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Traditional Share Dealing vs Online Share Dealing

Brokers handle the shareholding on your behalf and you do not receive a share certificate, but you remain the beneficial owner of the shares, and you receive dividends.

Tip on Using ETFs

By far the single most important feature of mutual funds is that the investor receives immediate diversification even with a smaller capital base.

Show Me The Money

It takes a long time to understand the markets. Go easy, trade small and research as much as you can.

Wacky Earnings Reports

The earnings that they are screaming about as being so great, really haven’t been so great folks.

The ABC’s Of Stock Options

As a performance incentive many companies are starting to offer employees the “option” to buy company stock as a part of their compensation packages. These “options” are referred to as stock options and they provide a unique opportunity for an employee to potentially increase his or her wealth along side company shareholders. The employee receiving company stock options should have a good understanding of the characteristics of the different types of stock options in order to maximize their potential benefits.

Keep an Eye on Fund Redemption Rates

Once you get a clear picture of your funds’ redemption rates, you can make an informed decision on whether the gains in the fund make possible higher costs acceptable.

Put-to-Call Ratio

Is there a particular number on the put/call ratio that signals a buying opportunity? Well, after looking at it for years, the answer is yes and no, with no winning more than yes. The best way to use this tool is to watch the ratio, and if it is telling you that more people are getting bearish, plan to get cautious. Likewise, if it’s showing that more people are getting bullish, plan on getting long for a while. http://www.vtoreport.com/sentiment/putcall.htm

Penny Stocks and Micro Cap Stocks: Finding the Right Company at the Right Price

In past articles I have touched upon how to play a penny stock or micro cap stock near its bottom. You will come across a lot of stocks at or near their bottoms when trading penny stocks, here are some tips for timing your purchase correctly. Once you have found a stock you like, take a look at its 52-week high and its 52-week low. This will give you the stock’s trading range

The Rules of a Professsional Stock Market Trader

A look at what rules a professional stock trader follows to allow him to beat the mutual funds, the brokers and the market itself. The tips he offers can make returns higher than thought possible on a consistent basis.

Stock Option Plans, Statutory & Non-Statutory Explained

The transfer of a statutory stock option to an employee has no tax consequence until the employee sells the stock. At that time, the employee pays capital gains tax (generally 15%) on the difference between the option price and the amount received. However, if the option price was less than the fair market value at the time the option was granted, the employee must recognize ordinary income (taxed up to 35%) on the difference between the option price and the fair market value at the time the option was granted.