How to Get Started Trading Futures
If you are serious about trading, you will want to consider the futures market. Futures are amongst the most liquid and cheapest markets to trade. Most futures markets are also very active with substantial price moves each day. They can…
Day Trading – Everything You Need to Know
If you are good at it, day trading can be very lucrative. You can generate an income or grow capital with a relatively small account. It can be very exciting too if you have the right temperament. And that’s the…
What is Options Trading – Everything You Need to Know
Options are one of the most dynamic types of trading instruments available. They can be used to speculate on the direction and volatility of stock prices (or any other asset prices), and to hedge or compliment other positions. This post…
What is a Financial Advisor?
Financial advisors have a large number of roles and responsibilities, and these roles go far beyond deciding where a client should invest their money. The best way to explain what a financial advisor does is to outline the various roles…
How to Choose a Financial Advisor
Unless you are both knowledgeable and disciplined when it comes to money, you will probably have more chance of reaching your financial goals if you hire a financial advisor. However, just as important as deciding to hire an advisor, is…
How to Buy Stocks – A Step by Step Guide to Investing in the Stock Market
Investing in stocks is the most accessible way for the average person to participate in the growth of the economy. For more than 100 hundred years, the stock market has outperformed other asset classes like bonds, commodities, and real estate.…
How to Make Money in Stocks
While there isn’t a magic formula for making money in the stock market, there are few ways to put the odds in your favor. The key is to be realistic about your level of knowledge and the time you have…
Investing in ETFs (How To Pick The Best ETF)
With thousands of ETFs available to investors, choosing the right fund can be a daunting task. But it doesn’t have to be – if you take it step by step you can quickly narrow the list down to those that…
What are Leveraged ETFs?
Leveraged ETFs are exchange-traded funds that are structured to amplify the daily returns of an underlying index. They combine the convenience of ETFs with the leverage typically associated with more complex financial products. How leverage in ETFs Works Leverage, also…
What are Inverse ETFs?
What are Inverse ETFs? Inverse ETFs are exchange traded funds designed to return the inverse of the daily return for an index. In other words, when the index loses value, the fund gains value – and vice versa, if the…
Bond ETFs (Fixed-Income ETFs) – An Investor’s Guide
Bond ETFs, also known as fixed-income ETFs, are exchange-traded funds that invest in bonds. These funds give investors exposure to the performance of fixed income indexes, along with regular dividends. A very wide variety of bond ETFs are available to…
Commodity ETFs – Everything You Need to Know
Commodity ETFs offer investors a practical entry point into the commodity markets, either through exposure to individual commodities or diversified commodity indexes. This is particularly appealing because investing directly in commodities can involve significant logistical and operational complexity, including storage,…
Index Funds vs. ETFs – Everything Investors Should Know
Index Funds vs ETFs Index funds are mutual funds that are passively managed and track an index. This can create some confusion as mutual funds are usually actively managed, while exchange traded funds (ETFs) are usually passively managed. This post…
Mutual Funds vs. ETFs
Mutual funds and exchange traded funds are two types of investment funds available to investors. Both types of funds pool capital from lots of investors, and both are professionally managed. There are a few other similarities, and quite a few…
What is an ETF (Exchange Traded Fund)?
ETFs, or exchange-traded funds, are one of the most important product innovations in the history of the investment industry. ETFs give investors a cheap and efficient way to gain diversified exposure to the stock market. ETFs are now established as…
