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Comparing Stockbrokers

Sometimes you become unsure as to which one of the two or three stockbrokers you should finally select to open your trading account. It is, therefore, advisable that you do comparison-shopping before settling for a broker.

5 Reasons to Give for Charity

There are hundreds of reasons why someone would want to donate to a charity. Some are personal, and some are simply business related. Here are five reasons to donate to a charity.

The Lazy Man's Way To Riches

To be a successful businessman you have to be resourceful. You have to keep track with the current trends. However, this is not the case in contrarian trading. When you turn on your TV sets ...

Components of Money

Economists, financial analysts and government officials speak about money and its role in the economy. Consumers may hear these statements on the evening news, but not really understand what commentators are referring to when they speak of money. Basically, the U.S. money supply consists of

Elementary School Fundraiser: Boosting Your Sales Effectively

Success can be achieved if you act independently on the main strategy for your elementary school fundraiser. But if you want your fundraiser project to be more successful that you intended it to be, you should add in a few interesting stuffs on it. By doing so, you will have big financial returns at

5 Disadvantages of Mutual Funds

Before you invest, you should do your homework. Will you choose to use mutual funds, closed-end funds, ETFs, and/or individual stocks and bonds? Inevitably, your homework assignment will lead you to articles outlining the disadvantages ...

3 Reasons Why So Many Traders Are Using Stock Software Programs

Analytics are easily the most time consuming and challenging aspect of investing. Many traders have begun to outsource their analytical work to stock software programs which rely heavily on mathematical algorithms to find high probability trading opportunities. If you have wanted to diversify someho

How Super Traders Confidently Pull the Trigger and Win

Becoming a successful trader involves more than being smart, working hard or having the right luck. Super traders use key psychological strategies to ensure they consistently perform at full potential and achieve their goals.

URBANISATION-Key to China’S Industrial Growth

Not so long ago, China was offering only a limited array of investments through ETFs. Inspite of excellent growth in the China consumer & manufacturing industry, the profit was capped due to sectors like finance ...

Understanding Mutual Funds

That's all well and good if you're "in the know," but it can be problematic if you're not. A mutual fund is basically a competently managed pool of money from frequent investors. This allows thousands ...

Sweet Profits With a Chocolate Fundraiser

Almost everybody likes candy - especially chocolate - and selling candy bars or boxes of truffles or chocolates can be profitable fundraisers. These money raisers are not difficult to organize and it's easy to recruit volunteers and a sales force. You can either order the candy in advance and d

How to Find a Stockbroker

Your stockbroker is an important professional in your life. Stockbrokers are basically agents who assist you in buying and selling stocks. They can manage the stocks for you and even give you advice about which stocks you should buy and which you should sell. They might also advise you on how much y

Position

Position describes your current holdings. If you owned 100 shares of IBM, your position would be “long 100 IBM.”

Role Of Junk Bonds

A junk bond is also known as a high yield or speculative bond. It is defined as a bond that is speculative in nature, one that carries a high risk and one that offers higher interest rates than other kinds of bonds. These bonds are used by companies as a way of getting financing.

Dollar-Cost Averaging - Building For the Future

The market is down, way down, since late last year and no one really knows if the bottom is 'in' yet, but smart long-term investors know that massive sell-offs like this are a prime opportunity to pick up bargain stocks on the 'giveaway' table.There are a couple of ways to go abo

Mutual Funds - How To Pick A Winner

There are a variety of things to look for in a mutual fund before you invest. As mentioned before, the stock market has averaged nearly 11% during the past 70 years. Depending on how aggressively you invest your money, I think you can generally count on a rate of return somewhere in the 10% - 12% ra

What You Ought to Know About Bulletin Board Penny Stocks

For whatever the reason bulletin board penny stocks don't attract that much attention from many traders. The majority of these stocks have a very low trading volume, nobody talks about them on CNBC, and when they announce earnings they are usually not in the billions. But who cares? Isn't

How Does an IPO Work?

An IPO or Initial Public Offering occurs when a private company offers up shares of its company for sale to the public, who by purchasing those shares own a piece of the company. Small private companies carry out IPOs to raise capital for growth and expansion, while well-established...