Selling low destroys wealth

… moving up or down?
Are trends steady in one direction or moving back and forth?
In a previous lesson, we discussed 5 Stock market direction pointers. Key economic indicators keep telling us the financial future looks promising.
For several days, market turmoil, falling stock prices, and dropping indexes tell a different story. Be mindful that …

Investors ask about short selling

… trading strategy with many moving parts that depend on great timing and excellent execution. The timing must consider crucial factors that include market and company facts, the economic sectors, the market response, costs, stock prices, the market rules, and the strategy. As a result, short selling is intricate and challenging to learn and master. However …

Buying ETFs accelerates returns

… for higher net returns.
5. Performance
Good past results can’t assure future returns but are a positive indication.
6. Market Conditions
Consider current market trends and economic outlook to select an ETF.
Popular ETF categories include:
Broad Market ETFs
Major market indexes track the S&P 500 or total market indexes.
Sector ETFs
Focuses …

Warren Buffett explains gold

… history an investment pass.
What are the pros and cons of investing in gold?
Three pro-gold arguments include:The potential hedge against inflation.Providing for difficult economic conditions.Portfolio diversification.However, in recent years, gold has not paced inflation.As for the cons, as Warren Buffett said about gold, “It doesn’t do anything …

Investment impatience destroys wealth

… advisors Lesson 310.09.

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Investors look forward to data and often see repeating patterns in economic data.
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Investors deal with high frequency trading

… recap, those lessons cover the following high frequency trading topics:

An overview to understanding high frequency trading: Lesson 1 Introducing high frequency trading explained

Seeing how the economic and financial past led to HFT:Lesson 2 Racing for profits makes high frequency trading

Technology evolution used to develop HFT:Lesson 3 Markets and technology build …

Markets, technology, and laws respond to high frequency trading

… takes 100 basis points to make 1%!
Backers of FTT say it produces revenue while cutting down stock market speculation. Some fans of FTT suggest it increases economic efficiency. Tax supporters also claim it dampens increased volatility. It does so by stopping unnecessary HFT while raising revenue. Most FTT advocates see HFT as an evil …

Laws and ethics beat investors

… a far greater record of raising more humans from poverty to prosperity than any other system in the history of the world. It is the most successful economic system ever developed. In fact, capitalism continues the process of lifting more humans from poverty. That happens while it produces wealth for more people than any other …