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 […]

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 […]

Millions of traders around the world rely on a stock or penny stock list or newsletter because they perform all of the analytical work, leaving you with the knowledge of what to invest in and even set your stop loss at. The hand-holding programs enable first time and non experienced traders to make the kind […]

What would you do if you had unlimited access to THOUSANDS of channels that you could stream online directly from your PC? Get rid of your regular cable bill… Watch your favorite shows from anywhere… or maybe you are from a different country and want to recieve your local news! These are only a few […]

If you had to break a system down to it’s various components, most traders will argue that the most important parts of a forex trading system, or any other kind of trading system for that matter, are its exit strategy and its money management. Money management will be discussed in other articles.
The most common […]

It’s crazy how many different things can be traded these days. There are futures contracts for just about everything, even the weather. In my days as a commodity broker, many moons ago, we even used to joke about putting on a tiger shrimp/powdered milk spread. (You could actually do this, were you so inclined. Or […]