Archive for November, 2008

A stop loss order is an instruction usually given by a trader or an investor to a broker to either buy or sell a stated security once its price climbs above or drops below a specified stop price. With issuing a stop loss order, the investor does not need to monitor how a certain security is doing in the market. It is automatically enforced once the stated stop price is reached. Stop Loss Limit Order There are vari...

Investing in a volatile market environment is hard enough for investors. But facing a market downturn and an economy in recession can even increase the risks as well as add up greatly to the worries. But for every experience, especially during the bad times, there are always lessons to be learned. And it is only after an investor goes through such market downturns and make it out until the economy recovers that th...

A worsening economy can have investors think twice about putting their money in new investments. With the stock market experiencing a rough time along with the worsening recession not seen in decades, people might think that risking money in investing them now might lead to considerable losses later on. But for some people, this might not likely be the case. A worsening economy at best would only make investors tre...

Forex trading deals with primarily dealing with trading among the world’s many currencies. Forex, short for foreign exchange, usually involves transactions that deal with buying one currency and then paying for a certain quantity of another currency. All transactions happen in the foreign exchange market, also known as the largest and the most liquid financial market in the world, accounting for more than US...