Tag: React
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Tips for Job Searching as a Transgender Person
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Find Companies That Support Transgender Individuals and Get a Job Whether you plan to disclose your identity at work or not, your day will be more comfortable in a place where you can count on working with non-biased people and for a company that won’t tolerate anti-transgender statements and behaviors.…
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How to Keep Your Daily Trading Simple: Here’s How to Do It
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It’s sound advice, but rarely does the person saying it explain how to keep things simple. With thousands of articles, indicators, strategies, and traders saying different things, how can you distill all of that down and keep things simple? Keeping your trading simple means following three steps for every trade…
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What is the trading strategy Buy the rumor, sell the news?
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Definition: “Buy the rumor, sell the news” is a saying that refers to a trading strategy where a trader buys an asset based on speculation about an upcoming announcement or data, then sells the asset as soon as the news becomes public. This can give the trader an opportunity to…
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What is strategic asset allocation?
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Definition: Strategic asset allocation is an investment strategy that helps you determine the percentage of assets that should be in stocks, bonds, and cash. Once you decide on a specific allocation, you should stick to that allocation for several years. How does it work? There are many asset allocation models,…
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Do you want my social security number on the job application?
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The Main Controversy Surrounding Controversial Practices Some requests made by employers in job advertisements are controversial, causing confusion for job seekers. They know that if they do not comply with the requests, they may never be invited for a job interview. Employers have the option, if a job applicant fails…
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Leveraged Index Trading Funds: What Are They?
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Definition and examples of leveraged exchange-traded funds Definition and examples of leveraged exchange-traded funds A leveraged exchange-traded fund (ETF) is a type of financial product designed to track an underlying index with higher rates of return. It can offer returns of up to two or three times that of a…
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How to Invest in Brazil Using Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs)
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Brazil is an attractive investment opportunity for investors looking to enhance their portfolio. You might consider some of the exchange-traded funds in emerging markets that include Brazilian companies in their portfolio, such as the Invesco BLDRS Emerging Markets 50 ADR Index Fund ETF (ADRE). Investment Opportunities in Brazil Using Exchange-Traded…
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What if my husband wants to give me a cash allowance?
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There is no one right way for married couples to handle their financial matters. Some couples may agree to provide a cash allowance or a specific amount of money for spending that is intended to last for a certain period of time, and this can be a practical way to…
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Fundamental Analysis for Commodity Trading
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Commodity Supplies Commodity supplies refer to the quantity carried over by the producer from the previous year (inventories) and the quantity produced during the current year. For example, current soybean supplies include the crops in the ground and the remaining amounts from prior harvest seasons. Many factors usually affect commodity…
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What is an Exchange-Traded Oil Fund (Oil ETF)?
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The oil exchange-traded fund (Oil ETF) is an investment tool that allows investors to include investments in oil in their strategy without directly investing in shares of oil companies. An oil ETF consists either of shares of oil companies, or futures and derivatives that track the price of oil, or…
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What is the overlap of mutual funds?
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Definition and Example of Overlap How Overlap Works in Mutual Funds What Does This Mean for Individual Investors Definition and Example of Overlap Overlap in mutual funds occurs when an investor holds diverse mutual funds that contain many of the same securities or react similarly to market conditions. Reducing fund…
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Swing Trading vs. Day Trading: What’s the Difference?
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Swing trading and day trading are similar approaches, but there are several key differences. The main difference is the frequency of trades. Both styles can lead to profits, but they depend on the amount of available capital, time to manage trades, your trading psychology, and the market you are trading…
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Basics of Trading Crude Oil Contracts
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Crude oil is considered one of the most traded commodities in the world, and its price affects the prices of many other goods, including gasoline and natural gas. However, the impact of crude oil prices also influences stock, bond, and currency prices around the globe. Crude oil remains a major…
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Investing in Metal ETFs: Investing in Base and Industrial Metals
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There is no doubt that gold and precious metals receive most of the attention when it comes to metals. This is true for the average person walking down the street, and it is also true for the average investor. Investors turn to gold exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and precious metals funds…
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Trading Psychology
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How Traders React to Losing Money and How to Improve Trading New traders are only interested in making money. They celebrate when their trades are profitable and ignore the trades that lose money. This is a bad idea. Achieving long-term success in trading requires understanding why trades lose. Then it…
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What You Need to Know About Exchange-Traded Municipal Bond Funds
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Municipal Bond Funds The municipal bond funds consist of “muni” bonds, also known as local government bonds. Local governments issue debt to raise capital for towns, cities, and counties to assist in areas such as urban development, education, and more. In the case of exchange-traded municipal bond funds, they track…
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Understanding the Return on Earnings in Stocks
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Profits and returns can change quickly How to Calculate the Dividend Yield The formula to find the dividend yield is simple: divide the annual dividend payments by the stock price. For example: Suppose you buy a stock at $10 per share. The stock pays dividends of $0.10 each quarter, which…
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How to Prepare for a Recession
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What is a recession exactly? A recession is a slowdown in economic growth that is sufficient to impact employment, manufacturing, retail sales, GDP, and consumer income. The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) officially defines when a recession begins and ends based on changes in indicators including unemployment rates, income,…
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How to Build the Best Lazy Portfolio
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The “lazy portfolio” is a collection of investments that require almost no effort to maintain. It’s a passive investment strategy. Lazy portfolios are best suited for people who are investing for the long term and won’t need their money for 10 years or more. It is part of a buy-and-hold…
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What is the Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI)?
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Definition and Examples of the Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) How does the Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) work? What does this mean for individual investors? How to find PMI data Definition and Examples of the Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) The Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) measures survey responses from businesses and is…
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5 Strategies to Land Your First Management Job
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Do Your Job Well No one will promote you to a management position if you can’t perform well in your current job. The first step to getting a management job is to do a good job in the position you have. You don’t have to be the best, but you…
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How Economic Cycles Are Related to the Stock Market
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Economics is a measure of all economic activities, while stock markets are a measure of the financial health of public companies. Although the two are interconnected and often distorted, they are different and are subject to different cycles of growth and decline. Economic factors affect corporate profits and, consequently, stock…
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What is a flash crash?
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Definition of Flash Crash A flash crash is when market values drop sharply in electronic trading over a short period of time. Flash crashes typically occur due to a very large volume of trades, combined with the automatic reactions of trading algorithms. The original flash crash occurred in 2010, and…
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Using Sectors to Classify Stocks
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The stock market classifies stocks in several ways, but one of the most useful methods is by business type. Companies can be grouped into similar industries for the purpose of making similar comparisons (apples to apples). These groupings are called “sectors” and you will read or hear about them many…
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Volatile Exchange-Traded Funds to Play Market Activity
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Stock prices move – that’s what they do. This movement is what keeps the stock market active. It allows investors to make profits, provides liquidity, and reflects the performance of the companies behind the stocks. VIX Index Investors may want the opportunity to trade volatility if they have an opinion…