If you feel like your inbox is suddenly overrun with spam again, you are right. Not long ago, there seemed hope that spam had passed its prime. Just last December, the Federal Trade Commission published an optimistic state-of-spam report, citing research indicating spam had leveled off or even dropped during the previous year. Instead, it … Read more
Short Selling. Is It Unpatriotic? Short selling is the opposite of normal (long) stock positions. If you buy a stock hoping it will go up, you are ‘long’ of the stock. But if you think the stock will go down, you can sell it first, and buy it anytime you please. This ‘short selling’ is … Read more
So you want to become a full time stock trader? This is the dream of many. The problem is that it is very easy to be wiped-out in the learning process. Some lucky people have the skills to make money from the stock market and keep it, knowing very little. This is because they are … Read more
Why should you invest in stocks? Stocks are but one of many possible ways to invest your hard-earned money. Why choose stocks instead of other options, such as bonds, rare coins, or antique sports cars? Quite simply, the reason that savvy stock market traders and investors invest in stocks is that they provide the highest potential … Read more
The biggest difference between a microcap stock and other stocks is the amount of reliable, publicly available information about the company. Larger public companies are required to file reports with the SEC and any investor can review them for free from the SEC’s website. Professional stock analysts regularly research and write about larger public companies, … Read more
To become successful in the stock market, you need to know when the market is going to turn so you can buy or sell your stocks. There are two main principles at work in the stock market which causes a market to turn. Both these principles will arrive in varying intensities producing larger or smaller … Read more
There are only certain avenues available to investors to purchase shares in a company and all of them revolve around a broker. So what are brokers and how are they useful? Brokers are people whom have access to the market and handle your orders to buy and sell shares. They are a type of financial intermediary … Read more
Diversification is one of the fundamental tools in our arsenal of reducing risk and is the arguably the most important. Diversification is used in a portfolio (group) of investments in order to reduce the unsystematic risk level that was introduced previously. It is achieved by combining a series of investments together, such as those in … Read more
Once your risk tolerance, intrinsic and time value of risk have been derived you are able to use asset allocation in order to establish what are the best investments for you. Asset allocation is the process of deciding how to distribute your wealth among both different countries and asset classes for investment purposes. The asset … Read more
“In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later” -Harold Green One of the greatest flaws of inexperienced investors make is to spend too little time planning and monitoring their investments, yet expect a fantastic return on them at a future date. … Read more
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step” – Lau Tzu No matter the current stage of your life, the direction you are heading or what the future holds for you, investing will be a key factor in developing both your financial security and your financial freedom. Whether you are purchasing a house, a … Read more
In setting your investment goals, your AGE is a very important factor. The age of an investor is usually positively correlated (moves in a positive or same direction) with the type of investments they will commit to. This means that as you get closer to your retirement, you will typically move away from investments that have … Read more
What are the different types of risks? There a number of differing types of risk that can affect your investments. While some of these risks can be reduced through a number of avenues – some of them simply have to be accepted and planned for in any investment decision. Macro Risk Levels On a macro … Read more
Public Companies throughout the world issue new stock shares every day. But what is stock, and why does a company issue it? To help you to better understand these important investment and stock trading concepts and strategies in this tutorial we will discuss: What is Capital? Equity vs. Debt Why Do Corporations Issue Stock? Advantages … Read more