Friday, January 28, 2005
A New Benefit
... just for paid subscribers to my Advisory Newsletter was rolled out in today's issue of the Advisory. Personally, I believe that it will be worth thousands of dollars to each of them over the next year or so, but I won't tell anyone else about it, until after Feb. 1st, and no I'm not sorry.These are the ones who've believed in the possibility of my Advisory Newsletter the most. They've put their money where their mouths are, by subscribing.
Everyone else, just likes the fact that I send them a free newsletter.
The current issue of Investing With Mom is also available online. It's got its own surprise, too, but you'll have to read it for yourself.
Well, it's been a long day, with a surprise call into work, already! And since I'm already late for leaving on my trip to Mississippi, I might as well make this fun.
Check out Tiger Woods 'practicing' in Dubai.
Monday, January 24, 2005
Database issues
Well, the next issue of Investing With Mom, will be published just as soon as I can finish figuring out just how many e-mails are bouncing.I expect to have the issue published within the next 24 hours. Thanks for your patience.
Sunday, January 23, 2005
The 25th Anniversary...
of gold's highest level ever, came and went this past week. While some might think it an insignificant milestone, this chart might remind you of another more recent bubble, the Nasdaq!
Picture courtesy of the Rude Awakening
This weekend's edition of Investing With Mom will discuss some reasons for wisdom when investing, and not just following the crowd.
Wednesday, January 19, 2005
Special Prize Inside...
For subscribers to the Advisory Newsletter through the phone consulations alone!AndyTo learn more, just read the current free issue of Investing With Mom, which will be posted in a matter of a few more minutes.
Thanks so much for your time and the wonderful
information yesterday -- my notes have notes! You gave
me some great insights, and some really helpful
suggestions with which to start more homework. For a
bit today, work is taking priority (always nice when
you do something so clients pay!) but I'll be back in
learning mode again this afternoon.
Again, thanks for a wonderful conversation. I
especially appreciated your invitation to set up
another call ... I tend to be a bit labor-intensive
whenever I begin a new project, and it's nice to know
you're available as I move forward (I promise to try
not to overdo your time!)
Debora, Caņon City, CO
Thursday, January 13, 2005
Update Re: $100,000 Tsunami Fundraising Effort (and my birthday)
PTC Intl Relief should have a PayPal account by the end of the weekend and will be providing me with a button for use on my website. Hopefully, by the time you receive the next issue of Investing With Mom, you will be able to follow through with my call for donations, entirely on my website.It also means that all you will need to do is send me a copy of the PayPal confirmation e-mail, confirming your donation! This will speed up the entire process and compress it into a matter of just a few hours.
What a concept in the internet age! :-)
Well, I'm off to bed, after having spent a wonderful pre-birthday, last night at Sylvia's house. Then after an extremely long day at work, I had a nice relaxing evening at home today. Last year's party was a lot of fun, but this year I just did nothing and tomorrow it's back to the daily grind!
Oh well, such is life, for now!
Tuesday, January 11, 2005
$100,000 Donation For Tsunami Relief
...and get a minimum 30% return on your money guaranteed in the next 90 days. Details are in the current issue of Investing With Mom. However, the deadline to take advantage of my generosity, by getting a tax-deduction for yourself with my money, is January 31st, 2005.If just 1 in 10 subscribers to my free newsletter take me up on the offer, then we will reach $100,000 in total donations. I'll keep everybody updated through the blog.
Right now however, I need to get some sleep, because I can't see straight.
Sunday, January 09, 2005
Get a $421 tax deduction
...with my money! If you subscribe to my Advisory newsletter service and agree to donate the $421 to People That Care International Relief's tsunami relief efforts, I will give you one year free access to the Advisory and give you the $421 to make the donation with! How's that for a great deal! You get a tax deduction on your 2004 taxes, by making the donation in January, 2005, and you get a free year of investment recommendations, advice and information. All for free, without a dime out of pocket.If you want to learn how, check back later this weekend when I post Part II of Forecast 2005 in the Investing With Mom free newsletter, or you can subscribe now to receive it by e-mail.
If you were already planning on making a donation, then you should definitely consider this as a way to double your donation money, up to the $421 limit! Don't forget that I'm donating 30% of all revenue this month, so when you subscribe to the Advisory, there is still another donation being generated!
Friday, January 07, 2005
Aluminum foil, the only Privacy protector
...at least that's what this article says regarding passport identity chip concerns. While I don't usually agree with the ACLU on much of anything, this time I do.Privacy is huge concern for those of us who plan on becoming wealthy and using that wealth for the good of society. After all, not everyone wants Hollywood type attention when we do something nice for others, or we travel overseas.
In this case, I would recommend renewing your passport now, before the chips are included. That way you'll have several more years before you would be required to have one, assuming we can't make it better in the meantime.
A reminder that Part II of my Forecast 2005 will be online this weekend. In the meantime, you can still read through Part I, without having to go through the Archives page.
Thursday, January 06, 2005
People still ask me
about the free airline ticket package I give away for subscribers to my Advisory Newsletter service. It's almost as if they don't believe that the tickets are really free!Well here's the straight skinny on the tickets. Yes, they are free. Yes, they are good to any major vacation destination worldwide. Hawaii, yes. Hong Kong, yes. Paris, yes. Rio, yes. All you have to do is pay for a processing fee that makes sure that the travel agent who handles your package isn't working for free, and that's just $20!
They'll ask you to stay in a partner hotel/resort, but most of the time there isn't even a minimum stay requirement, or if there is it isn't any more than 3 - 5 days, which is how long you'd stay on a vacation anyways. So, why not fly for free?
Oh yeah, the other question I get is, who are you giving these free ticket packages away to? Anybody who subscribes to my Investing With Mom Advisory service. Once you've subscribed, just go read the section on the tickets in the very first issue in the archives, click the link, fill in the form, and you're on your way to whatever fabulous destination you wish to go to.
So, there you are, another great reason to subscribe. Other than the fact, that the Advisory newsletter is making money on the stocks recommended.
Here's the website for the People That Care, International Relief (PTCIR) that I mentioned earlier this week. I spoke with a representative yesterday and was told that they already had $2 million in supplies ready to go, contacts on the ground and a distribution network in place, so any donations will be put to immediate use.
As I said on Sunday, I'll be donating 30% of all revenue generated in the month of January to assist the guys at PTCIR. The main reason I'm going with them, is simply because I know them. They are a ministry of Shady Grove Church in Grand Prairie, TX and I've known them my whole life. In fact, I went to high school with the second son of the guy in charge.
If you want, you can also go to Shady Grove's website and learn more about the church I grew up in and my mom still attends.
Tuesday, January 04, 2005
Thank You Spammers
...for wasting my time, by convincing Earthlink that it needs to block every single e-mail I attempt to send my optin subscribers. We had this problem back in September and I had to give detailed instructions on how to whitelist Investing With Mom.Well after having wasted the last half hour filling out requests that Earthlink allow my messages, it is obviously time to remind everyone of how to do it all over again.
If you're not exactly sure why this process is important, especially to small business owners like myself, then I recommend reviewing the Deliver My Mail section of Site Sell's fantastic website. They have truly summed up the Catch-22 of online e-zine publishers.
Arggggh, back to dealing with idiot spam blocking software.
Monday, January 03, 2005
54% Annualized Returns
After typing up over 3500 words, and in the spirit of saving your eyeballs and my sanity, I decided to split up the Investing With Mom Forecast 2005 issue over 2 weeks.Part 1 has been posted and is already available. In this first issue of 2005, you get a review of 2004, as seen through the eyes of the Advisory Newsletter and a preview of the major US markets for 2005.
Next week, we'll cover currencies, commodities and bonds, along with anything else that strikes our fancy.
Using the most critical analysis possible, you'll see in our review of 2004 that the Advisory Newsletter, which was launched after the markets closed on Oct. 1st, beat the NASDAQ, and doubled the S & P 500, during the 4th quarter of 2004. It's hard not to beat the broad markets when your first 3 month's annualized returns come to 54%.
And I did't even include dividends in the analysis of the Advisory's portfolio!
To get the full accounting, stock by stock, you'll want to subscribe to the Advisory before I post the January Issue. Especially because I'll be including the Ultimate Government Bond Investment, for you died-in-the-wool bond investors.
Sunday, January 02, 2005
The New Year's Forecast Issue
...is nearly complete, but its getting quite big. So be prepared to spend some time chewing your way through it.At the same time however, I'm also working on even more details and stock specific comments for the January issue of the Advisory Newsletter. I expect it to be ready by the 8th.
In the meanwhile, I've had a couple things on my mind.
First of all, I've decided to donate 30% of all revenues generated by Investing With Mom in January to assist in the relief efforts in Asia for the victims of the earthquake and tsunami. Later on today, I'll be confirming with an old family friend that his international relief organization is going to be actively involved in shipping containers of supplies to the affected areas.
Assuming he is, I will then place his contact information here on my blog, so that anyone can contact him and confirm that I have actually spoken with him and that I follow through. If by some chance he is not involved, which I would find extremely unusual, then I will be making my donations to Advancing Native Missions (ANM).
The reason I'm interested in either my friend's organization, or ANM as an alternative option, is quite simple, the level of aid given through either of these sources that actually reaches its final destination is in excess of 92%. In fact, ANM will allow you to adjust the amount of aid they deduct to cover their expenses and so I can request that just like my friend's organization we decrease the level of aid that is used for administrative work to the absolute minimum.
Also, I see these 2 organizations as a way for you and I to give aid to the disaster victims, without allowing the U.N. to see one dime of it. This will preserve the integrity of the aid and ensure that it actually reaches its destination and doesn't get siphoned off to some fat cats private bank accounts, or worse.
Secondly, I should have placed the PayPal Verified button on my website months ago, but now is as good a time as any. So here you go, Investing With Mom has always been and will continue to be:
If you have additional questions, don't hesitate to click through to PayPal, or use our feedback form to send me an e-mail.
P.S. On Monday, keep an eye out for a new method of contacting me and asking any questions you might have after reading through my Forecast Issue. I will be looking forward to any opportunities I will have to help you organize your financial affairs at the beginning of this glorious New Year.
