The banking and lending practices of countries can vary considerably from nation to nation. Some countries' institutions, when considering issuing a loan to a client, will demand a safekeeping receipt. A common practice in Europe, a safekeeping receipt is often demanded to prove ownership of a particular asset. This practice is not as common in the United States and, therefore, few institutions or companies offer this service. Citi Secured...more
In order to encourage economic growth and reconstruction of damaged area, the U.S. Administration passed a Gulf Opportunity Zone Act in 2005 after the severe destruction caused by hurricane Katrina. The Gulf Opportunity Zone includes parts of Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana. This act was formulated by the US Congress to offer tax and other financial incentives to corporations that participated in the process of rebuilding of the devastated...more
Call me old-fashioned, but I have never been able to view oil exploration companies as investments. Earnings visibility can never be anything but guesswork, hardly any ever pay dividends, most seem to disappear, one way or another without becoming Shell or Exxons...reminds me of a religious belief, professional explorers like to remember the one or two which became ten or twenty baggers and will not be dissuaded from their addiction to gambling, and the rest of us, agnostics and atheists, tend to avoid them.I notice that the Investors Chronicle devotes more and more space to mining and explorers and trading CFDs, but I think this is more a reflection to the falling quality of the UK quoted universe. A serious investor would be hard pressed to put a portfolio of transparent high quality simple businesses at reasonable prices from the UK quoted sector I think.For the next few months, like the past couple, I intend to hold only very liquid FTSE dividend payers and write options on them, aiming for a return of 20-25%. With BP for example, 5%+ of that is already in the bag from the dividendApart from BP/Shell, Glaxo, Vodafone, Sainsbury, I think most of the rest are poor value and...more
If maximizing and optimizing your skills and knowledge in the area of finance or investing is your prime concern, having an options seminar is a recommended step. This is going to provide you with some vital background information about the latest developments in the world of options trading, and it can even serve as a very strong introduction into...more
What is commodity futures day-trading? Day-trading strategies are unique mechanical methods for entering a liquid commodity market early in the trading day, and exiting some time later in the same day for a profit. Keith Fitschen has developed a family of day-trading strategies for the commodity markets that use the same basic market principle to...more
Trading is a process wherein exchange of materials takes places. It implies saying that one item is bought in exchange for the other. One could imagine it as a daily activity where one buys are a required item in exchange for his/her native currency for an amount which depicts the value of the item bought in terms of currency.Trading can be imagined in various types. In the modern day terminology of trading, one would categorize trading into the following.1- Stock trading2- Future and commodity3- ForexRegardless of the type of trading, the basic concept is the same and reliance on the aspect of exchange.On thorough research into the various aspects of trade, one can easily observe that there can be different types of traders in the market.They can be differentiated as: Scalpers: Those traders who try to look for profits from those several transactions they carry within the day. Usually the profits are smaller in proportion.Momentum traders: those traders who look into movement of certain stocks and trade accordingly in those stocks. They basically observe the direction in which certain specific stocks are moving and accordingly trade to derive profits out of the trade.Technical...more
Day trading can be a strong attraction. As a result, day trading courses are popular both online and offline. However, despite its being famous, participants who have attended such courses end up being disappointed. What is then causing the very high...more
The automated forex trading system is the result of the implementation of advanced technology in the field of forex trading so as to relieve the forex traders of the burden of continuous trading. Since the forex market is not bound by any timings, it...more
Mechanical trading systems are a convenient substitute for the manual method of trading which entails a lot of research and analysis on behalf of the trader. Since there are a number of forex trading tools and signals, it is virtually impossible for...more
There are seven main currencies in the forex market which are principally traded amongst each other in pairs and it is the ratio of these pairs which should be taken into account by the trader while conducting a transaction. Within the currency pair,...more
This type of alert message is usually sent by an alert service meant for this purpose and which the trader has to subscribe for in order to receive alerts. A forex alert often consists of essential forex trading tips and is therefore meant as a...more
There are numerous types of stock trading styles as there are several goods or commodities or shares available in varying markets. Stock trading has some numbers of risks where proper choice of good strategies is needed. You should be able to equip...more