Stock Market Investing
Published: 06/06/2008
Stock trading is like thousands of transactions that take place everyday in other venues just like the stock market with one common denominator, a buyer and a seller. Stock trading is not unlike the retail world, where supply and demand reflect the price of goods and services just like supply and...
Published: 05/06/2008
Ever muttered these words? "I haven't made enough winning trades. "What am I going to do?" 'I'll never be successful." Well, if you have, you're not alone. It's usually followed by "But I don't know to do differently." To quote writer Molly Ivins, "The first rule of holes: when you're in one,...
Published: 05/06/2008
Just imagine that you are a shareholder of a company XYZ and are trying to sell your shares in the company to somebody who is interested in buying them. Now if you wanted to look for buyers there a couple of options in the real world you could do that like put up a sale notice or give an...
Published: 05/06/2008
The NASDAQ though we know it as an exchange is not an exchange, and works like an automated mechanism where buyers and sellers can meet. The NYSE works on the system called double auctions where in the highest bidding buyer competes with other buyers and the lowest bidding seller bids against...
Published: 04/06/2008
We all dream of the day when we can be in our house sitting on a sofa sipping nice tea along with an assortment of cookies and in the meantime you know that every minute there is money rolling into your bank account . Talk of good times and if wishes were horses then everybody would ride them.
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Published: 04/06/2008
How do you become a winning stock day trader? And what is day trading anyway?
Day trading is the process of buying stocks, currencies or futures, and selling them on the same day. Out of the transaction, a skilled day trader expects to earn a profit. Notice that the word skilled is important....
Published: 03/06/2008
Do you remember your first trade? Did you get butterflies in your stomach when you were giving your broker the authority to place the trade, or if you were placing the trade online did you get a buzz when you were about to press the confirm button?
If you are like most people than you probably...
Published: 02/06/2008
Once you have decided to invest in the stock market then you start hearing the terms common stock, preferred stock, type A and type B.
Well what are they, how much risk they carry and what happens to the stock in terms voting rights.It is these voting rights that determine who has the voice to...
Published: 31/05/2008
If you are just starting out in the stock market, you may be wondering how you will be affected by taxes. Will you owe money on your gains and how much? What if you lose? And what if you lose on some stocks and have gains on others?
Lets use an example and say that you bought and sold your...
Published: 30/05/2008
Investing in stocks and trading stocks is very easy now that it can all be done online without ever picking up the phone. But to do it right, you need to be aware of some of the different options you have. When you log into your online account to buy or sell a stock, you will be presented with a...
