While bonds traditionally earn lower returns than stocks, that does not mean there isn't a place in your portfolio for bonds. The most common reason for investors to purchase bonds are below: * Diversification - Bonds tend to be less volatile than stocks and can therefore stabilize the value
07.18.2010| Knowledge of Stock, Stock of Knowledge | TonyLiu
No CommentsThe bond market is behaving as if the economy is facing future troubles. Amid expectations that economic growth will slow and the Federal Reserve will stop raising the federal funds rate, long-term interest rates dropped below short-term rates. Recently, the yield on a 10-year Treasury note
07.18.2010| Knowledge of Stock, Stock of Knowledge | TonyLiu
No CommentsCurrency speculation involves buying, selling and holding currencies in order to make a profit from favorable fluctuations in exchange rates. Small investors can often be overwhelmed by the amount of information and the complexity of variables at play, which is why it is important to unders
07.16.2010| Knowledge of Stock, Stock of Knowledge | TonyLiu
No CommentsCurrency speculation involves buying, selling and holding currencies in order to make a profit from favorable fluctuations in exchange rates. Small investors can often be overwhelmed by the amount of information and the complexity of variables at play, which is why it is important to unders
07.15.2010| Knowledge of Stock, Stock of Knowledge | TonyLiu
No CommentsDerivatives can be a tough nut to crack. While used in day to day transactions between investment banks they are used far less often by individual investors. Understanding how they work, however, will give you a better grasp on the complexities of the stock market. Equity derivatives, for insta
07.15.2010| Knowledge of Stock, Stock of Knowledge | TonyLiu
No CommentsA commodity is a product, which is of uniform quality and traded across various markets. There are generally two types of commodities, ‘hard commodities’ and ‘soft commodities’. Hard commodities include crude oil, iron ore, gold, and silver and have a long shelf life. Agricultural products
07.15.2010| Knowledge of Stock, Stock of Knowledge | TonyLiu
No CommentsExchanges are markets with standardized rules, which enable buyers and sellers to meet at a common junction to deal in their commodities. Futures contracts are those deals where the price is decided for deliveries to be made at a specified time and place in the future. Many of these exchanges cont
07.15.2010| Knowledge of Stock, Stock of Knowledge | TonyLiu
No CommentsWhen somebody tries to manipulate the market by illegally hoarding a particular commodity, it means that he is trying to ‘corner the market’. In this process, the buyer tries to stockpile the maximum amount of that commodity available, to create an artificial shortage and drive up the price befo
07.14.2010| Knowledge of Stock, Stock of Knowledge | TonyLiu
No CommentsBefore the advent of the industrial revolution, trading mainly took place with agricultural commodities such as corn, maize, oats, wheat, livestock, hogs and pigs. In 1848, the world’s oldest futures exchange was formed and it was named the Chicago Board Of Trade [CBOT]. Thereafter, many such ex
07.14.2010| Knowledge of Stock, Stock of Knowledge | TonyLiu
No CommentsBefore the advent of the industrial revolution, trading mainly took place with agricultural commodities such as corn, maize, oats, wheat, livestock, hogs and pigs. In 1848, the world’s oldest futures exchange was formed and it was named the Chicago Board Of Trade [CBOT]. Thereafter, many such exch
07.13.2010| Knowledge of Stock, Stock of Knowledge | TonyLiu
No CommentsEvery year we make a "wish list" of items we'd like for Christmas. Depending on how good we've been, we may ask for all sorts of things like jewelry, TVs, clothes, and even cars. You may know what others are asking for too, but have you ever wondered what an industry like Wall Street puts on thei
07.13.2010| Knowledge of Stock, Stock of Knowledge | TonyLiu
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