Fadi El-Eter

This Friday, I have received a scary letter from CRA (Canada Revenue Agency, which is the equivalent of the IRS in the US). The letter is not copyrighted and that's why I'll publish it here. Please note that I will include the letter in full but I will...

A common question among new investors is "how many trades can I make per day?" or "is there a limit to the number of trades I can make per day?". The answer to the first question is "you can make unlimited trades per day", which means that the answer to...

Many bank advisers tell you the complete opposite of what the title of this article states. They tell you that mutual funds are better than stocks, and they use the following myths as arguments: Myth #1: Mutual funds are safer than stocks: Bank...

"The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government." - Gaius Cornelius Tacitu, Roman Senator Well, first let me start by saying that the title of this post is wrong, insider trading is not illegal. Executives in any company can buy or sell...

It's that time of the year again, where everyone is closing the previous year (financially) and preparing for the tax season. As stock investors, we know that we have to pay taxes on our capital gains from our stock trading. In this post, I will explain...

As Canadian consultants, it is fact of life for our main income to come from the US. Of course, there are many ways that our US clients can use to pay for our services/products (but, as you can see from the below, the only ideal way to get money is...

2011 has ended, and many companies that were good are now bad - really, really bad! Now we all know the main reason of why good companies go bad: incompetent management, and by management here I mean top level executives, as in CEOs. But who were the...

I think the logical continuation of my article how to tell if a stock is undervalued, is another one telling my readers how to tell if a stock is overvalued. There are many signs to tell if a stock is overpriced, here are the top 10: Company is making...

Some investors like to trade everyday, literally every day. They're not satisfied with trading Mondays through Fridays, but they also want to do it on weekends (talk about complete obsession with stock trading). Other investors are just too busy working...

I have defined what a penny stock is before. I have stated that a penny stock is a cheap stock that can be listed in any market. I have also stated that it usually trades in OTC (over the counter) markets, since the financial regulations in such markets...