Successful companies aren’t born, they’re made and they have to work their way from humble beginnings and through the ranks just like everyone else. Unfortunately, some investors believe that finding the next “big thing” means scouring through penny stock in the hope of finding the next Microsoft or Wal-Mart. Unfortunately, this strategy will prove to […]
Warren Buffet’s Advice on Investing: Buy Low-cost Index Fund
The most successful investor in history, Warren Buffet, advocates that those unwilling or unable to intelligently evaluate individual stocks should invest in a low-cost index fund such as those offered by Vanguard. The reason is index funds boast three distinct advantages over their actively managed counterparts. Herewith the benefits of index funds as follows. They […]
Automated Trading System: What and How?
Automated trading systems, also referred to as algorithmic trading, mechanical trading system, automated trading or system trading is basically a system that allows the trader to set up specific rules for both trade entries and exists. As reflected in the name, once it is programmed then it can be automatically executed via a computer. Based […]
How to Buy Futures
A futures contract is an agreement between two parties – a buyer and a seller – wherein the former agrees to purchase from the latter, a fixed number of shares or an index at a specific time in the future for a pre-determined price. These details are agreed upon when the transaction takes place. As […]
Forex Trading Tutorial for Beginners
Forex is short for foreign exchange, and the actual asset for trading referred here is currencies. Foreign exchange is the act of changing one country’s currency into another country’s currency for a range of reasons, typically for tourism or commerce. Before the internet, currency trading activities was limited to interbank truncation on behalf of their […]
Shares and Stocks for Dummies
Anyone can purchase shares, and investing in the share market can develop your wealth better than any other investment. Understanding how the stock market works, researching companies, assessing the risk and using a good broker will help you purchase shares wisely and develop a robust, diversified share portfolio. Herewith some suggestion on how to get […]
Understanding Elliot Wave Principle: the Basics
In the stock trading, when it comes to technical analysis strategies, few have proven as popular and controversial as the Elliott Wave Principle. Elliott Wave Principle has been used by some of the most successful traders on Wall Street and shrugged off by others. Elliott Wave was developed by market forecaster Ralph Nelson Elliott in […]
Diversification: A Way to Reduce Risk in Investing
The simplest way to boost your investment returns while reducing risk is diversification. You may think that it is an impossible investing goal, but it’s actually a simple yet important, especially if you are new and aim for becoming passive investors. Diversification means owning a range of assets across a variety of industries, company sizes […]
Stock Options for Dummies
In a simple term, an Option is a contract which you can buy from someone or sell to someone. It is in your decision or responsibilities depend on whether you are the one buying or selling. Now before getting into details, it is worthwhile to understand some important characteristics of an option contract and then […]
How to Practice Stock Trading
When you are doing a stock trading, some people can easily tune in and implement strategies right away, however it is better if learning some basic knowledge and then practice the real deal. The stock trading is something that involving implementing strategy and it requires practice. Practice will allow seeing what works and what doesn’t […]
