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How Covered Calls Turned a Trader Around


Sidney felt sick as she looked at her latest OptionsXpress trading statement. In just 8 months, she had managed to turn her $120,000 account balance into less than $70,000.

Struggling Stocks, Booming Commodities


04/28/2005NASDAQ dropped -12.5% year to date in 2005.

Using Sector Funds to Construct Diversified Mutual Fund Portfolios


'Sector funds are too risky.' 'I doubled my money with Fidelity Select Technology in 12 months!' 'Avoid sector funds.

Why Is The Macedonian Stock Exchange Unsuccessful?


The Macedonian Stock Exchange (MSE) is not operating successfully. True, some of the parameters which we use to measure the success of a stock exchange have lately improved in the MSE.

Again With the Bubbles?


A few years back - it seems like an eternity today - the U.S.

A Personal Stock Market Investment Philosophy


∙ Make every investment in the stock market a long-term investment.My Mother worked as a teller in a small bank in Dover, New Jersey.

Commoditizing the world


Let's discuss commodities; with the latest Enron situation, it is important to understand the way things work. A commodity is anything useful, especially a transportable agricultural product or mining product.

Mutual Fund Expense Lies


When purchasing mutual funds we are cautionedto read the prospectus, look at pastperformance, check out the fund manager's recordand see what their expense ratios have been.We are also told that we should not buy fundswith expenses exceeding 1% to 1.

Successful Trading - Establish Your Risk Level


Before you embark upon a journey of trading stocks or futures, and before you make any trades, you MUST determine and establish your risk level. Traders that fail to do this are usually doomed from the start.

Successful Trading - Taking Profits - Part 1


So you're started trading, you bought some positions with your online broker, you've set some reasonable stop-losses to protect your account and all of a sudden one of your positions move strongly in your favor - so what do you do now? This my friend, is probably the hardest situation to deal with in trading the market - believe it or not.Do you take profits? Do you hold on for more profits? Do you take partial profits? There is no textbook answer to these questions as it depends on your trading objective.

Successful Trading - Taking Profits - Part 2


Suppose your position has made a big move and you moved your stop to your purchase price as recommended. Then let's say your stock continues to make a big move and now we're asking again the questions we asked back in the first paragraph.

What is a Mutual Fund?


Ever wondered what is a mutual fund? A mutual fund is a pool of money run by a professional or group of professionals called the "investment adviser."A mutual fund is a company that pools money from many investors and invests the money in stocks, bonds, short-term money-market instruments, other securities or assets, or some combination of these investments.

Advantages and Disadvantages of Mutual Funds


Outlined below are some of the advantages and disadvantages of mutual funds. Every investment has advantages and disadvantages.

Different Types of Mutual Funds


This is a guide to the different types of mutual funds. When it comes to investing in mutual funds, investors have literally thousands of choices.

Price to Earnings Ratio - P/E


After finding the price of a particular stock, usually the next number everyone looks at is the P/E ratio.P/E is the ratio of a company's share price to its per-share earnings.

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