Investing

19 July 2011. 19 July 2011. At the time of writing, the London Stock Exchange’s bid for the Toronto Exchange TMX, which most people, including the LSE and TMX, thought was a done deal, had just collapsed. The LSE failed...

  15 July 2011. As far back as the Middle Ages, history provides plenty of lessons on the effects of the failure of financial institutions, of consumer ignorance being exploited through the sale of inappropriate securities, pension plans, and mortgages,...

11 May 2011. No sooner had we breathlessly reported April’s record highs for gold and silver, at over $1,500 

and close to $50 per troy ounce respectively, than commodities stage a ‘flash crash’, startling 

investors and traders alike. Last week...

Last month Warren Buffett invested in BYD, an electric car company in China. So does this mean we should all jump on the China tech investment bandwagon? At the end of Q1 2011, China even overtook the US in green...

26 April 2011. 26 April 2011. The original ‘money’, gold has always been highly valued for its brilliance, malleability and purity. King Croesus is credited with the invention of the first gold coins, which remained a primary currency across the...

Webvan - Tech Favorite Crashed & Burned 10 Years Ago: Lesson Learned or Shape of Things To Come ??? Credit: Thomas Hawk 14 April 2011. Webvan - Tech Favorite Crashed & Burned 10 Years Ago: Lesson Learned or Shape of...

12 April 2011. 12 April 2011.Last week, we ran an item about how BP has made a deal with India's largest company, Reliance, to buy into that country's fast-growing oil and gas industry. We noted the India deal was BP's...

1 April 2011. In 2010, General Electric reported worldwide profits of $14.2 billion, and said $5.1 billion of the total came from its operations in the United States.Its American tax bill?ZERO.In fact, G.E. claimed a tax benefit of $3.2 billion.Low taxes are...

iWoz: Culture Shiok in Singapore. Credit: tsevis 10 March 2011 iWoz: Culture Shiok in Singapore. Credit: tsevis 10 March 2011 Singapore is well known around the world for its efficiency, success and cleanliness. It’s a place of ongoing progress and...

24 February 2011. A study prepared for The New York Times by academics at Northwestern University and the University of Chicago, has analyzed some 1,450 Supreme Court decisions since 1953. It showed that, during the five terms in which John...

23 February 2011. Two weeks ago, we took an extensive look at the process by which "Team China" has taken over various Western corporations. Today, we look at the other side of the Western / China corporate interface: the experience...

21 February 2011. In order to lighten the mood in the darkness of Chile's San José Mine, from which 33 trapped miners would eventually be rescued, they would playfully imitate Leonardo Farkas Klein, donning makeshift wigs to simulate the long...

26 January 2011. Last spring, an executive from a Chinese telecommunications equipment company made an intriguing job offer to a Silicon Valley software engineer. The Chinese company, Huawei Technologies, wanted to get into the booming market for Internet-based computing, and...

    4 January 2011. A US economy stuck in neutral, with persistent and growing unemployment. An on-going financial crisis in Europe. Everybody knows 2010 has been an economic disaster throughout the "developed" world. But as traders like to point...

When it comes to being successful in investing, several things have to be considered.  For instance, if handling trades on your own, you need the right investment service/software, if needing professional assistance you want to hire the most qualified investment...