Insider trading is the trading of a company’s shares by people who work for the company, such as senior level executives, directors and those who own more than 10% of the total shares. Insider trading is illegal since the trading is based on some privileged information that the insider has access [...]

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Stock pledges and Escrow agreements are quickly becoming the foundation on which some industries operate. Below are explanations of how these contracts are carried out and what they entail.
Stock Pledges:
A Stock Pledge is the transfer of stocks against a debt. It is an agreement. The debtor pledges the stocks as an [...]

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A stock split is a corporate action where the company divides the existing outstanding shares in order to boost the liquidity of shares. The prices of the shares adjust automatically in the stock market when the company implements the action. The equity capital of the company and its net assets remain [...]

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A stock represents a portion of ownership in a company. The value of stocks are proportionate to the growth and sucess of the companies they represent. Values of stocks are not chosen arbitrarily but are based on verifiable financial data such as sales figures, assets and growth. This reliability makes the [...]

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Most of us who have not heard of clich situation that any corporation involved in foreign trade in a big way incurring huge losses on account of currency differences can hardly make sense of such a situation. In this article, I will go about explaining the basics of differences in various [...]

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Stock trading is carried out by stock traders who for the most part need an intermediate such as a brokerage firm or bank to carry out the trades. Stock traders work for themselves by investing money in shares which they believe will increase in value over time and then sell the shares [...]

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Stock options are an increasingly common phrase heard around the office floor but what are they? Basically, stock options give the employee the option of purchasing shares in the company they work for at a price set by the company employer. The stock options exists in both private and public companies and [...]

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A famous Wall Street story concerns a young man who was in the early stages of learning to be a professional speculator. He had a problem, so he went for advice to an elderly sage noted for his shrewd investment judgment. The fact was, the young man said, that he had taken [...]

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Traders who are new to option trading sometimes hear the term ‘implied volatility’ thrown around by experienced option traders. Traders who have been training for while realize the importance of implied volatility and how it can affect their profitability. In this article, I would like to give an explanation for what [...]

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Most of us are quite comfortable with investing in cash deposits, government bonds, and stocks for conservative risk-averse investors. We hear these products discussed widely in the financial media. But rarely do we hear commodities discussed as an investment alternative. After all, what do commodities have to offer that stocks haven’t [...]

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