MARKET INFO

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Forex

You be amazed how foreign exchange market has grown so much in last 8 years and has grown into a big business; that a new currency trader has the potential to make a profit, in a short amount of time. You see that new traders don't know that ninety percent of traders lose money. Only ten percent succeed and make it, Zayed holding after years of experience has learnt how to strategize and leverage on the forex markets with the following basic principles.

1. The area you should look into is finding the right broker that has a good trading platform with a demo account when you could practice and get better with your trades.

2. You must have a strategy and stop guessing what's going to happen in the market, to succeed in forex you need a plan. The successful forex traders are the ones that have a plan every day and they succeed.

3. Also study news events a change in any news announcement could affect that particularly currency. Just make should you don't make any silly decisions that you might regret in the long run, remember your trading plan follow it.

4. Another tip that we can give you is to get a software program in order to learn how to analyze the forex market. There is a lot of software that is available out there to help you do this, learning this could be a great experience.

There is one more area which is controlling your emotion with this market is very important and you need to analyze that with every trade that you make, their will times that your mind won't let trade in the market so my advice is to take a break. There are many trades ahead and you will win when you have sufficient trading power and the horizon for trading is right.

Stock Market

There are two different types of shares: preferred shares and common shares. When you invest in common shares, there is a greater risk of losing part or even all of the investment that you have put into the company should the company stop functioning. Why is this? Because creditors, bond holders and preferred shared holders have a higher rank than the common shareholders, and because of this they will get the first chance to get some of the money they have put in if the company goes out of business.

By the same token, the investors who have preferred shares have a higher standing than the ones with common shares, but still have to get in line behind the creditors when it comes to how much of the company they own, or getting paid if the company goes out of business. In addition to having more of a say in the company decisions than those who have common shares, investors who have preferred shares can also look forward to higher dividends.

There are two ways to purchase stocks - investors can either use a brokerage, or buy their stocks through Direct Investment Plans or Dividend Reinvestment plans.

If you decide to purchase stocks through a brokerage, you can go one of two ways. If you are going to trust the experts to do the right thing, and leave it in their hands, then you should go with the services of a full service brokerage. But, if money is a consideration and you don't want to spend the money on a full service brokerage, you can go with a discount brokerage. Even though discount brokerages cost less than full service brokerages, they don't offer the same amount of assistance that the full service brokerages do.

If you decide to invest using a Direct Investment Plan or a Dividend Reinvestment Plan, check to make that the company that you are interested in investing in offers such plans because not all of the companies do.

Gold

Gold is a precious metal highly prized by many people and cultures, and has a history of being used as currency or some other form of money. It was only in 1971 when the Bretton Woods system ended that gold did not anymore get used as currency.

Even so, gold is still nowadays considered as a good, safe investment. Apart from the more common investments stocks, bank accounts, real estate, bonds, and mutual funds, many individuals and entities choose to invest in buying gold. Investing in gold is done for various reasons.

Gold, like other precious metals, is an asset that is both tangible and liquid. Tangibility of course refers to the fact that it has a physical presence that can be confirmed and sensed. Liquidity, on the other hand, refers to the ease with which a particular asset can be traded. For instance, stocks and bonds are liquid but not tangible, while a property of real estate is tangible but not liquid. These properties are what have made gold such a popular form of currency over the years.

The major advantage that gold possesses is a historically proven stability. What this means is that even through political and economic crises and fluctuations, gold has been seen to retain its value. This is because gold, being a tangible physical thing, is mostly independent of any particular political or economic climate.

Thus, one of the major reasons for investing in gold is to preserve assets and overall wealth. Because of this time tested stability, the value that is invested in gold is as stable and lasting as it is likely to get. Over the centuries, in fact, looking at the big picture, no other asset or investment can preserve wealth or value as well as gold can. Gold is thus often invested in as a hedge against declining currencies, inflation, or even political crises and financial instability. Gold provides a way for investors to protect their money against most causes of depreciation or even dissolution of investments.

On a related note, the value of gold is actually negatively correlated to that of stocks and bonds. This is because as economy becomes more unstable, the price of gold appreciates because of its relative stability. But in stable economies, gold slightly depreciates because it is an investment of low earnings as compared to others. So having investments in gold as well as in stocks can serve to diversify a portfolio, making it more resilient to any possible changes.

In addition, gold is a dense metal, meaning that a large amount of gold can be stored in a small amount of space, making storage and transport easy. Gold also has a high value to mass ratio, meaning that large amounts of money can be stored quite easily in the form of gold bullions. (Historically, the fact that gold is denser than some other metals has been used to verify if a particular item or coin is in fact solid gold.

Gold is also a commodity, like silver or copper. This means that there is a market trading in these commodities that can be exploited by the savvy investor. By adhering to the principle of supply and demand, as well as being aware of the factors that affect the gold market, one can stand to make some money by buying and selling gold. At present, demand is beginning to increase faster than supply, as India and China demand more gold. China in particular has one of the most rapidly growing economies in the world, and is interested in converting a larger portion of its reserves into gold.

Gold retains its value over the centuries, and can serve to diversify any portfolio. It is easy to transport and store. Gold can also be treated as a high-value commodity to be traded in. In financial terms, then, gold, not diamonds, is forever.