A lot has been written on the virtues as well as dangers of the active stock market trading, or else “market timing.”
Many pundits moreover so called “specialists” will let you know that timing the stock market doesn’t work out, that it is risky, in addition to that “buy and hold” could be the most excellent […]

Do you think the Sensex would reach 21K or even cross it? Or does it seem not very likely? Though some of the skepticism seems to have been shed, the speculations would never stop because the stock markets have been known to be irrational - it is driven by sentiments and that is not always […]

n Japan there is a custom that when one gives gifts to people the weight of the gift is synonymous with the actual feeling of gratitude that the giver has. In the West such considerations do not figure as important. Perhaps more important is size. From childhood we are told that big is best, and […]

Note, or Cash Flows are a valuable asset for many and can help you make a lot of money if you ‘play your cards right’. There is a lot of interest in the note industry today and it’s no wonder when so much money can be made in this industry. The industry is one of […]

Once referred to by the New York Times as one of the 100 most creative and fiercest investment bankers on Wall Street, Ziad K. Abdelnour is a deal maker, trader and financier with over 20 year experience in merchant banking, private equity, alternative investments and physical commodities trading. Since 1985, Mr. Abdelnour has been involved […]

A futures contract to exchange one currency for another at a specified date in the future at a price (exchange rate) that is fixed on the purchase date; see Foreign exchange derivative. Typically, one of the currencies is the US dollar
Futures based upon currencies are similar to the actual currency markets often known as […]

Earnings Preview 7/09/10
Next week is the official kick off for second quarter earnings. There will be just 77 firms reporting next week, but that includes 23 S&P 500 firms. What is lacking in quantity of firms reporting is more than made up by quality. The firms reporting are some of the biggest and most important […]

The first page of search engine research tells you that: “Investors use hedging strategies when they are unsure of what the market will do”— isn’t that always the case? Further along you learn that there are many different kinds of strategies, nearly all of which rely upon some sort of derivative betting mechanism.
But what is […]