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The piggy bank? The last few weeks and months, we have seen decline in profits, stocks on the red, business going bankrupt, houses being repossessed etc.! Tough world especially for those who has limited finances trying to make more of the cash available through investments. They said the safest place for our money is in the bank that's earning interest and FDIC insured.
Souring gas prices are proving a boom to businesses selling bicycles. Electric bicycles are finding themselves in a bull market. The stores cannot keep stock on shelves. When people aren't buying bikes, they are taking old ones out of the shed for repair.
image of one of the old Stock Shares
Online trading is the easiest way to trade and invest your money. With the internet technology, people don't need to make phone call or waste their time in the broker offices. They only need a laptop and internet connection to do their online trading and make some money.
When you invest in a mutual fund they are the ones who make decisions for you, thus, you place your money in the hands of a pros in investment arena. You can not see a day to day value of your investment; [i]"whereas an investment in an individual stock can be checked up to the second. This means that between statements the investor is pretty much in the dark about how their money is doing, let alone what it is doing." [/i] It is best that you do your research before putting your money into any companies.
This is a chart of E-Trade ETFC. Included is the projection of trading range and trend for 1 year
This is a 5 dimensional MetaTrend chart showing polydimensionally the Dow Jones Industrial Average. More info is available at my web page that you can access through my profile page.
Stocks?? Futures?? or bank interest??
This is my own drawing of a sample stock graph.