Penny Stock Winners - What To Do Next

When trading penny stocks, once you've had a big success, your first thought me be about cashing out in order to enjoy the fruits of your investment. Keep in mind however that taking all the money off the table in the middle of a good deal may not the best course of action. Of course these are the things you are hoping to buy with your earnings and if you let all of your money ride you risk loosing it all.

Why Buy Stocks on Margin?

Buying on margin means that you are buying your stocks with borrowed money.

50 Day SMA - A Simple Method for Monitoring the Trend

Being able to read the hard right edge of a price chart and make trade decisions based on what is happening in the now rather than relying on hindsight can have profound implications on the success rate of your trading. This needn’t be as complicated as it sounds.

Contrarian Trading Works

Getting away from the crowd mentality.

Stock Selection - Helpful Hints

It can be very difficult to pick stocks from the thousands of choices available. However, following a few helpful hints can greatly increase your chances of success.

The Difference Between Full Service and Discount

When it comes to choosing a brokerage, you will have to decide between full service or discount

Investing in the Stock Market Online

The Internet is a very useful tool for the wise investor.

What Every New Trader Should Know About Trading Stocks

Trading stocks successfully is more than picking good stocks. It's also about something most traders never think about.

PE Ratio - The Most Used Ratio for Stock Valuation

Which stock is the best to buy? Simple question but almost impossible to answer. There are a lot of different valuation and decision supporting instruments out there. This article however starts at the beginning and describes the most used stock valuation method for determining which stock is overvalued or undervalued. The PE ratio or the Price Earnings ratio was totally forgotten in the times, where greed dominated the market, with severe consequences…

How Mutual Funds Work

Mutual funds are good options for American investors to meet their financial goals. These funds offer professional management and diversification of the funds invested. Mutual funds assets in 1990-2000 rose from 1.065 trillion to a whooping 6.965 trillion dollars.

Guide To Spread Betting

Spread betting has evolved in, and is dominated by, specialist UK firms. The concept was first introduced over 30 years ago when a bookmaker devised a way of betting on futures indices. The evolution has continued to the present day with greater competition for business creating an increase in financial products on offer and tighter spreads (the difference between the bid and the ask/ offer price). So why has spread betting taken off in the UK while it has remained relatively unheard of in other parts of the World? It is because UK tax laws class gambling (spread betting is classified as gambling, hence the name 'bet') as being free from capital gains tax.

Dollar-based Investing: Buying on Your Dollars

Stocks are rarely round in number. You don't often find that $20 stock out there. Instead, you find $3.26, $12.52 and $105.79. Stock prices don't usually stick to the whole dollar amounts.

VIX 21-Day MA

Using VIX to predict short-term stock market direction.

The PEG Ratio | The Complement to the PE Ratio

Most stock investors know the PE ratio as an indispensable tool to assess the worthiness of a stock. But the mere usage of this ratio could lead to wrong decisions. The PEG ratio is a method which relates the PE to the growth rate of the stock and thus enabling the investor to find the right stock.