How to Profit From the Wide World of Indices

Think following the S&P 500, the NASDAQ, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average is a bit monotonous? Even if you’re not a hipster, we have some good news for you.  In the wide world of indices, there are more choices than even Chuck Norris could wrap his mind around (though here’s a few of the action hero’s...

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How The Eurozone Was Flawed From Birth

Many financial headlines refer to “concerns over the Eurozone,” and although there definitely is day-to-day speculation and market movement due to these concerns, this article will aim to highlight the fundamental issues driving the continent-wide debt crisis. The European Union (EU) as we know it began in 1993 with the...

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The UEFA Champions League…As a Stock Competition?

In the spirit of the UEFA Champions League, I want to meld football with finance and consider the match as one between each team sponsor’s stock performance. We all know that Bayern Munich and Chelsea are going to face off in Germany this Saturday, but would they still be the two finalists if we considered how the past market...

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Trading Hurricanes & Other Wacky Weather Derivatives!

Common equity options are something easy to understand: if you hold equity in a company, you have a stake in the company’s ownership.  For more on stock trading, see this article.  But just as you can trade stocks on a company, you can trade hurricanes – or at least derivatives on hurricanes. These swirling giants are not...

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Using The Dow Jones Transportation Average: A Smarter Way To Invest

The Dow Jones Transportation Average (DJT) may not show up on The Wall Street Journal’s front page, but it is extremely helpful tool for investors. Created in 1884 by Charles Dow, the DJT is the oldest of the US stock indices.  Its more popular counterpart, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, was created twelve years later. The...

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