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This issue contains information on the top
International Mutual Funds, my course on Issues
Management for Public Affairs/Regulatory Affairs
groups, a Funny Story on Lucian "Getting Locked Out
of Room," a Children's Joke to tell your kids, an article
on buying Real Estate Mutual Funds, and a number of
other interesting topics... Enjoy!!
| Making Your MONEY Work For You |
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Real Estate Mutual Funds
Buy Apartments, Collect Rent!
REITs Do It For You!
Most people do not understand how to buy an
apartment complex (called commercial real estate)
nor do they know how to collect rent from renters.
Well, if you buy a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT),
or a "Real Estate Mutual Fund" that buys REITs, you
have achieved this goal, without the hassle of
managing the property.
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| Investing Acumen Test |
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Take this true/false test to determine your financial
investing IQ.
- The average American household owes about
$10,000 in credit card debt.
- It will take you 30 years to pay off a $10,000 credit
card debt if you pay the minimum payment.
- If you are up to your neck in debt you can contact a
reputable credit-counseling group like the Consumer
Credit Counseling Services, an offshoot of the
National Foundation for Credit Counseling
(NFCC).
- To find out about the relative advantages of Roth
IRA Versus a Traditional IRA visit www.rothira.com.
- The average person works only 22 minutes each
day for the money he/she contributes to their
retirement fund for the day.
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| The Course You Need to Take Now |
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Title: "Issues Management"
Reviews: "Issues Management Course
Gets Rave Reviews"
How Pubic Affairs/Regulatory Affairs
Creates Value Though Issues Management-
Tangible, Intangible and Financial Value
Rave Reviews. I have been
teaching, to rave reviews, my Issues Management
course designed specifically for
Public Affairs/Regulatory Affairs groups who manage
the various issues faced by their company. This
course is very different from my finance courses in that
it focuses on a broader range of value creation than
do my finance courses.
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| Top Foreign Mutual Funds |
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What are the top Foreign Mutual Funds as
recommended by Money Magazine (May, 2008)? Note
that fear of international economic downturn has been
hurting these funds recently.
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| Lucian's Solutions Q&A |
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Question 1: First Publicly Traded Nuclear
Company
What are the investment implications of the Entergy
spin-off of their unregulated nuclear assets into a
publicly traded company?
Question 2: I've been parking cash in action-
rate preferred shares of the MFS Investment Grade
Municipal Trust. Now I'm reading about failed
auctions. Are ARPS as safe as I thought they were?
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| Lucian's Funny Life Story |
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Lucian's Embarrassing Power
Outage
I was invited to teach my Business Case Analysis for
Southern California Edison. I was to teach the course
several times at their San Onofre Nuclear Plant near
San Clemente, Ca.
Well, I was staying at the Holiday Inn right on I-5 in
San Clemente. It was a three-story building with the
top floor on eye level with I-5 traffic. I was on the third
floor.
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Joke of the Day |
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Boudreaux and De Snake
Boudreaux been fish'n down by de bayou all day an he
done run outa night crawlers. He be bout reddy to
leave when he seen a snake wit a big frog in his
mouf. He knowed dat dem big bass fish like frogs, so
he decided to steal dat froggie.
Dat snake, he be a cotton moufed water moccasin so
he had to be real careful or he'd get bit. He snuk up
behine de snake and grabbed him roun de
haid.
Dat ole snake din't lak dat one bit. He squirmed and
wrapped hisself roun Boudreaux's arm try'n to get
hisself free. But Boudreaux, him had a real good grip
on his haid, yeh. Well, Boudreaux pried his mouf
open and got de frog and puts it in his bait
can.
Now, Boudreaux knows dat he cain't let go dat snake
or his gonna bite him good, but he had a plan. He
reach into de back pocket of his bib overhauls and
pulls out a pint a moonshine likker.
He pour some draps into de snakes mouf. Well, dat
snake's eyeballs roll back in his haid and his body go
limp. Wit dat Boudreaux toss dat snake into de
bayou.
Den he goes back to fishin'.
A while later Boudreaux dun feel sumpin tappin' on his
barefoot toe. He slowly look down and dare dat water
moccasin was, with TWO
frogs.
Children's
Joke
What do you do if a whale swallows
you?
You run around 'til you get pooped out!
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