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301. Investments and Tracking Your Return on Investments By Fauzi Zamir
     Summary: The calculation gets more complex when: You have multiple portfolios at different financial institutions and you want to calculate individual portfolio returns or a rate of return for all your portfolios on a combined basis. You have made contributions or withdrawals during the calculation period which then have to be weighted for accurate return calculations. You don't have access to Index rates of returns for comparison purposes. How …



302. Just what is Arbitrage Investment? By Gary Durkin
     Summary: In the simplest of terms, Arbitrage means to exploit price differential.Usually it meant looking at differing sources of an investment, and if there was a price difference between Source A and Source B - then the investor / dealer / broker / manager would buy from the lower priced source, and sell on the higher priced source.Example:- The price of Stock ABC was $20 per share on Exchange XYZ The price of the same Stock ABC on another Exc…



303. Is Your Mutual Fund the Right One for You? By James Marriott
     Summary: Investing in mutual funds basically means buying shares of the mutual fund and becoming a shareholder.Having read this, you may have now decided to buy a mutual fund. 'Load' is basically a commission that has to be paid to the broker when you buy the fund while 'no load' mutual funds are free from such commission hassles, as they're sold directly by the investment company.It's best to consult an investment counselor before plunging into …



304. Is Starting A Business For Me? What To Consider Before Starting A Business By Austen Osborne
     Summary: In addition, it is always wise buy a few pertinent general business books as most will encapsulate the basics of creating a successful business - The formula being remarkably consistent from sector to sector.Hope for the best but expect the worst!By definition most entrepreneurs are positive but ironically such optimism can often be their worst enemy, so always leave a sufficient financial safety blanket.Keep non-essential costs to a min…



305. Why Do You Want to Become a Online Trader? By David Jenyns
     Summary: Nevertheless, the primary cause of why so many people lose money trading is that they simply do not know how to trade.If you do not know how to trade, that does not mean that you are not smart. On the contrary, many highly intelligent people lose millions of dollars in the market.If you do not know how to trade, the conclusion is simple ' you do not have a:+ Coach / Mentor and or a + SystemMost people never master trading because it se…



306. What Is A Fair Market Value, Really? If You're Going To Trade, Be Sure It's Worth It! By Jonathan Van Clute
     Summary: Therefore, I would like to present the idea that a $20 bill is not actually worth $20 since nobody would likely pay $20 for it!So how much would you pay for a $20 bill? He then spoke with the winning bidder, who said he had made a profit many times online by purchasing currency for less than face value (including a $20 bill for less than $10 as I recall).The conductor of the experiment left it at that - nothing more than a somewhat…



307. Make Money with No Money-When Will Opportunity Knock? By Jack Reynolds
     Summary: To make money with no money seems like a difficult task. Everyone has access to this much at least if they were to discover how to compound it rapidly and effectively.Making money with no money, the thing to remember is that money is numerical in nature. If you did that 47 times and bought up higher and higher cost items as your funds increased, and made sure each increase was a mere 30% then as your calculator has already told you, you…



308. The Art Of Exponential Money Generation By Martin Thomson
     Summary: When you take possession of the portable VALUE stored in the Investment Object that you exchanged for capital and that Value was worth MORE then the Capital you exchanged, you effectively illiminate ALL risk from the Investing Equation.Put another way, if a stranger was on the street selling 1 dollar notes for 70 cents and they were certified, bonafide bank notes. We seek out these individuals because they have the proper government cred…



309. Your Portfolio and “Old Ironsides” By Kemberly Wardlaw
     Summary: From there she became an icon of durability and success.In battle, the ship became known as 'Old Ironsides' because the shots fired from enemy ships seemed to bounce off her hull. As with 'Old Ironsides,' she fought many a battle, but more than two hundred years later remains afloat and above water.A second point to remember, just like the ship, your portfolio may require maintenance from time to time.Positions may weaken and require y…



310. 5 Common Misuse of P/E Ratio By Hari Wibowo
     Summary: Price Earning (P/E) Ratio is the most widely used ratio in investing. Company A with a P/E ratio of 15 and 0% earning growth may not look as appealing as company B with a P/E ratio of 20 and 25% earning growth. The reason is if both stock prices remain the same, after 3 years, P/E ratio of company B will decrease to 10.3 while A will still have a P/E ratio of 15. If interest rate rises to 6%, then stocks that are trading at P/E of 20 wi…



311. Dumb Money By Scott Campanella
     Summary: Most people have no clue.Investors can be lumped into two categories: smart money and dumb money. Dumb money often over-reacts to market pressure.There are a few ways to avoid becoming 'dumb money'...First, forget about short-term investing. The best way to ensure that you will make money investing is to find your initial investment vehicle, and leave your money alone.Second, don't go along with the crowd. Article: Many people have, at …



312. Series 65 Exam By Nick Hunter
     Summary: One of those tests is the Series 65 Exam and the license it gives you is the Registered Investment Advisor designation.The exam itself is a 130 question multiple choice test. Still, having some designations going in, and showing your willingness to succeed in the financial advising business can be enough.The Series 65 exam centers around the primary investment vehicles that are out there: Bonds, Stocks, some funds. These areas of the exa…



313. Market Experience of a Naïve Stock Operator By Gautam Dev
     Summary: Sometime in the third quarter of 1997, someone told me that I should play the stock market. You can not buy or sell them, at least in the beginning.So I learn how to get quotes, how to put an order to buy or sell stocks: market order, limit order, stops order etc. I learn that a market order is an order to buy a stock such that , when one buys a stock at some price, then it immediately goes down. This sounds well and good, but actually …



314. The Real Cost of a Bad Habit By Scott Pearson
     Summary: What is the value of a good habit? Failing to follow through on some habits can lead to some nasty results, and those results could cost us our lives.Now, transfer the idea to financial habits, like saving a little money each month, or regularly adding to your 401K or IRA. Many high-income people spend recklessly, which is why we always hear about formerly famous musicians, actors and sports figures that don't have a dime to their names…



315. How to Invest Overseas - Intelligently! By Scott Pearson
     Summary: International Index Funds: Exchange Traded Funds, such as iShares (formerly known as WEBs), are benchmark indices of foreign markets. Like the index funds above, country funds focus on a particular market. Some examples are the Swiss Helvetia Fund, the Brazil Fund, or the New Ireland Fund. Closed-end funds may also be available that invest across national borders, such as the Emerging Markets Telecom Fund, the Templeton Dragon Fund, o…



316. Discipline in Trading and Investing By Joe Ross
     Summary: The one thing I can think of that most affects both trading and investing has to be self-discipline.Being disciplined is fully 50% of the job of trading or of investing. Getting out would mean you were wrong.- Adding to a losing trade: You are making a massive effort to prove you were originally right.- Grabbing a profit too soon: You want affirmation that you did the right thing.- Missing an opportunity because you can't pull the trigg…



317. Use this Simple Trick it's to Buy $100 Bills Direct from your Bank for only $97 By Mike Makler
     Summary: Your Bank is Selling $100 Bills for $97 Back up the SUV.The Equity in your Home is like that Bank. In Most cases the money you borrow is Tax Deductable while the money you place in the Equity Indexed Annuity is Tax Defered.Taking a Closer Look, If you Borrow money at 2% and turn around and get a return of 5% that means your net return is 3%. Article: Most People just don't understand the power of using their home as a Wealth Creation…



318. 7 Simple Steps to Financial Freedom and Wealth Building - Step 1 By William Tan
     Summary: stick to it to make sure that you stay on track with your objectives.'Put your mind, soul, and determination to achieving these goals and you will arrive in time.Your goals should contain:-'Your Targeted Net Worth' -'Your Targeted Monthly Residual Income -'Your Starting Capital -'The time (in years and months) to achieve these goals -'How much time per day would you allocate to achieve the above goals?For starting capital, it's best to o…



319. Exchange Traded Funds By Al Thomas
     Summary: They call 'em ETFs.There are hundreds of them.The mutual funds don't want you to find out about them.Why?Because they beat the socks off mutual funds in so many categories. The internal structure does not change often as does the stock ownership in a regular mutual fund.At this time there is one drawback to buying and selling certain ETFs. Stop Loss Orders are also poorly executed in low volume ETFs.Over the next few years as more and m…



320. Trading Tips No 4: Technical Analysis The Holy Grail Syndrome By Bill Poulos
     Summary: This means that one would never have a losing trade, not to mention consecutive losing trades, never have an equity curve drawdown, and after five winning trades in a row will just keep on delivering winning trades forever! There is simply no technical analysis or system that wins on every trade.Then why do most losing traders act as if there is or should be a trading system holy grail? Article: Everyone knows that the Holy Grail of inv…



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