Are you searching for an alternative way to build up your wealth, but you are tired of savings accounts which normally take considerable time before they really generate any income? Stock trading is not a trivial business but, once you have a strong understanding of it, it is a feasible way to increase your wealth and supplement your income. Read more…

To be successful in stock trading and investing you should know at least the basics of personal finance. Personal finance is the act of applying principles and concepts of financial economics to the financial decisions of individuals and households. The practice of personal finance deals with the ways by which individuals and households optimally Read more…

Successful stock trading cannot be realized without a method that can determine which stocks to buy and when. Technical Analysis is a method for forecasting future price movements based on the analysis of historical price movements and trading volume. Just like most other forecasting tools, technical analysis does not generate absolute and Read more…

If you want to boost your profits from stock trading you should enhance your fundamental analysis skills. Fundamental analysis consists of analyzing a company’s financial statements, its overall condition and business environment. A company’s financial statements include the balance sheet, the income statement and the cash flow statement Read more…

Asset allocation is the process of allocating financial resources (wealth) among a number of asset classes such as cash or cash equivalents, bonds, stocks, mutual funds, real estate as well as alternative investments like exchange traded funds (ETFs), hedge funds or private equity. With the asset allocation decision Read more…

If you are aware of the saying “do not put all your eggs in one basket” then you can easily understand the basic principles of Modern Portfolio Theory. Asset allocation and Modern Portfolio Theory, or simply portfolio selection (or portfolio management), are complementary. Asset Allocation is just the application of putting the eggs in several baskets. Read more…

Why stock prices move the way they move? Why the price of one commodity falls when the price of another one rises? Why one country changes its fiscal policy when there are rumors about recession in another country? How interest rates are determined? Is there a relationship between the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and the S&P Read more…

A mutual fund is a type of investment that allows a group of investors to collectively hold a diversified portfolio invested in many financial securities such as stocks, bonds, etc. In the U.S., the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) oversees mutual funds to enforce federal securities laws and ensure that the fund is managed in the best interest Read more…