Category Archives: Products

Farewell ETrade, hello TD Waterhouse

By gameplan | Published: January 30, 2010
Well after being a customer of eTrade for over 10 years it looks like I will need to get used to a new execution only broker.
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Create Income – become a bank

By gameplan | Published: January 1, 2010
Another stream of income that I am building up ready for retirement involves me becoming a bank and lending money to people.
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A load of BULL

By gameplan | Published: December 5, 2009
Here is another great idea for a different type of investment for your retirement account or SIPP - commodity ETFs
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Gains (and losses)

By gameplan | Published: March 17, 2008
One thing that I have learned over my years of investing is that markets continue to move much further than the average investor could imagine.  I think that this is what is happening now – and I expect that the falls will continue for a time yet.  I am glad that I bought the Short [...]
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Shorting with ETFs

By gameplan | Published: February 16, 2008
I have just come across ETFs that are linked to the reverse of an index performance, giving the investor the opportunity to go short.  These ETFs are from Deutche Bank’s ETF arm, DB X-Trackers, and there are three different short funds:- S&P 500 DAX Eurostoxx 50 I haven’t bought any ETFs from DB x-trackers yet but I am highly [...]
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