The Stock Market
The stock market may seem a mystery to you. All this talk of Bulls and Bears, shorts and longs, not to mention the associated TLAs (three-letter acronyms!) such as IPOs could leave you cold. But that would be a shame, because it’s really not difficult once you understand the basics, and it could play a bigger part in your life.in fact, it’s More...
Trading and Investing
Share Prices If you have ever looked at the price charts of shares, then you will have noticed that they are changing price all the time. You can easily find charts online by going to Yahoo Finance or to one of More...
Market Sectors and Indices
Market Sectors For ease of reference, stock markets will group together particular types of shares. One way they do this is in market sectors, for instance having an energy sector for oil, gas and electricity generating More...
Do You Need Stocks?
With the discussion up to now, you may have seen no compelling reason why you should invest in stocks rather than simply putting your money somewhere safe, such as a high interest savings account. Certainly, with More...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Derivatives
There was a time when shorting shares was as complicated as you could get on the stock market. Nowadays, the financial whizzes have come up with many different ways that you can trade on the price of, well, virtually More...