Investing

In Money Central's MSN Top Stocks Report, the "Beware the Peak Gold Theory" article is quite informative and sensible for those that invest in gold and those that are thinking about it. Once it hit over $1000 an ounce and started heading towards record highs, everybody thought that maybe it would experience a drastic sell-off.

The Digerati Life article, "Lottery Winners Go Broke Prospect Theory", is an interesting piece of literature that deals with the phenomenon that most normal people don't understand on the surface, yet, millions of people play the stock market every day in hopes of striking it rich.

The Derrick Monroe Real Estate Blog, "What You Need to Know about the Home Buyers Tax Credit" is short and sweet and explains the first time home buyer credit, but more importantly, it clarifies what everybody has been looking for-existing homeowners stipulations for the $6500 home buyer's credit. It is fairly easy for a lot of existing home owners to qualify for the credit based on the simple rules that are spelled out on this blog.

The Simple Dollar's article, The Stock Market is Rebounding Big Time-Should I Care is a financial advice article that points out that using the stock market for financial gains should be considered a long-term investment of ten years or more. If you are looking for income from stock market investments in the short or medium term, you would be better to diversify, with only a small amount in the stock market, which could be considered gambling money.