HOW TO SELL STOCKS Whether online or with an advisor, an investor needs to know the company name and stock symbol (either a few letters or numbers), the price wanting to sell at (ask price), the number of shares, and type of order. Stocks transactions settle three business days after the execution in most jurisdictions, […]
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How to Buy Stocks
HOW TO BUY STOCKS In order to buy stocks, whether online or with an advisor, an investor needs to know the company name and stock symbol (either a few letters or numbers), the price wanting to buy at (bid price), the number of shares, and type of order. Stocks transactions settle three business days after […]
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SHORTING STOCKS What is a Short Stock? Short-selling a stock, known commonly as “shorting stocks” or just “short stock”, is the opposite of buying a stock or shares in a company. When an investor short-sells a stock, they borrow shares from their broker’s account or their broker borrows shares from another investor, and then the […]
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STOCKS Investing in Stocks (Equities) An investment in stocks, formally referred as equity investing, represents purchasing an ownership stake in a corporation. When someone purchases a stock they are buying a claim on the company’s assets and earnings. Buying & Selling Stock Shares When a corporation needs to raise capital to expand the business, they […]
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INVESTMENT GUIDES The investment world can be difficult to navigate, especially for the new investor. There is lot of conflicting advice and it can be difficult to determine if that advice is bias free. While there is certainly no single investor guide, stock market guide or financial services guide that will tell you everything you […]
Read moreMacro-Economic Analysis for Q1/19
www.economisms.com By Bradley Parkes FCSI, P.Geo www.bradleyparkes.com bparkes@economisms.com January 2019 For 2019 the distribution dates of the quarterly newsletter will be the following: January, May, Aug and November. Blog posts and previous editions can be found at http://www.economisms.com/blog/ Quarter 3, 2018 Investment Ideas These ideas are not investment recommendations but just a model to track […]
Read moreOil Outlook for 2018
The blog has been quiet as I have been busy drilling oil wells, while working on a law degree. It has not only been that I have not had time to write, but not enough time to read which has led to a case of writers block. My return to writing will be on one […]
Read moreWhere are we in the Market Cycle?
Where are we in this market cycle? There seems to be two views. The Bear Case 1) A bubble about to pop And The Bull Case 2) This is the beginning of a generational bull market. In this post we will look at the bear argument and then I will give you my gut feeling. […]
Read moreHow the FED Could Unwind the Balance Sheet
I have a theory on balance sheet normalization. What if the way to unwind the FEDs balance sheet is to buy global stock market ETFs with the interest they receive on the bonds they hold? During the QE experiments the interest was reinvested in debt securities that the FED had targeted to buy. This would […]
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