Career Benefits From The CFA Institute
If you have ever considered sitting for the exams necessary to obtain the CFA Institute’s Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation, then you are probably well aware of the benefits that go along with it. In addition to being one of the most respected certifications in the investment management industry, the CFA designation is already a [...]
What To Expect On The CFA Level II Exam
If you are reading this article, then there are high chances that you’ve already cleared the CFA Level I exam and have started your preparation for the CFA Level II. This article will help you understand the nuances of the CFA Level II exam.While the Level I exam focused on the basic knowledge and comprehension [...]
Stop Keeping Up With The Joneses – They’re Broke
It used to be that spending money on status symbols for the sake of flaunting your wealth was an activity reserved for celebrities and millionaires. That has all changed. Conspicuous consumption, what was once referred to as “keeping up with the Joneses”, has brought the lifestyles of the rich and famous to suburbia.Just as most [...]
Role Of A Market Maker
More News » Market Summary For May 17, 2013 The U.S. stock markets moved sharply higher this week, on track for its fourth straight … Behavioral Bias – Cognitive Vs. Emotional Bias In Investing We all have biases. The key to better investing is to identify those biases and create … Parabolic SAR Buy Signals [...]
Make Your Precious Metal Choice Less ‘Golden’
With gold prices selling-off pretty hard over the last few weeks, investors in the precious metal space have been shaken to the core. After all, one of the appeals of investing in gold has been its safe-haven status. Yet, with economic conditions beginning to improve across much of world, investors have been dumping gold in [...]
GM shares trading back above IPO price
Shares of General Motors are trading above $33 for the first time in over two years. The automaker’s stock reached $33.58 Friday morning before pulling back to $33.50, up 3.4 per cent, at midday. It’s the first time the stock has risen above GM’s sh initial public offering price since May 4, 2011. GM sold [...]
Fear Of Cisco Leads The Market To Abandon Aruba Networks
It was only nine days ago that investors were left speculating as to whether Aruba’s (Nasdaq:ARUN) weak fiscal third quarter meant that the WLAN market was slowing or that rival Cisco (Nasdaq:CSCO) was gaining share. With Cisco’s earnings in hand and Aruba management’s own post-earnings comments, it’s clear that Cisco now looms large as a [...]
Should Investors Hang Around For More From Applied Materials?
From the fall of 2012 until very recently, my bullish call on Applied Materials (Nasdaq:AMAT) finally started to pay. Shares rose nearly 50% in six months as investors finally started to believe that NAND capex spending was going to improve and that the flat panel business had likely bottomed, not to mention some confidence that [...]