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19 February, 2010 by James McBride

Trading Site, StockTwits, Continues To Draw Attention

After breaking away from Twitter awhile back, the investing site StockTwits is rolling out a number of new features that it hopes will draw in more traders. The site, still in beta and billed as a real time platform for stock traders to share information, has a desktop AIR application that includes video, [...]

11 September, 2009 by James McBride

Gold Prices At Record High, Dollar Falls

Gold futures settled at a new record Friday, ending higher for a fourth straight week as the U.S. dollar fell against the euro to a fresh one-year low, boosting gold’s investment appeal. The thinly traded September gold contract ended up $9.50, or 1%, at $1,004.90 an ounce on the Comex division of the New [...]

10 September, 2009 by James McBride

Intro Info On Put And Call Options

Very basic intro on put and call options. Good for beginning video by Jules Dawson for new traders.

9 September, 2009 by James McBride

Bonds And Stocks Seem To Be Telling Different Stories On U.S. Economy

MarketWatch has an interesting post for those investors who believe the stock market works perfectly at discounting risks and rewards. As they point out in the article, if you believe what stocks are telling us, the U.S. economy and corporate profits must seem to be on track for a huge recovery. Yet, the market [...]

9 June, 2009 by James McBride

Stock Trader Tim Sykes Early Twitterer On Premium Twitter Service

Stock trader Timothy Sykes is apparently one of the first people to sign up for a new premium Twitter service, SuperChirp, that allows publishers to charge for their twit streams. Sykes is telling his current 3,200+ followers on Twitter to sign up for his $9.99/month “premium” SuperChirp Twitterstream [...]

1 June, 2009 by James McBride

The Iron Condor: Making Money In A Sideways Market?

The PowerOptions blog has an interesting recent post on the Iron Condor Spread strategy. The Iron Condor is a neutral strategy where a trader combines a Bear-Call Credit Spread and a Bull-Put Credit Spread on the same underlying security. This type of trade is often used when an investor thinks the underlying may trend neutral [...]

28 May, 2009 by James McBride

Investor’s Business Daily Strikes Syndication Deal

Investor’s Business Daily, publisher of in-depth financial news geared to personal and professional investors, recently announced a partnership with Mochila, a premium content syndication technology platform and network, to distribute IBD’s multimedia offerings to online readers who want up to the minute market information. Using content from Investor’s Business Daily’s companion website, Investors.com, Mochila and Investor’s [...]

23 April, 2009 by James McBride

Outperforming The Market: Is More Leverage Better?

Over the past year or so, leverage has been a key component in many new and top-performing ETF’s.  Astute traders using leveraged and/or inverse funds have seen outsized gains compared to more traditional vehicles. However, owning a leveraged or inverse ETF definitely won’t guarantee a profit. In fact, with leverage, if your underlying isn’t on any [...]

20 April, 2009 by James McBride

Most Actively Managed Equity Funds Fail To Perform

According to a new report from Standard & Poor’s, more than 70% of all actively managed U.S. equity mutual funds trailed their benchmarks for the five years ending 2008. The S&P’s Index Versus Active Fund Scorecard (SPIVA) showed that 71.9% of actively managed large-cap funds lagged the S&P 500, while 75.9% of actively managed mid-cap [...]

17 February, 2009 by admin

Exchange-Traded Funds Assets To Top $1 Trillion

Indexuniverse.com is reporting that exchange-traded funds assets globally will top $1 trillion within two years. ETF’s attracted over $176 billion in 2008 and U.S. ETF assets already top the $500 billion level. As of late 2008, over 1600 ETFs around the world had $658 billion in assets with more than 600 planned to launch in [...]