vital to achieving your financial goals. The fast developing technology and the expanding financial globalization boost investment opportunities, bringing them to your doorstep. In today's complex and dynamic economic environment, being an educated investor is Today you can invest in a mutual fund in India, in an investment fund in Australia, or buy shares in a textile manufacturing plant in China, without leaving your home.The emerging economies...more
Day traders are those people who deal with shares on day to day basis with the sole objective of making some quick easy money.Traders are those short term buyer who indulge in buying and selling of shares and stocks and keeping a close watch on the price fluctuations of the market.The traders generally close up the transactions at the end of the day so that their risks are minimized for the next day. Nobody knows how the market will open the next...more
How does Efficient Market Account for Fear, Greed and Risk Taking?In the last decade we have endured a number of market bubbles ending in catastrophic losses for investors and bankruptcy for more than a few corporations. In the Efficient Market world, all securities are priced, or discounted to their exact and correct price because investors are rational, and can take into consideration all known information about the security, and thus price it accurately. We can throw Efficient Market Theorys unnatural spawn into the mix, the Capital Asset Pricing Model which is assumes investors and investments are the result of rational thought.If the market is pricing everything accurately, how in the world can we find ourselves in markets grossly overbought or oversold? According to the Efficient Market cabal, arbitrage takes up the slack, or spurious mispricing that occasionally occurs with the utmost efficiency. If everything is price accurately, how can we then find ourselves in a price bubble? And for the record, I think we are presently in a overbought market and stock values may be bid higher than the ought to be priced.Ill tell you the problem, to my way of thinking. In...more
ES Emini Day Trading: Setting Profit Limits and Loss Limits a Good IdeaThis particular topic is one that is sure to stir up some traders, and rightfully so. The question is a simple one, really, and I am asking whether you should stop trading when you hit a pre-set profit goal. The argument is a tough one to respond to, and I suspect that as I...more
Many people want to play on the stock market in hopes of making the magical selection that will provide them with lots of disposable income and make all their dreams come true. Although it might seem like the stock market is a place where you get thousands of dollars in return for a small investment, there are actually a lot of very complex...more
These days it seems like everyone is worried about their financial stability, and whether their savings are safe and sound. In the past few years, many people have seen market changes and economic instability affect their savings accounts and retirement funds, and it can be very disheartening to learn that all of the money you worked so hard to put away is gone in an instant. Many people think of investing as a way to bulk up their financial portfolios and ensure some income in the future when they may not be working as much. It's important to realize that making an investment in the stock market is different than saving, but it can be a good idea when pursued cautiously.Most people choose to define investing as a way to make money by spending your money. Another way to think about it is that it's a way to have your money working for you all the time, instead of merely sitting in an account somewhere earning small amounts of interest. The big difference between investments and savings accounts is that people who save are mostly concerned with protecting the amount of money that they started with. Investors are more interested in using that lump sum to earn significant returns on...more
Many people are looking for a safe way to invest their money that will allow them to supplement their income or save for retirement. No matter what you want the end result of your investing to be, it is important that you proceed carefully, and fully...more
Gold has had a tremendous year. The flight to the perceived safety of gold, as well as the US Dollar weakness, has pushed the metal straight through the $1,000 per ounce mark and up to $1,200.However, it has not been a smooth upward journey....more
In the UK, many investors like to trade the movement of the FTSE 100. Looking more closely it appears that the sellers are still waiting for the blowout move to the upside that might signal the final exhaustion move. Since March 2009 the moves higher...more
As the major economies start to stabilise and the risk of a depression thankfully fades into the distance many people are reflecting on a few important points. Firstly, how did it all happen? Secondly, how can they better protect themselves in the...more
Stock options are hot topic for every institutional investors and individuals who are trying to chase a good and positive results in stock market. On the contrary, option trading may not be applicable to everyone. You may not be capable of it. Assess...more
Some companies prefer to go public by doing a reverse merger. This means that, in the long run if you have a privately held company, that you can merge it with a publicly held company that will be referred to as a shell. In other words, this shell...more