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Buying stocks on margin is a highly risky endeavor typically only done by highly experienced, highly capitalized investors who are many times looking to throw their weight around in the market. Investors new to the concept may not be aware that leverage forex, leverage treasury, and leverage corporate bond accounts are also considered marginable securities [...]
Margin stock regulation is extremely important to the efficient and consistent functioning of financial markets. Many rules have been developed over the years to protect financial institutions and investors from themselves and each other as people try to make money in financial markets. One of the most dangerous areas for the financial system as a [...]
Today’s job market is tough. Consumer spending is down, which has caused many companies to either close up shop or outsource their work overseas where labor is much cheaper. If you are struggling to find a job, fear losing your job or just want to make some extra money to help with bills there are [...]
A gift annuity (CGA) is a popular planned giving tool. They have been around for over 100 years. They are easy to understand, simple to set up and don’t have the higher administrative costs associated with other charitable giving techniques.
Most people think the income from a gift annuity is for the life of the donor [...]
When you consider the lure of day trading penny stocks, remember that with this narrow field of investing you’re combining two of the most risky and challenging fields into a single great leap of investing boldness. Until recent years with the advent of electronic trading, day trading was solely the practice of the most experienced [...]
People are always looking for creative ways to make extra money. You’ll often hear someone say “I’m just looking to make a little extra money so we can get by” or “We just need a little extra so things aren’t so tough.”
But why waste time trying to find something that’s just going to plug a [...]
Whenever I want to get a high rate of return (read:always) with a minimum amount of risk I inevitably look for a small, but 99% sure thing gain in the market, then I borrow as much money as I possibly can to increase the amount of purchasing power I have (I use leverage) to buy [...]
It frequently comes as a surprise to people, but I’m not a gambler. In Vegas, I’m not going to hang out at the Blackjack tables or the slot machines. In fact, you probably won’t see me in the casinos of the hotels at all.
I’m an entrepreneur so I’m certainly no stranger to taking [...]
Looking for ideas on how to make some fast cash? Everyone knows the good old tried and true methods such as working for cash for odd jobs. Yes, these ideas are easy to implement and you can get paid pretty quickly. However, if you are looking for something new when it comes to making cash [...]
An important category within technical analysis is charting – where traders and investors examine price charts, looking for patterns that they believe can signal what will happen next in a given market.
Analysts get especially excited about classical formations such as head-and-shoulders and sideways channels because, on historical charts, these patterns tend to stand out, well-formed, [...]
