Personal bankruptcies up in Dec qtr
Personal bankruptcies in the December quarter were up only slightly from a year before. There were 6,770 new bankruptcies in the December quarter, an increase of 2.1 per cent from the pervious December quarter, the Insolvency and Trustee Service Australia (ITSA) said on Thursday. ITSA is the federal government agency responsible for administering and regulating…
How this CFD trader made $20,000 in one week
A 9 percent jump in India’s ‘Nifty 50′ Index in the week following July’s pull-back saw part-time, twenty-something CFD trader Karthik Ganesh make over $20,000. Having initially dabbled in options four years ago, Ganesh quickly gravitated to trading indices with IG Markets where 24-hour markets offer the flexibility to ‘trade out’ whenever he wants. Choosing…
How to know if a share price has bottomed or topped
Question: What are the indications that a share price has bottomed or topped its current trend? Response: There are many ways to potentially identify if a share has bottomed or topped in a current trend. One of the most popular ways to identify the end of a trend is through technical analysis. Often the…
CFD strategies in all markets with examples
Increasingly unsatisfied with long exposure through the stock market, more investors are using a diversified mix of CFD’s to add leverage and flexibility to their investment portfolio. But regardless of which CFD trading strategies are used, and which instruments are traded, the overarching goal is to make money, despite what markets are doing. Irrespective of…
Inflation-fighting investments
Just as we were starting to feel confident again that the worst of the credit crunch was behind us, fear is creeping back into global markets – this time over the threat of inflation. And investors have a reason to be fearful. Trillions of dollars have been pumped into the global economy via “stimulus packages”,…
What happens when a warrant is out-of-the-money, or in-the-money?
What happens when a warrant is out-of-the-money, or in-the-money? Can you give me an example of both please. Response Warrants are financial instruments that derive their value from another underlying instrument and are issued by banks, governments and other institutions. They are commonly and broadly split into two categories; investment style warrants, which are longer…
How to fill your bid at market open
Hello Matt, some time ago I asked how the End Of Day settlement process works. Thank you for that. Can you please tell me how the Pre-Market works. I see on my screen the matching bids altering up and down on the pre-open. I would like to know if my initial bid will fill at…
The secrets to trading forex
Acclaimed US forex trader Kathy Lien, author of “Day Trading & Swing Trading the Currency Market,” is currently in Australia. When starting out trading forex – or even shares for that matter – it’s handy to have some exact rules to follow. A set of rules is precisely what we need to lift our confidence,…
Does Any Financial Institution Lend for Investment in Forex?
By Kathy Lien, Director of Currency Research, GFT When it comes to investing or trading forex, there is generally no need to seek out a financial institution for funds. Most forex and CFD brokers offer spot trading on a leveraged basis. Some brokers offer as much as 400-to-1 leverage, which means that you only need…
Home ownership dream ebbing away
The Australian dream of home ownership is slipping away, leaving a threat of a US-style collapse in house prices, according to a team of university researchers. Analysis by researchers from South Australia’s Flinders University has revealed home ownership in the 10 years from 1996 rose only 0.8 per cent despite strong economic growth and low…
