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Archive for August, 2006



The Value Stock Investor: A Long Term Investment Strategy

Saturday, August 26th, 2006

Value stock investing is for those investors who are interested in the financial workings of the companies in which they buy stocks. This type of investing is based on analyzing the potential for a stock based on its company’s earnings and current financial picture. The key to profiting in value stock investing is finding stocks that are worth more than what they are valued. Continue Reading »



Choosing the Right Forex Software

Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006

If you’re interested in getting started in playing the field in forex trading, then you will find that there are a large number of software programs available. Whether the software programs you need are desktop based or web based, either one can be used in your forex trading. Continue Reading »



Understanding the Concept of Stocks and Dividends

Friday, August 18th, 2006

Stock and stock trading are words that are thrown about frequently, but not many people know what these terms actually mean. Continue Reading »



Basic Terms in Forex Trading

Wednesday, August 16th, 2006

Forex refers to the foreign currency exchange market, the world’s largest financial trading market. Some terms that help a person understand Forex trading include: Continue Reading »



Pepsi’s Leading Lady

Tuesday, August 15th, 2006

Pepsi is getting a new CEO that was ranked number 11 on Fortune’s most powerful women list. Indra Nooyi who is currently the CFO of Pepsi will be in the CEO helm come October. Continue Reading »



Forex Demo Account

Monday, August 14th, 2006

Trying out a forex demo account is a method used by literally thousands of potential forex traders and investors to determine if forex trading is truly for them. With a demo account, an interested person can go online and see exactly how an account would work. Continue Reading »



The Exploration of Penny Stocks

Saturday, August 12th, 2006

Penny stocks, which only trade for $5.00 per share, are a high risk stock that most people are advised to avoid due to the fact that the companies that are selling this type of stock are either in great financial danger or on the verge of bankruptcy. Penny stocks tend to fluctuate rapidly in price but some penny stocks should a gain in days, possibly even in hours. Continue Reading »



Lets Go to the Movies

Thursday, August 10th, 2006

Viacom has reported a 24 percent increase in revenue bringing in $2.85 billion. MTV has bought Atom Films for $200 million. MTV as many know is owned by Viacom Inc. another media giant who often bumps heads with News Corp. Continue Reading »



Gaining on Bad News

Tuesday, August 8th, 2006

The largest oil field in the USA has been shut down and this will bring much higher oil prices. BP is talking about fixing the majority of the pipeline and it may take months to repair the problem. With this problem comes good deeds to investors and these oil ETF’s will shine bright until the world gets ahold of this problem. Continue Reading »



Constructing ETF

Sunday, August 6th, 2006

Apple took a hit today after they mentioned something about how something may not be right in the options area. Today Apple fell 1.9 percent to 68.30 on the NASDAQ. Continue Reading »



Freebies to Late

Thursday, August 3rd, 2006

Google and Yahoo had the attention of the world by giving out a small cost for free. Now AOL years later wants to jump on this sort of promotion to bring people to their site. AOL will begin to give away freebies to users to try to get a grip on the ever loosing online service. Will it be to late and will they drive in advertising dollars? Continue Reading »



Auto Sales

Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006

Auto companies became hit and misses of the sales reports this quarter. DaimlerChrysler was hit with a 35 percent drop in domestic sales. For the sixth month Ford 35.2 percent and General Motors 22.2 percent have had a decline in sales. Honda rose 6 percent and Toyota’s sales 11.7 percent. Continue Reading »



Investing: An Approach to a Restful Future

Tuesday, August 1st, 2006

In today’s unsure society, it is extremely important to develop a financial plan that will not only help your current situation by easing your mind about the future, but will also help to ensure that your retirement is a time of well deserved rest and relaxation. Continue Reading »



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