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Option Trading & Future Trading
2007-05-20 03:08:09
Basic Options Terminology and Education An equity option is a contract that gives its holder the right, but not the obligation, to buy (in the case of a call) or sell (in the case of a put) shares of the underlying security at a specified price (the strike price) on or before a given date (expiration day). After this given date, the option ceases to exist. The seller of an option is, in turn, obligated to sell (in the case of a call) or buy (in the case of a put) the shares to (or from) the buyer of the option at the specified price upon the buyer’s request. Equity option contracts usually represent 100 shares of the underlying stock. Strike prices (or exercise prices) are the stated price per share for which the underlying security may be purchased (in the case of a call) or sold (in the case of a put) by the option holder upon exercise of the option contract. Equity option strike prices are listed in increments of 1, 2 ½, 5, or 10 points, depending on their price level. A
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Trading Education
2007-05-20 03:05:29
Investing Basics and Stock Ownership Stocks, also known as “equity securities” or “equities,” represent ownership in a company and a claim against the company’s assets and earnings; stocks also represent voting rights in matters presented by the Board of Directors to shareholders for a vote. Stockholders also elect the Board of Directors at the annual meeting or by proxy. Common stock, which represents the vast majority of traded equities, have the lowest priority claim on a company’s assets; the stockholder’s chances of collecting anything in the event of the company going bankrupt are minimal, since creditors and bondholders have a superior claim and will collect first. On the positive side, the shareholder is not liable for any of the debt or possible misdeeds of the company. Investors buy stocks mainly in the expectation of capital appreciation—which may or may not occur. Historical returns have shown that equities eventually outperform other inv
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GLOSSARY OF INVESTMENT TERMS
2007-05-20 02:53:08
GLOSSARY OF INVESTMENT TERMS ADR American Depositary Receipts are certificates representing shares in a foreign corporation that a U.S. bank issues. The ADRs themselves can be traded on the U.S. stock market. They are a convenient means for U.S. investors to trade shares in non-U.S. companies. All-or-none order (AON) An option order that must be executed completely or not at all. An AON order may be either a day order or a GTC (good til cancel) order. American-style option An option that can be exercised at any time prior to its expiration date. See also European-style option Arbitrage A trading technique that involves the simultaneous purchase and sale of identical assets or of equivalent assets in two different markets with the intent of profiting by the price


My thoughts while reading the book of time management.
2007-05-17 14:07:30
Since I selected my major as business management, I decided to read some related book to assist me before actually tempt into the class. As long as I finished the introduction of that book I found some concepts are really useful for me and drive me back to book for more. I write down the material I read and some of my thought below and hopeful it is interesting and helpful to you guys. We can achieve a greater feeling of balance in our lives when we set some realistic goals for ourselves. These goals should encompass our whole lives, not just our professional circumstances. They should also enable us to prioritize our time, because once we have these goals in front of us, we can see what steps are necessary to allow us to reach our destination. Our goals can be broken down into various categories: professional, home and family, social, leisure, friends, holidays, hobbies, and personal development, such as learning a new language and even developing our time-management skills. G
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Realized the essential of time arrange.
2007-05-17 14:07:03
Well, I heard many enough of people sucided in college base on the high pressure they did to themself. I have been in college in 4 months and have some idea of how this happened. I have seens a lot of people running around and busy doing their works, but they are actually have no idea what to do to get their work done effectively and chronologically. They end up suffering in class afterward. Maybe it is time for me to manage the time. Staying organized would eventually make your life easiler. There are many benefits, some of which we have already touched upon. However, let’s just list a few of them right now; and you will almost certainly be able to add some of your own! You will: Acieve more at work, at home, and in your leisure time Live a more balanced life Reduce the stress in your life Have more energy Be more self-disciplined Have more focus to concentrate your efforts Have more motivation to achieve what you want Enjoy more success in your career Increase your self-esteem and
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FOR TRADE TALKS TIME IS VERY SHORT
2007-05-17 13:42:49
Love it or hate it, globalization has made the world more prosperous. But free-trade advocates could face a setback later this year, because the 150 countries that make up the World Trade Organization (WTO) can’t agree on how to take things to the next level. Since 2001, the wto has been holding complex negotiations in an attempt to reduce existing barriers to trade in agriculture, services and manufacturing. But the so-called Doha Round has foundered because of squabbling between developing nations and the world’s economic powers: the U.S., the E.U. and Japan. All is not lost. Pascal Lamy, WTO director general, said Feb. 7 that “political conditions are now more favorable for the conclusion of the [Doha] Round than they have been for a long time.” But the clock is ticking. On July 1, the “fast track” authority that was granted to President George W. Bush to approve trade pacts expires. After that, Congress will be able to tinker with and


The 10 Worst Trends on the Internet Right at This Exact Moment
2007-05-17 13:41:11
Because it’s that kind of day. You know what, don’t even read this, it’s just me being annoyed. 1. Rollover ads. Holy God, who thought these were a good idea? Any technology that you activate inadvertently, which then grows and metastasizes to cover up the Web content you actually want to see, should never have been devised by advertisers or accepted by the website editors who buy ads. Ditto obtrusive, nattering audio ads (”Congratulations, you have just won an iPod Nano…”) 2. Google bombing. Google is an enormously powerful engine that runs largely on the good faith of those who benefit from it. So by all means, let’s try to fool it for our own financial gain! 3. Second Life hype. I have nothing against Second Life. I think it’s an enormously cute thought-experiment that gives lots of fun and gratification to people whose artistic itch it scratches. But to pretend that gadding about in virtual 3-space is an efficient, useful
Read more: Internet , Moment , Right , Trends

How to keep an idiot busy for hours?
2007-05-14 21:33:23
How to keep an idiot busy for hours is a joke which implicates the listener in circular reasoning or action in an attempt to find out how to keep an idiot busy for hours. The implication is that the listener is an idiot. The joke can take many forms, including questions with no possible answer or activities with no apparent conclusion or objective. A small card with “If you’d like to know how to keep an idiot busy for hours, turn this card over” printed on both sides. A riddle: Q: How do you keep an idiot in suspense? A: I’ll tell you tomorrow! A riddle: Q: How do you keep a moron busy? A: Give him a piece of paper with “Please Turn Over” written on both sides. A riddle: Q: How do you keep an idiot busy? A: Put him in a round room and tell him to sit in the corner.


Top Penny stocks
2007-05-22 17:07:53
Every week the penny stock market sees a very small number of stocks yielding huge percentage gains and becoming the highlight of the market. Usually by the time you find out, it’s too late. When you see stocks which have gained 50%, 100% or even 200% in price, don’t you wish you had found out about it earlier and made some money? Well at Top Penny Stocks, we specialize in finding, sharing research and discussing the TOP penny stocks in the market, BEFORE it’s too late. Whether it’s a momentum run or a stock with some serious long term potential, this group is for traders who find and trade nothing less than the TOP penny stocks in the market! We’ve been finding and trading penny stocks for a while now and have been exchanging picks and discussion via an email list. But we’ve moved to this Yahoo Group because it offers better communication features. Some famous picks: BETM Aug 2006 alert @ 0.96 high since 1.60 % increase: 160% SFNN Nov 2006 alert @ 0


Trade Talks With China at a Juncture
2007-05-22 09:36:05
By STEVEN R. WEISMAN WASHINGTON, May 21 — In recent weeks, the Bush administration has negotiated furiously with China to secure some eye-catching new agreements to unlock Chinese markets for American goods. China, in response, has told the United States that it plans new purchases of $30 billion — a shopping spree that dwarfs any China has gone on previously. Now, on the eve of the “strategic economic dialogue” between senior officials of the world’s fastest-growing and the world’s biggest economies, the question is whether these steps will satisfy a Congress irate over a trade deficit with China that soared to $232 billion last year. “Some people will look at this and say there is not enough progress,” Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. acknowledged in an interview Monday, referring to the dialogue he started last year. “The key question is, Do we have more progress than we would have had otherwise?” Mr. Paulson sai
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China Investigates Contaminated Toothpaste
2007-05-22 09:35:18
By DAVID BARBOZA and WALT BOGDANICH   DANYANG, China , May 21 — Chinese authorities are investigating whether two companies from this coastal region exported tainted toothpaste as more contaminated product, including some made for children, has turned up in Latin America.   A team of government investigators arrived here Sunday afternoon and closed the factory of the Danyang City Success Household Chemical Company, a small building housing about 30 workers in a nearby village, according to villagers and one factory worker. The government also questioned the manager of another toothpaste maker, Goldcredit International Trading, which is in Wuxi, about an hour’s drive southeast of here. No tainted toothpaste has been found in the United States, but a spokesman for the Food and Drug Administration said yesterday that the agency would be taking “a hard look” at whether to issue an import alert. Authorities in the Dominican Republic said they seized 36,000 tube
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Sluggish Start
2007-05-22 09:19:07
09:40 ET [BRIEFING.COM] Stocks open relatively flat as investors lack the overwhelming evidence needed to convincingly build on recent market gains with so many indices near historic highs also raising valuation concerns. Another day of no scheduled economic data leaves investors placing added emphasis on corporate news and, not surprising, the market is welcoming more M&A activity. Kirk Kerkorian’s Tracinda Corp. disclosed last night it wants to buy MGM Mirage’s (MGM 79.51 +16.56) Bellagio and CityCenter properties. Regrettably for the bulls, the MGM headline is essentially all there is in the way of market-moving news, and it’s not having much of an impact outside of the Casinos & Gaming space (+0.9%). MGM is up 26% while the potential of more industry consolidation sparks a rally in competitors like Las Vegas Sands (LVS 79.60 +3.69), Wynn Resorts (WYNN 99.25 +5.06), and Boyd Gaming (BYD 51.00 +3.96). Dow +4.02 at 13546.90, Nasdaq -0.25 at 2578.54, S&P -
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S&P Hits Record, But Can’t Hold
2007-05-21 23:18:54
16:20 ET [BRIEFING.COM] After seven long years, which included a 2 1/2-year period from March 2000 to October 2002 that saw nearly 50% of the broader market’s value evaporate, the S&P 500 finally eclipsed its record closing high intraday. Unfortunately for the bulls, a growing sense that stocks are overbought at current levels resurfaced late in the day in the form of a sell program to take most of the steam out of what was initially shaping up to be a momentous day for equities. Stocks opened with little fanfare but inched their way higher for most of the session as investors embraced another round of healthy M&A activity. The biggest news came from Alltel (AT 69.58 +4.37), which agreed to be taken private for $27.5 bln.  The acquisition played into our Overweight rating on the Telecom sector. General Electric (GE 37.10 +0.14), meanwhile, confirmed the sale of its plastics division for $11.6 bln. However, speculation surrounding GE’s divestiture that surfaced
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Is China really a bubble?
2007-05-21 08:02:05
I’ve noticed that there have been several articles lately on websites such as SeekingAlpha saying that China ’s stock market is a bubble, even comparing it to the tech bubble of 1999-2001.  I’m not sure *anything* can compare to that bubble, but, opinions aside, I’d like to point out a couple important differences and a piece of information that may show that this is not a bubble in the usual sense:   During the Tech/Dot-com bubble, most of the companies with outlandish P/E were not even profitable; many didn’t even have revenues.  “Burn rate,” meaning the rate at which a company is UNprofitable, became an acceptable term (and still is to Jeff Bezos over at Amazon).  The Chinese companies are making profits, excellent profits in most cases.  They’re also paying dividends.  But, the thing that is the most telling to me, is that the P/CF (price to cash flow) of the components of FXI and PGJ are only 7.4 and 7.9, respectively.  This i


Famous Life Quotes
2007-05-20 22:56:36
From Simran Khurana, A Select Collection of Famous Life Quotes A Zen Saying: Famous Life Quotes Sit quietly, doing nothing, spring comes, and the grass grows by itself. Ernest L. Woodward: Famous Life Quotes So great has been the endurance, so incredible the achievement, that, as long as the sun keeps a set course in heaven, it would be foolish to despair of the human race. Ralph Waldo Emerson: Famous Life Quotes So much of our time is preparation, so much is routine, and so much retrospect, that the path of each man’s genius contracts itself to a very few hours. Samuel Johnson: Famous Life Quotes Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion. Thomas Fuller: Famous Life Quotes Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away. Jane Rubietta: Famous Life Quotes Someone may have stolen your dream when it was young and fresh and you were innocent. Emily Dickinson: Famous Quotes: Life The mere sense of living is joy enough. Norman Vincent Peale: Famous Quotes: Life


China’s Leaders Confront Their Own Manic Market
2007-05-24 20:56:07
 By KEITH BRADSHER HONG KONG, May 24 — WANTED: Central banker who can curb “irrational exuberance” among stock market investors. Statesmen with international credibility preferred. Availability soon. Too bad Alan Greenspan, who does not speak Chinese, can’t apply. One of the biggest challenges for Chinese leaders these days lies in when and how to rein in the country’s soaring stock market and, just as important, whom to pick as the next governor of the central bank. The challenges are closely intertwined. Like Mr. Greenspan nearly a decade ago, Zhou Xiaochuan, the current governor of the People’s Bank of China , faces the knotty question of what to do about a speculative mania that has drawn millions of people with limited investing experience into betting their savings on the stock market. Mr. Greenspan, now 81, struggled to contain the tech stock boom, issuing his famous “irrational exuberance” warning in December 1996 only to watch the American market k
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China Requiring Bloggers to Register
2007-05-24 20:54:36
(BEIJING) — New rules by a Chinese government-backed Internet group maintain strict controls over the country’s bloggers, requiring them to register with their real names and identification cards. The guidelines from the Internet Society of China , a group made up of China’s major Internet companies, contradict state media reports this week claiming that China was considering loosening registration requirements for bloggers to allow anonymous online journaling. The society’s new draft code of conduct seen on its Web site Wednesday says Web log service providers must still get their users’ real names and contact information. Critics say the requirement violates a blogger’s right to freedom of expression and puts them at risk of punishment or imprisonment if they post controversial opinions about politics, religion or other issues. The society’s proposed code of conduct for blog service providers comes in addition to already existing governm
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Chinese Ministers, Bush to Meet on Trade
2007-05-24 03:49:17
Chinese Ministers to Meet With Bush, Angry Lawmakers Over Tense Trade Ties WASHINGTON (AP) — Preparing to meet President Bush, Chinese ministers sought to soothe congressional anxiety about Beijing’s trade practices after high-level economic talks yielded few results. Discussions Wednesday between senior Bush administration officials and the largest high-level Chinese delegation ever to visit the United States also failed to reach a breakthrough in the countries’ biggest dispute: China’s undervalued currency. After the talks, Vice Premier Wu Yi, leading the Chinese group, met privately with frustrated congressional leaders. She also planned separate meetings Thursday with Bush and senators. Wu, speaking through an interpreter, said Wednesday that her discussions with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other lawmakers were “very good,” but she provided no other details. After the meeting, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Charles Rangel said the Chin
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Screening For Growth
2007-05-27 22:03:32
Growth Investing Investing for growth is one of the mainstay styles for longterm investors. It is mainly geared toward people who have financial goals that are at least five years away. This investment style involves looking for companies whose sales and earnings are growing faster than the market, with the goal of finding the rising stars. It looks for firms that have both top and bottom-line growth, ideally at a consistent or predictive rate. You should know that instead of paying large dividends to their shareholders, growth companies try to use their assets and to reinvest the profits to make their businesses expand and, over time, offer substantial capital appreciation to their shareholders. Growth companies are usually aggressive in pursuing profitable ventures and retain a substantial portion of their earnings for research and development. In bull markets, growth stocks generally outperform value stocks. Growth stocks are highly weighted in certain sectors because certain indust
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Is China’s Manic Market Headed for a Mood Swing?
2007-05-27 18:04:43
About 18 months ago, Liu Junling, an upwardly mobile single Chinese woman, had a conversation with her boss, the CEO of a large, politically connected real estate developer in Shanghai. For the previous five years, people in China ’s largest city had lived and breathed the property market—buying apartments, if they could afford to, flipping them for higher prices, and buying again. The government really wanted to cool off the speculation, the boss told her. Probably not a good time to buy. Then, almost as an afterthought, he added: It might be a good time to buy stocks instead. Liu balked. “I don’t really understand the stock market,” says the 35-year-old, “why it goes up or down.” Now she is kicking herself. “I can’t believe I was so dumb,” she says, “but I think it’s too late to get in now, isn’t it?” Liu’s question—is there a bubble in China stocks?—is of global concern because of the
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Buy American!
2007-05-27 18:02:09
Over the course of this year, China’s government will find itself with more than $300 billion in new foreign-currency reserves, mostly dollars, that it will have to park somewhere. That’s in addition to more than $1 trillion already in the bank. The oil-exporting countries of the world are in a similar predicament, with a trillion petrodollars looking for a home. Japan’s got a trillion bucks lying around too. This is the flip side of the gargantuan trade deficits ($765 billion last year) that the U.S. is running, the result of high oil prices, Asian manufacturing prowess and our spend-and-borrow mentality. That leaves exporters like China the task of figuring out what to do with all those dollars. It’s tougher than it sounds. Consider what happened the first time the nations of the Persian Gulf found themselves in a dollar gusher, during the oil crises of the 1970s. They handed back much of that money to Western banks, which loaned it out to developin
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Are You a BULL or a BEAR?
2007-05-27 17:54:41
Bull Case Wall Street Journal had an interesting front page article today titled “Why Market Optimists Say This Bull Has Legs”. The primary reason given is the strength of the global economy today over the past when bull markets were shorter. Indeed it is true that investors have access to global markets today, whether it be in the form of private investments, ETF’s, ADR’s or hedge funds. Such easy access was not around 10 years ago. In fact, most investors back then thought China was something stored in buffet tables. India was tough to even locate on a map for most people. Now, these markets present the fastest growing economies in the world. Just yesterday, Jim Cramer predicted the Dow to rise another 1000 points before year end. That is a total annual gain of 16% on the heels of a 16% gain last year. All this when the frenzy of M&A activity is at all time highs with a deal announced 1 almost every 3 days this year. Now that gold, real estate and bo


Dave’s Daily Market Comment 05/25/05
2007-05-27 17:54:09
LOOKING FOR EMERGING MARKETS Yesterday, Greg Newton and I had the privilege of conducting our third podcast interview with the Emerging Market s Monitor [London]. The link to the podcast is HERE. [Be prepared for a nearly 40 minute discussion which makes sense given the enormity of the topic and feel free to listen to previous podcasts as you wish.] The topics covered included: What constitutes or defines an Emerging Market? What are current market conditions from regions to specific countries? Is the Chinese market too overheated? Did you know Chinese retail investors are opening one million new brokerage accounts per week? And that a leading government official stated that fully one third of Chinese publicly traded companies are “fundamentally unsound”? Where are new opportunities? Are some new and existing US ETFs suitably structured? Or, are they antiquated or even misleading in make-up? Included in this discussion are some new Emerging Market ETFs and t
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Chinese Stocks Tumble 8.3 Percent
2007-06-04 05:21:23
Chinese Stocks Tumble 8.3 Percent , Biggest 1-Day Drop Since February Plunge BEIJING (AP) — Chinese stocks plunged Monday following government efforts to cool a market boom, recording their biggest one-day drop since a late February drop that triggered a global market sell-off. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index tumbled 8.3 percent to 3,670.40, falling for the third time in four sessions since the government raised a tax on trading last week. The index had dropped 2.7 percent Friday. The Shenzhen Composite Index for China’s smaller second market fell 7.9 percent to 1,039.90. It was Shanghai’s biggest decline since Feb. 27, when the market slid 8.8 percent, triggering selloffs in Hong Kong, New York and London. The index has dropped 15 percent since last Tuesday’s record high of 4,334.92. Beijing has been trying to cool a boom that by last week had pushed up Chinese stocks more than 50 percent so far this year. The rally has attracted millions of first-time in
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Thinking About Money
2007-06-03 20:41:29
When you invest, the way you think about money may change. When most people start their adult lives, money is harsh reality. It is solid; you must get a certain chunk of money to pay your rent or to buy groceries. Money is bricks with which you build your life. Once you have built a solid foundation and have money you can afford to invest, money changes. It is fluid. Your pour it from mutual fund to mutual fund or stock to stock. You may find this change in thinking comes naturally as you move money around in your investments, or it may come as you study a textbook in corporate finance, which I describe below. A common misconception about investing is that when you hold a stock that has gone up or down, you have only made or lost money “on paper.” This is false, and believing it will cause an investor to make wrong decisions. After all, if you are driving around in your car and take a wrong turn and lose your way, you cannot say you are not lost because you have not gotten


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