Share Dealing If you would like to buy additional shares or sell shares, You can deal over the telephone or on the internet. You can buy or sell shares in certificated format and dispose of or increase holdings .We have outlined the range of options below to help you decide which route is best for you. Internet Share Dealing This service provides you with a simple way … [Read more...]
Absolute vs. Relative Return
Absolute return is simply the return on a particular asset, portfolio or investment. The return that an asset achieves over a certain period of time. This measure looks at the appreciation or depreciation (expressed as a percentage) that an asset - usually a stock or a mutual fund - achieves over a given period of time. Relative return is the difference between the absolute … [Read more...]
Reasons to do Derivative Trading
If you are thinking of a trading option outside traditional stocks and bonds, derivatives trading can be a good option. Derivatives pay off over a period of time which is subsequently based on the performance of assets, interest rates, exchange rates, or indices. The payoff can be either in cash or in kind(assets )and vary, of course, by performance and timing. In addition to … [Read more...]
Derivative trading
A derivative is a financial instrument that is derived from some other asset, index, event, value or condition (known as the underlying asset). Rather than trade or exchange the underlying asset itself, derivative traders enter into an agreement to exchange cash or assets over time based on the underlying asset. A simple example is a futures contract: an agreement to exchange … [Read more...]
Predictability and Trends in stock market
I often hear people swear that they make money using the rules of technical analysis. Do they really? The answer, , is that they do. People make money and profit indeed by using all sorts of strategies and techniques . The real question is: Do they make more money than they would investing in a blind index fund that mimics the performance of the market as a whole? Do they … [Read more...]