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U.S. Economy: We Make and Sell Debts
2007-04-25 02:46:00
From the "oh, puh-leez" school of economics comes this headline from the recent G7 summit. A week ago the Federal Reserve estimated that domestic US GDP grew at an annual rate of 2.2%; after stripping out the more questionable data it's more like zero growth. Reminds me of the old Soviet Union: everything was fine until things imploded the next day. While not out of the woods yet, according to the ministers the global economy is enjoying its strongest sustained expansion in more than 30 years and is in the process of becoming more "balanced." Sounds pretty promising ... except that China has surpassed the US and is now the 2nd largest exporter in the world, even as our trade deficit has gone from $28 to $45 billion. Those G7 ministers must be looking at things standing on their heads ... upside down, that is. Of course you wouldn't want to rock the G7 boat lest the guy next to you figure it out and start selling first. 2nd place is not where you want to be when that landslide beg...
More About: Economy , Currency , Debt , Make , Sell

Margin Trading: Amplify Your Gain/Loss
2007-04-24 11:02:00
Let us say someone told you to buy stocks on margin. Do you really know what it means ? Do you need to know about margin trading ? Do you really understand margin trading ? Do you understand all the pros and cons of margin trading ? If you have answered No to anyone of them, it is time you understand one of the most powerful investment tool in the stock market.Buying stocks on margin is nothing but buying stocks by borrowing money from your broker. Think of it as a loan given to you by your broker. Why would you want to borrow money from your broker ? Obviously to buy more stocks. Generally novice investors begin with a cash account which only uses the money deposited in their account. For margin trading you need to open a margin account, which can be opened during the time of opening a cash account. Margin account generally requires a minimum deposit of $2,000. Once the margin account is opened you can borrow upto 50% of the purchase price of a stock from your broker. However you c...
More About: Educational , Trading , Loss , Amplify

The Art of Making Money in the Bear Market
2007-03-27 05:28:00
In the bull market most of us makes money, and in the bear market most of us loses money. Wouldn't it be nice to change that, and make money in the bear market. With the advanced investing technique called short selling, it is possible.However the concept of short selling doesnt come easy to everyone. In general, people think of investing as buying an asset, holding it while it appreciates in value, and then eventually selling to make a profit. Shorting is the exact opposite where you make money when the asset falls in value. The return rates can be high from short selling, but its comes with the added high risk.The Basics of Short SellingWhen you sell a stock (say X number), that you do not own, but are promised to be delivered in future, it is called Short Selling. So how can you sell a stock you do not own ? Basically your broker will lend it to you. Sooner or later you must buy back the same X number of stocks (covering) and return them back to your broker. When you buy back t...
More About: Money , Market , Bear Market , King , Mark

With So Many Options Where Does One Start
2007-03-24 09:48:00
Last time I checked, the Nasdaq had more than 3200 companies listed. Following all of them is simply impossible. So what do most investors do ? Short-list a bunch of stocks they like and stick to them. How do you short-list which ones to invest from so many options ? Where do you start ? Frankly, there is no straight answer to that. The best thing would be to break these stocks into smaller groups and then decide how to proceed. Ok so lets break them into smaller groups. But wait...what criteria to use to break them into smaller groups. I found few of the important criterias that make the selection process much more easy.Company SizeBreak up based on company size. By company size, i mean their market capital. Market capital is nothing but the total dollar value of the company's outstanding shares. Based on market capital a stock can be a large cap, mid cap or a small cap.Large Cap = Market cap of anything more than $10 billionMid Cap = Market cap valued between $1 billion and $ 10 ...
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Camera + GPS = Simply Cool !!
2007-01-25 11:28:00
Ricoh Corp. RICOY a leader in business solutions, is providing cameras with integrated GPS technology by releasing the 500SE GPS-ready digital camera. Developed for outdoor location-based photography, the 500SE has high resolution to meet the image quality and all-weather usability. The camera has capability to receive data streams from external GPS devices via its on-board Bluetooth radio.This is the first of its kind. We have seen GPS in cellphones but this is the first one in cameras. Eventually time will come when every camera will be built with GPS capability. I see brighter days for this company.
More About: Camera , Cool , Simp , Simply