But even someone like Patrick does not understand how to use real estate properly as an investment. So let?s learn how to calculate and understand ROI. Isn?t it amazing how when you put less money down on the real estate investment and take on negative cash flow, which most people feel is bad, the investment actually performs better and you lower your risk? Put as little of our own money as possible into a real estate investment, and that was illustrated when we looked at that property in Houston with the different cash flow numbers and the different rate of return, and the different down payments. read more

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KarachiThe government has always been keen about foreign direct investment (FDI) rather than domestic investment -a policy that needs to be reviewed to improve investment in Pakistan, said Professor Dr Abdul Wahab, President, Mohammad Ali Jinnah University. Addressing a seminar on ‘Impact of global/US financial crises in Pakistan’ organised by Shamrock Conferences International at a local hotel Dr Abdul Wahab said no investor invests in any country where his investment is not secure. Syed Ali Raza, Chairman, President and CEO of National Bank of Pakistan was optimistic and said that reverse flight of capital would take place in Pakistan because the world is in turmoil and investor has limited destinations to invest. The first session on ‘Policy Framework and Investment Crunch’ included presentations by Ehsan Elahi-SVP and Head of Research, National Bank of Pakistan, and Mir Mohammad Ali, CEO, UBL Funds Management. Arif Elahi, Director General, Board of Investments (BOI), gave a very candid and positive analysis of the economic progress made by Pakistan, and bright chances of Pakistan successfully averting the impending crisis. read more

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With futures trading maturing over the decentralised forward trading of commodities, this form of fair market practice progressed well into the seventh decade of the last century, when the futures industry moved into developing financial futures products as a way to offset investment risks for economic portfolio. Today, futures markets have become so popular and an essential market vehicle for a product as long as the underlying contract has sufficient volume to satisfy supply and demand in the open markets, and to generate price fluctuations. As the prices of the futures market follow the benchmark of the underlying (known as ?spot? or ?cash?) products, there must be underlying instrument to every futures product to induce the fluctuations of price movements based on the variables of investor?s sentiments, supply and demand factors etc. In futures trading, ?basis point? refers to the difference of futures prices less spot price. Futures trading has an inherent high risk factor or high leverage of low capitalisation that relies on smart fund management to ride out projected prices in the market. read more

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The San Diego chapter of the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI San Diego) will gather for a breakfast seminar on Friday, January, 16, 2009 to discuss how blogs, RSS feeds, user-generated content, mashups, and additional new communication tools, collectively known as “Web 2. The cost is $45 for members and $60 for non-members; please register by email at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it by Tuesday, January 13th. Founded in 1969, the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI) is a professional association of corporate officers and investor relations consultants responsible for communication among corporate management, the investing public and the financial community. Professionals from related fields such as finance, corporate law, corporate communications, and public relations are invited to attend NIRI San Diego meetings and to join the chapter as members. read more

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At a conference held on Expanding the International School Model in Ho Chi Minh City earlier this week, the city’s Department of Education and Training (DoET) said the schools have many shortcomings. Although the schools employ around 1,000 teachers, including 530 foreign teachers with university degrees, conference’s participants said many international schools were still hiring teachers without any educational expertise. Nguyen Hoang Viet, principal of Phu Nhuan High School, said the ministry and department of education have yet to provide a clear-cut definition of international schools, so the public has no idea about their quality and the standard of education provided. Minh said the city’s education department will organize a seminar next year on infrastructure for establishing schools in HCMC, including private and international schools. According to the Ministry of Education and Training, as of last year, 70 percent of international schools in Vietnam were run by embassies, international organizations and foreign investors. read more

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I?m sure there aren?t too many members of BP older than me! How did you get started investing? I’ve continued to buy and develop real estate for nearly 40 years and have a longer perspective than many short term investors or newbies. Charts will continually show that #1 and #2 are the keys to creating ?TRUE WEALTH? in real estate, and far out distance the last 2 in the short or long term. You can subscribe to our RSS feed , get blog updates by email , join our free mailing list, or best of all, join our social network along with 25,000 others interested in real estate education, dealmaking, networking, and marketing. If you are a mortgage lender, real estate agent, commercial real estate expert, or other professional, and want to be a part of the premiere blog for real estate investors, contact us ! read more

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Cincinnati State Technical and Community College will co-host a seminar next month concerning Ohio’s fast-evolving energy industry and the state’s financial incentives to retool its manufacturing plants and retrain workers to help Ohio companies take advantage of new opportunities in advanced energy production. To that end, the seminar will include presentations by representatives of Cincinnati State, the Ohio Department of Development, the Ohio Air Quality Development Authority and the City of Sharonville. Because of this mandate, and because of the emerging commercial demand for alternative energy sources and energy conservation expertise, Cincinnati State has been developing a curriculum devoted to energy efficiency and renewable energy. The seminar will also include presentations concerning Ohio’s Advanced Energy Job Stimulus Program; its Industrial Efficiency “EnVinta” Program; and other state funded grant programs available to companies that want to plug into wind, solar, biomass and biofuels and other renewable energy production and supply chains. read more

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In this case, the USG is actively promoting, through its ownership and absolute control of AIG, not just a religious law, but a theo-political doctrine that seeks the destruction of the religious liberty enshrined and protected by the First Amendment. Second, the very Shariah authorities who have the legitimacy to be Shariah board members for such an international concern are themselves advocates of violent jihad or they are the students and disciples of such Shariah authorities. For example, AIG employs Mufti Imran Usmani, who is the son, student and disciple of Mufti Taqi Usmani, the very authority who sat on the Dow Jones Islamic Index Shariah advisory board for almost 10 years beginning in 1999 and who wrote a book and had it translated into English also in 1999 which called on western Muslims to rise up and engage in violent jihad against the West. Then these Shariah authorities must examine each investment AIG makes to be certain that the company receiving the investment is Shariah compliant (e. One, a decision by the court that the USG must either get out of AIG or AIG must get out of Shariah. Two, we want to force the USG, especially the Treasury, to confront Shariah and the fact that it is not just some religious law about not taking interest or selling alcohol. read more

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With the onset of liberalisation in the early 1990’s, numerous manufacturing firms suddenly found themselves under siege from cheaper imports. Local banks are bracing for a fierce “talent war” as players prepare to implement the global banking accord, Basel 11 Compliance, considered more compatible with global standards in bulk finance and risk management transactions. The proposed development of a spectacular “Golf City” in the heartland of Nairobi has started to face legal hurdles even before the expiry of the February 10 deadline for submission of bids from interested investors. The proposed Common Market for East and Southern Africa (Comesa) Customs Union (CU) has flopped, after heads of states in the region failed to meet for the third time this year. read more

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We do not recommend any LLCs, partnerships, tenant-in-common deals, real estate investment trusts, and we certainly don?t recommend Wall Street and stocks because in any of those things, you relinquish control to somebody else. Over the last 21 years that I?ve been in the real estate business, I have made millions of dollars locally in real estate, just right here in Orange County. Back in 1989, I owned several rental properties here in Orange County and I was a busy, successful realtor in Orange County, running around listing and selling properties for people, and we went into this seven-year downturn in the real estate market here when Reagan ended the Cold War. When you look at the news media, when you watch CNBC or whatever news media, or open a magazine or a newspaper, the gurus and the experts on the real estate market try to paint real estate with a broad national brush and you can?t do that. Real estate is a local type of investment, so it?s a bunch of difference localities that make up the real estate market. read more

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