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Choosing a Fee-Based Broker May Make Sense

When looking at a full-service broker, you will need to decide between a commission-based or a fee-based. Which is right for you?

What Inflation Means to Your Investments

Inflation is something that every investor should know about. The wise investor understands how inflation erodes their purchasing power and he or she takes steps to mitigate the damage.

A Financial Analysis of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd

The debate between what a luxury good or service is relative to a normal good or service may seem at first glance to be a rudimentary one. However, such assessment is vital for a consumer related industry where economic conditions will affect how the certain good or service will perform and how corporate profits will shape out quarter after quarter.

W.D. Gann Square of Nine

W.D. Gann was such a character, and one of the few whose name remains part of the Wall Street legend even today. Gann became a public figure after giving an interview in 1909 to the then leading Wall Street publication, Ticker and Investment Digest. As an aside the interviewer was Richard D. Wyckoff who in the following years became himself a famous Wall Street operator and stock market author.

Using Betas to Measure Risk

What does a beta really tell you about a stock? A beta is a measure of the market risk of investing in a stock. It aids investors in picking stocks that meet their risk requirements.

Online Options Trading

Online options trading is fast becoming a popular way of trading options. It is fast and easy. Options trading is quite similar to futures trading. They both involve the process of buying stocks at a pre-determined price and selling them on the marketplace when the price is higher than what they were brought for.

Calculating Your Risk Premium

When it comes to investing your money, you need to understand the relationship between risk and reward. When you assume the risk of investing in a stock, you anticipate a reward. The reward should be appropriate given the level of risk you are assuming.

The Basics of Dividends

What exactly are dividends? You’ve heard that you can make money by investing in companies that pay dividends, but how does that work?

Navigating The Stock Exchange

Nothing can seem quite so intimidating as the stock exchange; a hotbed of wealth and commerce all converging in one place; fortunes won and lost; businesses built; and the economic viability of a nation awaiting the results.

How Do You React When Your Stocks Are Down?

How do you react when you’ve found yourself in a losing position? Do you stick your head in the sand and hope that the stock price will rebound? Trading losses are a fact of life for investors. How you react to it is the difference between great stock market investor and the rest of those trading large and small caps.