Why Break the Trading Rules?

Money is something that affects people’s emotions and your natural instincts with money will often encourage you to break some of the time tested risk management rules, for example ‘cutting your losses’ and ‘keeping your trades small’. Most traders focus on making money and realising a loss goes against the aim of making money.

Understanding Mutual Fund Classes: Not Always as Easy as A, B, C

Before you buy a mutual fund, you'll want to do some research. What is the fund's investment philosophy? Who manages it? How diversified are its holdings? Then, after you've done your homework, you'll have to use it for the right class.

Inflation? Buy Inelastic Stocks

While some investors may argue that when dealing with equities it is important to diversify your portfolio in different sectors combating one another so you do not obtain high capital losses. While the statement may be true in times of volatility, during inflationary periods such as the one that is cautiously approaching and worrying the Federal Reserve, I would recommend avoiding such mutual fund tactics and encourage the purchasing of inelastic stocks.

India Beat China as Next Great Bull Market

India has the potential to be the next great bull market of the 21st century – an opportunity of being a better investment than even China! Here are six reasons that investors should consider tilting some of their long-term capital towards India and not China.

What Constitutes An Ideal Investment: Part Three

When it comes to stocks and shares, do you know what to look out for in an Ideal investment? Find out the ideal conditions that constitute a good investment.

Openwave-Could the Little Company Ever Become King?

Openwave Systems Inc. provides Communication Service Providers (CSPs), including wireless and wireline carriers, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), portals, and broadband providers worldwide, with the software and services they need to build boundary-free, multi-network communications services for their subscribers.

What On Earth Is Going On In The Market?

You know it's absolutely crazy. Every time you think you understand the stock market, something comes up that makes you wonder whether there is any sanity in it at all... Put another way, when the going gets tough, then the tough (wise) move to cash at the earliest opportunity. So ask yourself, are you going to try and remain wise, or do you want to risk being a directionless hero? The choice is yours, but I know what I'm going to be doing.

Is It True that Regular Index Investing Performs Good Results with Low Risk?

There are many mutual funds and ETF on the market. But only a few performs results as good as s&p 500 or better. Well known that s&p 500 performs good results in long terms. But how can we convert these good results into money? We can buy index fund shares.

Stock Market Trading

The stock market offers various opportunities for trading. Apart from the main securities, which one can trade on various exchanges like the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq, there are other forms of trading like forex trading, currency trading and 'contracts for difference' also known as CFDs.

Probability - If You Don't Understand It, It Will Cost You Money

The trap we can fall into is to increase our trade size on the back of successive losses. In the back of our mind are desperation, and the thought that we need to have a massive winner trade soon to get back on track.

Investing in Penny Stocks - How To Make Huge Profit From Small Beginnings

Penny Stock Investing always grabs peoples dreams of instant wealth for no cost because of their name - Penny Stocks. But just what are the pitfalls of these enticing stocks and how do you avoid the painful lessons the unwary will suffer?

Why You Should Buy No-Load Funds!

Load is defined as the fee or the commission that an investor pays to a mutual fund at the time of purchasing or redeeming the shares of the mutual fund. If the commission is charged when the investor buys the shares, it is known as a front-end load. On the other hand if the commission is charged when the investors redeems his shares, it is known as a back-end load.

Variations of the Butterfly Spread

The Butterfly Spread on Steroids!

Learn to Trade

Learn to trade well enough and you just might be able to quit your day job!

SPX: Lower Volume Trading Range

Possible Short-term S&P 500 Trading Range.