Gold Investing Is the Place To Be

By Mike Swanson

There are a wide variety of investments that have been known to make people a lot of money. Right now, it seems as though getting rich ideas have dwindled. Everyone is searching for ways to get some extra money in their pockets. Why not take a look into gold investing? The gold world has been doing quite well over the years. Find out what you need to do in order to get started.

If you are new to the entire business of gold investing, you may want to look for a broker. A broker will know where to look and how to invest. For those who have the money to spend but not the knowledge, a broker will be your guide. Look into one and find out what they can do for you.

There are also a number of websites that specialize in currency and gold investing and trading. If you would like to invest, a website might be the perfect solution. These sites literally take out all of the hard work. They will give you the results that you are in search of.

The world of gold is a fast paced world. Once you are in, you need to make your money and get out. If you are looking for a long term investment, this is not going to be one. The great thing about gold is it is a very short investment. Once you make your money you are all done!

Invest with a level head. You want to ensure that you are financially stable enough to invest in gold. If you do not have a lot of extra money, do not spend what you have. When you have an extra couple of hundred, then look to investing.

Gold investing is a great way to earn some extra cash. As long as you have the money and a little bit of time, you should be all set. Use the internet to your full advantage. If you need some help, get with a broker. Start right now and make some money! - 23159

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Which Mutual Fund?

By Bob Jones

For anyone who is interested in investing in the stock market there are various funds that are be worthwhile looking into. When you are carrying out this sort of research, it is best to choose a couple of different mutual funds. To compare mutual funds you will need to keep various goals in sight. The first one is comparing the performance of the various companies that you have chosen.

This entails looking to see how the company has weathered the ups and downs of the stock market over a previous number of years. While this is not an absolute indication of future success, it will let you know, whether the mutual fund company is capable of performing well, even if there is no clear indication of the prices of stocks changing. You can find this information in various financial papers.

You will gain an idea of how the stock market affects different kinds of mutual funds from these various data sources and, once you have understood these changes and the way your portfolio is affected, you will know which funds are best avoided and which ones are alright to invest with. However, it takes more than merely looking through financial reviews to compare mutual funds effectively.

You will also need to see what kinds of costs are listed by the different mutual companies on your list. These costs will include administrative fees, advertising costs, buying and selling of stocks and bonds charges and also the types of load costs. As most of these expenses need to be borne by the customer, it is best for you to research this information thoroughly.

You will find this information in newspapers and on Internet sites. However, make sure that you understand all of the information that you read, as this makes investing in a mutual fund less risky. In addition to these ideas on how to compare mutual funds, you will also discover lots of in-depth articles.

These articles will explain the different terms used in mutual fund articles. You will also be given details about the kinds of mutual funds that are available on the market at the moment.

By looking at all of this information, you can make a well-balanced decision about which mutual funds are worthwhile investing with. Ensure that you examine all of these details before you begin investing. The details gleaned from comparing the mutual funds will give you the best chance for investing wisely in the very risky world of mutual funds. - 23159

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Gold is A Hedge Against Inflation

By Michael Swanson

Gold has always been a precious metal and commodity, and many people invest in gold on a regular basis. Whether they were investing in gold for the short term or to hang on to, there was a good chance for profit.

Gold is very similar to other types of commodities, it rises and falls, people who trade on the short term will buy gold at the low end and sell it when it climbs making short term profits.

They actually will only hold the gold sometimes for only a couple minutes, other times they may be holding onto it for hours or maybe even a week. But any type of trading such as this is considered short term or day trading.

Those who are looking for larger profits often will be long term gold traders. They may hold onto their precious metal for anywhere from six months to a year before they trade it off.

The whole point is to make a profit by either selling or buying gold at the right time. You can invest in gold just like you do other commodities, through a broker of one sort or another.

Now with the Internet trading platforms you do not even have to go to your brokers office or make a phone call. The ease of trading gold on the Internet has made it so everyone can invest and make profits. Just remember you also can lose money by investing in any trading commodity and gold is no different.

Also important, your trading platform and your trading contract needs to be understood thoroughly. You'll want to watch how gold rises and falls in this way, you can trade and make your profits when the prices right. - 23159

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Trading Forex Using Price Action " The Engulfing Patterns

By Tim Barnby

Few things are more satisfying to me that bare chart trading. Ive seen traders with so many indicators on their screen that I could not even see the price of the currency pair. What do any of these indicators tell you anyway? Do I need a MACD or a CCI? I can see which direction the trend is moving without them. How about a stochastic? I can see where candles are closing relative to the high or low. Other than some horizontal lines at key support and resistance levels, some Fibonacci retracements, and trend lines I often have nothing on my charts at all. All of these are topics for future articles.

A bullish engulfing pattern is characterized by having a real body which completely engulfs the real body of the preceding candle. A simpler way of describing this is that the bullish engulfing candle has a higher open and a lower close than the preceding candle. A bearish engulfing candle has a lower open and a higher close than the bar immediately preceding it.

The bullish and bearish engulfing patterns are powerful indicators of a trend reversal. Engulfing patterns must appear after a significant run up or down in price to be considered valid. When the engulfing pattern presents itself at a probable price reversal zone, or a confluence of support or resistance it is even more reliable. My experience has shown these patterns to be over 75% reliable, and normally offer at least a two to one reward to risk ratio when traded on the one hour or four hour charts. They are even more reliable on the daily and weekly charts.

There are a couple of valid methods for trading engulfing patterns. The first is pretty basic. You place a market order at the close of the candle. Your stop loss order goes a few pips past the opposite side of the engulfing candle, and the target goes somewhere at least twice the distance of the stop loss. Using this method, if the engulfing candle has a 50 pip range, your stop loss would be about 55 pips and your target would be about 110 pips away from your entry. The more advanced method involves pulling a Fibonacci retracement tool on the engulfing candle. Place your entry order at the 38.2%, 50% or 61.8% Fibonacci level of the candle, and place the stop loss in the same position as the first method. This method gives you a smaller stop loss, which offers you a much high per pip value, and a bigger target. It has a lower rate of successful fills, so youll have fewer trades using this entry method.

No matter what your method of entry is, you will profit from trading these powerful reversal indicators. Youll also save yourself the stress of conflicting technical indicators and cluttered screens. Trade this pattern for a week and see if I am wrong. - 23159

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Money Management Principles in Forex Trading (Part III)

By Ahmad Hassam

Live to trade another day is perhaps the best advice that you will receive in your trading career. Forex markets are brutal and unforgiving. You need to learn to survive in the markets.

The single most common factor that causes many currency traders to blow up their accounts and lose all their money is greed. You start taking unnecessary risks when you get greedy. You will spend many hours trying to find the Holy Grail technical indictor or a forex robot that can make you rich. You will believe that by discovering that secret, you will become rich.

Unfortunately there is no Holy Grail in trading. You must learn not to risk more than 2% of your account on a single trade. Incrementally grow your account over time and never ever be tempted to risk big making one single winning trade that can make you rich.

You should know how much you are willing to risk in a single trade. I said 2%. But if you want to be aggressive you can go up to 5% but stay between 2-5%. Dont exceed it. If you are conservative, on the other hand, you should consider risking between 1-2% only.

Once you have decided on the risk level you are going to take, knowing the rest is simple for you. Suppose you have a $50,000 account and you decide on a risk level of 2% for a single trade. How much you can risk on a single trade? You can only risk (50,000) (0.02) =$1,000, this is the maximum you should risk on a single trade.

However, if you are trading more than one position at the same time, the amount may become higher. Lets suppose, you are in 3 trades! You risk only $1,000 per trade. So the total money at risk will be (3) (1000) =$3,000. When you have determined your risk, you are can determine the trade size.

Trade size is the number of currency pair contracts you purchase in any one single trade. You need to first determine where you want to put your stop loss in order to determine the trade size. Lets use a simple example to make it clear and suppose you are willing to risk $1000 on trading EUR/USD pair. You decide on a stop loss of 50 pips. Each pip on EUR/USD pair is equal to $10, so the number of contracts that you can trade are 2= (1,000)/ (50) (10).

You have taken the guesswork out of your trading once you have determined your risk level and calculated the trade size. You can sleep well now knowing how much of your money is at risk. You are going to be able to trade tomorrow, no matter what happens today.

Use these common money management rules and avoid the pitfall of losing almost all the money in your account. Learn to survive the markets and trade another day. This can help your trading take a quantum leap to the next level of profitability. - 23159

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Mr. Ahmad Hassam is a Harvard University Graduate. He is interested in day trading and swing trading stocks and currencies. Trade Dow Futures. Learn Forex Trading.