Beating Income Returns With Strong Dividend Stocks
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Investors are fearing the risks associated with the stock markets and have since pushed income yields to record lows. In a time when CD rates have plummeted to as low as 3% per year on 5 year CDs, and Treasury bonds are being sold at near zero interest rates, the stock market [...]
25 Amazing Stock Market Facts You Didn’t Know
$36.6 trillion – the estimated size of the world stock market at the beginning of October 2008.
22.6% – the biggest fall of the Dow Jones in 1 day! (1987)
15.34% – the biggest gain of the Dow Jones in 1 day! (1933)
30% drop in the market – Would mean the NYSE would close trading there and [...]
6 Keys to Becoming a Great Investor
Being a successful investor is not as difficult as most people may think. Making a successful investment is highly dependent on know how the market works and understanding it. Think of it as throwing a boomerang. In order for you to throw the boomerang and make it turn back towards you, you need to know [...]
7 Simple Steps to Earn 40% Annual Return in the Stock Market
Just a couple of decades ago it would have been almost unfathomable for the retail investor to consider generating consistent returns above 20% per year. Indeed, those who competed in arguably the most competitive financial market place, the stock market, were considered gurus when they beat the S&P 500 year in and year out. [...]
In a bear market, buying at the top makes more sense
Bottom calling is difficult even in bull markets, but in a bear market, it becomes that much more complex. With the concern of naked short selling, along with the talk that investment banks are holding more shares short than actually exist, buying at a bottom makes even less sense. In these bear market cycles, good [...]
Plug in hybrids may lead the way for next energy bubble
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As the oil market cools from its high of $147 back into the $115 area, investors are seeking alternatives. Though the oil market might be making a slight comeback on geopolitical occurrences and traders finding a bottom in the market, it’s time to start thinking about the next energy bubble: the electricity bubble.
Hybrid [...]
Are mortgage backed securities finally a good buy?
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The mortgage market has been nothing but extremely volatile over the past year. Traders have beaten down the stocks of companies carrying heavy amounts of sub-prime mortgage debt and virtually every name in the banking industry, whether exposed or unexposed to the dangers of faulty loans.
However, we might be telling a different [...]
SEC to review short selling rules
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The SEC has announced that it will be reviewing and revising the short selling rules that currently exist in the financial markets. Naked short selling has come under scrutiny by both the media and the average investor trying to comprehend why the markets have fallen like they have.
Naked short selling is the [...]
Jim Rogers predicts a 20 year boom in commodities
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When Jim Rogers speaks, the market listens. Recently, he made very interesting comments surrounding the fundamentals of commodities. Even as the price for commodities such as oil, gold and silver have fallen steadily off their highs, he’s still bullish on the trend, even going as far to say the current bull market [...]
Is coal the next oil?
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It seems as though coal and oil are beginning to coincide. When oil prices are high, coal prices jump because of a very small connection between the two. Certainly, the price is helped by the “clean coal” initiatives around the world that hope to reduce pollution and the emission of dangerous substances. [...]
