http://net-teams.net/nti/Display.cfm/16411 Factoring is one of the oldest methods of business financing in existence. The history of factoring dates back to the days of moneylenders in the middle ages. Factoring has been the working capital facility of choice in Europe for centuries. It has taken on a new life in recent years as a financing method for many businesses in the United States. Factoring is the sale of accounts receivable, as opposed to borrowing against them as you would do with a bank line of credit. ... Tue, 16 Nov 2010 10:14:43 PST en-us http://net-teams.net/nti/Display.cfm/16411 http://net-teams.net/nti/Display.cfm/16411 Tue, 16 Nov 2010 10:14:43 PST Professional Investor/Manager Steve Selengut walks you through the Market Cycle Investment Management (MCIM) portfolio management process. He'll hold your hand, answer your questions, and do everything short of security selection as you learn how to run your portfolio. http://net-teams.net/nti/Display.cfm/5638 http://net-teams.net/nti/Display.cfm/5638 Sun, 15 Apr 2018 06:21:43 PST When is 3 percent better than 6 percent? Yeah, we all know the answer, but only until the prices of the securities we already own begin to fall. Then, logic and mathematical acumen disappear and we become susceptible to all kinds of special cures for the periodic onset of higher interest rates. We’ll be told to sit in cash until rates stop rising, or to sell the securities we own now, before they lose even more of their precious market value. http://net-teams.net/nti/Display.cfm/5645 http://net-teams.net/nti/Display.cfm/5645 Thu, 02 Jun 2016 11:33:45 PST The larger the portfolio, the more likely it is that you will be able to buy round lots of a diversified group of bonds, preferred stocks, etc. But regardless of size, individual securities of all kinds have liquidity problems, higher risk levels than are necessary, and lower yields spaced out over inconvenient time periods. http://net-teams.net/nti/Display.cfm/5646 http://net-teams.net/nti/Display.cfm/5646 Thu, 02 Jun 2016 11:49:04 PST It matters not what lines, numbers, indices, or gurus you worship, you just can't know where the stock market is going or when it will change direction. 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With a 40% income allocation, 40% of profits and dividends would be allocated to income securities and assures that income growth will happen. http://net-teams.net/nti/Display.cfm/5654 http://net-teams.net/nti/Display.cfm/5654 Sun, 10 Nov 2013 07:47:50 PST Without having mega millions to work with, or a line of credit that goes around the block, you can have positions in various forms of Real Estate (commercial, industrial, residential) at the same time, and focus either on growth opportunities, income production, or a combination of the two. http://net-teams.net/nti/Display.cfm/5657 http://net-teams.net/nti/Display.cfm/5657 Wed, 13 Nov 2013 09:16:37 PST Both Market Cycle Investment Management and The Working Capital Model were nearly ten years old when the robust 1987 rally became the dreaded Black Monday, (computer loop?) correction on October 19th. 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