During the “Go-Go” Wall Street days of a few years ago, some companies got rich by being middle-men between 401k mutual funds and short sellers who wanted to borrow their stock.
The short sellers put up collateral, agreed to pay dividends, and paid a small amount of interest. These middle-men companies took a big slice of [...]
Why should you look for stock advice online? Consider overwhelming reason. In “years past”, a person looking to invest in stocks had to pay a hefty commission to a stock broker who made the transactions for them. The majority of these individuals had to rely on the broker for advice or study the stock market [...]
What are the issues with Buy & Sell Signals?
How do we understand the best use of these signals with reference to a Moving Average System?
One of the main problems with using moving average crossovers as actionable signals is that stocks may move or “whipsaw” back and forth across their moving average. It is therefore an [...]
If you’re an investor using Quicken, you should find your investment record-keeping pretty straight-forward. There are, however, several tricky investment transactions you may need to record, particularly if you’re an aggressive investor (one who’s willing to bear increased risk in the pursuit of greater returns). These transactions involve short sales, margin loans and interest, call [...]
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac own or guarantee nearly half the $12 trillion U.S. mortgage market. Not long ago, they were the darlings of Wall Street, ranking next to U.S. bonds as among the safest and most conservative investments in the world.
Preferred shares of these GSEs (”government-sponsored enterprises”) were considered so safe that banking [...]
Securities lending happens in all aspects of finance from banking to exporting to the exchange of stock. In fact, because securities lending is an over-the-counter market it is hard to put an accurate number to the industry. However, it has been suggested that the balance of securities on loan in the year 2007 alone exceeded [...]
