http://www.incomeinvesthome.com/fixed/index.htm "Fixed" income investing is what too many people think is all of investing for income. That's not true . . . you can and should also invest for growth. You should also some of your portfolio to maximize your return now. en-us Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:00:00 GMT Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Weblog Editor 2.0 goldegg2008@gmail.com (Richard Stooker) goldegg2008@gmail.com (Richard Stooker) Copyright 2008 by Richard Stooker and Gold Egg Investing LLC http://www.incomeinvesthome.com/fixed/loanership.htm When you invest for a fixed rate of return, you are loaning out your money. Owing money makes you poor. Loaning money makes you rich. Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.incomeinvesthome.com/fixed/loanership.htm http://www.incomeinvesthome.com/fixed/interest.htm Technically, interest means the time value of money. When loan out your money, the borrower must pay you for the time they have it. Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.incomeinvesthome.com/fixed/interest.htm http://www.incomeinvesthome.com/fixed/timevalue.htm I want you to understand that money has a time value, and if you pay more for an investment than it's worth, you're losing money. Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.incomeinvesthome.com/fixed/timevalue.htm http://www.incomeinvesthome.com/fixed/inflation.htm Inflation is the erosion in buying power of your money. It is the fixed income investor's worst enemy. Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.incomeinvesthome.com/fixed/inflation.htm http://www.incomeinvesthome.com/fixed/yieldcurve.htm The yield curve is a graph of how much interest money earns over different periods of time. Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.incomeinvesthome.com/fixed/yieldcurve.htm