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Choosing An Online Stock Broker

If you're new to online stock trading and investing, you have to find out which among the local online brokerages offer the best in terms of ease of use and requirements. What exactly should you be looking for? Here are five factors to consider.

Stock Investment Strategy Index Tracking Stocks

Any successful stock investment strategy should focus on maximizing the amount of money you make.After all, unless you're trying to take over a company, the only reason that you trade stock is to make money.One of the best ways to maximize your effort when it comes to investing stock is to trad

What Are the Benefits of More Expensive Brokerage Firms?

When you get involved with investing, you will need to open an account with a brokerage. You have the option of going with a discount broker or a more expensive brokerage firm. While it might seem better to go with the cheaper option, full-service brokers can provide you with a few advantages.

Taxes: Sources of income you might not have thought of

Taxes aren't just for wages and investments. The Internal Revenue Service levies taxes on practically every kind of transaction, and many individuals end up with debts to the IRS simply because they were unaware that their bonus money, gift or gambling winnings were taxable.

Easy trading in the stock market of India

The very terminology 'stock market' does create in the mind of the hearer myriad possibilities. It can be making big money and becoming a millionaire in no time or a world of negativities such as ...

Asking the Right Questions in the Stock Market

One thing that is very important is to ask the "right" question. This is an extremely simple concept but some traders are doomed to failure because they only look at things one way and therefore don't examine all of the possible outcomes in a given situation in Stock Market. When you

How to Buy Mining Shares

Mining companies are involved in the discovery and processing of mineral deposits from precious metals like gold and silver and resources such copper, uranium and salt. To help finance these operations, most miners issue shares on publicly traded exchanges. When the value of the company's commodit

What Are Option Greeks For?

Too many people try to jump into an option without having a good understanding of what it actually is.Occasionally there will be times when the stock goes up yet the call option that they bought didn't go up with it, or even went down.

The First Decade of BRIC Investment

It has been 10 years since Jim O'Neill of Goldman Sachs coined the acronym BRIC to describe Brazil, Russia, India and China and it seems to be an appropriate time to take stock. All the four economies have grown beyond the expectations of many people but there are a number of weaknesses and are

Being Cautious When Dealing With Penny Stocks

With some revolutionary changes made in the legal guidelines and great advances in the technology, the explosive growth in the Internet, day trading penny stocks have become very attractive for even some casual traders. Now just anyone can start acquiring the pennies immediately.

Finding Good Investments in the Stock Market

Finding good investments in the stock market is easy in a bull market when stock prices are rising. Not so in the middle of a bear market... until, that is, the stock market has really been crushed as in early 2009. Then it's time to look for investment opportunities. Here's a guide to mak

How to Identify Long Term Shorting Candidates

A lot of long-term share investors are handicapped to some extent because they only ever trade in one direction. However if you are a trader, whether it's through futures, options or spread betting, for example, you have a lot more opportunities to make money because you can go short as well as

How to Backdate the Job Seekers Allowance

Job seekers allowance is a part of the United Kingdom's welfare system. It allows you to claim a weekly allowance if you are temporarily unemployed. You must go to your local jobcentre, fill out a form, and provide documents before approval. If for some reason you become unemployed and do not claim

The Secret to Trading Penny Stocks to Make Money

Today there are many different ways people go about making money. Some have traditional jobs with regular hours and others have non-conventional jobs which offer them the opportunity to make more money, have flexible hours, and be their own boss. Trading penny stocks is just one of the more lucrativ

Taking a Break From the Market

The stock market can be both a rewarding place and an "evil place bend on taking away your money".In order for you to be consistently profitable you have to realize there are some times you should just take a break and let the market work itself out.