The euro rose this week the most and could extend gains next week after successful securities auctions by indebted euro zone members calmed fears of a credit crisis in the region.Fabian Eliasson, vice president of currency sales at Mizuho Corporate Bank in New York said: “We’re at a bit of a pivot point but the [...]
SCR’s Finance Research & Forecast for April 28, 2009
From our global research division and the subsequent strategy analysts, the following financial excerpts (including forecasts) are from report revisions recently completed:
Research Observation (from report No. D3: Optimal Finance Research™ (USA) Aggressive Investing):
Theme: Investment Bonds vs. High Yield Bonds
(1) Observation of the Relative [...]
Fast Profits in Hard Times will teach you everything you need to know and give you specific resources (websites, toll-free numbers, etc) to implement the following 10 strategies:
1. Invest in Tax Liens
Buy liens placed on properties by municipalities because owners have fallen behind in paying their property taxes. Then, when the property owners pay what [...]
Financial spread betting can be exciting and rewarding, but only if you have taken all of the necessary precautions and have fully researched and be accustomed to how it operates. One of the most important requirements is to understand you need to have a very good money management system in place. This can protect your [...]
Arbitrage is the purchase or sale of any financial instrument and the simultaneous taking of an equal and opposite position in a related market, in order to take advantage of small price differentials between markets. When used by academics, an arbitrage is a transaction that involves no negative cash flow at any probabilistic or temporal [...]
Many investors have heard of financial spread betting which is extremely popular in countries such as the United Kingdom and Australia. Another method of the trading also is gaining popularity is binary betting also called binary options. While both offer a similar experience, they are also very different. One holds quite some risk whereas another [...]
A futures contract or simply futures is a standardized contract to buy or sell a certain underlying asset at a certain date in the future, at a specified price. The underlying asset can be a commodity like gold, silver, crude oil and rice or financial instruments stocks, bonds, indices, interest rates, currencies and other derivatives. [...]
If stocks can be compared to five-speed automobiles, stock options are F-16 fighter jets. In order to qualify for an options account, you have to state your level of experience, candidly reveal your level of liquidity, and pretty much accept that it’s your fault if you go bankrupt.
There is a reason for this. You [...]