A central marketplace determines fair price from all of the information known by trading participants. The discovery mechanism of the outcry auction markets efficiently determine the equilibrium price based on the information and actions of the buyers and sellers. Investors can…
The most widely recognized stock market measure on earth isn’t dead, just as a market opinion in the sense that the multi-year rally run could have come to an end. Seriously, learning to understand about the DOW will help you…
Controlling risk is the number one objective for many professional traders and the money that they have under management. Their focus is to minimize the financial downside of any investment decision. Winning exit strategies are developed prior to entering the…
Government reports, earnings, broker upgrades, and news information are constant being released in the marketplace. The data overload can lead to emotional trading for those who react to barrage of micro price movements. In reality, most events are already discounted and…
Your favorite stock just dropped 8% and you want in, but you’re nervous it could dip even lower over the next few days. What do you do? Sell a cash secured put. It’s a way to own a stock you…
In 2017, there were over 1,000 ETFs in the U.S. alone and there were 3.42 trillion dollars worth of assets managed by ETFs around the world. In fact, heavyweights Goldman Sachs and John Hancock were among the twenty new insurers…
One of the advantages of the futures markets is the opportunity to trade at nearly 24 hours. Global inputs or news outside of normal stock market hours can be digested immediately in the highly traded stock index contracts on the S&P…
There is only one way to never be wrong: hold on until you win. The financial cost and mental anguish are too expensive for investors to not take a loss with the exception of a rare few. Remember the market…
