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Stocks

How High Frequency Traders Use Latency Arbitrage

May 25, 2010

Latency Arbitrage is something that you may not necessarily be familiar with, but if you have anything more than a passing interest in the stock market, then you probably have heard of high frequency trading (after all, it has been in the news a lot recently, particularly following the May 6th Flash Crash). High frequency [...]

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Finding Good Stocks to Invest In

April 23, 2010

Are there any good stocks to invest in left? With the state of the worldwide economy today, the attitude of many people with regard to the stock market is that it should be avoided like the plague. It’s true that it has gone up from the depths it reached in 2009, but the whole capitalist [...]

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Stock Options Concepts, Leverage And Risks

April 16, 2010

Why would one invest in stock options rather than simply buying stocks? If you have heard horror stories of people losing everything they’ve put into a position you might be wondering what the big attraction is about buying stock options. The attraction is leverage. Leverage means that you need less money to benefit from a [...]

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Four Indicators Of A Good Investment

April 16, 2010

Most of the new investors today are more likely interested in buying a company’s stock; however they are not sure about where to start. Here are four indicators of a good investment that the beginning investor should understand.  They can use these tips to determine if they are investing in a winning stock. What is [...]

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Should You Commit New Money To Stocks Now?

April 3, 2010

When you check out the stock market right now on 4/2/10, you will notice it is closing in on 11,000. That is a long way up from just a year or so ago when it hit it’s bottom of close to 6,500. All the people who have bought stocks in 2009 have most likely been very happy with the result. It seems that many people [...]

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Best Penny Stocks

March 20, 2010

What are the best penny stocks to buy? You will see all sort of hype on the chat boards. What the wise investor needs to do is to do some good research and not try to trade penny stocks on a whim and prayer. As you do your research, you will be dazzled by people [...]

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In Search of the Great Example of Undervalued Stocks

March 11, 2010

It is nearly impossible to point to a single great example of undervalued stocks during this ever-lingering national recession. Most investors are confident of a healthy rebound, eventually, and the savviest are carefully scanning earnings reports and projections like sports fans read box scores. However, can a Low Price to Book be as indicative as [...]

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