Is the recession really over? Almost two years have passed since we first got wind of the potential financial crisis due to the housing brouhaha and the drastic and perhaps innovative measures taken by the Federal Reserve Bank led by Ben Bernake and US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to successfully stave off a global depression and despite the initial skepticism from some critics, it seems to have worked. Domestic spending Continue reading “Be Wise In Investing Your Money Today! Check Out Stock Market Prices Now”
How to Identify Stock Market Trends
Several people view stock market trading as a door to earn easy money. This is not true. Only people with a good luck could have profits if it was that easy. People involved in trading stock have do some research to make profit. Identifying the trends of the market is the key to success in stock market. If you are able to identify the trends in stock market trading, you can understand the behavior of a stock based on its past p Continue reading “How to Identify Stock Market Trends”
2009 Stock Market Review: What Happened?
We saw a sharp recovery in much of the capital markets in 2009. The stock market was up in the low 20’s and the investment grade corporate bond market was up a similar amount. The lower grade corporate bonds, so called “junk bonds” performed much better, up nearly 58%, an all time high.
The only assets that performed poorly in 2009 were cash, with a nil return, and long term US Treasury bonds, down 13.2%. Virtually Continue reading “2009 Stock Market Review: What Happened?”
The Key To Understanding the Stock Market
The stock market is not a place you should be scared of. Granted, for a newbie the financial news can be a scary and confusing montage of graphs, data and statistics. But understanding the stock market and its various terminologies is not rocket science. The stock market works on the basic economic principles of demand and supply. When a company is doing well, its prospects are positive, it’s an innovator and groundbreaker in its Continue reading “The Key To Understanding the Stock Market”
SUPPLY EXCEEDS DEMAND: Beware of Stock Market Prices
CAREFUL THOUGHTS
Like any market, supply and demand will govern prices and how well the product sells. This still holds true for our beloved stock market. I say “beloved” cautiously because many of the new clients I meet have seen their nest-egg slaughtered by their stock broker, literally. For almost 20 years, I have been guiding senior investors away from the “risk-zone” and into more pre Continue reading “SUPPLY EXCEEDS DEMAND: Beware of Stock Market Prices”