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  1.

    A Primer On The MACD

    Learn to trade in the direction of short-term momentum.

  2. Are You Really Retired Just Because You Stopped Working?

    Retirement doesn't have to mean the end of working, it can be just the end of working to get by every week. Retirement ...

  3. 5 Things You Should Know About The New Health Insurance Marketplace

    Here are five things you should know about the new Health Insurance Marketplace (AKA Health Insurance Exchange), ...
Inside The Markets
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    How To Benefit When CEOs Step Down

    We’ve picked five examples of recent (last five years) CEO retirements that caused an unusually large move - up or down - in the price of its ...

  2. Pandora Gets A New CEO: Is It Enough?

    Pandora announced September 12 that it had hired Brian McAndrews as its new CEO replacing long-time boss Joe Kennedy who stepped down in March ...

  3. Domtar Jumps 16% On Plant Closing: Time To Buy?

    Domtar (NYSE:UFS) jumped the most in four years on news International Paper (NYSE:IP) is closing a mill in Alabama reducing North American capacity ...
Investing
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    6 Asset Allocation Strategies That Work

    Your portfolio's asset mix is a key factor in whether it's profitable. Find out how ...

  2. War's Influence On Wall Street

    Blitzkrieg? Dawn raids? Sounds like the markets and the battlefield have a few things ...

  3. How To Cut Your Mutual Fund Fees By Up To 90%

    Most mutual funds don’t come close to beating the indexes they’re compared against. ...

  4. When To Short A Stock

    Learn how to make money off failing shares.

  5. A Top-Down Approach To Investing

    Use a global view to determine which stocks belong in your portfolio.

  6. How Risk Free Is The Risk-Free Rate Of Return?

    This rate is rarely questioned - unless the economy falls into disarray.
Personal Finance
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    Are You Really Retired Just Because You Stopped Working? ...

    Retirement doesn't have to mean the end of working, it can be just the end of working to get by every week. Retirement should ...

  2. 5 Things You Should Know About The New Health Insurance ...

    Here are five things you should know about the new Health Insurance Marketplace (AKA Health Insurance Exchange), which launches ...

  3. Introduction To Financial Planning Organizations

    Organizations such as the FPA and NAPFA are striving to provide higher standards for the financial planning profession and ...

  4. Introduction To Coincident And Lagging Economic Indicators

    Investors can learn a lot, or very little, from these indicators once they know how to use them.

  5. A Day In The Life Of An Auditor

    If you like the idea of examining and attesting to a company's financial performance for a living, a career in auditing might ...

  6. How To Cut Your Mutual Fund Fees By Up To 90%

    Most mutual funds don’t come close to beating the indexes they’re compared against. And yet they carry steep fees for active ...
Active Trading
  1.

    A Primer On The MACD

    Learn to trade in the direction of short-term momentum.

  2. Loving Your Stocks? Don't Take This Cliché To Heart

    The advice not to fall in love with one's stocks is common, even a cliché. However, the prevalence of this phenomenon is ...

  3. Profiting In Bear And Bull Markets

    There are many ways to profit in both bear and bull markets. The key to success is using the tools for each market to their ...

  4. How Leverage Is Used In Forex Trading

    Forex trading by retail investors has grown by leaps and bounds in recent years, thanks to the proliferation of online trading ...

  5. What Is Spread Betting?

    The temptation and perils of being over leveraged is a major pitfall of spread betting. However, the low capital outlay necessary, ...

  6. Pitfalls Of Copycat Investing

    While it may sound good in theory to attempt to mimic the investment style and profile of a successful institution, it is ...
Forex
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    Markets extend the advance ahead of FOMC

    FXstreet.com (Edinburgh) -Shares in the US markets are extending its weekly gains on Tuesday amidst the 2-day FOMC meeting ...

  2. Flash: Yen to weaken further - BTMU

    FXstreet.com (London) - Lee Hardman, strategist at The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ eye's the yen to weaken further.Key Quotes:“The ...
Forex Education
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    The Future Of Cryptocurrency

    The emergence of Bitcoin has sparked a debate about its future and that of other cryptocurrencies. Despite ...

  2. How Leverage Is Used In Forex Trading

    Forex trading by retail investors has grown by leaps and bounds in recent years, thanks to the proliferation ...

  3. Washing Trades In A Canadian Registered Account

    For Canadian RRSP accounts, washing same-day trades and using money market funds to bridge the gap over ...
 
Dictionary Term Of The Day

  1. Racketeering

    Racketeering refers to criminal activity that is performed to benefit an organization such as a crime syndicate. Examples of racketeering activity include...
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Editor Picks

  1. No Finance Degree? No Problem! Top 10 Ways To Jumpstart A Career In Finance

    These tips should enable a non-financial graduate to substantially improve his or her chances of launching a career in finance.

  2. Using Index Futures To Predict The Future

    Index futures do predict the opening market direction most of the time, but even the best soothsayers are not always right.

  3. Tracking Volatility: How The VIX Is Calculated

    Most investors familiar with the VIX commonly refer to it as the “fear gauge,” because it has become a proxy for market volatility.

  4. Summer Money-Making Opportunities For Finance Students

    These earning methods enable students to generate additional income and provide actionable experience, without compromising their studies.

  5. The Causes And Costs Of Absenteeism

    Playing hooky to play golf may feel harmless, but the accumulated effect of absenteeism hurts businesses' bottom line.

  6. How Your VantageScore Credit Report Is Calculated

    Deficiencies in the FICO credit report have led to the creation of a new credit scoring system - the Vantagescore. Find out what factors determine this credit score and how the model can benefit you.