Good Money Management - The Key To Successful Trading

Money management is the key to being a successful trader. Lose all your capital and you are out of the game. With good money management it is possible to survive the losses and live to fight another day.

7 Merchant Service Fees To Look Out For

7 merchant account fees that you may encounter during your merchant service term.

Why Investing In Commodities (Part I)

Many people want to invest in the commodity market because of the profit potential it presents. Unfortunately, many investors loose money in these markets because they don’t understand the risks involved, and they don’t know how the market works. This two part article explain you the 4 basic principles you have to understand in order to have a better chance of being successful in any financial market, and particularly in the commodity market.

Spread Betting - Understanding The Basics

Spread betting is an excellent way to make money from a wide variety of instruments where prices are going down as well as up. However, spread betting can be risky as you are trading on margin. The article gives an overview of the advantages and disadvantages.

Penny Stock Investing A Junior Level Course

Trading penny stocks online is very difficult and can be very risky.

Uranium: The New Precious Metal

A record number of uranium bidders competing for a small amount of uranium drove up the price by a record dollar amount to the highest price in history. Uranium has now become a precious metal. It is at the same price level of silver, circa August 2003.

Become Your Own Financial Adviser: Understand The Theory Of Money

Minimise your risk and maximise your returns! But before you can do this, you need to know the basics. This article introduces the fundamental concepts needed to understand the theory of money.

Amortization Calculator

Find out how much interest you will pay over the life of a loan. How much interest will you pay on your loan or a mortgage? An amortization calculator will tell you how much. Does it matter? If you know you have to pay 600 dollars a month, isn't that enough to know? Yes. It does matter, because the amortization calculator will show you that after one year you own almost none of your house. If you sell it, you will have to pay the full loan back. If the housing market was going badly, and you didn't get what you sold your house for, you might find you did not have enough money to buy the new house you want. This situation can also affect you when you retire. If you are young, you probably think you are doing well buying a house because it will be a good investment, and will provide the basis of your retirement investments. Usually, that is so, but if the housing market goes through a lean time – usually when interest rates are high – you may find it is not such a good retirement investment.

How To Invest In Crude Oil Futures And Options

Many people believe that the prices of crude oil futures and unleaded gas futures are too cheap at the current levels for various reasons but do not know how to invest in energy futures and options.

Hedge Funds - Derivatives - Debt - China and the Risk of Systemic Market Panic

It seems that with every significant market swoon, commentators come out of the woodwork on financial television and speak of systemic risk to the financial markets, often from hedge fund or complex derivative blow ups, or events from China. I think there is always the risk, however small, that such an event could occur and cause a meltdown, and we would be foolhardy to say this would never happen.

The Gift That Keeps On Giving - A Money Market Savings Account

The article is about putting away anywhere from 3 months to 6 months of expenses for emergencies if a money market savings account. Of course, you can had more.

Fixed Interest Investing - Understanding Bonds

The term bond has in the past been the generic term for fixed interest stocks with security. However, in recent times the term 'bond' has also been used in the name of some equity based investments, for example investment bonds issued by insurance companies. Read this article to find out more.

Investing in Pooled Equity Funds - Investment Trusts

Investment trusts (ITs) are companies whose business is buying, holding and selling shares in other companies, so they make the investment decisions for you. Read this article to discover more about this way of investing.

Investing In Pooled Equity Funds - Buying Insurance Bonds

Insurance Bonds are pooled investments in the funds of life assurance companies. There are usually separate funds for equities, fixed interest and property. Often some of these categories are divided into UK and international investments. This article explores this investment method more for those considering their investment options.

Buying Insurance Bonds - Managed Funds

Managed funds investments are in a mixture of the life company's funds. Because of this, performance is less volatile than other types of funds. If this sounds interesting to you, read this article for more detail.