How The Stock Market Works
The way the stock market works, you have three general categories of people involved. Of course, you have to have buyers or investors to buy the stocks. You also need people or entities that want to sell stocks, More...
Rogue Traders
As the last of the City bonuses are paid in January, the inevitable comparisons are once again being made between traders as to whether their bonus sufficiently recognises their contribution to their respective More...
Researching Stocks
Research If you want to do anything with the stock market, and assuming you are not a gambler or a psychic, you need to do some solid research to find out which shares you want to trade. Without research, you will More...
Trading or Investing?
If you’re looking for somewhere to put your money so that it may grow month by month or year by year, then you are probably an investor. This is the traditional, some say old-fashioned, way to build up a nest More...
Federal Reserve tapers by another $10 billion for the second straight month
In Ben Bernanke’s final meeting as chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank as expected he continued “tapering” of the bond buying program which had been implemented to stimulate the US economy. The tapering More...
Emerging Markets: Argentina Gold Going Crazy With a comparison to the Turkish Lira as well
The crisis in the emerging markets started with the Federal Reserve in the US announcing that it would “taper” its bond buying, a process that has been helping the US recovery. The announcement was made More...
Ukrainian Prime Minister Resigns
The Prime Minister of the Ukraine, Mykola Azarov, resigned on Tuesday, 28 January. Some say that this was inevitable, given that a vote of no-confidence which would have taken away his authority was planned in the More...
Fundamental Analysis and Technical Analysis
Fundamental Analysis As the name implies, fundamental analysis takes a look at the basics of any particular stock, and therefore the company behind it. You can find a wealth of details on the official sites, and More...
Apple Share Price: Is the Great Bull Run Over?
Lack of innovation seems to be hitting at Apple’s share price. On Tuesday 28th January the price of Apple shares dropped to $500, and on Wednesday it briefly nudged underneath this milestone level. Apple has long More...
Shorting Shares
An investor will usually look for stocks to buy in the hope that they will increase in value over time. He is in it for the long-term, and doesn’t invest expecting to close out his trade anytime soon. Of course More...