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Financial ratios are useful indicators of a firm’s performance and financial situation. Most ratios can be calculated from information provided by the financial statements. Financial ratios can be used to analyze trends and to compare the firm’s financials to those of other firms. In some cases, ratio analysis can predict future bankruptcy. Financial ratios can [...]
It’s easy to lose sight after months or indeed years of trading the basic ground rules that separate sustainable and long term benefits out from potential short term catastrophes. But there is fit one often forgotten principle that we may well implicitly think of, but more explicit thought needs to be This ‘investing fundamental’ is [...]
Think back to just a few short years ago, banks were on a lending spree, corporate lines of credit were being issued in record volume and companies were able to raise equity and debt capital with reasonable ease; then came the banking crash which unfortunately brought on an entirely new group of scams preyed on [...]
What is pair trading? If you haven’t done pair trading before, pair trading is done with two almost similar stocks. Pair trading is highly popular with professional stock traders when they take simultaneously a long position in one stock and a short position in another almost similar stock in equal dollar amounts. Both these stocks [...]
Buying online is actually the most convenient way to purchase your gold. There are many trusted websites that offer high quality gold bars for everyone who can afford them. Most of these websites guarantee the authenticity of the gold that they sell. You can safely acquire your first gold through these websites by following few [...]
About five or six years I heard conservative radio show host Laura Ingraham ask economist Ron Insana what he thought of gold as an investment. (Like many other conservative radio shows, one of Laura’s sponsors at the time was a gold dealer.) She laughed graciously when he replied, “Sure, everybody should keep some gold on [...]
We’ve all been taunted at the cash register after racking up an unexpectedly large bill, and then a cheery store clerk chirps, “If you apply for a (store XX) credit card, you’ll receive a 15% discount on all your purchases today!”. The temptation to lessen the blow of the spending spree is extremely tantalizing – [...]
Here is an overview of the new legislation proposed by Congress to reform the way credit card companies do business. We will be updating this information as the bill evolves during the legislative process. This legislation is meant to supplement the credit card reform bill passed last year. The provisions of the previous bill will [...]
Planning a trip this summer? Whether your travel will be domestic or abroad, an important part of your vacation planning process should include consideration of how you will handle money and expenditures on your trip. In most cases, a credit card is the best bet when you travel, especially in a foreign country. But there [...]
Many credit card companies are considering the use of radio-frequency identification (RFID) chips in their credit cards instead of magnetic stripes. Why RFID technology? The advantage is quicker, more efficient transactions, especially those carried out at traditionally “cash only” retail outlets, such as fast-food or convenience store purchases. Major credit card moguls MasterCard, Visa and [...]