Are You Using Stock Charts?

By Michael Swanson

If you are investing in stock picks you should watch for charts that report value data. Using stock charts can work in various ways. It is best to use some tips to get them to work for you.

When working with any chart it is best to take a look at any trends that are featured. A stock's value can go up or down over a long period of time. In some cases a pattern between how its value changes can be seen in a chart. No matter what is seen you will have to look into the trend in a chart. This is so you can figure out when you want to buy or sell something.

Different stock charts work with different time frames. Depending on the type of trade you are making you should use charts with specific time frames. A short term deal should use a chart that covers a week or less in time. Charts dealing with many months of time can work for a long term deal.

Different charts come in different display forms and they can be important. For a bar chart you can view daily changes on stocks for a number of days. These include daily highs and lows plus open and close values. A line chart can work with giving you exact data on values at exact times. A candlestick chart will not stock changes on a chart with multiple colors for easy reading.

Finally you should look to create imaginary resistance lines on a chart. These lines work in that they symbolize where you feel values of a stock will not go past. With these lines you can make predictions of your own on where values of a stock can go.

These are all tips to use for using stock charts. You can easily figure out what you are going to be doing with your investments when checking a chart. They are great things to check out for your investment needs. - 23204

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Trading Crude Oil Futures (Part I)

By Ahmad Hassam

One thing should be clear to you. Energy markets will be a major focal point in the global financial makers and the global economy for many years to come. The key to understanding energy trading is to understand oil, natural gas, gasoline and heating oil futures. Again crude oil prices have started rising. The recent price of crude oil was quoted as $ 80 per barrel. It is being predicted that the price will soon reach the $ 100 per barrel mark. Analysts are of the opinion that this price might reach as high as $ 200 per barrel. In any case, with the end of global recession, the demand for crude oil will again rise making the oil prices go sky high as the supply cannot keep up with the rising demand.

You must be thinking that crude oil trading is being done only between different countries or hedge funds or highly wealthy individuals. For your information, crude oil contracts can also be traded by retail traders like you and me. NYMEX trades futures and options contracts for crude oil, natural gas, heating oil, gasoline, coal, electricity and propane. NYMEX is also home to trading in metals. Trading in energy futures is centralized at the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX), the world's largest physical commodity futures exchange.

For smaller traders NYMEX offers e-mini contracts for oil and natural gas that also trades on the GLOBEX network of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). Trading in NYMEX is conducted in two divisions: 1) The NYMEX Division and 2) The COMEX Division.

Sometimes the rise in oil prices leads to the increase in interest rates through the bond market and the actions of central banks and the other times the opposite happens. Rise in oil prices if often inflationary. As a trader, you should know this fact that oil price rise often tends to slow down the economy and lower retail sales as well as consumer confidence with lower traffic on the highways.

As a trader, you should know this fact that oil price rise often tends to slow down the economy and lower retail sales as well as consumer confidence with lower traffic on the highways. Sometimes the rise in oil prices leads to the increase in interest rates through the bond market and the actions of central banks and the other times the opposite happens. Rise in oil prices if often inflationary.

Some people consider the Peak Oil idea as controversial but this concept is increasingly plausible given the state of the global oil industry. Oil production in countries like Venezuela, Iran and Nigeria has peaked and is going down. Non OPEC sources of oil like North Sea and Mexico are also showing sign of declining production. There has been no major oil well discovery for the last few decades.

Oil production in countries like Venezuela, Iran and Nigeria has peaked and is going down. Non OPEC sources of oil like North Sea and Mexico are also showing sign of declining production. There has been no major oil well discovery for the last few decades. Some people consider the Peak Oil idea as controversial but this concept is increasingly plausible given the state of the global oil industry.

Now you should keep these facts in the background of your mind as a trader. In any case, most of the experts now agree that in the next 10-20 years, the oil production will peak and after that it will start declining. 1) Demand fluctuates but supply of oil is finite. 2) The world runs on oil and any threat to the supply of oil often leads to rising prices. As an oil trader your primary goal is to consider the effects of events on the supply of oil and correlate this effect with your charts. - 23204

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Mr. Ahmad Hassam has done Masters from Harvard University. Trade Dow Futures . Learn Commodity Trading !

Company Going Public? Watch Your Stock Climb With The Right Publicity

By James Scott

I laugh when I turn on the television to see an author on a talk show telling the audience about their book or flip on the radio in my car and hear the morning DJ interviewing a self proclaimed expert of some new weight loss program where you can lose 500 pounds in 48 hours.

I laugh not because of the content but because I know how much they had to pay a publicist to get that interview. I know that all the questions are predetermined and that the publicist who convinced this individual that TV and radio were the only way to get in front of the public is living in the'70's and can't seem to adjust to the new concepts of massive publicity for pennies and the young, hip publicists that have transformed the process of gaining publicity overnight.

Sorry to offend any publicists out there but I'm going to tell the public a little secret. If you are seeking massive explosions of publicity for your business, book, musical act or future celebrity, there is a process that will blast your 'brand' to 10,000,000's overnight. There is a process that will put your brand in front of your target market in hours, not weeks. There is no waiting on approval from a television network or radio channel.

That secret process is a combination on online video distribution, press releases, article marketing, social book marketing, blogs and a few other online media distribution combination that will take your brand campaign from 0 mph to 100mph overnight. When you are interviewing publicists or brand recognition marketing specialist keep this in mind, any publicist can get you on TV or the radio with a couple calls since both of these media genres are constantly in need of content and truth be told, the results you'll get are very minimal from these to publicity mediums.

The central questioning of your interview should be quizzing them on their online media campaigns and viral media expertise. Don't spend a dime until they've convinced you that their online strategies are on the cutting edge and cost effective. Online marketing strategies can literally have the internet screaming your name in hours. - 23204

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Tips For Turning Your Time Into Money With Forex.

By Ben Young

Have you ever spent all day in front of the computer, enjoying the wonders of the internet and getting your work done on MS Word? No matter what your occupation, using the internet and your computer probably make up a large portion of your time. That's time where you're not earning anything, which for many professionals is sadly wasted time. While leisure is fantastic, and online is a great place to find it, it'd be even greater to know that you could enjoy yourself online and also make a great online income.

Right, you say, that sounds too good to be true. I know, of course there are literally hundreds of get rich programmes out there and more appearing every day. Most over promising and under delivering. Why is this different? Forex trading is not MLM. It is quite different from other forms of online incomes you may have heard about. Forex day trading is about using foreign currencies to hugely manipulate the daily markets thereby creating differences in daily currency values and then creaming the profits off straight into your bank account. This system does not rely on you selling products which have no interest for you, instead it is a mathematical system which can help deliver great profits to you through the explosiveness of the foreign currency market.

So what is the best way of getting started with Forex? It has often been thought of out of reach of most people, instead reserved for the lucky few and the remote world of high finance. The best way to learn about day trading Forex, and start on your path to financial independence is find information online and use the many available tools to help you build up your knowledge. This way you can build a valuable Forex data base which could be worth more to you potentially then some overpriced degree.

This great free report could help you on your start of this fantastic Forex journey. It does not matter if you are really only wanting to dip your toes in the huge ocean of Forex day trading, this great report should be near you as you take those first steps. This report has lots of useful information for you and it is an excellent place to start you education.

So please don't squander any more of your time online. Take that time and turn it into something really useful - cash. Use your Forex knowledge from the free report to jump start the competition and start building a real online income. - 23204

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Take Your Business Public: How To Find a Consultant That Can Make The Process Fast and Easy

By James Scott

So many companies dream of going public to raise massive amounts of capital, as set up for an exit strategy, to make acquisitions with stock and for many other reasons. While your intentions may be pure and with genuine motives, you're entering shark infested waters of boiler rooms, crooked attorneys and underbelly consultants who have made careers off of taking well intentioned executives just like you for a 24 month rollercoaster ride while they take every penny you have as your company shrivels up like week old road kill.

Just and honest consultants in the 'public offering' industry are as rare as the illusive white elephant. This industry exists in a cesspool surrounded by rose gardens; from afar it looks amazing and an image of a dreamland but get up and close and the sludge and odor are enough to make you run and hide. So what do you look for in a consultant? The best consulting firms are the 'boutique firms' with minimal overhead that keep a low profile and are made up of 3 or 4 'partner' consultants.

These firms typically have the experience of working with the large consulting groups but for one reason or another have decided to leave and go out on their own. The great thing is, these small groups typically have massive contacts and process your entire public offering in-house. Offering a complete turn-key solution that is managed in-house offers a huge advantage because there is accountability and you can actually build a relationship with the people that are making your dream of a public offering come true.

These 'boutique' consultants will usually stay onboard as growth consultants for the life of the company in exchange for modest fees and a pre-IPO or pre-OTCBB equity position. The large firms will hack you out at the knees and gouge you with fees while they take massive amounts of equity in your company which takes away your bartering chip when you need to offer more stock to the public to raise capital.

The small firms will also work one on one with you to show you how to use your stock to grow through acquisition and other nifty ways to use stock to grow. Seek out the boutique consulting firm and save the attorney for spot audits. Hold on to your cash. Why pay outrageous fees to lawyers when you can pay 60% less with a small consulting firm that will add all the bells and whistles for free and actually get your stock trading, usually in half the time? - 23204

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