Archive for the ‘General’ Category

While explaining the wonderful world of stock trading to one of my friends, he asked me the following question, what is the difference between a stock broker and a stock trader. My answer was "Just Google it!". And he did, and then he came back to me, and...

Usually, whenever I talk to someone (who doesn't trade stocks and who hasn't traded stocks in his life) and he discovers that I trade stocks, he expresses to me that he thinks that stock trading is fun (well, it is fun, but not if you're losing money) and...

November 28, 2011 | In: General

What Is a Lockup Period?

A friend asked me the other day: "What is a lockup period?" He told me that he heard of the term lockup period while reading an article about the LinkedIn IPO. I thought I write an article to explain, in details, what is a lockup period. Definition...

November 17, 2011 | In: General

Stock Market Best Kept Secrets

Like any other profession, trading in the stock market has its best kept secrets that will make you money. Here they are: The January Effect: Rare are those who know about the January Effect, when stocks go down in December and then go up until mid...

If you don't have time to read the rest of the article then here's the answer: "The best time to invest in the stock market is the middle of December of any year". Now, let me explain to you if you have the time to read on... There are many small...

November 11, 2011 | In: General

Stocks To Own in a Recession

I have traded many stocks throughout the years, and I have to realize that some stocks are just resilient to a recession. In no order of importance, here are these stocks: MCD: McDonald's is the best stock for a recession. Think about it this way,...

Every investor wants to invest in a stock that is undervalued, because every investor knows that an undervalued stock will pop at one point. But how can we know that a stock is really undervalued, are there some signs? Well, there are several signs...

Most investors, before investing long term in a company, are interested to know what is the dividend that the company offers for its shareholders. The easiest way to know the dividend of a stock (in the US market) is to visit Yahoo's finance page for that...

Everytime one of my friends knows that I trade stocks, he immediately asks me this question: "How much money can you make off stocks?" My immediate answer is that you can make unlimited amount with stocks. In fact, stocks can make you rich in a very short...

I was buying an item the other day and the merchant gave my credit card to his assistant to make a copy of it. I immediately refused, not only that, I stated that he is not allowed to make a copy of credit card because it is in Visa's terms that they're...

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