How The Process Of Buying And Owning Stocks Works

The purpose of the stock market is to move money. Some people need to use it and others have it to be used. A company's decision to sell stock is usually based on their need for a large sum of quick cash. Usually it is for some type of expansion or building a new plant.

Who Else Wants To Be A Billionaire?

What must it be like to be a billionaire?

Caterpillar: A Buy or Sell?

With the primary purpose of selling products dedicated to mining or digging, Caterpillar (CAT) might not be too favorable to investors with the decrease in price of commodities. However, such a situation may not be that unfavorable to this company.

What Is The Single Most Important Reason A Stock Moves Higher?

Supply and demand causes individual stocks to move higher or lower in the long haul. But daily events are dominated by overall sector and market health. Remember this and it will help you enter trades at a much nicer price!

SPX: Pullback and Consolidation

Short-term S&P 500 forecast.

Sector Mutual Fund Investing - A Simple Rotation Strategy to Outperform the Market

A simple strategy using Fidelity Select sector mutual funds can outperform the market by a wide margin. Rotating mutual fund postions just once a month can create a powerful trading strategy.

McDonald’s: Buy or Sell

Supporting the popular catch praise, “We love to make you smile”, investors of McDonald’s (MCD) may have different reactions to the drop that I foresee for this equity. With added competitors such as Jack in the Box, Burger King, and a broader enemy in the new fashion of going on diets, McDonald’s slowly will be feeling the pressures which it has repressed up to now.

Tracking Daily Stock Price Volatility

Stock price volatility is one of the most important aspects of studying the market. This article starts a series that will examine theories and assumptions about price volatility.

Buy Sell Stocks Online

Online trading can be a nightmare if you choose the wrong broker.

SPX: Completing the Intermediate-Term Uptrend

SPX short-term and intermediate-term forecast.

Trading Options - What Are The Basics?

Many people are turning to the stock exchange to make some extra money on their savings, or to even replace their normal income. Options are another tool you can use to trade on the stock exchange, and can be used for normal stocks, futures and indices. If you spend some time learning about how trading options works, it's possible to make consistent, good returns on your money.

Stock Market Quotes

Sources of stock market quotes and other financial information.

Constant Value Investing

Maintain a constant value in a security. Profit from short term cycles and fluctuations.

How To Choose A Stockbroker

Introduction To Choosing A Stockbroker – The Internet Has Changed The Online Stock Trading & Investment Scene Considerably.

Is the Sun Shining for Sun Microsystems?

If you invested in the technology sector during the late 1990s, you probably became very encouraged from the amazing capital gains you earned during this time period. Sun Microsystems (SUNW) is no exclusion this system, reaching record highs in of 80.00 in 2001. However, like most of the rest of the technology sector, Sun experienced losses hurting every investor still stuck with the overbought equity. However, five years later as the dust has settled, does Sun pose itself to be a reasonable investment?