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Using Moving Averages To Find Trading Opportunities

Moving averages are the result of determining the “average” of multiple price points over specified period of time. The specific price points used can vary. They typically will consist of either 1) opening prices, 2) closing prices, 3) high of the time period price range or 4) low of the time period price range.

The Painful Reality of Being a Socially Responsible Investor

When you look at socially responsible or green investment mutual fund performance do you ever wonder why the returns are so closely correlated? This does not happen by chance as the correlations of fund groups tend to run very tight regardless if they’re SRI funds or not.

Myriad Investing Options For All Sections Of Interested Investors

Gone were the days when people in India invested money in banks and assets and watched them grow poorly. With smart myriad investing options easily available, the number of investors has increased manifold in these new segments.

Factors To Be Considered While Investing

Looking for an online brokerage company that can give you good service? A Google search will instantly transport you to a number of share stock trading sites. Before you sign up in such a company, do consider the reputation and service record of the company.

Stop Reading And Start Acting

Most people have this small issue and I’ve fell prey of the old information fallacy. Don’t get me wrong, reading and knowledge is a good thing. The problem is that most people just keep reading and reading without realizing that a proper plan and actions must be taken in order to really learn.

How Can You Know If That Web Guru Is Lying? Unfortunately, There Is No Way

It is not hard to find stocks charts in any scenario or stock market to prove your setup right. If you came up with the most ridiculous and meticulous stock setup, you would probably be able to find one or two charts that would provide “enough” and irrefutable evidence that your setup do work!

Covered Calls Vs Buy And Hold Strategy

Many investors purchase and hold stock shares in hope of those shares going up in price. An alternative strategy that can help investors attain more profit while also lessening downside risk is the writing of covered calls on those shares. The advantage of covered calls over the buy and hold strategy is that CCs allow investors to receive income from those shares, in addition to receiving dividends (if offered), while they hold the stock.

Covered Call Returns

There are two primary ways of calculating returns on covered calls. These include the trade’s ‘flat’ return – assuming the stock is unchanged until expiration, and the ‘if-called’ return – assuming that assignment takes place and the underlying stock is called away.

Best Covered Calls

When investing in covered calls you will need to decide which is the best option to write. This will depend on several factors, including doing research and picking a company’s stock that you would like to own.

How to Relatively Value a Stock

Relative valuation is a process that most investors will utilize before they make any investment decisions. Essentially, you are comparing the relative price of a company against its major competitors to see if it is undervalued.