14 Funny Jokes, Stories and Anecdotes for When You’re Having a Bad Trading Day
It’s not even lunchtime, and your portfolio is already down a whopping 5,000,000%. Okay, so maybe it’s not that bad. Still, you’re having a bad day, and you’re not sure what to do about it. The most...
View ArticleFannie Mae and Freddie Mac: What Next?
In late 2007, shares of stock in Freddie Mae and Fannie Mac each traded above $60 per share. Shortly thereafter, the real estate bubble began to deflate, and share prices tumbled. For the next six...
View ArticleWhat Would a Return to the Gold Standard Mean for You?
I thought the Gold Standard was abandoned by the US way back in 1971, you are probably thinking. Be that as it may, the time for its return may be long overdue. The decline of the Dollar over the last...
View ArticleObama vs. McCain: What the Next President Will Mean for Day Traders
You don’t have to be a professional day trader to appreciate the seriousness of the current financial storm. Every day seems to bring a new development, whether a bankruptcy or government bailout,...
View ArticleThe Bailout – Benefit or Bane?
It is hard not to be skeptical about the US economy these days with the constant market fluctuations and the credit crisis putting many Americans on the pathway to poverty. Recently, Congress passed...
View ArticleRaise Your Standards and Your Profits
Current economic trends have shown entrepreneurs and small business owners around the country that no one is immune to a bad economy. Maintaining an edge regarding your competitors is the nature of...
View Article10 Obscure Currencies Affected by the Credit Crunch
The majority of forex traders limit themselves to the so-called major currencies because such are easy to monitor and trade with high liquidity/stability. In fact, the US Dollar, Euro, Pound Sterling,...
View ArticleCan China Avoid a Post-Olympic Economic Downturn?
Economic analysis indicates that countries that host the Olympic Games typically suffer from economic decline and currency depreciation in the months following its conclusion. The "so-called ‘Valley...
View ArticleIs the Fed Hurting the Dollar in the Long-Term?
By now, everyone is surely familiar with the measures that the Federal Reserve Bank and US Treasury (under the auspices of the US government) have unveiled to blunt the impact of the credit crisis. The...
View ArticleHow an Average Investor Should Use Currency ETFs
By Adam Kritzer Only three years ago, the first currency exchange traded fund (ETF) was introduced, enabling investors to trade the Euro without having to buy and sell the currency directly. Since...
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