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The competition between stock market investing and real estate has been going on since the mid 1960s, in order to prove to be the best source of investment returns. The stock market was regarded as a place to invest, whereas [...]
Every day, commodities are traded on the more than one dozen major commodity exchanges that are situated worldwide.
Chicago houses two exchanges, the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). The CBOT was established in 1848 to bring farmers and merchants together. Initially its main task was to standardise the quantities and [...]
With the recent debt troubles of Dubai, Greece, and other sovereigns, country risk has become an important and immediate concern. What happens when a country defaults, and is there any way to predict if a default is coming? Country risk entails the possibility that a sovereign debtor will be unable to pay principal or interest [...]
One of the major accomplishments of recent corporate governance research has been to expose the risks confronted by minority shareholders in public companies around the globe. Corporate ownership structures such as pyramids, business groups, and dual class shares leave control in the hands of a limited set of blockholders – exposing minority investors to potential [...]
If you are one of the many people that are thinking of trading for a living you must learn that it does not pay to aim to make major gains and instead it will be better to remain focused on making small but consistent gains that will all add up to become a considerable sum [...]
IPOs or Initial Public Offers are means by which a company can raise debt free capital through sharing the ownership and profits. There have been many companies opting for the IPO route over the last two decades. There have also been many big success stories with people making decent profits through these investment tools. However, [...]
Money is hard to come by in our current economic situation. Taking the time to research and invest your hard earned money properly is crucial in surviving hard economic times.
It is at times like these that we should look to the men and women that are successfully investing and earning through the times of [...]
Learning how to buy gold bars is one of the first things that you have to learn if you want to invest in gold, and if you want to invest in gold bars. Although it is much convenient to invest in gold coins as it is easier to carry and bring around, it helps to [...]
I’m not a professional football player. I’m not even a football player, I only enjoy the thrill, passion and obsession that every football world cup brings and the current one is no disappointment. The last time I touched a football was 6 years ago. But I did read about how a professional football player aims [...]
The behaviour of commodity prices and U.S./European housing market prices in 2008, the ‘dot-com’ boom in 1998-2000, all these events have been characterized as speculative price bubbles: persistent deviations from assets’ fundamental values with strong increases in asset prices in a continuous process. They are possibly the most controversial subject of finance, not only for [...]