Investing in the Future

Vanguard, one of the world’s largest investment companies worth more than $3 trillion in global assets, has been switching over from active to passive investments. In December alone, the firm took in $29 million in new money for more passive investments, such as passive mutual funds, ETFs. Vanguard had three of the the highest inflows…

In the spring of last year, Foxconn purchased Sharp at a discounted price. Foxconn is now considering manufacturing flat-panel screens under the Sharp name in the United States. Another name for Foxconn is Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., though Foxconn is the company’s trade name. Foxconn is considering a $7 billion investment in manufacturing. There…

With all of the uncertain times of the stock market through 2016, many people are wondering if they should reinvest their money back into stocks. They are not certain if they should ignore the predictions about the stock market trends. Instead, it might be a good bet to start focusing on building a market portfolio…

A new trend among US home buyers are finding themselves turning to their retirement funds rather than their saving accounts, to make a down payment on a new house. By dipping into retirement funds, even for a $10,000 dollar down payment, has it’s potential risks which can slow compound interests. Borrowing from a 401K plan,…

China is focusing on the future of the internet and technology. China set up a 100 billion yuan, which equals to $14.55 billion, to support investments in this sector. They have already raised 30 billion yuan from major banks and telecom firms including ICBC, China Mobile and China Unicom. Up to 150 billion yuan will…