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Trading Stocks Online - Why It's One of the Best Home-Based Businesses
If you are looking for a way to make full-time or part-time income from home then trading stocks just might be the best home-based business you can start. In this article I'm going to show you why trading stocks as a home-based business makes sense. It's easier than you think to start trad
Trading Plan - Why You Need One
Traders often make the mistake of not following a trading plan. Without an excellent system on paper however, you are far more likely to trade based on guesses and hunches. Making trades based entirely on gut feeling puts trading at the same level as games of luck.
How Stock Market Trading Software is Forging a New Path Through the 21st Century
Though it may seem rather mundane, compared to the numerous visions of flying cars, robots and jet packs that people were all promised would be staples of the 21st century, the truth is that the technological marvels of our age are far more useful and advantageous than any of that could hope to be.
How to Trade American Stocks
People have many options when deciding to invest. One of the most common investment options is stock. Investing in stocks requires the purchase and sale of shares of stock, a process known as trading. Trading stock results in a positive or negative effect on personal finances, depending on the purch
We Could Be in Great Depression II - But We're Not!
It's obvious that global financial authorities were quite adept in preventing the collapse of the financial system, since we are not in Great Depression II. But why are they so inept at efforts to prevent the next crisis?
What Happens to the Value of the Issued Stock When Common Stock Is Redeemed & Canceled?
Share buybacks are popular with investors because they increase the company ownership percentage represented by each share of stock they own. Generally, when a company announces its intentions to buy back, or redeem, its own stock shares, the company's share price rises as investors buy shares in an
Raising Funding For Business: 5 Strategic Tips During Difficult Economic Times
Raising funding for business in the current financial meltdown may seem like a pipe dream. Don't give up! Here are 5 strategic ideas on how to raise funding for business in difficult times.
Does the Par Value Dictate the Asking Price for the Company's Stock?
There seems to be no real reason for a stock's “par value” to exist. In general, the term “par value” is most often used in relation to bonds. For stock, it is an entirely different matter and is an arbitrary number printed on a certificate. “Asking price” is a te
Penny Stock Programs
Penny stocks may offer investors a chance to get in on the ground floor of a great company. But investors need to exercise caution. Fraud abounds in penny stocks, which have either slight government regulation or none at all. The same cautions apply to penny stock trading programs and to online list
The Concepts of Risk and Spreading Your Investments
Putting your savings or capital in investments in stocks and shares is subjecting these to a certain amount of risk. Investments fall and rise and can go either way, so you may end up having less cash than your initial outlay. So is there any manner you can safeguard your investment or at best minim
Four Ways to Build Your Own All-American Stock Portfolio
Dow Dogs The Dogs of the Dow is an investing strategy made popular by Michael O'Higgins' book "Beating the Dow." Seven times during the 12 years from 2000 to 2011, it has produced better investment ...
IRA Fundamentals
In the United States, with the future financial strength of the Social Security program consistently questioned, it has become essential for us to secure our own retirement funding without depending on government agencies or employers to do the work for us. One viable means of saving for our golden
Call Options - How to Make Money in an Up-Market
Call Stock Options or Call Options, the right to buy 100 stocks, is designed to make money when the underlying instrument (stock) go up in value. Also, it can lose money when the stock goes down.
Stock Market Myths and Beliefs
When it comes to the stock market, or any other trading venue, there are beliefs or myths, that many traders or investors take to heart. Learn now to avoid these falsehoods, and dramatically improve your overall trading results.
Types of Mutual Funds
Millions of people believe investing in mutual funds is a good financial strategy for them. Deciding which mutual fund is right for you can be challenging, though, because there are thousands from which to choose. Learning the different categories of mutual funds and the types in each can help you n
How to Insure Money Market Funds
A money market fund (MMF) is a mutual fund that invests in short-term and extremely low-risk corporate and government securities (bonds and other debt notes). Interest rates paid on MMFs vary based on economic conditions, but are usually at least a point or so above passbook savings rates. MMFs are
Japanese Candlestick Terminology
Candlestick patterns are not only a reliable and simple way to follow stock prices, they are also a way of finding out a lot about another culture and language. Although a stock trader's first priority will not be to enrich their cultural experience, it is extremely helpful to have an element o
Light Sweet Crude on the Rise!
If you have been keeping tabs on how light sweet crude oil has been performing in recent months, you will know that prices have been heading upwards for quite some time. And Friday 6th November saw that price finish up at $77.43 by the time the weekend was upon us. This was a little over two dollars
How to Invest in the Stock Market
Are you looking to invest in the stock market but arent sure where to start?