Target retirement funds are mutual funds that do it all for you ... one-stop shopping.You tell them when you plan to retire or when you retired, and they manage a diversified portfolio of investments for you that gets more conservative as you age.But look before you leap, because their idea of conse......[Read More]

Each and every day, around the world millions of investors regularly rely on stock trends software to handle the analytical process in their stead and completely remove the learning curve and not to mention emotions from factoring into their trades. This technology has skyrocketed in popularity with......[Read More]

The vast amount of information can appear to be overwhelming, and is full of terminology that might as well be ancient Greek for all the sense it makes. Everyone you meet, and every website you visit has some different advice. There are a few things to think about even before you ever make that firs......[Read More]

What started off as a Bear market rally at the beginning of the week, quickly turned sour as the major indices retraced, coming back down to their prior lows. Even though comments of another stimulus package encouraged investor's sentiment at the start of the trading week, fears of a longer tha......[Read More]

The need to look for school fundraiser ideas that will help you raise money in a hurry can be quite an overwhelming thing especially when your school has some sudden needs to attend to. In situations like these, it would be best for you to keep calm. Instead of wasting your time on panicking, it wou......[Read More]

A former market maker and professional trader offers advice on how to look at information when picking stocks. Learn how to analyze data. How to decide if you are wrong and what to do about it.......[Read More]

Class A Stock is the common stock issued for public trading.......[Read More]

Fundamental traders like to use factors like news, current events, and corporate management hires to determine the stocks and equities in which to invest. On the other hand, technical traders base their trading decisions directly on the price action of the stock itself. There are also countless othe......[Read More]

Mutual Funds can be a powerful vehicle to Financial Freedom. There are several websites, blogs and magazines who write about how to choose, recommended mutual funds, etc. But do you know what are different channels through which you can invest in Mutual Funds, and which one suits you most in terms o......[Read More]

I'm not a big fan of Broker Recommendations because of their overwhelmingly bullish bias. Nevertheless, Broker Recommendations do have their place. From small individual investors to large institutional portfolio mangers, people do pay attention to ... ......[Read More]

As a board member, volunteer or staff of a nonprofit, you know that garnering solid support for your annual fund each year is critical to achieving your mission. Without regular financial support, you can't pay the rent, the bookkeeper, the office equipment or any of the usual expenses incurred......[Read More]

There are several key reasons why you should consider mutual funds:Professional Management: The manager of a given mutual fund may not be more intelligent or luckier than you, but he or she can devote full-time attention to what you can, at best, only give a portion of your time. Also professional i......[Read More]

What are the different styles of technical analysis? How can technical analysis help might trading? Is technical analysis scientific?......[Read More]

The Hack Writer gives a hint as what to do when the market drops like lead shot in a vacuum. it's bargain hunting time. Which "good" stocks are now paying a higher percentage return because of the drop in price?......[Read More]

Although some brokers may allow you to invest as little as three dollars to execute a trade, this kind of investment is suitable only for an academic interest. These small trades allow the investors to get a feel of the online stock trading.......[Read More]

Dutch auction is descending price auction where the bidding process is used to find an optimal market price at which the issuing company can sell its shares. It is in complete contrast to the traditional method of the price range set by the underwriters and people can only bid in between that range.......[Read More]

Treasury stock is a type of stock that is owned by the company that issued it. These shares are kept in the company's treasury and are not out in the open market. This type of stock has some advantages and disadvantages for both the company and for the investors in the company.......[Read More]

You don't have to be smart to make money in the stock market, you just need to be persistent and study the stocks carefully. When you do stock market investing, you follow a few procedures and repeat them over and over again.......[Read More]

Nothing is more misunderstood in the world of stock trading and technical analysis as candlestick charting. With loads of information and misinformation available on the subject, it has been tried by many traders who come to the conclusion that this form of technical analysis is mystifying and the s......[Read More]

A bear market is characterized by a downward trend in stocks and stock valuations over a prolonged period.In the last century a total of 50 years was spent in bear market conditions. That's half the century. An eighteen-year bull market in stocks ended in 2000.And after every bull market in the......[Read More]