Archive for February, 2010

There are many strategies that people use to trade profitably. It just happens that some find great success in a certain method that they have learned to use over the years. It all depends on what a certain trader can cope up with in terms of his or her own tolerance levels when it comes to risks. And there are also methods that work well for something in between extremes. One such method is swing trading. By putti...

Success in trading usually depends on careful analysis and evaluation of various economic indicators relevant to certain markets. But sometimes it can’t be helped that there are certain human tendencies that may also affect trading decisions along the way. But there are many times that these human tendencies may prove to be quite detrimental to achieving trading success. Here are some of those bad human tende...

One of the main factors that traders and investors alike look for in stocks is their capacity to earn. High quality earnings in stocks make them attractive in the market. It can also get quite complicated to determine since companies can state earnings is a variety of ways. Traders and investors should be able to determine how it affects a certain stock and if it is an accurate measure of how certain stocks may per...

Investing in mutual funds require know how on the various indicators that may help measure risk. These risk indicators may help provide both traders and investors with a means to determine how a certain mutual fund portfolio would perform against the market. Here are some of the main mutual fund risk indicators. Alpha The alpha is usually a measure of a mutual fund’s performance adjusted for risk. It compares...