Fadi El-Eter

I consider myself to be contrarian when it comes to stock trading, but I'm not contrarian just for the sake of it, I do my own research before evaluating a company, and, in most cases, my evaluation is the complete opposite of the market valuation of a...

You've been resilient, you were not afraid and were not greedy, and you've been patient, but a particular stock that you own is making you lose a lot of money. You are now entertaining the thought of selling it, but how do you know for sure that it's now...

I usually only write about stocks on my blog, but I received a phone call yesterday and I think this phone call is worth talking about to warn others about this scam. Here's what happened: I was sleeping and the phone rang. I picked up the...

My simple introduction to shorting stocks has generated some considerable readership since I have published it. It seems that there are more shorter-wannabes than I had initially thought. Now, one of the most common questions that a new investor asks:...

Those who are regular readers on my website probably know by now that I'm not a big fan of Chinese stocks, and that they scare me. Now BIDU is a Chinese stock, am I afraid of it? And is BIDU a good stock to buy? To answer this question, let us first...

It's that time of the year again, where many investors start evaluating their lessons learned in the stock market in 2011 and start start planning their investment strategies for 2012. Well, I have made the job of these investors easier, by...

The year 2011 is almost over: a lot of money has been made, and a lot of money has been lost in this year, and, more importantly, a lot of lessons were learned by the stock traders during this year. So what are these lessons?In order of no importance,...

Everytime I want to activate a new credit card with TD Bank, they tell me the same nonsense story: "Mr. El-Eter, card activation may take up to 5 minutes (which I'm sure is a lie, card activation takes less than a second - other banks do it on the...

The Canadian stock market is, according to Wikipedia, the 8th largest in the world by market capitalization (around $2 trillion), which is saying something. In this post, I will try to examine what will happen to the major Canadian stocks in 2012. Gold...

Many of those who wish to enter the sock market are reluctant to do so because they don't know what the minimum amount to trade stocks is, and they think that the total amount of money that they have is less than the minimum allowable. Also, and for some...