Could it really be true? Is it possible that popular computer-giant company Apple is actually experiencing dissatisfied customers? Well, yes. And no. Yes and no to be exact. The only reason Apple and dissatisfied customers may be used in the same sentence is because their latest product – the iPad 2 – isn’t being produced… Continue Reading
The United States Marine Corps has acquired two all-electric Smith Newton trucks from the Smith Electric Vehicles US Corporation. This acquisition has made the Unites States Marine Corp the first military organization to order Smith Newtons using the Government Services Administration (GSA) schedule. The GSA is a list of approved suppliers to Federal government agencies.… Continue Reading
Clearly it’s not just Japan that has been impacted by the country’s recent disaster. It’s going to have an impact throughout the world, especially in monetary matters. For example, investors and financiers in Australia are suffering too. It has been reported that shares in Australia encountered their “biggest one-day fall in none months… Continue Reading
February’s earthquake certainly didn’t do any favors for New Zealand’s economy. The country’s central bank “sliced half a percentage point of its benchmark interest rate in an effort to limit the short term economic impact” of Christchurch’s quake. Reconstruction costs have been estimated at $11 billion, with a prediction that economic growth will be stunted… Continue Reading
It seems it’s no longer humans and cats who are being DNA tested these days. There is now the possibility for testing the DNA of diamonds, resulting in accruing details of “diamond diagrams, plotting of inclusions, photographs (high resolution images), AGS parameters and many more, along with generating consumer confidence in the product that consumers… Continue Reading
It’s great that the global economy is benefiting from economic reform, but what will this mean for developing countries, such as Egypt? According to World Bank Officials, it might spell bad news. CFO of the World Bank Vincenzo La Via claimed that “solutions for advanced economies are not necessarily a good fit for developing countries.” … Continue Reading
There are various different types of investment portfolio assets, including: bonds; future contracts; gold certificates; real estate; stocks and warrants. An investor makes a credit to an institution (a bond); one uses a future contract for the purchase or sale of an “underlying instrument” at a set rate but the date is not set for… Continue Reading
If you are new to the world of finance and investments, one of the areas you need to be educated on are bonds. If you are trying to build up a portfolio, bonds are extremely important since during stressed economic times, it is the bonds that will be there to provide stability and… Continue Reading
It’s not easy working out which investments to put into an ISA. First you need to assess a tremendous amount of funds; then determine how to disperse it around the types of investments/asset classes available. This is called asset allocation. Due to current Middle Eastern unrest, doing this properly and well is quite a balancing… Continue Reading
In theory, diversification means one decides to keep a portfolio as a part of their risk-reducing strategy and investment process. In practice what happens is, is that one distributes their finances among various assets that would significantly decrease investment risks. Therefore, to turn portfolios into the best they can be, the direction needs to be… Continue Reading