Archive for the ‘stocks’ Category

The Day Trader: An Overview

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

A day trader is a person who exercise day trading which means the practice of rapidly selling and buying of stocks. Day trading is a high risk investment with the hopes of gaining high profits over the seconds or minutes the trader owns a specific share before selling it. It is more like a gamble where day traders wait for the next big leap in the market before selling or buying their shares. Day trading is being favored by online traders or casual traders (at home traders) because it is quick and challenging.

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Start Investing in the Stock Market

Monday, April 20th, 2009

Are you ready to invest in the stock market? When do you know it’s time to begin and how do you know your ready? Is it really a good idea to put all that money in the market? Are you worried?

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Diversifying Your Financial Portfolio

Sunday, April 19th, 2009

The science of investing and trading requires the understanding of many complex things should you plan to make it in that venture. If there is only one advice that I could give to someone who wants to go ahead and invest, though, it is this: Don’t bet it all on one fight. Spread out your portfolio; don’t settle for just one.

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Warren Buffet Strategy Part I

Sunday, April 19th, 2009

Warren Buffet is Americas most famous investor. Any investor, especially those who are looking to be experts into trading stocks are looking up to him as a role model. He was idolized by many because of his investing strategies that people tend to emulate. He was the godfather of investing. He was also famous for his frugal living despite the fact that his company is worth to $69 billion dollars.

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Day Trading’s Advantages and Disadvantages

Saturday, April 18th, 2009

Day trading is the definition when the transaction of buying and selling of share is performed within that same day. More and more people resort to day trading nowadays because it is very accessible especially with the advent of the internet. Online trading can be done in the comforts of your own home with the aid of a computer and an Internet connection. In the succeeding paragraphs we would know the advantages and disadvantages of day trading and why more people resort to this type of trading.

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How Stocks Work?

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

Stocks are shares acquired from a publicly listed company. As a shareholder, one is considered as a part-owner of the said company and has certain privileges such as voting rights. A shareholder also receives an annual dividend from the companys annual profits. Dividends are computed like this: suppose you were able to buy 1,000 shares of MAC Company and the company has profits of about $7.5 billion annually that possess 750,000 shares all-in all. Your annual dividend would then be estimated to around $10 million. That is just how simple stock works.

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The Advantages of a Corporation

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

A corporation is a company where a group of people are perceived to be part-owners. There are basically two types of corporations: one that is privately owned and another, a publicly held corporation. A privately held corporation is one where the shareholders know each other. They are usually related to each other, some corporations have the whole family as the shareholders. An example of a privately listed company is Cargill Corporation. A publicly listed corporation is one where the shareholders virtually do not know each other.

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Global Macro Traders and Diversification

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

If you have been into investing for long you have likely heard that diversification is the only true free lunch. On the other hand if you have gone to a financial planer and then let them diversify your funds you have likely been disappointed. In fact if you had been diversified the way most planners do it you would still have negative returns after the last ten years. Lucky for you diversification is still a very useful tool and one that you can use to your advantage. You just need to learn the correct way to do it.

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Finance Part 1: Trading Stocks

Monday, April 13th, 2009

Stock trading does not literally mean trading or exchanging stocks but it involves buying and selling of stocks. There are basically two known ways of stock trading and these are: the exchange floor and electronic or online trading. This article is to provide us with a basic understanding on the difference and the characteristics between the two.

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Managing Risks in Investments

Monday, April 13th, 2009

Investments are known to carry different risks that need to be addressed and managed correctly. Risks are completely unavoidable and could get the best out of any investor (especially the beginners) if not managed and handled properly. Risks should not be feared rather it should be faced with a knowing attitude and courage. Risks should not stop anyone from investing and ultimately- for achieving financial freedom.

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