Robinhood Chain Meme Coin Watch GRO First of Its Kind
The newly launched project turns sustained market cap milestones into permanent changes to its seed mascot, connecting token activity to an unfolding visual story. Watch GRO ($GRO), a new meme coin on Robinhood Chain, has completed the first transformation in a planned … [Read More...]
Important Aspects of Forex Trading
Table of Contents Chapter 1: What is Forex Trading Chapter 2: History of Money and Origins of Forex Trading Chapter 3: Forex Trading Terminology Chapter 4: Important Aspects of Forex Trading Chapter 5: Players in The Forex Market Chapter 6: Factors that Affect the … [More]
Stock Market and Price Movements
Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction to Trading Stocks Chapter 2: Different Categories of Stocks Chapter 3: Functioning of The Stock Market Chapter 4: Stock Market and Price Movements Chapter 5: How to Buy Stocks Chapter 6: Choosing Your Investment … [More]
Where To Invest In Stocks and Bonds
Investing In Bonds Chapter 1: Investing In Bonds Chapter 2: Risks Associated With Investing In Bonds Chapter 3: Where To Invest In Bonds Investing In Stocks Chapter 1: Investing In Stocks Chapter 2: Risks Associated With Investing In Stocks Chapter 3: Stock … [More]
What is Futures Trading
Price fluctuations affect all aspects of an economy. When future prices are unknown and unpredictable, it poses many problems to buyers and sellers of goods or services, as well as investors. If future prices can be fixed in some way, it can bring in a lot more certainty and … [More]
Risks Associated with Margin Trading
Table of Contents Chapter 1: What is Margin Trading Chapter 2: Margin Trading Terminology Chapter 3: When to Use Margin Trading Chapter 4: Risks Associated with Margin Trading Navigate This Page Chapter 4: Risks Associated with Margin Trading Chapter 4: Risks … [More]
Bond Price, Yield and Duration
Table of Contents Chapter 1: Categories of Bonds Chapter 2: Pricing of Bonds Chapter 3: Calculating Yield and Understanding Yield Curve Chapter 4: Duration of Bonds Chapter 5: Relationship Between Price, Yield and Duration Navigate This Page Chapter 5: Relationship … [More]
Lowering Your Tax Liability
Table of Contents Chapter 1: Manage Your Taxes Chapter 2: Estimated Tax Payments Chapter 3: Capital Gains Tax Chapter 4: Tax Planning & Filing Your Taxes Chapter 5: Lowering Your Tax Liability Chapter 6: Tips for the First Time Tax Payer The whole idea of tax … [More]
Different Types of Cash Loans
Not all financial emergencies can be anticipated in advance and many times the only way out of them is to obtain cash loans. Several types of cash loans are available to meet the financial needs of both credit worthy and bad credit borrowers. Here’s a list of the common … [More]
Investing In Stocks
Creating a diversified investment portfolio is essential if you want to increase your wealth. A strong portfolio includes a collection of assets like stocks, bonds, mutual funds, real-estate etc that can generate good returns with minimum risk. Investing in stocks and bonds … [More]
Functioning of The Stock Market
Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction to Trading Stocks Chapter 2: Different Categories of Stocks Chapter 3: Functioning of The Stock Market Chapter 4: Stock Market and Price Movements Chapter 5: How to Buy Stocks Chapter 6: Choosing Your Investment … [More]
Top 7 Political Scandals in Greece
Between 2006 and 2009, a number of scandals involving Greek politicians made it to the news. Formal enquiries were launched and the cases were tried in court. But in most cases, stringent action was not taken and some of the accused simply walked free. Here's the list of top … [Read More...]
Top 5 Political Scandals in Pakistan
Pakistan’s politics has seen widespread corruption and many major scandals. Its history is marked by political unrest and government overthrows masterminded by the intelligence agency ISI as well as the military. Almost every administration has been accused of money … [Read More...]
Top 10 Reasons Why the United States is in Debt
As of December 3rd 2012, the total public debt in the US breached the $16 trillion mark, and stood at almost 90 % of the country’s GDP. The Federal Government’s auditor, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has called America’s current fiscal policy unsustainable. If … [Read More...]
Top 10 Most Expensive Homes in the World
The world’s most expensive homes’ list starts with the most recently completed Antilla in Mumbai and ends with an ancient Dracula’s Castle in Romania. While geographically these homes share very little in common, all the homes on this list can lay claim to affluent owners, … [Read More...]
Top 10 Lowest Paying Jobs
In several nations across the world including the United States, the people who are employed in customer service oriented jobs, are among the lowest paid workers. Experts reveal that this is possibly due to the fact that the job itself often requires little or no skill at … [Read More...]
Top 7 Political Scandals in Japan
Most of Japan’s political scandals have revolved around bribes and misappropriation of funds by top Japanese officials. Powerful private sector firms have been found to be in cahoots with government officials in carrying out these large scale corrupt activities. There is a … [Read More...]
Top 10 Promotional Gifts For Businesses
Promotional gifts are used globally to promote a brand, event, corporate identity or company. These items are gifted at trade shows, conferences and other interactive marketing campaigns with the purpose of popularizing the company and its products or services. In … [Read More...]
Top 10 Stock Exchanges of the World
Stock markets are marketplaces where new shares are issued and traded, so that business entities can fund their operations. Shareholders and companies benefit from presence of profitable stock markets in their country. US is one such country that enjoys the existence of high … [Read More...]
Top 10 Richest People in the World and How They Got Rich
Every year the world's richest list is eagerly awaited. This time the top slot didn't go to the usual suspect, Bill Gates, but to Carlos Slim Helu, the Mexican businessman who runs the wireless company, America Movil. Bill Gates has held the top slot for 14 out of the last … [Read More...]
Top 10 Business Scandals and Ponzies in the United States
The US has seen many financial and business frauds through the years. Many of these were well thought of and deliberately orchestrated by fraudsters. Others happened when unscrupulous persons took advantage of loopholes in existing systems. No matter how these have come … [Read More...]
Research in Motion The Failing Giant
Research in Motion has been in the front page of the news for years now. As the manufacturer of the highly sophisticated mobile products in the blackberry line, RIM was able to capture a huge share of the corporate technology market. Focusing on creating secure business … [Read More...]
Investment Risk and Understanding When to Sell or Hold
When we sell a security, we are doing so with the understanding that we can re-invest the proceeds in a way that will maintain our nominal returns. The logic behind this is fairly simple, in that we wouldn’t sell the security if we didn’t feel as though there was a long-term … [Read More...]
2012 Investing Trends: Agricultural Demand & Agricultural ETF
A recurring theme for investing in 2012 that people are discussing today involves developing countries. Specifically, trends seem to be surrounding how markets will adapt to accommodate increasing population sizes, and growing levels of wealth. One of the most pervasive … [Read More...]
How to use the Earnings Per Share Formula
When looking at the differences between the basic earnings per share (EPS) and diluted earnings per share metrics that we have discussed in previous articles, it can sometimes be confusing to figure out exactly how it is that we can use this sort of information to make a … [Read More...]
Part 4 Practical Mutual Funds: Finding Fixed Income
I’ve saved the best for last in this ongoing series describing the practical fundamentals of investing in Mutual Funds. You can check out my first three articles in this series here (1, 2, 3). By taking the time to understand how it is that Income-Oriented Mutual Funds … [Read More...]
Understanding Value Investing
In the interest of continuing the ongoing trend of examining accessible investing strategies for running personal portfolios, I’m going to dedicate the next few posts to examining how it is that the pursuit of value can fortify a portfolio’s returns. Specifically, I’m going … [Read More...]
Applying Value Analysis to Income and Cash Flow
The first things you should ever look at when analyzing a company is its top and bottom lines. How much money is this company making, and how much is it keeping? From there, you can work your way throughout the gritty details about where it is all the money is going, and … [Read More...]
How a Gold Exit Might Impact Your Commodities Portfolio
My favourite story from economics class is the Wizard of Oz. Believe it or not, this book was actually a story about the great depression. Go ahead, Google it and come back here when you’re done. Rather than bore you with the details, I’d like to quickly draw your attention … [Read More...]
Doomsday Scenario The Risk of Corporate Bankruptcy
Corporate bankruptcy is a major underlying risk associated with every single security in an investor’s portfolio. However, it is only really the fixed-income holders that take it seriously. While this is likely due to the way in which bonds and preferred shares have fewer … [Read More...]
Part 3 Practical Mutual Funds: Finding Equity Value
Over first and second articles discussing how to implement Mutual Funds, we’ve gone into detail about the obvious rewards, and lesser-known risks associated with fund investment. With these valuable tools under control, I’m now going to share with you some professional tips … [Read More...]
