A New Way to Mine Gold
Investors have always been able to buy gold-mining stocks or the metal itself. Now exchange trade funds are reducing the risks and hassles Gold has regained some of its luster over the past few years. Since hitting a low of…
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Worldwide ETF assets $313.6B in Feb.
Global assets trading volume up nearly 20% YTD – report BOSTON – There were 348 exchange-traded funds at the end February with assets of $313.6 billion trading on 31 global exchanges, according to new research released Tuesday by Morgan Stanley.…
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The untold positive story about Malaysia
The following is the text of the speech by Prime Minister and Minister of Finance. IT is always an honour and a privilege to speak before such an important audience as is gathered here today. As investors, fund managers and…
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Add up the advantages of not wasting on tax
PAYING taxes, like death, is one of life’s more unpleasant certainties. No one likes to see their hard-earned cash lining the Treasury’s coffers. But while death is unavoidable, paying too much tax is something we can laugh in the face…
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Canadians investing offshore grows sharply
OTTAWA – Canadian investment in offshore financial centres, including so-called “tax havens,” shot up eight-fold between 1990 and 2003, Statistics Canada reported Monday. Between 1990 and 2003, Canadian assets in those countries went from $11 billion to $88 billion. They…
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Cayman Islands A Conduit For Asian Hedge Fund Investors
A surge in interest from Asian investors has contributed to a 100% increase in the number of hedge funds registered in the Cayman Islands during 2004, as more than 1,100 new funds were established in the jurisdiction last year, according…
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Wealthy Taxpayers Feeling the Pressure from IRS
AccountingWEB.com – The Internal Revenue Service is targeting wealthy executives and entrepreneurs to ferret out would-be tax dodgers. The IRS has not focused on individual tax returns of the well-to-do for years, the Wall Street Journal reported, but is becoming…
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Kid Money Logic: US Debt Clock Declares the Fed Debt-Dollar System Has Reached Its End
Read the report: Kid Money Logic: US Debt Clock Declares the Fed Debt-Dollar System Has Reached Its EndThe US Debt Clock has released another provocative Secret Window poster, and this time the New Money Revolution delivers its message through the simplest financial question imaginable. The headline reads: KID MONEY LOGIC Standing on…