Monthly Archives: December 2008

Investment Goal Setting and Future Investment Growth Culculation

An investment growth calculator is a great investment tool that investors can use to set their goal and to calculate the future growth of their investment. Investment Growth Calculator An investment growth calculator is use to determine the revenue or … Continue reading

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Stock vs. Forex Market

The Forex market is a near 24-hour market. Unlike stock trading, currency traders can usually get in or out of the market at any time without waiting for an opening bell or encountering a market gap. The following article discusses … Continue reading

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Invest Wisely in Currency Forex Trading

Foreign exchange or forex (FX) is the largest financial market in the world. However, it is relatively unfamiliar to retail traders. FX was primarily the domain of large financial institutions, multinational corporations and secretive hedge funds so far. However, if … Continue reading

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Income statement as report card of earnings

A business is only worth the profit that it will generate for its owners from now until doomsday, discounted back to the present, adjusted for inflation. As the “report card” of those earnings, income statement will help determining the price … Continue reading

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Balance Sheet – Snapshot of a Company’s Financial Condition

A balance sheet is a summary of a person’s or organization’s balances. Along with the income and cash flow statements, balance sheet is an important tool for investors to gain insight into a company and its operations. In balance sheet, … Continue reading

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Cash Flow as Business’s Survival Indicator

Revenue does not come in at the same time as costs have to go out. This is the main problem facing by most of business companies and the whole point about cash flow. Proper management of cash flow is important … Continue reading

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Gross Margin as Business Efficiency Indicator

Gross margin is one of several profit margin measures. It is the amount of contribution to the business after paying for the costs that it incurs for producing its products and/or services. Basically, Gross Margin = (Revenue – Cost of … Continue reading

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Increase in interest rates affect stock price?

Basically the stock market tends to decline on news of rate increases. When a country raises the interest rate for its currency, we would expect that currency to gain in value relative to other currencies. This is because an increase … Continue reading

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What is Price Earnings Ratio (PER)

The Price Earnings Ratio (PER) is a measure uses in valuing both the stock market as a whole and individual stocks. PER is calculated as the ratio of a company’s share price to its earnings per-share. The value is the … Continue reading

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Earnings Per Share – EPS

Earnings per Share allows us to compare different companies’ power to make money. It is the portion of a company’s profit allocated to each outstanding share of common stock. A positive trend of EPS shows that the company is finding … Continue reading

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