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THE ZULU PRINCIPLE. The connection between the Zulu peoples of South Africa and an investment ideology which can impact positively on your quest to crank up the profits from your stock market investments might not …

How to Buy Series i Savings Bonds

First off, many people don’t know what a Series I Savings Bond is. Well, it’s a U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Security that you can purchase at most major banks. They are sold at face value and …

Seasonal Trends in Stock Market Sectors

One thing traders and investors take advantage of in the stock market are trends. Trends are defined as things that either recur regularly or the general direction of the price during a certain time frame. …

What are junk bonds?

Junk bonds are an interesting investment vehicle that are better suited to more seasoned investors comfortable with taking risk as opposed to beginners who are new to investing. The common question to ask at this …

Investment and Risk

How should you pick investments and how much risk should youtake? The question came in an email from my son, who is in his senioryear enroute to an economics degree. Seems a bit presumptious for …

The Case against Managed Mutual Funds

A mutual fund is where a fund manager takes money from many investors and invests it in stocks, bonds, short-term money market instruments, and/or other securities. The fund manager then trades on these investments, with …

Getting Started in the Stock Market

Trading in the stock markets is open to everyone with small money to invest, even $10-$100. The problem is that often many people are confused because they do not understand how the stock market system …

Dukascopy Cash Back Rebate

There are many Forex Brokers available and Dukascopy is one of then. It is very well recognized and reputable Forex Broker found on the market. Dukascopy is under control of the Financial Services Authority.  Metatrader …

Gm to Gum Government Union Motors

If the bankruptcy allows General Motors (GM) to renegotiate with the United Auto Workers (UAW), then the bankruptcy will have one good outcome. GM puts itself in the worst possible position when it accepted government …

Why Buy a House now

The bottom of any market is hard to tell if you depend solely on the TV news or stock market charts. Housing is much different, and not as cynical, as the stock market in that …

Why Bonds Fluctuate in value

Stocks are risky; but bonds are safe, right? Despite this common perception, bonds, like stocks, fluctuate in value. Although they both fluctuate in value, bonds are perceived to be less risky than stocks for one …

Penny Stocks

Three Top Penny Stock Picks Carpathian Gold Inc. is a gold penny stock focused on constructing its 100%-owned RDM gold project in Brazil that is expected to produce over 90,000 oz/yr for 10 years at …

Guide to no Credit Check Personal Loans

Loans have existed throughout history without credit checks, with collateral often exchanged for loans. Credit checks are a product of the computer age. Before that a mans word would be his bond, unless he had …

How are Stocks and Options different

The number and variety of investments that are available to choose from is constantly growing. To those who are not directly involved with the market, keeping up with this kind of thing can prove to …

The Abcs of Bonds

Bonds are contracted debts that obligate issuers to pay periodical interest and repay the principal at maturity. Every bond when issued must state par(face value),interest rate,and maturity. Bond issuance is announced publicly together with its …

5 Ways to Hedge against Stock Market Volatility

Extreme swings in the stock market spur demand for feasible measures to safeguard traders’ sof stock equities.  In the wake of increased occurrences of  stocks’ downward momentum  intimated by seasoned and experienced stock market operators, …

Investing in Oil Company Stocks

The recent collapse in the price of oil from a high of $147 per barrel of oil to the current price of approximately $108 per barrel has caused a similar decline in the prices of …