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What Is A Stock Index?

“The stock market turned in a great performance”, or “The markets crashed today”. What exactly are “the markets”? When most people speak of the markets they are referring to a stock index. Here in America, we have three major indexes (or indices), the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, and NASDAQ. Turn on any financial […]

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Which Is Better? ETF vs Mutual Fund

ETF’s are relatively new investment vehicles and while they do have some similarities with Mutual Funds, there are also many differences. Let’s take a look at some of those differences so you may decide for yourself which is a better investment for you, ETF or Mutual Fund. 1) Timing your trades: With traditional mutual funds, […]

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Investor Psychology

To be successful with stocks, you need to understand the psychology of investors. In this post you should gain a basic understanding of what drives an investor to buy and sell. Using the S&P 500 as an example, I’ll explore the psychology behind the S&P’s movement. On Sept 19, 2014 the S&P hit a new […]

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How To Become An Expert Trader/Investor

Everyone earns money and we all need to invest those earnings so they can work hard for us. My vehicle for wealth is stock investing. Most of the richest people have made a big portion of their wealth in the stock markets. It is something everyone should master because we will be doing it the […]

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