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Politics, News & Issues > Political & Economic Theory World financial crisis: 1 of 9
As one philosopher wisely put it, history teaches only that we never learn anything from history. It is only nine years since the Tech Bubble burst and yet the world finds itself suffering from the collapse of commodity, credit and property bubbles of massive proportions and is now facing the severest economic downturn since ... More..
Personal Finance > Stock Market How to profit from falling stock prices: 1 of 8
Stocks prices rise and fall all the time. How can we make money, irrespective of which way the market moves? Ideally this means having the stocks while they are rising and having a methodology to deal with the stocks when they are falling. This article concentrates on two types of investor: The Long Only Investor and The Shor... More..
Personal Finance > Stock Market Subprime lending crisis: Are bank shares a buy?: 1 of 8
NEVER CATCH A FALLING KNIFE!This old stock market adage is as apt today as it ever was. World Banking stocks are already down over 22% this year and we have returned to level we were at in March 2008, when the Federal Reserve had to the rescue Bear Stearns to avoid a financial meltdown.So Bank share prices are now lower than ... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Pagan & Earth-Based Religions Pagan festivals in the US: 1 of 7
PAGAN FESTIVALS IN THE USMany of the immigrants coming to America over the last 500 years brought with them a history of Pagan traditions, although they may have been unaware of such. Some of these traditions were written out of history by the Christian churches and Roman colonization. However, in some cases Christianity adop... More..
Personal Finance > Stock Market Key psychological factors in stock market success: 1 of 7
Over the last two decades a lot of analysis has been conducted which has challenged the view that equities are priced efficiently. Investor behaviour has often been found to be anything but rational, as it was originally assumed in Financial Theory. This has led to the development of "Behavioural Finance" which examines the p... More..
Personal Finance > Stock Market Effects of the housing market on the stock market: 1 of 7
EFFECTS OF THE HOUSING MARKET ON THE STOCK MARKETBuying a house is the most important investment we make in our lifetime. What we often forget is that one housing transaction leads to a whole series of transactions, which generate income and jobs for the economy and boost Stock Market earnings. Furthermore, the Wealth Effect ... More..
Personal Finance > Stock Market Investment clubs: The best way to learn about the stock market: 1 of 7
Firstly, why invest in the stock market? Well there are many reasons. Although many investors are licking their wounds after last year's stock market collapse, this is all the more reason for them to invest now and get a better longterm return than on the money in their bank account. Furthermore, if you own stock in a company... More..
Personal Finance > Investing (Other) Top 10 investors of all time: 1 of 6
The best of all time! This is a difficult question to ask people about an industry that has the memory-span of a fly. I spent years reading books by Paul Erdman, Ben Graham, Peter Lynch and Charles MacKay - about Tulip Bubbles and names like Boesky and Diamond, before I decided that I wanted to work in the Investment Industry... More..
Personal Finance > Investing (Other) Investing in Gold and Silver as opposed to other investments: 2 of 11
Gold as an Investment The Egyptian Pharaohs thought they could bring it into the next life with them. The Spanish conquered South America in search of the place called El Dorado where it awaited them and speculators in their thousands flocked to the Klondike in 1896 to find it. Even James Bond's arch- enemy was obsessed wit... More..
Personal Finance > Stock Market Pros and cons of using multiples for stock valuations: 1 of 5
Multiples like the PE and Price-to-Book Ratios are among the most important of all investment valuation tools. They are not only popular but can be extremely effective as well. Essentially the PE Ratio calculates the "Payback Period" of an investment, whereas the PB looks at how much asset- backing you get for your investment... More..