Euro Crisis Could Get Worse, Although There is Room for a Bear Squeeze

Could it get worse? Yes, a lot worse, before it gets better. The Euro has hit a 4-year low before bouncing back in what the Telegraph is calling a bear squeeze. Although the liquidity issues have been resolved, underlying structural and debt issues haven’t. No wonder Gold is hitting new highs.
From the New York Times:
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Greece Debt Crisis Pushing Euro to New Lows

The Euro was sharply down Friday 22 April 2010 thanks to more bad news from a source that most traders are getting pretty bored to talk about: Greece. It hit $1.3260, its lowest level since 7 May 2009.
We knew that the sovereign debt (ie government debt) problem was pretty bad – debts that are already [...]

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After all, it’s not really a system. Many people will simply call me lazy for doing it. But as you’ll see, it’s a great way to safely make a lot of money in the stock market… that requires just minutes of research each month.
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Small Budget Investment Plan

If you would like to invest but think you don’t have the money, think again. The beauty of investing is that unlike purchasing a car or even a home, it doesn’t require a significant down payment. However, even though U.S. savings rates are at a 15-year high, that number is still only 6.9%. Most Americans [...]

What signs to look for when you want to sell

As a novice investor you’re likely to focus most of your time on what to buy and when. Being a successful investor is as much about knowing when to sell as when to buy. But how do you know when it’s time to sell? What are the best reasons to liquidate a holding? Here are [...]

Profit – Loss Plan For Investors

Who needs a profit/loss plan? Isn’t investing only about buying low and selling high? It would be nice to always buy at the bottom and sell at the top, but it is nearly impossible to do so consistently. Furthermore, investors are only human: emotions sway our judgment and it is in our nature to hate losing. Taking [...]

Mutual Funds – Proper Selection For Maximum Return

Mutual fund analysis typically consists of a very basic analysis of the fund’s strategy (growth or value), median market cap, rolling returns, standard deviation and perhaps a breakdown of its portfolio by sector, region, etc. As investors, we often settle for statistical results without questioning the underlying drivers of those results, which in many cases [...]

How Currency Cross Triangulation will work for you?

All Currency Bets Are the Same
When dealing in the major currency pairs, most traders are presented with only one choice: dollar bull or dollar bear? Regardless of whether a trader is long the GBP/USD (British pound-U.S. dollar) or the EUR/USD (euro-dollar), or short the USD/CHF (dollar-Swiss franc) or USD/JPY (dollar-Japanese yen), the unifying theme in [...]

Top 25 Warren Buffett Rules

Here are the rules which the legendary investor Warren Buffett follow:
1. Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1
2. In a bull market, one must avoid the error of the preening duck that quacks boastfully after a torrential rainstorm, thinking that its paddling skills have caused it to rise in the world. [...]

Just a Fish Or Shark In The Sea Of Traders?

For all of its numbers, charts and ratios, trading is more art than science. Just as in artistic endeavors, there is talent involved, but talent will only take you so far. The best traders hone their skills through practice and discipline. They perform self analysis to see what drives their trades and learn how to keep fear and greed out [...]