S&P Price-to-Earnings Ratio Says Market is Still 70% Overpriced March 3, 2009
Posted by Jeff Nabers in : Money, Self Directed IRA Solo 401k , add a commentIf you are choosing to stay in the stock market right now because of any of the following reasons…
- It is poised to bounce back
- You don’t want to close out losing positions
- Stocks are cheap right now
…then the simplicity of the following information may shock you.
Last week (more…)
How to profit from real estate investments in a soft and declining real estate market – Part 2 February 2, 2009
Posted by Jeff Nabers in : Money, real estate, Self Directed IRA Solo 401k , add a commentThis is the Part 2 of series of posts on this topic. In order for this to make sense, please go back and read Part 1 first.
Real Investors have the following in common:
- Buying single assets. What is happening to an entire market is less important than what is happening to the actual assets that you hold. Real investors are holding a portfolio of single assets that are performing well, oftentimes even while the entire market is doing poorly. This may be difficult to do in the stock market, but it’s much more feasible in real estate.
- Buying real estate now. A few years ago, real investors were frustrated that blind investors were running up the price of real estate. This made it more difficult to buy real estate at a price that allowed for profit. Now that all the blind investors are fleeing from real estate, the remaining real investors are breathing a sigh of relief that they can get back to more profitable deals again.
- Looking at comparable sales and comparable rents to analyze a residential property.
- Seeking properties in any geographic location that (more…)
How to profit from real estate investments in a soft and declining real estate market January 21, 2009
Posted by Jeff Nabers in : real estate, Self Directed IRA Solo 401k , add a comment
Three years ago real estate investing was hot. Today, many people act as if the opportunity has passed. I contend that the opposite is true. In the past, as a mortgage banker focused on originating mortgages for investment properties, I started listening to and learning from my real estate investor clients and noticed two categories of real estate investors: real investors and blind investors.
Real Investors have the following in common:
- Profiting when they buy. Rather than believing an entire market is hot or cold, a real investor knows that the purchase price is what dictates the return on the investment. You can look in any real estate market to see property values and rental rates. Those are things the investor doesn’t control. The investor does control what he is willing to pay for a property, and that’s how a real investor knows what his return on investment will be before buying the property.
- Investing for income. Real investors buy assets because they produce income. What a property is selling for doesn’t even matter if (more…)
This stock market collapse started in 1999 October 31, 2008
Posted by Jeff Nabers in : Money, Precious Metals, Self Directed IRA Solo 401k , add a commentThe following charts should look familiar to you:
These charts (above) show you the historical account of pricing for the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Standard & Poor 500 stock indexes. The following chart (below) is also a historical account of pricing for the Dow Jones Industrial Average. It, on the other hand, shows (more…)
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