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I go by the moniker Complacent Panda. I discuss topics, largely, in the economics field, with some tangents into politics, art, philosophy, ... the skills necessary for trading in the stock market, the forex market, or on the options exchange ... for future interest in investments, and was in first place for total profits. While the .com bubble [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 00:02:00

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Introducing GalaTime 5L Virtual Portfolios

I’ve been mulling over some new initiative in the area of portfolio management for retail investors in India ... . Q: Is this an investment / trading game? Is this an online tool that allows me to track ... ; these include - stocks, stock & index futures & options, ETFs, commodity futures &amp [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 14:18:04

ZIRP -- Tdday's New Acronym -- Updated

December 18, 2008Found this at Cassandra Does Tokyo, a new blog for me, found at Helena Cobban's blog ... scheme unwinds. It's an investment strategy involving options trading with spreads. Think Rubik's ... portfolio is not "traded",but subject to the use of options and futures, the 25% portion is very heavily [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 14:47:00

Over-dependence on derivatives hit AIG

The US financial tsunami has washed out giant investment banks of the US and has led to many commercial banks being bought over or nationalised ... to speculate on the future price of commodities or shares - without buying the underlying investment ... , the inaccuracy of which may not be exposed for many years. Derivatives like futures, options and [more...]

Date: 2008-10-03 10:29:14

Tips for Improving your Investing

Many investors -- especially beginning investors -- want tips for improving their investing. There are a lot of tools out there ( ... strategies. However, Stock Trading To Go has some very basic and active things you can do in order ... as funds, bonds, currencies, options, commodities, futures and other opportunities might [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 19:38:01

Silver Gets Spiked!

Traders enjoy the leverage that can be obtained using futures and options; however, I would like to bring to your attention the ability for you to invest with commodity-like leverage without as much risk. You see, many mining companies are similar to ... [more...]

Date: 2008-08-15 17:32:29

Energy Investment Opinions by Bill Paul

Jan 4, 2009 - Bill Paul is a former Wall Street Journal energy and environmental reporter with more than 30 years of experience. He recently wrote an article titled, “Stay Ahead of the Energy Curve” for Stocks, Futures and Options magazine. As he has been reporting on energy issues before many of the green energy advocates [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 19:38:53

The Shortest Investment Book Ever by James O’Donnell

... in commodities or buying options and futures, but for 99% of individuals that stuff won’t matter [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 11:30:02

Stack of Lame Gift Cards after Christmas? Trade and Sell ‘em on the Internet

Christmas has come and gone. You probably already used up all your good gift cards to take advantage of post-Christmas sales ... have the option of throwing your undesired Chili’s gift cards up on eBay too. But again, you’ll lose ... BestBuy gift card futures as we speak. If you’re looking for a more secure investment than gift [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 18:20:52

Global Directional Portfolio: 23% Gain for 2008 Worth a Look?

This week's BusinessWeek highlighted an interesting investment opportunity that matches low correlation to major stock indices and positive alpha ... volatility and utilizes a managed futures approach. When volatility is low as it was a few years back ... Trades2008 Stock Market Returns by Country and SectorSelling High Priced Options in a Volatile [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 00:32:00

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