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Investing Basics

by wynberg on August 13, 2010 · 0 comments

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Before investing you should consider the following basics. These basics will help you make a better investment choice.

1.Invest With A Purpose Or Goal In Mind:

The obvious reason for a person to invest in something is to make money. But there is always a purpose behind investing and making money. Some common purposes are, to fund retirement, funding college, funding a tour or travelling etc. when you know what goals you have for your investment, it will help you choose the right type of investment to make.

2.Determine What Kind Of Investor You Are:

You will now have to determine whether to go for a stable investment which has slower gains over a long period of time but is safer or go for a high risk investment that will provide higher gains over a shorter period but also have chances of loss. Determining your time frame will help you decide on the type of investment to go for, for e.g. if you are investing for a short term goal which is five years or less, you should go for investments with lower risks. If your goal is long term investment then you should go for an investment with a greater risk and higher reward.

3.Avoid Going For Investments With Big Promises:

You should avoid going for investments that promise to make you a lot of money is a very short period or overnight. These can be scams or involve a very high level of risk. So, don’t get fooled in jumping into such investments.

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What are Arrears?

by R. MAK. on December 9, 2009 · 0 comments

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When most of the people consider arrears, they immediately think of some kind of debt that is not being paid on time. While when it comes to investing, the application is a little different , that still serves as a workable definition for arrears. In the world of stocks, bonds, and trading, back dividends that are owed to shareholders of the company are referred to as arrears.

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In an identical application, arrears may also be used to refer to interest payments to bond holders that were not paid at the time when they were due. In this article I have written how the concept of arrears works, and how it is possible for companies to find themselves in arrears having dividend and interest payments.

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What do you know about Fraud?

December 9, 2009

In a broad strokes definition, fraud is referred to as a deliberate misrepresentation by which another person has to suffer damages, usually these damages are monetary losses. By most of the people the act of lying is consider to be fraudulent, but in a legal sense lying is only one small element of actual fraud. May be a salesman may lie about his name, eye color, place of birth and family, but if he has not said any lie about the product he sells, then…

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Functions of SIPC

December 1, 2009

The Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) is a name given to an organization that compensates investors in case if the firms handling their funds and securities go bankrupt. If an SIPC member goes bankrupt, then the SIPC steps in, it liquidates the firm’s assets and then give compensation to the investors for up to…

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What do you know about CBOT?

November 30, 2009

In 1948, the establishment of The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) takes place. There are 3,600 CBOT members who are trading more than 50 different options and futures contracts through open outcry and e-trading. The CBOT is known as the world’s oldest futures and…

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How would you define Dirty Stock?

November 29, 2009

Dirty stocks are the name given to those type of stock issues that are not considered to have a good delivery. The transaction comes to a halt while the status of the stock is evaluated when a stock is identified as being dirty. Before that the dirty stock is awarded the…

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Euro gained against dollar after firmer German Ifo

November 24, 2009

On Tuesday the euro rise against the dollar, reversing earlier losses as a firmer-than-expected German sentiment survey offset concerns about the country’s banking sector.A bigger-than-expected rise in the German Ifo November business climate index has helped the euro. The index rose to…

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Euro Hovers Near $1.50 As Risk Is Back On

November 23, 2009

On Monday the euro has shown some advancement, hovering near the $1.50 level in New York trading as demand for the greenback has been hurt by the comments from a Federal Reserve official. The remarks helped in encouraging a broad rally in global stocks, oil, gold and higher-yielding currencies that reversed…

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Canadian Dollar dropped down as Stocks fall on Concern Rally Overdone

November 22, 2009

The Canadian dollar has drooped down against 13 of its 16 most-traded counterparts and it has gained only against the currencies of New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. The U.S. dollar has shown a rise against all but two major currencies as…

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British pound becomes week on Budget Deficit

November 21, 2009

As the U.K. posted its worst deficit figures since the measurement start, the pound had a negative week against the U.S. dollar. This has decreased the attractiveness for the British currency which has performed positively in the week…

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