Archive for February, 2010

New Regulation Around High Frequency Trading

High frequency trading can be a hugely profitable activity for the firms who are set up to do it. But in order to make those profits, firms have to trade incredibly high volume, because the profit margin on a per transaction basis is very low, in the region of a tenth of a cent per [...]

A Quick Explanation Of Stock Options

Most investors, when they have a hunch that the price of a given stock is going to move up or down, will buy or sell short the company’s shares in an effort to benefit from the move that they anticipate. Call or put options allow investors to use leverage and attempt to make a greater [...]

Why online stock buying is superior

When it comes to online stock buying, there really isn’t a better way to make money from the stock market then to do it online. Well there’s almost no better way, I suppose you could have someone on the trading floor yourself, but even then it’s debatable. Regardless, for the average person there really is [...]

Green Investing Ideas: Upcoming IPOs

If your current stock market investments are not performing for you, perhaps you should try another tactic: consider green investing. The question most people ask is, “Can you really make money investing in green companies?” The answer is yes. Just because they are green doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t research their profit potential, debt and [...]