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Trending Market

Trending Market is a market where prices are moving in one direction or another, either up or down. A bull market is trending upward, while a bear market is trending downward. There may be small fluctuations, that are not large enough to change the trend. When a trend occurs, investors align their trading account in the same direction to take advantage of the trend. Trends may last for minutes, hours, weeks or months.


ETFs vs. Mutual Funds... What's a Better investment?

A mutual fund is an open-end fund operated by an investment company that raises money from people and invests it in stocks, bonds, money market instruments or other assets. Each investor in the fund owns shares that represent a part of these holdings....  more »

Healthy investor-friendly corporations that earn a profit pay out a percentage of their earnings to their shareholders as dividends thus ensuring a source of continuous passive income stream for them. Due to the recent financial crisis, many people are...  more »

There are numerous options to defer income or accelerate deductions, you will definitely find the ones you are eligible to in our list: You can lower your adjusted gross income through tax deductions for education expenses up to $4,000 per year. For...  more »

These indicators are important to investors when defining their strategy and making their decisions. Below you can find a list of major economic indicators: Beige Book The book is a summary of current economic conditions in each of the Federal Reserve...  more »

The stock market may look a bit scary because you may fear losing your money. Investment risk can be lowered by knowledge. A beginning investor has to read a lot about finance, accounting, financial statements, the stock market and the companies traded...  more »

Diversification is a general technique for reducing risk of investment. Each risk-averse investor needs to diversify to some extent in order to minimize the volatility in their portfolio. Volatility is limited by the fact that not all assets move up and...  more »

Recession fears have sent the major stock market indices into a downward spiral again. The economy suffered the mortgage crisis and credit problems recently, and now there is a lot of talk about another recession. This brings new challenges and new...  more »



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