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• Shot Selling: Falling Stars of the Stock Market - Editor, 21 June 2007 - No Comments yet

The stock market is not above the power of words! ‘Selling short’ probably sounds less than decent to most ears, so we seem to assume that this activity is somehow undesirable and suggestive of losses. Nothing could be further from the truth! Self-appointed stock market wizards who say that selling short is unduly risky, either do not know what they talk about, or preach differently from their affluent practices!

• Improve Your Stock Market Day Trading Track Record - Editor, 20 June 2007 - No Comments yet

Most stock market professionals look askance on day trading, especially if they suspect that salaried employees waste company time and other resources surreptitiously on such activities. Then there are horror stories of amateurs losing large sums by treading on stock market areas which they do not understand. The truth is that day trading is a valid and skilled form of stock market transactions. You need not cheat on your employer in order to make good money through this route. Indeed, a major benefit of electronic stock market transactions on the Internet is lost by those who stay away from day trading.

• Stock Market Alliances for Better Health Care - Editor, 19 June 2007 - No Comments yet

Stock market circles are not accustomed to asking awkward questions of doctors, and we are used to their brusque mannerisms as well. However, being a patient and an investor are not the same things, so you better get used to change in to new robes if health care enterprises have made their ways in to your portfolio!

• Pinches of Stock Market Salt for News of Drug Copies - Editor, 18 June 2007 - No Comments yet

Generic pharmaceutical manufacturers from the emerging world are so keen to impress their stock market masters that even initial and provisional regulatory clearances in the United States to sell copies of drugs going off patents, are touted as major news stories! Some of these provisional clearances run in to hurdles down the road to market, causing hurtful stock market turbulence for the uninitiated.

• Stock Market Secrets for Informed Trading in Futures - Editor, 15 June 2007 - No Comments yet

The stock market is green with envy at every story of success with futures. Who would not like to live the life of a rogue trader who bucks trends, deals with incredible margins, and makes lifetimes of wealth in hours! Amateurs and novices may look on in wonder as dream deals are made, with enormous profits realized with just marginal investments, but modern and skilled professionals are increasingly savvy about the systems and procedures which should support all dealings in futures. It would be naïve to sing the praises of futures with no word about the nightmarish turns they can take, but again systematic dealing can mitigate most of these potential hardships.

• The Bio-Fuel Opportunity for the Stock Market - Editor, 14 June 2007 - No Comments yet

A question doing the stock market rounds nowadays relates to the future of bio-fuels. Will they take center stage from crude or are they doomed to fail? We know that Brazil has made a success of long standing, both of pure ethanol, and a combination of it with regular gasoline, but why have other countries lagged behind? Are there genuine constraints, or are vested interests gumming up the works? What does the future hold for various players in this emerging industry?

• The Agricultural Biotechnology Star in the Stock Market Firmament - Editor, 13 June 2007 - No Comments yet

Should the stock market worry about how many people go hungry every day? It is fortunately rare to come across business people who do not have hearts, but there are also sound investing reasons to look at global population trends. Consider that the world’s population will rise by a third in 2020 compared with today. Where will food and nutrition for 8 billion individuals grow?

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