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3 best online stock trading platforms to try

Research suggests that the country represents 54.5% of the world’s stock market capitalization. People are now exploring stock trading in this new era of investing. The first step to building a strong portfolio is picking the right trading platform...

Choosing and paying for investment advisor services

If you are one of those people who plan well in advance, while you are young and able to save money, or prefer to wait till closer to your retirement, to consider hiring the professional services of an investment advisor, whatever the case may be, he...

An introduction to investment advisors and their services

A financial advisor or an investment advisor (IA) as he is also referred, is an individual (or a firm) who provides his services for a fee or an asset based compensation. He gives guidance regarding investment options and also handles security analys...

Attractions and drawbacks of foreign currency trading

This is the era when democratic elections in one country, a massive natural disaster in another, the strain of military relations between two geographical neighbors or economic liberalizations in one nation affect economies around the world, irrespec...

How to safeguard yourself in foreign currency trading

Are you familiar with the term foreign exchange? Have you traded in the foreign exchange market before? Well, if your answers are negative, then read on. Unless you have an excellent grasp of how the largest financial market in the world, the Fore...

Indexing the types of dividend stocks

Categorizing the many thousand listed companies that pay dividends and trade in the American Stock Exchange, New York Stock Exchange, and Nasdaq will be difficult, not impossible. Nevertheless, listing them in clear-cut groups for investment purposes...

Risks of investing in dividend stocks

As with any investment, stocks tend to carry their risks. Many companies, to conserve the surplus funds they have, would limit the number of dividend payments they make. Add to it the volatile market conditions that leave lesser and fewer opportuniti...

Differences between investment advisors and wealth managers

Money. Wealth. Funds. Assets. Capital. Finances. All these words refer to the same thing, right? Right, and wrong. Depending on the context in which we use these words, their meanings change. In a broad sense, they all can be used interchangeably. Bu...

The basics of wealth management

The basics of wealth management For those who are deeply involved with creating wealth, there is little time for anything else. And that includes managing the finances they bring in. Wealth managers help them do precisely that. Wealth managemen...