M. Rana: Megaatrend

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Megaatrend

"Check out this 'megatrend'," says Ian Mathias. "97% of global population growth over the next 40 years will occur in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, says the shiny new 2009 World Population Data Sheet. The headline data point was the total growth projection for the world population: 7 billion by 2011. That's 200 million extra people on this earth in just two years.

"But it's the fine print that's really getting our attention. Here are the highlights... Some serious investment trends, to say the least:

90% of the world's youth, about 1.2 billion people, live in developing nations.

Africa's population just passed 1 billion and is set to double by 2050.

Half of the population growth in the US and Canada over the next two years will come from immigration.

By 2050, India's population will reach 1.7 billion, passing China as the world's most populous nation.

"That last one was a particular surprise to us. In fact, the whole rundown of world population growth by nation is worth a quick look:

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Investing Ideas for 2009

Here is what to look for before you purchase a stock

1) Pick Up Still-Solid Stocks
2) Turn Off CNBC and other news
3) Increase Your Exposure to Emerging Economies
4) Ride Out The Storm with High-Paying Dividends
5) Double digit sales growth
6) 20% to 25% profit growh
7) High returns on equity
8) Innovators
9) Institutional support
10) Share buy backs
11) Technical Indicators
12) Price and Volume
13) Above the 50 and 200 day moving averages

Basics of Investing

Investing is putting your money to work for you in the hope of making more money. It is an action that is based on long term goals. By investing you may look to beat inflation, possibly reach objective goals -like buying a car, pay for school, even a house, or maybe for your retirement. There are many options for investing your money. To know what you're buying is a better way to invest.

Here are three ways you can invest:

Stocks - When a company trades publicly, its shares are sold to individual investors on a particular market. The share's worth is based on how well the company does.
Bonds - When a government agency, municipality or corporation is in agreement with the bondholder: one who purchases bonds from a Issuer. The Issuer is lent a certain amount of money that has a fixed rate and expires on the specified maturity date. During the life of the bond the issuer pays interest to the bondholder and is liable to pay the face value of the bond at the maturity date.
Mutual Funds - When a pool of funds are collected from many investors to create a large variety of investments so everyone benefits from bigger profits. Since there is different investments within one mutual fund, if one investment has a bad return another will cover that loss. The fund pays out its profits from earning dividends or interest on its investment and by selling investments that have increased.

Things you should keep in mind:

Over the long term, stocks have, in the past, done better than all other investments.
Over the short term, stocks can be risky for your portfolio.
Investments that are risky usually pay more than safe ones unless they fail.
The largest influence of stock prices are earnings.
When interest rates rise that is not so good for bonds.
Inflation may be the largest threat to your long-term investments.
U.S. Treasury bonds are the safest investment an investor can own.
A diversified portfolio is less risky than a portfolio that is concentrated in one or a few investments.