Understanding Stock Exchanges
This article will cover a few of the major, and more well known, stock exchanges. After reading this article you will be able to accurately identify and differentiate between the major exchanges.
Making Money Via Capital Market ServicesEverybody wants to make more money, right. The problem is, jobs are hard to come by and wages are stagnant. Even owners of small businesses are struggling to turn a decent profit.
Dalal Street: India’s Answer to Wall StreetOn a good day at work, this place is buzzing with activity. Shouts of simultaneous joy and anguish by people on the street looking at a large screen precariously and smartly placed by a prominent finance media channel on this building.
Barking Up the Right (Investment) Tree – The Dogs of the Dow TheoryDividends are a hidden treasure of the investment arena. The reinvestment of returns generated by dividends can actually generate huge compounded values for investors. The Dogs of the Dow investment theory is based on the similar principle of tapping stocks with high dividend yields.
Four Ways to Build Your Own All-American Stock PortfolioIf you want an all-American stock portfolio that is reasonably diversified across industries and represents high-quality stocks, look no further than the 30 stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. If you don’t have enough money to buy a position in all 30 stocks, consider only buying the Dogs of the Dow, the Flying Five, or buy an index exchange-traded fund (ETF).
Treasury Bonds Have Fallen Making It Extremely Difficult Times For Investors!The last few months have been extremely difficult for investors, and certainly some of the toughest I’ve seen in my 28 years in this business. Since Ben Bernanke’s now famous speech where he first uttered the dangerous words of tapering the stimulus, we have experienced one of the strongest and most volatile periods since the “Great Recession” officially ended in July 2009.
Bonds Punch The Stocks Also Take It On The ChinWhen Ben Bernanke mentioned that the Fed was just starting to think about possibly ending the bond buying purchases, otherwise known as Quantitative Easing, the bond market panicked, dropping over 15%. This was the worst drop in bonds since 1976, more than 37 years ago.
A Beginner’s Guide to Behavioural InvestingOur mind is an incredibly complex machine capable of processing volumes of visual and audio information in seconds. It is this ability which allowed our ancestors to evade potential life threatening situations while on hunting expeditions. However, evolution has not only enabled us to make quick judgements and determine risks in rapid time but also, calculate, speculate and think critically.
Features of the Australian Securities ExchangeLearn about the features that drive the ASX (Australian Securities Exchange) to be one of the top stock exchanges in the world. Read about the different products available to be traded including ETOs (Exchange Traded Options).
It Always Happens At the Top of the Market – Doesn’t It?Well, we’ve been in a bull market for 46 weeks, the average is 39, we are way over and heading into redline territory, still, some economists are plotting the nearly impossible future of our stock markets including the Dow going to 36,000 but that’s really not in the cards if you understand how things work. I guess my question is; why are there such optimists for a never ending bull-market at a time when all indications seem to point to a topping out point on the near horizon?
