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Gasoline Has a Dirty Secret, and It's Making Investors Rich
I just filled my truck up with gasoline. I paid nearly $2.60 per gallon, which feels expensive to me. It's hard to believe that prices this summer were the highest since 2014. We've had nearly four years of low gasoline prices... or what feels low. However, based on the oil price, we're paying more for gasoline now, on a relative basis, than we did back in 2008. Quite a bit more. That makes me think there is an opportunity for... ❯❯❯
Investors Diversify Their Investments With Commodity Trading
Like Forex and shares, commodity derivatives' trading is growing popular among the Indian investors, as the market has opened up nation-wide platforms for retail investors and traders to participate in commodities.
Multi-commodity exchanges like the National Commodity and Derivative Exchange, the Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd and the National Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd are established in the country to support... ❯❯❯
7 Reasons for Investing in Mutual Funds
Why must we ever give a thought about making an investment? Is it even a necessity or it is just a matter of one's choice? Even when it comes to investing, why are mutual funds a preferred option than any other instrument? Yes, mutual funds are any way the best investment solution where one could get better returns in lieu of lesser risks. Moreover, your capital is managed by a fund manager who is an expert of every financial subject... ❯❯❯
Investments in Precious Metals: The Form and Methods That Allow You to Receive Passive Income
Gold, platinum, palladium and silver are considered elite and are the most popular and liquid for investing funds. Precious metals are the object of investment - the most well-known way of investing. Their "noble" name they received due to the sophistication of the appearance of products and high chemical resistance. It is generally believed that investing in these metals is the purchase of jewelry. In fact, a developed market economy... ❯❯❯
7 Steps to Retirement Planning to a Safe and Secure Future
Retirement is a tricky thing, one day you feel good about it as you will be relaxing, finally, and the other day you feel worried about your finances. But people who plan for their retirement beforehand may have little or nothing to worry. Retirement planning is a continuous process, and you would have to try to foresee things. Although, no one can predict everything and it will be better to try to be close enough can do some... ❯❯❯
10 Ways the USD Affects World Markets
The United States is the world's strongest and largest economy. US currency remains dominant over other global currencies in the international markets. The behavior of the US Dollar impacts global markets significantly, culminating to both positive and adverse consequences in these markets. Here are 10 ways that the USD affects world markets: A stronger USD slows down trade in the international markets. A stronger USD weakens the... ❯❯❯
Significance of Hedging Energy Commodities
Although some consider Hedging to be an advanced and difficult to discern concept, the execution of hedges is in fact extremely basic. Risk managers can use futures contracts, over-the-counter swaps, call and put options, and combinations thereof to lock-in prices for a given period. This allows a company to know exactly what they will pay for their energy during that time and plan for that price accordingly. The real challenge of... ❯❯❯
What I've Learned From Surveying Hundreds of Traders
Just a few months ago, I had a great opportunity to participate in conducting a big survey among breakout traders from all around the world to realize what their biggest struggle was. To me, it was a pretty exciting project, because breakout trading has been my full-time job for many years (since 2017 I am also running a private breakout hedge fund) and I am always curious to learn more, not just about the breakout trading itself, but... ❯❯❯
What You Should Know About Cryptocurrency
A cryptocurrency or cryptocurrency (cryptocurrency of the Saxon) is a virtual currency that serves to exchange goods and services through a system of electronic transactions without having to go through any intermediary. The first cryptocurrency that started trading was Bitcoin in 2009, and since then many others have emerged, with other features such as Litecoin, Ripple, Dogecoin, and others.
What is the advantage?
When comparing a... ❯❯❯
Harnessing Stock Market Volatility
If you were to Google "stock market volatility", you would find a wide range of observations, conversations, reports, analyses, recipes, critiques, predictions, alarms, and causal confusion. Books have been written; indices and measuring tools have been created; rationales and conclusions have been proffered. Yet, the volatility remains. Statisticians, economists, regulators, politicians, and Wall Street gurus have addressed the... ❯❯❯
