The stock market is a complex place in which many people try many different strategies in an attempt to make money for themselves. Virtually everyone who has ever bothered to invest in the market in the first place has had a desire to beat the market averages and make more money than they ever dreamed […]
The Federal Reserve The Federal Bank of the United States is like the central bank of any other country. However, in the US, it is one of the most powerful financial institutions, since it is mandated with the task of providing the nation with a safe, flexible and stable monetary and fiscal system. It […]
Trading in the stock markets is not for the faint of heart. There are many potential pitfalls for those who are ill prepared to handle it, and you can fully expect that you will fall into some of those traps if you do not plan ahead. While we all like to fancy the idea that […]
What Are Bollinger Bands? Bollinger Bands are a technical indicator developed by John Bollinger in the 1980s that plot standard deviations around a moving average. Here’s an example chart: Bollinger Bands widen as price volatility increases and tighten as volatility declines. Wider bands imply a higher standard deviation, meaning that an average price is […]
How George Soros Became So Legendary There are few investors on this planet that have not heard of George Soros at all. He is a lightening rod of controversy for some and admiration for others. There is basically no in between. This is largely because of the interesting ways in which he has made […]
Brexit: What It Is And How It Happened Brexit is a shortened version of “British Exit.” The British Exit was a political movement that advocated for the United Kingdom to remove itself from the European Union (EU). The country had already separated itself financially by using the British pound as its currency, yet the […]
With pensions a long-forgotten relic of the past, most Americans are looking at ways to save for their retirement years on their own. While many companies offer these plans, though, many employees have very little guidance when it comes to investing in their 401(k). There can be thousands of options to choose from under some […]
Dodd-Frank Act – Are Changes On The Way? Traders and the public as a whole were horrified as we all watched the stock market fall dramatically during 2008 and 2009. Not only was the market in free fall, but housing prices were also taking a nosedive. There was an overabundance of easy credit and […]
Netflix Q4 Earnings Preview: What You Need To Know All eyes are on Netflix ($NFLX) this week as they are set to release fourth quarter earnings on Wednesday after the market closes. Analysts are expecting earnings per share to come in at 13 cents on estimates of $2.47 billion in revenue. Shares rallied over 15% when […]
Although it took until 2009 for a mysterious person calling themselves Satoshi Nakamoto to introduce the idea of Bitcoin, the concept of crypto-currency actually stems from a 1998 publication by a man named Wei Dai. What began as an idea for a way to create an economy outside the constraints of the federal government quickly […]
