Sep 19
The invention of the Internet has brought about many changes in the way that we conduct our lives and our personal business. We can pay our bills online, shop online, bank online, and even date online!
We can even buy and sell stocks online. Traders love having the ability to look at their accounts whenever they want to, and brokers like having the ability to take orders over the Internet, as opposed to the telephone.
Aug 17
With stock markets battered by the credit crunch and resulting recession many investors are trying to gauge the best time to re-enter the market and/or boost exiting positions. But is it really possible to determine the bottom before it becomes history?
Überinvestor Warren Buffett declared he was going bargain hunting last October (2008), but markets subsequently fell further. In Great Britain the real estate market bucked predictions by rising 1.9% in January (according to major mortgage lender, Halifax). Has longstanding pent-up demand caused the market to bottom early, or is it a mere aberration in the continuing downtrend predicted by economists?