Learn To Invest Stock For High Profits Today

By Janet Calhoun

With a down economy, you have to learn to invest, and specifically how to learn to invest stock options, to take advantage of a volatile market.

To start, you need to research the different types of investments available, including stocks and bonds, as well as discovering your tolerance for risk, combined with your personal financial goals.

For example, if you were about to buy a car, you'd probabaly spend a lot of time on research before you make your purchase. You wouldn't dream of buying something you hadn't checked out and taken on the road for a test drive! You should treat investments the same way.

Take the time to learn all the details about the investment as you can, and check the past results too. This just makes sense.

Learning what you need to know to competently invest in stock or bonds maybe time consuming, yet you should know this before buying. There are literally thousands of websites and books available to help you learn to invest stock, as well as beginner and intermediate courses. Use the Internet to even play a "virtual" account to see how you fare in your stock picking, before plunking down hard earned cash.

Virtual trading lets you make pretend investments, then see your results. Search for 'Virtual Trading' or 'Stock Market Simulations.' This way you can learn to invest money without any risk.

For investments other than the stock market, you may have to use books and websites since virtual trading platforms are not as readily available.

When you start to invest, begin by reading all you can find about how to invest, such as basic websites and books. If you jump in with expert information you could easily be overwhelmed.

Start out your investing future with the basics, and learn to invest stock from there. You have a lifetime of learning about investing ahead of you. - 23204

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Learn to invest stock even in a down economy - save money and make more! You can learn to invest, save money and build wealth by reading Janet Calhoun's posts online at SavingCashTips.

Finding Historic Old Rare Chinese Silver Coins

By Christina Goldman

For coin collectors all around the globe, one of the most amazing finds that can ever be got in the market today are Old Rare Chinese Silver Coins. For one thing, you do not often find rare Chinese coins from different dynasties in the local Chinese markets without wondering or suspecting if all of the merchant's hordes are mere copies or fakes of the real thing.

It is also awfully rare to be in a position to obtain ancient Chinese silver coins for modest prices. So, be aware that if you're into the coin collecting business and would like to have some of China's old and rare silver coins, you are most likely going to need to shell out lots of money just to obtain them. What you'll be benefiting from these coins though is a part of the state's traditional history, a valuable and unsubstantial treasure that nobody can fiddle with unless they totally destroy such artifacts.

The circulation of old rare Chinese Silver Coins first began when the republic of China was founded after the Xinhai Revolution. Because they needed to develop and issue a new military currency to replace the prior one used during the Qing dynasty, they Nanjing provisional government decided to make a new kind of currency known as the Silver Dollar.

This was established in 1914 by the nation's Currency Ordinance and became the nation's currency of the Republic of China. From then on till the 1930s, much of the designs have changed overtime but the particular sizes and quantity of valuable metals used remained unchanged.

These coins have a history so rich the price of these authentic rare coins can be quite compelling for the average coin collector. You will discover that some of these old rare Chinese Silver Coins can't be acquired less than a thousand dollars from a reputable coin dealer. - 23204

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Money Management in Forex Trading (Part I)

By Ahmad Hassam

Before you open an account with a forex broker and start trading live, you should know that the most important thing for you is good money management. Money management means how much of your portfolio, you are willing to risk on a single trade. How many contracts your risk tolerance warrants?

The important thing in trading is to learn how you can improve your investment results by making small changes to your trading strategies. Good money management rules can make the difference between becoming a successful investor in the long run or an unsuccessful one.

Have you ever played poker? If not, watched it being played online or on TV! If you have then you will never see a good poker player play all his/her cards on a single bet. Good poker players know that by risking only a small percentage of their money on a single bet, they can win and lose. But he/she will still play the next hand. If he/she puts everything on the table on a single bet; it will have to be a 100% sure bet. An impossible thing, you can never be 100% sure. Life is full of probabilities. Nothing is for sure.

Forex trading is far more complicated than playing poker. You are dealing with hundreds of unknown variables that affect the markets instead of only 52 cards. To succeed in forex trading, you must understand and implement the money management principles.

You can fall into many pitfalls while trading. As a trader you should be constantly guard against two emotions. Greed and fear! In case you are on a winning streak, you will become greedy. You would want to risk more to make one big win and you would want to strike it rich in one or two big trades. This will make you risk more and more of your money on a single big trade.

When you will lose a trade, you will become afraid risking your money on the next trade. Fear will take over. It will impair your decision making. It will make you lose confidence in your judgment and decision making. Lets see how fear and greed can affect your trading.

Lets suppose you have a run of successful trades. You are feeling overconfident and you are not satisfied by risking only 2% of your account on a single trade. You want to risk more on the trade. The more you have in a trade, the more you will make if you are right. You increase your risk to 5%, you win. You increase it further to 10%, you once again win. You finally decide to put 25% of your equity at risk on a next trade, but misfortune strikes. Your successful run comes to an end. You lose.

Assume you had a $100,000 trading account. You had foolishly risked 25% or $25,000 on one trade that you desperately wanted to win. Losing $25,000 means you have only $75,000 in your account left. How much you need to make to get back the original balance of $100,000. You need to make $25,000 again to go back to the original balance. It means you will have to make 25,000/75,000= 33%. So you risked 25% but now you need 33% to get back your original amount.

Many investors once they lose a trade become desperate and try to risk more to recover their original loss. They end up losing more and more and very soon those investors destroy their accounts. Most of them are out of trading forever soon. There are other traders who try to reduce risk even more on making a losing trade; eventually they lose any opportunity for meaningful growth in their accounts. - 23204

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Mr. Ahmad Hassam is a Harvard University Graduate. He is interested in day trading and swing trading stocks and currencies. Learn Forex Nitty Gritty. Discover A Revolutionary New Forex Robot. Try Netpicks Forex Signal Service.

What Are The Most Common Foreclosure Scams

By Doc Schmyz

Home foreclosure is becoming a far more common problem. Often it originates from one missed payment which soon spirals out of control. Before you know it you have missed three or four payments and the mortgage lender or bank wants you to pay everything you owe all at once, right then and there. This sounds like a very difficult feat and many are lead to believe that they have no other choice. When the homeowners realize that they have made a grave mistake they resort to anything they can to get out of a tight situation.

Foreclosure scams are very common as much as the problem itself. Since homeowners believe that they have no choice they fall for these traps, which of course make their situation much worse than it was. Not only is the stress of the foreclosure an issue, but then the fallout from the scam starts...and brings additional stress.

The people who work these scams advertise online, publish advertisements in the local newspaper, distribute flyers, and call houses which are included on the foreclosure list. Sometimes they call themselves "mortgage consultants/real estate investment planners" who offer foreclosure services or advertise with "We buy houses" signs.

Most common scams:

Foreclosure Bankruptcy Scam

The promise here is that the house will be saved. This is how the scam goes...They will either ask for the homeowner to pay their mortgage directly to them, hand over their deed and pay rent, or obtain refinancing. of course they don't do ANYTHING to fulfill the other end of the bargain, they don't contact your lender or obtain refinancing for you. They keep all the money and file bankruptcy without your knowledge. Only to use a diffirent name and do the scam agian on some other poor soul looking for help.

Since the homeowner is not aware that bankruptcy has been filed, they fail to participate in the case. The case is dismissed and the house continues onto foreclosure. Apart from loosing money and your home, you will also have a bankruptcy on your record.

Equity skimming

The scam operator poses as a buyer. They then promise the homeowner to pay the mortgage or given them a sum of money once the property has been sold. The operator then convinces the homeowner to sign over the deed and move out. The homeowner can stay but they have to pay rent. If they opt to move out the operator lets a third party rent the property. The scam operator of course does not pay the mortgage and lets the mortgage lender foreclose all the while stemming off questions from the original home owner about where they are in the "process."

In the event the house has equity, the scam operator sells the property and pays off the debt. (And of course keeps the equity that the homeowner could have had if they sold it.)

Should you find yourself facing ANY of the above mentioned situations....contact a local mortgage office and ask them if they have ever heard of a "program" like the one you would be offered...if they say no....call the local police and ask for the consumer fraud division. - 23204

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Doc Schmyz has done real estate deals all over the US and Canada. He built a free website shares Real estate investing information for all over the US. Find Real estate investing information by state

Truths of Stock Trading

By W. Alan Gay

There are thousands of fallacies about the stock trading discipline that arouse fear in a new trader's mind and prevent others from even trying their hand at it in the first place. As a proficient trader for over 15 years, I like to be more positive than that and concentrate on the predominant truths that you will find about stock trading. Here are just a few.

1. Stock trading success will come when you keep your trades low risk on a consistent basis over time. Sure, this attitude will result in you missing out on the occasional windfall that the movies have led us all to believe can happen all the time. However, I have discovered that searching for that godsend trade does nothing but result in a horrendous loss that can completely demolish the portfolio you have been working so hard to build. Better to stay lower risk with steady profits over time if you are looking to make stock trading more than a hobby.

2. You don't have to spend the whole day trading to thrive at stock trading. Now, don't misunderstand. Stock trading is not another get rich quick hustle. You must put in the time and the commitment to master the processes needed to be successful. But, by using GAP trading effectively, my trading day lasts between two and four hours, plus another hour of prep time. And, I make a great income. You can too, if you can find the right process to do so.

3. The experiences of other successful traders who have "gone before" you can speed up your success tremendously. Don't start from scratch because it will take you 10 or more years and a lot of money to make all the mistakes others have already made. It is just smart business to use the knowledge of others. How many times do we hear "don't reinvent the wheel", then turn around and do just that? Instead, read books by successful traders, take classes, find mentors, and use the wisdom of others to make your road more pleasurable and secure.

Stock trading is often depicted as mystical and only accessible to the gurus of the industry. Take it from a regular guy, that idea is not correct. With the right processes established and a good understanding of the basic truths of stock trading, anyone can be prosperous. - 23204

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W. Alan Gay has been a day trader and mentor for fifteen years. His free report describes Alan's journey to becoming successful at trading stocks and gives useful techniques he and his students have used to consistently trade profitably. Click to obtain a free copy of his report and learn more about how you could be trading stocks profitably in as little as two weeks.