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401. Realistic Investing Expectations By Ioannis - Evangelos Haramis
     Summary: Those who got out of stocks missed an extraordinary rebound in stock market performance.Since risk is inescapable when investing in stocks, perhaps the greatest risk is that you will never invest in stocks because you can never be sure when is "the right time" to invest.Uncertainty is a permanent feature of the investing landscape, and trying to discern the ideal time to invest is almost always a futile exercise.Don't be swayed by market…



402. Straddle Strategies in Option Trading By Steven T. Ng
     Summary: The straddle strategy is an option strategy that's based on buying both a call and put of a stock. We decide to buy a $65 Call and a $65 Put on XYZ, $65 being the closest strike price to the current stock price of $63. If the price of the stock hovers around the initial price, both the Call and the Put will not be that much In-The-Money. So an option expiring this month will have a cheaper premium than an option with the same strike pri…



403. Optimizing Portfolio Performance with Equity Styles By Matthew Xiarhos
     Summary: 1) Equities can be grouped into six "equity styles"2) Returns of each equity style can vary significantly with trends persisting for months and years.3) By dynamically altering a portfolio's exposure to various equity styles, investors can attempt to add performance over a static allocation.4) Relatively simple strategies can be employed to signal rotational decisions among various equity styles.September, 2005I view equity style strate…



404. Direcway & Wildblue Set to Square Off this Fall? By Randy Scott
     Summary: There is a cat fight brewing between Direcway LLC, Starband and Wildblue Communications for the large number of people in the U.S. who can't get some type of broadband internet and are willing to pay $50 or more to get better speeds. They will provide a bridge to up to 1,000,000 or so underserved rural consumers and could make a splash over the next two years or so, but they will never reach the vaulted numbers they strive for within a …



405. Issuing Warrants to Investors By Dave Lavinsky
     Summary: However, whenever a debt security with warrants attached is issued as a package, original issue discount problems are invited.One type of warrant that once popular as a financing mechanism for emerging ventures is contingent warrants. That is, the warrants are considered exercised, new stock is issued at the exercise price, and the proceeds to the issuer are used to buy in stock at the market price.Warrants are a common financing mechani…



406. Dissecting Income Statement By Hari Wibowo
     Summary: For service companies such as H&R Block, it has to sell its expertise to tax filers.Cost of Revenue. Sometimes called Cost of Good Sold, Cost Revenue is the direct cost of providing a particular good or service to customers. Operating income can be thought as the income generated as a result of a firm's primary business activities.Other Income/Expense. This is the income earned or expense incurred outside of the firm's business activiti…



407. Financial Planning and Equity Investment By John Vinturella
     Summary: More likely, it will be in an interim form, such as a type of loan that can be converted to stock.Angel investors and venture capital firms generally intend to realize capital gains on their investments by providing for a stock buy-back by the firm, by arranging a public offering, or by providing for a merger with a larger firm that has publicly traded stock. Further, note that investors generally prefer working directly with principals …



408. Press Release Scams and Successes: Reading Between the Lines By Chad Pington
     Summary: Press releases are a means through which companies can keep the public up to date regarding their recent affairs. Unless you specifically know 100% for sure that the company has actually hired the personnel and then physically handed over the financials to be evaluated, you should follow this simple advice:When a company says = What it actually means isWe are planning on filing this quarter = We are planning on selling our shares this…



409. Investment Rowing By Al Thomas
     Summary: You have rowed a boat at some time haven't you? They won't.And why won't they?You, the little guy in the row boat, doesn't have a coach or the coach you might have doesn't know what he is doing. You can't expect to row your boat in the right direction if your coach doesn't know what he is doing. When your boat starts to leak (the market starts down) your coach has no idea how to patch those leaks and you slowly sink. Article: You have …



410. 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 …



411. Basic Options Terms By Alexander Korablev
     Summary: In the case of a put, the holder of the option sells the stock to the option seller at the strike price.Automatic Exercise - The automatic exercise of an in-the-money option at expiration by the clearing firm.Premium - the total price of an option including both intrinsic and extrinsic or time value.In-the-Money Option - A call option is in-the-money if the strike price is less than the market price of the underlying security. A put opti…



412. Before You Start Investing By Quoc Nguyen
     Summary: There maybe several reasons why you to want to invest your money. Paying down that loan is like investing your money in stocks with a 10% annual return without tax consequences and risk free. Paying down your mortgage:If you want to pay down your mortgage earlier than required, compare your mortgage interest rate to an investment that you intend to invest in to make your decision. Another reason that you may not want to pay down your m…



413. Finding the Perfect Company By Jonas Elmerraji
     Summary: The perfect company - it's the holy grail of the investment world. What does make "the perfect company"?The search for the perfect company is not the pursuit of day-traders or market insiders. No, the perfect company is more along the lines of what an individual investor - like you or I - would look for. What I'm talking about does take a time investment as well, in research, understanding the ins and outs of a company, but one that wi…



414. Using the Internet to Optimize Investments By John Mussi
     Summary: Whether you're an investor or you've simply been thinking of making some investments, you may find that the internet is a wonderful tool that can be used to help you get the most out of your money.A variety of online tools can help you to buy, sell, and monitor your stocks and bonds, all the while letting you keep track of trends within various industries and watch stocks to see whether they're on the rise or if they're falling fast.Usi…



415. Peak Plays By Larry Potter
     Summary: There are several reasons for Peak Plays, some of which are: rumors, earnings forecasts or reports, mergers, upgrades, merger speculation, stock splits and sometimes they occur for no noticable reason at all.There are basically two ways to play a peak: a pullback and the peak itself.Peak PlaysIf there is still alot of pressure built up and you are fast, you can partake of the run up. If it has visited this area several times before and a…



416. What is an Investor Ready Business Plan By Howard Schwartz
     Summary: A business plan is an essential tool for companies raising capital ' and your business plan needs to be Investor Ready.What is an Investor Ready business plan?An investor ready business plan is a document that has been professionally prepared to meet the needs of both Venture Capitalists and Angel investors. The competence of your team along with their experience levels and their commitment levels are also factors that investors look int…



417. Discipline Is The Key To Investing And Trading Success By Larry Holmes
     Summary: Here's what trading and investing legend, Richard Dennis, has said about making money in the markets..."I always say you could publish rules in a newspaper and no one would follow them. They start tinkering with their rules or abandon them altogether.Have you ever seen one of those mountain charts marketed by the mutual fund companies that show that if you had invested $10,000 in 1950, or whenever, your investment would have grown to $1…



418. Pink Sheets Discover Disclosure By Joseph Quinones
     Summary: If the companies did not make the required disclosure by February 15, 2005, they removed their displayed quotation from the website.This new policy is a big step forward for the Pink Sheets and they should be applauded for it, but I Personally would like to see all companies being required to make complete disclosure.If a company is unable for whatever reason to disclose their finances and corporate updates to the investing public then t…



419. Ten New Investment Concepts, the Time Has Come By Steve Selengut
     Summary: Remember Peak-to-Peak and Trough-to-Trough: There was a time when tests like these (and variations like P to T, or T to P) where the only valid (Market Value) tests of a manager's ability. Corrections are every bit as lovable as rallies: In truth, profit taking is more fun, and much easier decision-making than buying stocks while in the throes of a falling Equity Market. The key is timing (not market timing) and selectivity. In a risi…



420. Great Questions By Daniel Wiggins
     Summary: On the other hand, if an investor hires a portfolio manager to manage her investments, then by definition that manager is taking ownership and responsibility for the performance of that account.Once investors are clear on what they want, what questions should they ask a potential advisor?# 2: How do you get paid? This is the most important question an investor can ask a potential advisor. When the compensation method is a fee, based on…



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