Zurich Axioms it was formulated by a group of Swiss brokers on the Wall Street after the Second World War. Some of the most important axioms on successful investing are: Risk Worry is a sign of health, not sickness; if you are not worried, you are not risking much. Greed Take your profit too soon. Conquer your greed and become a better speculator than 99% of others. Hope … [Read more...]
Archives for 24/10/2009
yield advantage and curves
Yield Advantage As between shares and convertible debentures of the same company, the yield on the debentures may be higher than the dividend on shares, one may therefore go in for the convertible debentures for the yield advantage. Yield Curve it is a graph showing yield on the axis Y and period of maturity on the axis X, for fixed – income investments of the same … [Read more...]
widow and orphan stock
Whipsawed To be badly mauled by volatile price movements when someone makes losing trades, i.e., buys the share just before prices falls, and sells just before prices rise. W Formation TECHNICal ANALYSIS chart pattern, forming a W, indicates that a share’s price has hit the support level (the two bottoms of a W) twice, and is now likely to move up. Wide Opening it … [Read more...]
Wall street journal
Waiting Period Compulsory gap in time between the filing of papers for registration of a share issue and the public offering of the issue. It is a cooling – off period in which the promoters wish they can, put in additional information on the issue or nay corrections they may wish to make to the application. Wallflower Stocks Shares which have fallen out of favour with … [Read more...]
V-formation :explained
V Formation it is a chart pattern in technical analysis which forms a V, indicating that the share price has bottomed out and is on an upward course, a reverse V will indicate the opposite trend. Volatile Shares Shares subject to sharp fluctuations in price, shows a considerable difference between their highest and lowest recorded prices. Volatility is measured by the … [Read more...]