Recovery Trade in Final Stages for Global Equity Markets?
Global markets showed signs of fatigue in October with the MSCI All Country World Index dropping 1.6%. Emerging markets once again outperformed the developed world although the MSCI EM Index was essentially flat for the month. The S&P 500 had the first down month since February. Volatility increased with the VIX Index closing above 30 [...]
TradeKing Reimbursement Pays $150 to Cover Your Account Transfer Fees
TradeKing, one of the best online discount stock brokers, offers to reimburse new TradeKing account holders up to $150 in account transfer fees when you transfer your assets from your previous broker to TradeKing. This will help ease the pain that you often feel once your previous broker charges you a hefty fee to literally [...]
What Do Successful Online Stock Traders Have in Common?
How much do you think you could learn if you had a chance to sit down with over 15 of the most successful day, value, and long term investors of all time? Do you think you’d finally get that one piece of advice that takes your trading from OK to extraordinary? Today you have the [...]
10 Simple Rules for Superior Investment Returns
With all the financial woes in the global economy, the worst thing an investor can do is to “freeze up.” With all the ups and downs in the market, it’s all too easy for investors to allow their emotions to take control. That’s when the smallest mistakes turn into the biggest mistakes.
There’s one antidote for [...]
8 Reasons Why Gold ETF Prices Will Continue to Rise
Technical indicators are signaling a buy in gold and silver. Gold started the year at $880 and its been volatile at times but the gold price will continue to rise. Here are the reason whys.
Technically – indicators point to a continuation in the inexorable rise of precious metals. Technical indicators are signaling a buy in [...]
Why Investors are Returning to Brazil for Profits
Recent upticks in Brazilian stocks have intrigued investors into revisiting this Latin American powerhouse. Unlike other recovering stock markets, the real fundamentals behind Brazil are strong. Since 2008, Brazil has shown the world it is worthy of investment, posting stock market growth of an emerging market country, but the prudence of a developed nation in [...]
Why China Has Everything to Gain in Climate Change Legislation
As world dignitaries converged for a United Nations summit to address keynote issues such as global warming, one nation, China, is fully set to explode in economic growth should measures in the developing world find their way to law.
The Green Debate
A cap and trade measure is the type of law most likely to be found [...]
What a Tariff Means for the Tire Industry – And Your Portfolio
Trade relations between the United States and China became threatened last week when President Obama enacted a new tariff of 35% on Chinese made automotive tires. The tariff, which has increased by nearly 800% from 4% to 35%, could bring about a wave of protectionism in what has so far been a relatively “friendly” recession.
The [...]
How to Profit from Inflation: Think Emerging Markets
It’s par for the course that emerging market economies are flush with inflation. The root generally stems from vast government subsidies and legislative measures intended to help businesses compete in international trade. Although inflation is often considered a terrible stain on any portfolio, the good news is that with emerging markets, it may just make [...]
Risen Dragon: China’s Magnified Economic Influence
The emerging market train from the 1990s has turned into a worldwide super power. Just recently, China took a bold step to establish itself as an economic superpower by purchasing $50 billion in IMF bonds. The move will help China further establish itself in economic trade, as well as produce new outlets for its exports, [...]
