February 19, 2010 · 2 comments
in VIX volatility, financial education, hedging, indexes, international stock market, investing, investment tools, market timing, options, risk, side income, stocks, technical analysis, terminology
There are many different types of options, and they’re not all equally risky. Some options investing strategies are highly risky, whereas others have a much lower level of risk. If you’re still new to options investing, you might want to first read my post on learning the basics of options trading.
Before you can get into [...]
January 12, 2010 · 0 comments
in 2010, DJIA, Financial New Year, Q3, Q4, S&P 500, bull market, earnings, economy, indexes, market bottom, market crash, market timing, market trends, recession, risk, technical analysis, wealth protection
Increasingly, analysts seem to agree that the first half (and the first quarter, especially) of stock markets in 2010 will look robust and promising, but stock markets in the second half of the year leave much to be desired.
The possibility of a double-dip recession still remains for some, while others mitigate this prediction about the [...]
Want to see what companies there are to invest in up in Canada?
There are 203 companies currently listed in the TSX Composite Index. Approximately 60 of these are large-cap, 60 mid-cap, and the other 80+ small cap. You may also want to consult the list of just Canadian large-caps in the S&P/TSX 60 Index.
It is [...]
November 24, 2009 · 6 comments
in CME, VIX volatility, commodities, financial education, forex, hedging, indexes, investment tools, market timing, options, stock exchanges, stocks, technical analysis, wealth protection
One area of investor education that I’ve been putting off is learning about trading stock options online. This is because as risky as the stock market can be if you don’t know what you’re doing, the risk associated with options is even greater if you don’t know what you’re doing.
So why bother learning then? Because [...]
November 19, 2009 · 2 comments
in Canadian, Canadian economy, S&P/TSX, TSX, commodities, energy, indexes, investing, metals, mining, resources, stock exchanges
If you’d like to make your own Canadian commodities ETF, or be more selective than iShares ETFs like XMA (Materials), then choose your stocks from this list of all the energy and materials stocks currently composing just over one third of the S&P/TSX 60, Canada’s large-cap index.
If you’re looking for Canada’s largest gold companies, Canada’s [...]
If you want to quickly analyse the broad spectrum of the Canadian economy, take a look at the S&P/TSX 60. While not the full representation of Canadian companies that make up the S&P/TSX Composite Index (although these companies are also represented in the Composite Index), it is nevertheless easier to manage and still provides a [...]
As you know, by 2011 Canada’s income trusts must move back to a corporate structure for tax purposes. Since the 2006 regulation, some companies have already made the move and more are continuing to do so. Here is a list of Canadian companies still operating as income trusts. There’s still a good year and a [...]
