Active Investing in the Stock Market

Active investing is a strategy used in the stock market. People who are actively investing will buy and sell stocks regularly. They monitor the stock market and find way to make quick money. Most people are passive investors.

Trading Options - Look For Liquidity

If you're interested in trading options, then it's a good idea to always look for options that are highly liquid. What does this mean? Basically, it simply means that there are lots of people all trading the same options as you. That's important, because it means there's plenty of supply and demand. If you need to exit a trade, you want to be reasonably confident there will be someone out there wanting to buy into it - and that's what liquidity gives you.

Selling Stocks

When is it appropriate to sell stocks?. One need not keep a stock for ever. It is always wise to sell a portion of the investment when there is a reasonable profit. Otherwise it may be too late in case it falls for some reason or other.

Socially Responsible Mutual Funds

Investing can have a dark side. There are plenty of shady business ventures which may not be legally but are definitely not moral. There are people out there who believe that to get ahead in business, investing, and life you have to do unpleasant things.

Tips for Long Term Gains: Buy and Hold

There is not a single right way to invest in the stock market. Each investor has his or her own needs, investment styles, levels of risk and income. However there are a few tips, offered by financial advisors, which can help investors with long term gains.

Do You Want to Invest Like Warren Buffett?

Warren Buffett is the most famous of the buy and hold investors. We look at his recent record to see if his buy and hold approach is still performing well.

Learning the Stock Market Game - How to Play the Stock Market in the 4th Quarter

Will the stock market rally in the 4th quarter all the way into 2007?

How is a Stock's Value Calculated?

This article helps you undrstand a little about the sometimes-mysterious world of investing. He explains that no matter how much math you use to calculate a stock's value, there is an important part people forget about.

Chevron: Will the Drop in the Price of Oil Hurt Earnings?

As Chevron (CVX) will report earnings this week, you may be wondering if it will be beneficial to purchase shares of this company in attempt of earning higher capital gains. You may also be wondering why I am endorsing the purchase of this equity at a time when oil prices are at its lowest point for this year. While such is a valid claim, there is a more profound reason to the success that Chevron will post this week which will surprise many investors throughout Wall Street.

Beginner Day Online Trading

Day trading is the practice of buying or selling throughout the day, but completely out of the market by the close of the trading day.

Live Reported From the Stock Exchange: GOOG (+23%) - YHOO (-30%)

Where are both stocks (and companies) now in this highly competitive game?

Can the Wall Street Crash Happen Again?

Can the Great Crash of 1929 happen again? What are the similarities and differences between then and now.

Introduction to Swing Trading

Swing trading is essentially a medium term trading strategy. Trades will last from a few days to several weeks. These trades are most commonly based on technical analysis carried out on daily timeframe charts but swing traders can switch to shorter-term charts to pinpoint entries. The object is to trade in and out of the market to take advantage of the medium term price swings that occur in any long-term trend.