Investor v/s Trader: What Is The Difference ?
The words investors and traders are commonly used in the world of stock market. Many people actually use them interchangeably as if they mean the same. Infact it is not true. Both words have different meaning. Even though investors and traders buy/sell stocks, they perform two very different tasks using very different strategies. Nonetheless, both [...]
U.S. Economy: We Make and Sell Debts
From the “oh, puh-leez” school of economics comes this headline from the recent G7 summit. A week ago the Federal Reserve estimated that domestic US GDP grew at an annual rate of 2.2%; after stripping out the more questionable data it’s more like zero growth. Reminds me of the old Soviet Union: everything was fine [...]
Margin Trading: Amplify Your Gain/Loss
Let us say someone told you to buy stocks on margin. Do you really know what it means ? Do you need to know about margin trading ? Do you really understand margin trading ? Do you understand all the pros and cons of margin trading ? If you have answered No to anyone of [...]