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Why Everyone is Now Trading Forex

Since the financial crisis people are seeing their retirement accounts, their earnings and savings accounts dwindling at a faster rate then ever. People are realizing what Wall Street has always known that traders can profit from any market, bull or bear, rising or falling, and want to profit from them just as hedge funds always have.

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[ More ] March 10th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Investing |

A Guide To Stock Swing Trading

Some believe that the fundamentalist style of trading is when companies are traded only after they have been analyzed for corporate events, like stock splits, acquisitions and reorganizations. Stock swing trading is similar with the exception that swing trading stocks are held for longer than one day. However, there are others who believe that this is not an accurate description, as it is actually somewhere in the middle between trend trading and day trading.

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[ More ] March 8th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Investing |

Stock Secured Loans And Stocks Loans

Do you have stock but don’t want to sell it? Do you need cash now and want to use your stock as collateral for a loan but don’t want to lose your investment? Do you have bad credit but need cash now? If you answered yes to any of these questions it sounds like you’re a good candidate for a non-recourse stock loan.

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[ More ] March 7th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Investing |

Investors: Don’t Buy Stock Unless Its Pre-IPO Stock!

If you’re a stock or bond investor, you most likely have a broker who helps you make decisions and he or she makes a hefty commission for their effort. Most investors don’t know that the brokers ‘research’ and ‘advice’ are simply coming from their 9am meeting where company management told them what stocks to pump, which stocks to dump and how much to advise the clients to sell. In reality this is something that even a rookie investor could do on their own.

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[ More ] February 21st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Investing |

Building a Solid Foundation

Investing successfully is more about attitude than about money. Even an imminent inheritance and a good-paying job offer little hope of financial success without a positive, constructive attitude that leads to a rational, systematic investing approach. The solution to avoiding a stressful retirement and enjoying financial freedom starts by examining your attitudes. With a thorough [...]

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[ More ] October 11th, 2007 | No Comments | Posted in Investing |

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