With fourth-quarter earnings winding down, I’ve been running a screen with an interesting concept: to find companies that have just recently shown their first quarterly profit within the last year. The idea is to find companies that have not shown a profit for at least the previous 4 quarters but have just recently produced their […]

February 18, 2010
Story Highlights:
>PIIGS countries Ireland, Spain, and Portugal held successful sovereign bond auctions this week-all were oversubscribed.
>Over and undersubscribed auctions are normal-the process of price discovery in primary markets is inevitably bumbling.
>Any reasonably credit-worthy issuer can sell bonds for the right price; the question is whether the debt cost will be more […]

Compliance with the trend reflects an active investment and capital management strategy. In the previous article I wrote how to find the trend’s beginning. If you have problems understanding it, don’t be modest and ask. For further reading material will be useless.
Initially, we should define what the trend is. Investopedia describes the trend as follows:
„The […]

We can define IRA as self directed retirement investments that are traditionally tax deferred and tax deductible, but have different account options available to adjust to your individual needs. Of course, we can break down what exactly this all means better than that.
IRA stands for independent retirement accounts. When you deposit money into these […]

Each individual has a risk tolerance that should not be ignored. Any good stock broker or financial planner knows this.Determining one’s risk tolerance involves several different things. First, you need to know how much money you have to invest, and what your investment and financial goals are.
For instance, if you plan to retire in ten […]

It’s no secret that there’s a great deal of risk associated with day trading. If you are not able to anticipate trends effectively enough or react to changes quickly enough you can lose a great deal of money. Conversely, there’s a great deal of money to be made if you’re good at it or really […]

If you talk to your colleagues who are rather new to online stock trading, and question them why they wish to open an online stock trading account, they are very likely to tell you that they hope to get rich through stock trading.
They consider an online stock trading account is their key to riches.
Getting […]

The global economic scenario is no longer same as it was few months ago. The panic that the market created amongst investors turning many bankrupt, jobless, and also leading to the closing down of a number of companies is all gone. Markets are fast recuperating and the Indian stock market almost tops the list in […]