Investing/Trading
Fundamental Stock Analysis
Successful investors use fundamental stock analysis in order to determine the intrinsic value of a stock. What is intrinsic value? The dictionary definition of intrinsic stock value is its fundamental value. It is obtained by adding up predicted future income of a stock and subtracting current price. It can also be seen as actual value […]
How to Invest Your Inheritance
If you receive an unexpected inheritance, what do you do with it? The generation that went to work after World War II experienced an unparalleled period of prosperity. You may not get the opportunities that your father and grandfather did. But your inheritance may make up for that. The question is how to invest your […]
Learn from Other Traders
To be successful in stock or Forex trading you need to know things and you need specific skills. An effective way to obtain these in Forex and stock trading is to learn from other traders. You may be a complete novice at stock trading or you may have years of experience in Forex trading. In […]
Panama Canal Expansion Update January 2015
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When Are Stocks Too Expensive?
The US stock market has made double digit advances now for three years. This is its best performance since the 1990s before the dot com bubble. With previous rallies and crashes in mind, when are stocks too expensive? This question was posed in a CNN Money article, Are Stocks Too Expensive? They look at P/E […]
Invest in Alibaba or Not
Should you invest in Alibaba or not? If you have not been paying attention the Chinese e-commerce company, Alibaba, is going public on Friday, September 12. The initial public offering (IPO) will be on the New York Stock Exchange as the Hong Kong Stock Exchange refused to list the stock. Why is that and what […]
Timing Stock Investments
Timing stock investments is commonly the key to profits in the NYSE or NASDAQ. Fundamentals are what drive eventual price of a stock. When fundamentals change so do stock prices. Using fundamental analysis helps in knowing what stock might be selling at a bargain price but not in timing stock investments. Technical analysis with Candlestick charts does not tell us anything about intrinsic stock value, price to earnings ratio, or margin of safety. But, Candlestick pattern formations help traders and investors decide when a stock has hit bottom. Candlestick pattern formations help investors and traders increase their profits by buying […]
Understanding Stocks
Understanding stocks is the basis for investing in the stock market. The old saying about not seeing the forest for the trees applies to many new investors and traders, bedazzled by the breadth of opportunities in the stock market. Expanded trading abilities brought to us by leveraged trading strategies such as hedging often lead to […]
Short Term Investment
There are two things a person may be looking for in a short term investment. One is a place to park their money that is safe and pays better than a bank savings account. The other is a way to profit from the ups and downs of the stock market. The first just has to […]
When to Look at Stock Price
When to look at stock price varies with whether one is interested in long term investing or day trading. The day trader follows stock prices by the day, hour, or minute in order to profit from stock volatility and market volatility. When to look at stock price for a long term investor is after all […]