Manufacturing Goes Up From 8.7% To 11.3% And In Services From 9.6% To 11.2%



Average Growth Of Agriculture Sector During Tenth Plan Estimated At 2.3%



Average Inflation In 2006-07 Estimated At 5.2-5.4%


Bharat Nirman Makes Impressive Progress - The UPA Government will continue to give high priority to Bharat Nirman and other Flagship Programmes during the next financial year. Presenting the Union Budget for 2007-08 in Lok Sabha today, the Finance Minister, Shri P. Chidambaram announced that for Bharat Nirman, a sum of Rs. 24,603 crore would be provided in 2007-08 as against Rs.18,696 crore (including the NER component) in 2006-07. It marks an increase of 31.6 per cent.

Shri Chidambaram informed that in the current financial year, Bharat Nirman will create 24 lakh hectares additional irrigation potential, provide drinking water to about 73 thousand habitations, construct 15 lakh rural houses and provide telephone to 20 thousand villages.



Gross Budgetary Support For Plan To Be Increased to Rs. 205,100 Crore From Rs. 172,728 Crore


Non-Plan Expenditure To Go Up By 6.5% To Rs. 435,421 Crore


.Allocation For Bharat Nirman Increased by 31.6% To Rs. 24,603 Crore


Allocation For Education Increased By 34.2% and for Health & Family Welfare By 21.9%


Mid-Day Meal Scheme To Cover Children Of Upper Primary Classes in 3,427 Educationally Backward Blocks


National Means-Cum-Merit Scholarship Scheme Introduced For Students From Class Ix To Xii; 100,000 Scholarships To Be Awarded Every Year



National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme To Be Expanded From The Current 200 To 330 Districts


Allocation For SCS And STS Substantially Increased


Provision Of Rs. 108 Crore For Multi-Sector Development Programme In Districts With Concentration Of Minorities


Interest Subvention Scheme For Short-Term Crop Loans To Continue


National Agricultural Insurance Scheme To Continue In Present Form


Death And Disability Insurance Cover Through LIC To Be Extended To Rural Landless Households under Aam Admi Bima Yojana


Limit Of Loans Under Differential Rate Of Interest Scheme For Weaker Sections Raised


National Housing Bank To Introduce Reverse Mortgage For Senior Citizens


Allocation For Defence Increased To Rs. 96,000 Crore - The Finance Minister, Shri P. Chidambaram, has proposed to increase the allocation for defence to Rs. 96,000 crore. While presenting the Budget proposals for the year 2007-08 in the Lok Sabha today, the Minister stated that this would include Rs. 41,922 crore for capital expenditure. He further added that any additional requirement for the security of the nation would be provided.


Allocation For E-Governance Increased From Rs. 395 Crore To Rs. 719 Crore - The Government has proposed to enhance the allocation for e-governance from Rs. 395 crore in the year 2006-07 to Rs. 719 crore in 2007-08. While presenting the Budget proposals in the Lok Sabha today, Finance Minister Shri P. Chidambaram stated that the Government has launched an ambitious programme for e-governance. Its main objective is to improve efficiency, convenience, accessibility and transparency in Government functions and take Government services to the common citizen.

Since the Central Government supports e-governance action plan at State levels, the Finance Minister also proposed to increase the allocation for such support from Rs. 300 crore in 2006-07 to Rs. 500 crore in 2007-08. He also proposed to provide Rs. 33 crore for a new scheme of manpower development for the software export industry.


Government To Support Creation Of About 100,000 Jobs Every Year For Physically Challenged


For Current Year Revenue Deficit To Be 2% and Fiscal Deficit 3.7% - Both Lower Than Budget Estimaes


Revenue Deficit For 2007-08 Estimated At 1.5% Of GDP and Fiscal Deficit At 3.3% Of GDP


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Thursday, February 28, 2008

15% short term capital tax and Sensex nosedives !

We find that Transit Jupiter in the 6th in India's national horoscope is creating havoc !

Short term capital tax at 15%, 60000 cr farmer's loans written off ( this can only increase the 156 billion dollar debt ) and here we are -- the Sensex down by 400 odd points !

The budget, as expected, was populist. Understandably, as elections are round the corner.

Let us congratulate the FM. He had done a wonderful job of populising ! Most of the sectors are down.

It will need a Herculean effort, if India has to become the 3rd power by 2020, as per Goldman Sachs estimates !

6th Jupiter strikes & India decelerates !

Indian economy is slowing down ! GDP growth rate comes down to 8.7 percent!

Agri 2.6
Mining 3.4
Electricity 7.4
Manufacturing 9.4
Construction 9.6
Industry, Hotel 12.4
Financing, Real
Estate 8.7
Community
Services 7.0

So it is not a bed of roses. Agri and mining sectors have to be improved considerably. Also power generation and manufacturing, if India has to come to the third place by 2020 ( as per Goldman Sachs recent GDP projections ).

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Why outsourcing to India?

By: Krish Inc, 2008-02-27

India's human resources

Being the world's second highly populated country, human resources are a boon by itself. Just as the Gulf is renowned for its natural resource of crude oil, and South Africa for its diamonds, India is proud of the abundance and easy availability of its highly qualified and technically skilled English speaking computer professionals; who are key to success in the field of IT outsourcing to India.

Cost efficiency of IT outsourcing in India
Significant cost saving can be achieved by IT outsourcing to India, owing to the wide gap between the personal costs in India and that of the developed countries. Offshore outsourcing to India offers considerable economical benefits for those who are prepared to exploit the advantages of outsourcing.

The reliable communication facilities
Excellent telecom, ISP, and cellular networks are available in all cities & towns in the country. India prides in the reliable satellite and submarine communication links that facilitate good band connectivity with the rest of the world. Thus companies engaged in IT outsourcing to India, can be in touch with the vendors without any connection hurdles. This plays a significant role in determining the success of offshore IT outsourcing to India.

Outsourcing gives you :
Better remuneration
Faster development and start up
Lower cost
Enhanced performance
A better-managed e-business infrastructure
Reliability
Security
Maximizes uptime
A more effective operating environment at the backend

India has a stable government and is one of the world's 10 fastest-growing economies
Fifty years of democracy: Indian service sector contributes a massive 51 per cent to India's GDP. Within this category, the most promising is computer software export, which grew at an amazing rate of 40-50 per cent every year during the 1990s.

Excellent investment potential: India ranked third in Asia, just after Japan and China, in terms of investment potential for the next 10-year period in a study by the Export-Import bank of Japan.

Privatization of the infrastructure sector: A convergent network is being created by the intertwining of the ISP, Telecom, VSAT, Cellular and networking sectors. India's large business houses and Public Sector Units are working towards creating greater bandwidth availability.

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How To Lessen Your Trading Risks In Penny Stock Investing

- By: Anthony Galz, 2008-02-27

The worst thing that could happen in this business is when you go broke. Nobody ever wants that to happen and so do you. If you run out of your investment funds, the stocks and shares just keep moving on and never stop. Of course you won't be able to operate anymore because you have no money to spare. That couldn't be difficult to understand, right? So that this horrible vision of bankruptcy will not happen, it is important that you set your limitations in penny stock investing.

It cannot be any clearer than that. No matter how cheap the stocks are, it is important to keep your reservoir full as well. The stock market trend is not predictable. You share can sell high today and you could lose it tomorrow. What if that loss was the last investment money you have? Sad story but this can happen to anyone who is not setting clear goals for themselves. This article talks about some random guidelines on how to keep your savings intact.

- Don't go beyond your budget. This is common sense. You can't spend any more than what you only have. But what this means exactly is that if you are into penny stock investing, don't pour in all your savings. Set aside a budget for your investment to bank roll. A reasonable margin would be not more than ten percent of your personal funds. Any profit made, you can always add it to your savings. But don't go above the 10% mark unless you can really afford it.

- Know the loops in penny stock investing. In this same way as setting up a business, you have to understand the dynamics and the operations. This will lead you to better understanding of the trade. With it, you can make decisions with better precision, not accurate but better.

- Acquaint yourself of the possible risks. Known to everyone in the trade, penny stock trading ranks the highest in risk scale. The stocks lack liquidity. Fraudulent exercises are very possible in this arena. You could lose your money like bubbles bursting in air. But good investors are natural risk takers. They understand it like it's at the back of their hands. With this mindset, you can set your investment funds better.

- Know when you need to say no and when you need to say yes. Don't get carried away if you stock price goes up. It can go down just as fast. So it is important to learn some timing strategies in penny stock investing. This should save you from losing more money and keep your savings steady.

- Do not think of your investment as gambling. If you lose the bet, you can't have it back. So you bet another. Although stock market trading behaves somewhat similar, it's not exactly the same. Investment aims for profit. When you get your share, you bank roll it for more profit. And you're not the only one benefiting it. Gambling is just for entertainment. Penny stock investing is for serious money makers.

Of course, the list on tips can go on and on. But no matter how sensible and persuasive these tips are, it's really up to you. It's your penny stock investing money. You have full authority over it. Small cap trading can make you smile a lot if you stop betting your money and start thinking of it as investment.

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Saturday, February 23, 2008

Learn To Trade By Starting With Cheap Online Stock Trading Picks

- By: Anthony Galz, 2008-02-22

Investing has now become very easy through online stock trading. If you are a beginner, the best way to start investing is with small and cheap online stock trading picks.

The good thing about investing in stock online is that you are directly involve with trading itself. There are many brokerage firms that offer start-up accounts, as well as cheap online stock trading for beginners. You essentially become your own stock broker, directly connected to the goings-on on the stock market floor. Try checking out the varied online stock trading firms and pick one that gives you the best leeway in terms of your experience.

There are a lot of online brokerage firms that cater to individual non-professional stock traders who want that hands-on approach in dealing with their investments. For these beginners, many online stock experts say that starting with small and cheap online stock trading picks is the best.

Another advantage for starting small online is that online brokerage firms guide stock trading beginners with what to do concerning their online investments. A lot of brokerages offer cheap online stock trading for beginner-investors, before allowing you to move to bigger and riskier stock picks.

You may probably start off investing in cheap online stock trading picks, for as low as five or three, or even one dollar per share! Once you get the hang of doing cheap online stock trading investments, then you can move on to bigger shares.

Getting fresh updates is another advantage when you go for online stock market investing. Many online brokerage sites offer real-time quotes as part of their service and so you do get informed of the current trends and shifts in the stock you're interested in (buying or selling). Other financial and market online news sites may also offer information about the stock market, and specifics stocks and options you may be looking to buy. However, what they don't tell you is that making stock trades online is not instantaneous as it is on the floor.

It's possible to make out a buy offer, twelve or even twenty-four hours may have elapsed until you get the stock that you want. This is where things can get sticky, if the market moves quickly on the stock of your choice, then the trading price that you might be seeing on your PC screen could may not what be the same as the real-time price. Apart from starting a cheap online stock trading account. One thing that the Internet can't duplicate is the market hours. So, be sure to keep a pulse on what's happening in your market so you can make adjustments to you online buying and selling.

But the biggest advantage to starting with small and cheap online stock trading is that you can get a feel for online trading, while still learning the ropes. It's a little like online poker: You start with nickels and dimes before you head to the Big Game. Starting with small and cheap online stock trading as opposed to starting with bigger valued stocks is that even if it is, just five, ten or even twenty dollars of your money, you learn and begin forming your own stock trading strategy. This way, your online stock trading experience begins to grow and making the transition to bigger accounts would be easier. Heck, you could probably do it fulltime, in no time.

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Monday, February 11, 2008

Adverse Jupiter strikes and Reliance Power is 77 points down

The Indian stock markets are reeling, as Reliance Power loses 77 points than the issue price !

We had warned in our blogs about the negative posture of Jove, the financial planet

Not only America, but the whole world is going through a severe Economic Crisis. The subprime crisis had taken its toll. Citi group wrote off 8 billion dollars as losses. Many banks are in trouble.

The Fed cut rates by 75 basic points. The US is facing Recession. There are some American scholars who fear a Depression !

Asian indices are down as a result. All markets are interconnected. ( We had in our New Age Wisdom blog highlighted Bell's interconnectedness theorem ).

In other words, not only the US, but the whole world is facing an enormous economic crisis.

2008 will not be a good year for Global Economics. Let us hope, that after Jupiter leaves Sagittarius, things will progressively improve.

Thursday, February 07, 2008

General Trend Of The Stock Market

- By: Anthony Green, 2008-02-07

A man has to buy and sell to make a profit, that is, he has to get in right and get out right. Then he must watch for the proper time to start his trade and the proper time to close it. Getting in right does not help if you fail to get out right.

The time to act either when buying or selling must be determined by the condition of the market at the time and by the position of the individual stocks that you intend to trade in. You might be able to buy and make profits in some stocks after a bull campaign has about finished, while others you might be able to sell short and make profits after the major swing of a bear market has finished.

Do not buy a stock of one group just because some stock in another group goes up. Neither sell a stock of the same group because some one of that group has already started down. Analyze the position of the stock you intend to trade in. Find out if it has passed out of the accumulation or distribution zone. Stop to think before you act; look before you leap; examine before you buy and remember that it is always better to be safe than sorry. It is much better to take a small loss quickly than to hold on and hope and take a big one later.

Position Of Groups Of Stocks

It is very important to watch the position of the different groups of stocks. To be a success you must keep up with the times and follow the leaders.

General Trend Of The Market

There is always a certain group of stocks, which will follow the general trend up or down, while others for a long time will work opposite to the general trend. Therefore, it is necessary to make a close study of the individual stocks and determine their trend regardless of the trend of the general market. Always sell the weak stocks and buy the strong ones, which is really following the trend of each individual stock. By watching closely the daily high and low, weekly and monthly charts, you will be able to determine when each individual stock has changed its position from strong to weak.

How To Tell The Stocks In Strongest Postition

If you are waiting for an indication to buy stocks, you want to select the strongest stock in a certain group, as the stock which is in the strongest position is naturally the one that will lead in a Bull market and the one in weakest position will lead in a Bear market.

Truth Of Stock Market

You follow this same rule in any group of stocks in order to locate the strongest or weakest individual stock of the group. When you have the record of a stock for a long number of years back and see where it gets its support in extreme panic years and where it meets with resistance in boom years, you can easily tell the levels where it is safe to buy or sell with a risk limited to two or three points.

How To Tell Whwn Stocks Are In Weak Position

You always want to know the stocks that are in the weakest position, because they are the safest to sell short in a Bear market. The ones that show weakness first naturally will be leaders in a Bear market. After the trend turns down from the top and stocks have declined for quite awhile, the next thing which will show that a bigger decline will take place is the breaking of important support points.

Judging Final Tops And Bottoms

Before any stock, or group of stocks, starts on a big advance or decline, a long period of time is required for preparation, or accumulation or distribution. It requires time to prepare and lay the foundation for a building. The larger the building, the more time required to construct the foundation. It is the same with stocks. The greater the advance or the decline, the more time required in preparing for it.

Progressive Tops And Bottoms

It always pays to keep a chart of Averages of any group of stocks, as you can then judge when they have reached a level where they are receiving support or being distributed. But, of course, you cannot trade in Averages; therefore, must keep a chart of some of the individual issues of each group in order to determine the best ones to trade in and the right time to buy or sell.

On active stocks 5 to 10 point moves will help to show when tops or bottoms are being made. On stocks selling 25 to 60 per share 3-point charts will show best, but on stocks selling 100 to 300 per share 5 and 10 point moves are much better because it requires a wider range in which to buy or sell a large amount of stock. Sometimes stocks require several years to lay a foundation for a big Bull or Bear campaign.

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Monday, February 04, 2008

Worst January in Stock Market History

By: Robert Thomson, 2008-02-03


This month marks one of the worst Januarys in the history of the stock market. With the housing bubble bursting and the dollar fading the future for US investors doesn’t exactly look promising. It seems like anything our friends at the all mighty Federal Reserve try to do misses the mark every time. Is it time to shake things up in Mr. Bernanke’s fleet of Harvard economic geniuses, or does congress need a slap in the face and a lesson in long run economics? If you share my opinion we need a large helping of both and if we don’t, a portfolio fortification is critical.

In the likely occasion of a recession in the near future few investors cannot afford to ride this terrifying roller coaster out. A major revamp of your portfolio needs to be on the top of your financial to-do list. First off most advisors are suggesting less equities and more debt investing. We all know what that means; get out the less glamorous yet notably more secure bond list. Here were going to do something a little different then what the typical investor would think of doing. Instead of investing in the usual 10 year T-bill, we are going to go the other direction. Moving about 15% of our portfolio into more profitable corporate bonds can add the necessary security needed, with about a 2-2.5% larger ROI compared to your average treasury bond. This accounts for anywhere between 10-25% of your portfolio the next step is figuring out what to do with the rest.

With a recession impending on the horizon one awful truth is imminent. Company earnings will start to contract and with earning contraction comes employment contraction. With this alarming truth comes the necessity to start preparing for an extended period of time without an income source just in case. If you feel like there is even the most remote chance of termination you will need some cash put aside that is readily accessible in times of distress. The general norm is to have at least six months worth of living expenses set aside in an extremely liquid account. Let’s say that at the very most 10% of your portfolio should be some form of cash or any other easily accessible investment depending upon your net worth. With the safest investments out of the way lets move on to more profitable/secure investments.

We’re going to steer away from owning to many individual stocks in this volatile market so the next areas we will look into are mutual funds and ETF’s. Investing in foreign companies seems to be the most logical way to go when the US is teetering on the brink of a recession. Finding mutual funds that invest heavily in companies in China and other emerging markets have the most promise right now. ETF’s, emerging market funds, also offer a very nice blanket of diversity. ETF’s focus investments on an entire market sector such as energy, technology, agriculture and so on. Investing anywhere from 20-30% of your portfolio in these particular vehicles will provide you with optimal security and diversity.

Recently looking more and more attractive, are what some people deem “Sin Funds/Vice Funds”. These investments focus on stocks that do particularly well historically in times of ill market conditions. Unlike most stocks during a down turn in the market, sin stocks or vice stocks, earning actually increase. It’s really a phenomenon most investors ignore. Vice funds offer a very unique intangible asset that is impossible to duplicate in times considerably rough markets. Focusing most of there investments on companies people tend to use more of when stressed and pinched for money, such as tobacco and alcohol, makes sin funds a very safe investment. Committing up to 25% of your portfolio to a reputable sin fund could have you bragging to your friends while they are crying about how much money they’ve lost in recent weeks. As you can see individual stocks aren’t exactly the safest investments for this market, but there are some stocks that are considered as relatively safe.

If you must invest in individual stocks please take our advice and go big. Large cap stocks seem like the only way to go right now, offering little relative risk. Companies like Coca-Cola and Microsoft are looking decent right now, but don’t risk too much money on individual stock picks they’re probably not worth it in the end.

Hopefully we have provided at least a slightly enlightening way of invest your money securely in the uncertain near future. Remember with every problem comes an opportunity so keep your eyes open for companies severely undervalued. Value investing for the long term right now is your safest bet when it comes to stocks so steer clear of most growth stocks unless you know something I don’t!

Secure your portfolio and see how Sin Funds are becoming the investment choice of top Wall Street analysts and investors. Don’t take a beating from the current stock market when you can capitalize on its negative trends.

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