Take Stock for 2006

Friends,

For sharing....a unique site http://www.briefing.com/Investor/Index.htm I have been using that provide ideas for investors/traders to knowledgeably manage their investment portfolio. I find it rather comprehensive. I hope this will be useful to you too.

Briefing.com's Investor service provides:
Page One - a one-place stop to "see" the overall market.
Market updates every half hour.
An Active Portfolio containing stock ideas for the long-term investor
Analysis of small, medium and large cap stocks
Bargain Hunting - an analysis of stocks with a value/contrarian orientation
The Big Picture - an analysis of major issues in the market
Ahead of the Curve - long-term investment ideas based on secular trends and unique business models.
An analysis of industry group performance.
Premium third-party content and applications.

Meanwhile, consider taking stock of 2006 & plan for 2007. Personally, I find that its better to have clarity & a plan going foward.

Wealthwise, I will continue to focus on generating 4%-6% monthly return for my account & managed funds. I will be employing a combination of low risk strategies that includes covered calls, calender on LEAPs, writing options on the Russell 2000. For savings & growth, I will be looking into long on certain Asia countries ETFs. I also plan to launch my own proprietary covered call strategy. Just dreams......


Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year!

Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)

Dear friends, check out today's edition of the Sunday Time where there is a feature on ETFs..how some folks trade this investment instrument which has been around for a while but its becoming more & more favourable. It highlights the pros & cons of ETFs vs stocks or mutual funds or unit trust. With ETFs, one can easily participate in the different country's stock market or a certain asset class....which takes the chore out of stock picking.

Investors should spend most of their time on overall asset selection and ignore individual stocks for the most part. Repeated studies by unbiased university researchers have shown that about 95% of money managers' performance, for better or worse, can be explained by their selection of asset classes, not by their selection of individual stocks. When a stock performs well, invariably stocks from the same asset classes follow in parallel. All one has to do is pick asset classes well to outperform.

Asset allocation is not necessarily easy, but it is less detailed and time consuming than stock picking, and it rewards the diligent investor handsomely

The primary asset classes in which ETFs are available include:
Large Cap Stocks
Mid Cap Stocks
Small Cap Stocks
Growth Stocks
Value Stocks
Sector Stocks
International Stocks
Country
Emerging Market Stocks
Long-term Bonds
Mid-term Bonds
Short-term Bonds
Real Estate Investment Trusts

Is Trading the Perfect Business? Go Figure

•No employee
•No inventory
•No selling of products to friends & family
•No billing
•No shipping
•No advertising cost
•No office to maintain
•Work anywhere where a computer or an internet connection is available
•You are autonomous and do not need to check in, ask permission, consult with or answer to anybody
•Very little time is required
•Very little capital is required
•Freedom