Understanding Mutual Funds: Part II

The structure of a mutual fund can have a lot of moving parts. Yet people spend more time analyzing what kind of car to buy than they do analyzing their investments or retirement portfolio. Why wouldn't you want to know how your money is being spent? This article is the second in the series on understanding mutual funds.

Stocks - Getting Started in the Market

So you've accepted a lucrative position at another company within your industry. Perhaps you're in the middle of a career change. Your 401(k) is probably your most important investment in regards to retirement savings. Don't let it get lost in the shuffle when a change in your professional life comes along.

Stock Options Basics

Stock options are an excellent way to reduce risk in trading or to leverage your capital. While advanced stock option strategies are for experienced investors only, the basic option strategies can also be used by novice traders.

Markets: Rotation and Relationships

Relationship between stock, bond, and commodity markets.

How To Identify And Take Advantage Of Stock Market Trends

Many people invest in the stock market and make a lot of money. How do they do it? They have learned how to spot stock market trends. The market is like fish swimming through the ocean, if you watch it long enough and understand its habits you can usually determine what it will do next.

What is Sales Financing?

Running a business is a difficult process; sales financing is a series of solution devised to free up funds which can become tied up in a company's stock or sales ledger

Who Else Wants To Be A Billionaire?

What must it be like to be a billionaire?

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.

Selecting A Stock

HOW TO PROFIT FROM A STOCK - FOR A BEGINNER

Why In The World Would I Want To Trade Stocks?

That's an excellent question. The quick answer is to make money but if we dig a little deeper we will see that the stock trader doesn't just want to make money, he wants to make a lot of money. In fact, the stock trader is looking for larger returns that he would otherwise get by simply investing in a stock or a mutual fund.

What Are Corporate and Junk Bonds

Junk bonds are just like a traditional bonds. They are basically a promise from a corporation that states what your initial investment was, the date they will pay you back, and the interest rate which will be applied on the borrowed money.

Stock Investing: Buy-and-Hold vs. Timing

This article compares and contrasts buy-and-hold with timing. It suggests that timing, used properly, can be a valid risk-control technique, and that buy-and-hold is not always the best strategy in stock investing.

Bigger Than McDonald's - Yes, Bigger Than McDonald's

Starbucks has accomplished so much in so little time. This company will become bigger and more profitable than McDonald's.