Forex Market slowdown and its strategic change The forex market trading was very weak on yesterday as the various unexpected bailouts in US hurt a lot of markets which is merely unexpected. It is very difficult to find out the reasons for the sharp fall of yesterdays market. The strategic planning is also very hard. [...]

The Future lies in Green Energy Spending
February 15th, 2009 by Yvonne Black in Investing 1 Comment

The Future lies in Green Energy Spending States which had set aside land to attract the auto industry are now going in to utilizing that land for alternative investments in green projects to find alternate energy resources. Be it solar power or wind power, the future lies in these fields as the limited fuel resources [...]

Alternative investments
February 13th, 2009 by Yvonne Black in Investing No Comments

Alternative investments Even though the stock market is doing poorly right now, and even though most people had their portfolios destroyed recently, there remains a small group of investors who have done well, or at least not lost much money, in recent times. These are the people who used alternative investments. For example, many people [...]

Court issues $40M judgment against Al Parish
February 11th, 2009 by Yvonne Black in Investing No Comments

Court issues $40M judgment against Al Parish over commodity futures trading A judgment against former economist Al Parish, already jailed for more than 24 years for investment fraud, has been obtained by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, requiring him to pay $40 million and barring him from engaging in any commodity activity – ever [...]

Gold Advances Today
February 10th, 2009 by Yvonne Black in Investing No Comments

Gold advanced today trading between $890.20 to $919.60 per oz amidst continuing worries about the global economy. Current spot price at the time of this writing has the bid at $915.30. Some are speculating the gold could see higher valuations. The U.S Commodities Futures Trading Commision has data showing more long positions than short positions [...]

Multi-market CTA Programs
November 11th, 2008 by Yvonne Black in Investing 3 Comments

In order to work with the millions of pieces of information our brains are bombarded with every day, people subdivide and categorize data. There is no such thing as a ‘general’ band; it is either a jazz band, a string quartet, or one of the many kinds of rock such as ‘oldies,’ hard rock, a [...]

Leverage in Forex Trading
September 24th, 2008 by J Woolley in Investing No Comments

Leverage is a major component of any forex trading broker and is one of the main reasons why so many people are drawn to forex trading in the first place. Leverage basically allows you to trade positions far in excess of your initial trading capital which means you can potentially make vast profits from forex [...]