While trading or investing is capitalism at its finest, there are expenses that impact returns. The one hard cost, though much lower than in the past, is brokerage commission. Who you choose to trade needs to be more than…
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Options have many advantages, including reducing cost and risk while potentially increasing investment return. But how do you know the best strategy to use for your needs? Lucky for you, there’s a simple way to help you objectively contemplate and compare…
There is so much white noise blaring from so many financial television channels that it’s hard to tell which one of the many tidbits of data is actually useful. Well lucky for you, there’s an iPad app to help distill…
Trading Places, a movie about a commodities trader and a homeless man switching places, was one of the first VHS tapes that I personally owned (says a lot about me I’m sure) and had a major impact on my formative…
The daily deluge in earnings season can be overwhelming and truthfully there are only a few data points that are important and worthy of your time… The Heartbeat of Earnings and Revenue Data Each quarter the earnings and revenue data…
Like New York is the global focus for the stock market, Chicago is the center of the commodities world. Legends and lore need to be passed on as the new generation of electronic traders so they do not lose sight…
I feel it… but don’t see it?? Inflation remains a mathematical mystery though felt by many of us in different ways. The classic government definition excludes food and energy which in reality make up most of our cost concerns. The…
One of the primary reasons that financial markets exist is to shift price risk. Hedging to protect positions comes in many forms. The most common price protection comes in the form of insurance. Buying a put can put in a…
