Archive for November, 2008

What Does It Mean When a Stock Has Gone “Parabolic”?

Sunday, November 30th, 2008

Financial reporters use the term “parabolic” to describe the behavior of a stock–and occasionally the general market–whose value has risen dramatically in a short period of time. As a rule of thumb, investors should regard such reports as warnings.
News about a company can often drive the price of its stock quickly to the upside as […]

Financial Planning (Only Necessary If You Are Still Breathing)

Friday, November 28th, 2008

If you, like most people, have not seriously considered what steps you should take for planning your finances and are now planning on buying a house, getting married or having children, you will do well to read David Chilton’s book ‘The Wealthy Barber’.
It will not matter if you have never heard of a mutual fund […]

Getting Started into Forex Trading

Thursday, November 27th, 2008

Forex, also known simply as the “FX,” is the commonly accepted abbreviation for the over-the-counter foreign exchange market. The forex market is the largest financial market on earth. Forex exists on a 24-hour-a-day global network that spans corporate, banking, and individual interests. There is no central trading floor. Currency is traded around the world and […]

One a Penny, Two a Penny, Hot Penny Stocks…

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

The peddlers of hot penny stocks today peddle their wares much like the hot cross bun streetsellers of the 19th. Century. They don’t exactly hawk their wares round the shopping malls crying out “Get your hot penny stocks tips here”, but telemarketers and professional rumor mongers are making sure that you get their message loud […]

Everybody Wants to Know How to Invest

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

Those unfamiliar with the process of making and managing investments often have more than a few trepidations about investing in general. They figure that, since they do not know how to invest, they will never learn. Of course the horror stories of investors who lost their life savings on some bad deal don’t […]

Mutual Fund Returns May Not Be As They Seem!

Monday, November 24th, 2008

Arthur Levitt, during his tenure at the SEC, experienced many cases where the non-indexed mutual fund manager bought shares for their own accounts before the fund bought the shares. The fund’s purchases drove up the price of the stocks and the fund manager’s made a killing on the deal. This is called “front running,” […]

Guru Focused: Robert Olstein’s Short Sells

Saturday, November 22nd, 2008

While it is rather rare that value gurus sell stocks short, Robert Olstein has been selling short in his Financial Alert Fund. The accountant-turned fund manager spots values by looking behind the numbers. In the second quarter of 2004, Robert Olstein sold short American Italian Pasta Co. (PLB) at $31. After about 6 months he […]

Nice bargain 10000 dollar at a beneficial loan rate of 17.5 percent

Saturday, November 22nd, 2008

Be overbold today to if you have a nice deal or if you don’t with the bank that offers you a loan.
The translation says: Woon je in Heemstede of Brunssum en heeft u BKR codering. Lenen met een BKR registratie is nog nooit zo eenvoudig geweest. Verwen jezelf met een nieuwe auto met geldlening […]

What Is A Fair Market Value, Really? If You’re Going To Trade, Be Sure It’s Worth It!

Saturday, November 22nd, 2008

I’ve been involved in online trading, specifically with stock and index options, for several years. In this time, I’ve spent a great deal of time thinking about value and the fact that anything, be it a stock or currency or even a house, is worth exactly whatever someone else will pay for it. […]

Investing & Online Stock & Share Trading- The Stock & Share Markets are Booming But Be Warned

Friday, November 21st, 2008

I had the pleasure of being invited on a friend’s yacht to sail in a race on Sydney Harbour yesterday. On board, as one of our motley crew, I met a top ranking corporate executive from one of Australia’s largest banks, who we’ll call ‘Phil’ here for the purpose of this article. After the race […]