Archive for May, 2008

Hi, I would like to buy a 22m long liner fishing boat to ply in Indian waters budget of $75000 is it possibl ?

Sunday, May 25th, 2008
Xon asked:


I am seriously looking to buy an economical long liner of about 20 m 50 T which would catch deep sea fishis along coast of India and Colombo. I have a budget of $75000. Is it possible to buy a ship at that rate ? what about buying old ships & what are the complications in getting leased ships ? Also after buying leave it to some management company so that they would manage the ships. So can any one throw light on this issue since I am very much new to the marine field.
Also I have specific doubts like how to maintain the ship (or) who will if I leave it to a management company, whether it will be the company or me. also about the crewing and about the type of contract and the economy that is the return over the invest ment that I may put.
I greatly appreciate any answer
I searched deep into net and couldnt find any answer & am seriously looking into investment option to make my future.
thanks

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Posted in Boats & Boating | 1 Comment »

Can Hedge Funds Charge Different Management and Performance Fees for Different investors?

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
raymodad asked:


Can Issuers who sell Unregisterd Private Placements of Securities such as Investment Funds or “Hedge Funds” negotiate different management fees and performance fees with each individual investor ?

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Posted in Investing | 2 Comments »

How can stocks just disappear? CMOS vanished overnight?

Saturday, May 17th, 2008
WonderingWanderer asked:


I checked my stock list this morning and Credence Systems Corp. had seemed to disappear! After some frustrating exploration I finally found they had merged with another company and are now LTX CREDENCE CORP. People on the message boards have been complaining for a long time that the management was either incompetent or crooks. Can they merge and take my money with them? I didn’t have much but I have been patient with them for a long time and hoping my investment hasn’t gone poof.

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Posted in Investing | 5 Comments »

Problem with geting rid of a house!

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
David B asked:


My current girlfriend bought a house with her ex she fronted most of the deposit and he paid a tiny percentage, as an investment they were trying to develop and sell for profit. After there relationship broke up, he left her with paying the mortgage and bills along with general management of the property with the understanding that he would sign over the house to her later. After chasing him using a solicitor, his mother advised him not to sign it over as if the house sells for more than the mortgage, he would own half the profit. So we came up with the plan to sell the house to pay the mortgage off, and split anything the remains. But we are having trouble selling it, it’s not in a great location and the condition is not desirable. We need a really fast / easy way of getting rid of the house with minimal contact with him and just enough value to cover the mortgage and legal fees e.c.t. Help!!

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Posted in Other - Home & Garden | 3 Comments »

What kind of degree do I need to get into banking,investments,financial analyst,or management?

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
pjm_1991 asked:


Ok I start college june 3rd I am going to get my Associates degree in Business management. I want to take the right classes so one day I can get into one of the following. banking,investments,management,financial analyst. can someone suggest the degrees or path I should take to get into one of those fields. Also if anyone knows starting salary’s for those fields can you please let me know.

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Posted in Higher Education (University +) | 3 Comments »

This time is chance of get out of debt?

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
SportTonight asked:


I heard about more bank to failures or bankruptcy today. All of people(include me) think about we have many problems about sub prime crisis, gas price crisis, inflation and finally interest rate up around the world.

For bank have many problems too, and more than ours.

I think this is chance to reduce debt or debt cures. Because when some bank failures, some investment institutes or Asset Management company will buy asset(include debts) from bank

What price they buy?

I don’t know but basicly
- they cannot buy more than collateral value..(Coll 100 debt ost. 120 they buy only 70 or lower)
- they have cost of fund to buy asset therefore they have to quickly collect cash back..

Follow exp. This is chance to pay only 80 for out of debt or not.

What do you think???

**sorry with my language and short space to write.(more information I wrote in my blog( http://debt-restructuring.blogspot.com/ )

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Posted in Credit | 1 Comment »

What are the dangers of investing only in ETF’s?

Thursday, May 1st, 2008
Thom E asked:


Rolling over a sizable ($200k+) traditional IRA from a previous employer and don’t have much time to pick investments. Found a collection of 12 ETF’s that result in much more diversity than just the S&P500 (small vs large; international vs US; value vs growth). Not interested yet in Bonds since I still have 20+ years till retirement. Figure the ETF’s will minimize annual expenses vs mutual funds. I do plan to rebalance anually using a discount broker & review prospectus information. My question is if this all seems reasonable or if I’m missing something about ETF’s or good portfolio management practices in general that I should reconsider before I dive in.

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Posted in Investing | 3 Comments »