Looking At Stock Trading From A Business Perspective - Part 1

The key to investing in the stock market is to become as educated as possible so that you know exactly what is taking place at all times. This helps people to make logical and sound decisions about their money, thus, reducing the stress involved with investing.

A Stock Market Temporary Topping October 6, 2006

The Stock Market reached its all time high early in October of 2006, but was it short lived? The reason I say this is because in watching the charts it appears to have topped out temporarily, which is interesting because we are deep into election season and the better the market does the better for incumbents.

Tim Hortons: A new rival for Starbucks?

Emerging as Canada’s top coffee house from the famous Toronto Maple Leaf superstar, Tim Hortons (THI) has slowly emerged to become a top competitor among not only coffee stops, but restaurants as well. Serving items ranging from top soups to salads to sandwiches among the common accessories of pastries, desserts, and of course coffee, Tim Hortons looks to gain some market share of such a booming industry.

Alcoa: A Buy or Sell?

With the big aluminum giant ready to report earnings on the 10th of October, Alcoa (AA) hopes to bring favorable numbers to a company that should indicate how the Dow Jones should be behaving and whether the recent rally is true or not. The problem concerning Alcoa however is how the futures market has been reacting over the previous month or so. Possibly, the commodity of aluminum is not affected as other future trading products such as oil or natural gas, but nonetheless aluminum over the past six months has been falling relative to its high prices a few months ago.

Markets: Rotation and Relationships

Relationship between stock, bond, and commodity markets.

How Stock Quotes Are Made

How are stock quotes made, what is the bid and ask price and why is there a spread? Many different factors drive the price of a stock but at the end there can be only a trade when buys and sells are matched at a certain price.

Intro to the Stock Market

The stock market is full of stress and anxiety for almost everyone who has a fairly decent amount of money invested in it. It can be a very emotional roller coster ride as you watch your investments jump one day just to drop the next.

An Overview of Market Indexes

The term 'market' is always thrown around in financial discussions. However, the term can refer to a number of different stock market indexes which cater to different parts of the economic market.

What is the Difference Between Trading a Stock and Trading a Stock Option

Stock and stock options are terms which are commonly used interchangeably. However, they are two completely different types of investments. The term stock refers a piece of the company purchased by an investor with a small investment.

How to Buy Stock Online

For those who can make a success of it, the stock market is a very lucrative money-making enterprise. But who has the time or inclination for day-trading from the floor of the stock exchange, or talking on the phone with a broker? If you know how to buy stock online, you can handle your investments (and your financial future) on your own, and in your own time.

How is a Stock's Value Calculated?

This article helps you undrstand a little about the sometimes-mysterious world of investing. He explains that no matter how much math you use to calculate a stock's value, there is an important part people forget about.

Buy Shares from Amazon NOW!

This past week eBay recently released its third quarter results which came up to be pretty favorable to investors as the stock managed to climb pretty significantly the next day. This week, Amazon (AMZN), a similar cousin to the online auction giant will be reporting its own earnings in attempt to edge back to the glory days of nearly five years ago. However, with the recent fall of Amazon shares over those past five years, as an investor, you may be hesitant to pursue such an action into acquiring more or any, for that manner, shares at all. While such sentiment is understandable, you will be missing out on a great chance to earn quite a bit of capital gains if you do not follow such reasoning.

Buy and Sell Rules from a Professional Investor

An brief look at buy and sell rules for investing in the stock market. Includes some of the most important lessons a stock investor should use for capital growth, capital preservation and choice of investments.

Using Technical Analysis in Day Trading

Technical analysis describes different ways of predicting the future of the market you are trading. Technical analysis helps identifying the type of market that exists, whether it is trending or range bound.

Scalp Trading by Day Traders

Scalp Traders look to take advantage of very short term trading opportunities. By entering and exiting a trade within a minute or two, develops confidence for the beginner trader, trading consistently without fear and without big drawdowns.