When you first start to take trading in the stock markets seriously, your goal naturally would seem to be to buy low and then sell high. That way you would always make money with every trade. Sounds like a great strategy until you try to put it in place. Timing the market is very difficult. […]
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The battle to contain Covid-19 has impacted most economies by putting a lid on the amount of economic activity that can transpire, which in turn spawns economic output declines, followed by recessions. The nature of the pandemic inhibits retailing the most, and particularly services such as hair salons, health spas, movie theaters, lodging, food, and
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Value investing is defined as an investment opportunity having a low price relative to recent profits and/or future profit potential, or relative to the book value of the assets of the target investment. This approach dates back to the 1930’s, and has been more recently popularized by Warren Buffett. However, owing to the nature of
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Much is known about marketing to the millennial generation with their attachment to their cell phones, their pastime with computer games, and their social habits. This has helped to create the enormous cell phone industry with all it’s various communications methods and applications. But what does all this mean to millennials when it comes to
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Like any other innovation, for Green technology to succeed in our society copious amounts of venture capital would be required. In many respects Green technology is still unproven and not ready for major influxes of capital. For many investors the long wait until returns are achieved provides a huge barrier to entry. Nonetheless, in 2019
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In spite of the ongoing Covid 19 pandemic, there’s good news and bad news regarding the U.S. economy. The good news is, the economy grew by an annualized rate of 33% in the third quarter of 2020. That bad news is, that’s still about 3.5% smaller than it was at the end of 2019. Most
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When it opened in Atlantic City, N.J., on April 2, 1990, the Trump Taj Mahal was the largest casino in the world with 120,000 square feet of gaming space. Donald Trump billed the casino as the “Eighth Wonder of the World”. The grand opening itself lasted for three days. However, all was not well with
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As a private investor I make as many as 750 trades in a year – selling as well as buying. I’m considered a day trader by my broker as I fit the criteria, but most of the time I do not close a position on the same day as I opened it. Like most traders,
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