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Author :: John Huddleston  |
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| Article Title :: Profit Sharing Plans & Phantom Stock Plans Explained |
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| Incentive Mechanisms that do not Transfer Stock Ownership.Sharing ownership of a small company with the employees can create numerous conflicts. It is often wise to look to other incentive mechanisms that reward employees for increasing company profit without sharing ownership. Two such alternatives are profit sharing plans and phantom stock plans.Profit Sharing Plan.A profit sharing plan is one that provides annual employer contributions (which may be zero), and allocation to employee’s accounts according to a formula. The amount of the employer’s contribution may be specified by a formula or left to the employer’s discretio (read full article) |
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| Category :: Mutual Funds Articles |
Author :: Matt Fox |
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| Article Title :: The Rules of a Professsional Stock Market Trader |
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| In today’s market the large institutions are buying shares by the millions. This is a huge demand on the stock and when demand is high the share price rises. So I make sure that the stock is being bought by institutions. This appears as high volume. Since the institutional buyer doesn’t want to buy all these shares at once and drive the price too high in one day, they will normally purchase shares over time, sometimes a week or a month or even several months. There are so many institutional buyers that while they are buying the volume will increase dramatically over time.This volume can be seen on charts easily. I watch for a rise in price on increased volume over at least four (read full article) |
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| Category :: Mutual Funds Articles |
Author :: Keith Guyette |
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| Article Title :: Penny Stocks and Micro Cap Stocks: Finding the Right Company at the Right Price |
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| In past articles I have touched upon how to play a penny stock or micro cap stock near its bottom. You will come across a lot of stocks at or near their bottoms when trading penny stocks, here are some tips for timing your purchase correctly.Once you have found a stock you like, take a look at its 52-week high and its 52-week low. This will give you the stock’s trading range for the year. When a stock is trading near its 52-week low it has a better chance of moving upward in the trading range. When at a 52-week high, some traders may feel its to risky to purchase and will wait until there is a retrace in price. This is a general rule for the majority of penny stocks that trade wi (read full article) |
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| Category :: Mutual Funds Articles |
Author :: Larry Potter |
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| Article Title :: Put-to-Call Ratio |
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| Wall Streeters will try anything short of a Ouija board to divine the next move of the market. The put-to-call ratio is popular and of some usefulness.Experienced investors know that a call option increases in value as the price of the underlying stock or index rises. Hence, someone wanting to place a bet that the market is going to rally will buy calls. At the same time, a fund manager is likely to grab some call options as “insurance” in case his/her big “short” position goes bad in a booming market. The increase in the calls should absorb some or all of the loss in the shorts. This is a classic “hedging” strategy.Conversely, someone who thinks the market or a (read full article) |
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| Category :: Mutual Funds Articles |
Author :: Larry Potter |
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| Article Title :: Keep an Eye on Fund Redemption Rates |
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| This is another of those activities in the financial industry that scoots under the radar screen of most investors but could be hindering returns in your mutual funds.Redemption costs are an offshoot of the market-timing scandal that hit the fund industry in 2003. Market timers–individual traders--use the fund to quickly buy and sell securities depending on rapidly changing market conditions, especially discrepancies between the US and international markets. In most cases market timing is legal, and sometimes it can boost the net asset value of a fund.Our goal is to be in equity funds during a market rally and out when stocks turns south. But in almost every case we’ll s (read full article) |
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| Category :: Mutual Funds Articles |
Author :: Ken Morris |
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| Article Title :: The ABC's Of Stock Options |
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| As a performance incentive many companies are starting to offer employees the “option” to buy company stock as a part of their compensation packages. These “options” are referred to as stock options and they provide a unique opportunity for an employee to potentially increase his or her wealth along side company shareholders. The employee receiving company stock options should have a good understanding of the characteristics of the different types of stock options in order to maximize their potential benefits.A stock option is a right granted by a company to an employee to purchase one or more shares of the company’s stock at a set time and predetermined purchase price. (read full article) |
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| Category :: Mutual Funds Articles |
Author :: Larry Potter |
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| Article Title :: Wacky Earnings Reports |
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| Have you noticed the same thing we have concerning the earnings lately? They are just jam packed with some of the screwiest accounting practices I've ever seen. How many companies did you see that beat their estimates on lowered revenues? A lot. If you are making less sales, then the only way to beat the estimates is by cutting costs or playing with the "charges".I've seen more charges this time around than ever before too. A charge was designed to be an exclusion from an earnings report because of a "one time" event. In other words let's say you run a chain of shoe stores. During the quarter, a storm knocks down one of your buildings. So, you loose revenues and earnings from that (read full article) |
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| Category :: Mutual Funds Articles |
Author :: Jason Ng |
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| Article Title :: Stock and Options Millionaire Principles |
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| INTRODUCTIONHaving been trading stocks and options in the capital markets professionally over the years, I have seen many ups and downs.I have seen paupers become millionaires overnight…AndI have seen millionaires become paupers overnight…One story told to me by my mentor is still etched in my mind:“Once, there were two Wall Street stock market multi-millionaires. Both were extremely successful and decided to share their insights with others by selling their stock market forecasts in newsletters. Each charged US$10,000 for their opinions. One trader was so curious to know their views that he spent all of his $20,000 savings to buy bot (read full article) |
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| Category :: Mutual Funds Articles |
Author :: Larry Potter |
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| Article Title :: Tip on Using ETFs |
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| I am going to demonstrate that I have an acute perception of the obvious here. Yet I believe this subject still bears repeating.I have been dealing with the brokerage industry for over 10 years and during that period I have found many instances that mutual funds were excellent recommendations for clients. Those days are essentially over. I know you are aware of ETF’s. These are exchange traded funds. The advantage of ETF’s over mutual funds is clear to me. I am sure there is someone who sells mutual funds who would disagree.By far the single most important feature of mutual funds is that the investor receives immediate diversification even with a smaller capital base. Th (read full article) |
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| Category :: Mutual Funds Articles |
Author :: Joanne Elizabeth |
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| Article Title :: Traditional Share Dealing vs Online Share Dealing |
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| Online share dealing is way which facilitates and speeds up trading. It is an execution-only internet-based dealing service wherein delivery and payment for stocks is handled automatically, eliminating the hassle of traditional paper based transactions.Shares in UK companies are traded on the London Stock Exchange. Shares can be bought when a company first comes to market or through the stock market once they are in circulation and being traded, when investors can buy and sell their shares at any time.Traditional share dealing Traditionally, shares are held in paper form, a share certificate which evidences the ownership of shares.Holders appear on the company's share (read full article) |
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