Revenue-based indicators are excellent tools to gauge a company’s performance. However, instances when some companies have little or no income don’t necessarily mean that these are bad investment outright. After all, even colossal Microsoft went through this no-income phase once, so it might be necessary to look into companies worthy of consideration but one should [...]

For people who have been playing the stock market for some time, the usual indicators such as moving averages, price/sales ratio, and others are inadequate in the in-depth financial analysis for their investment portfolios. Much more complex calculations, projections and figures are needed. Let’s now take a look at the indicators that are derived from [...]

Trading in stocks is a common investing method, which when done properly, could reap profits for the investor. However, unlike ordinary buy-and-sell businesses, stock trading is much more complicated. Investing in stocks requires intimate knowledge of the financial markets and players, analytical tools, and on the part of the investor, skills and discipline. A stock [...]

If you are not sure which penny stocks to invest in or may be you simply want to learn how to trade penny stock or may be you want to test a new methodology, then this paper trading exercise is for you. Paper trading means that instead of using real money, you would use paper [...]

Other than taking account of total money investment,  the time frame of your paper trading, the criteria in choosing the penny stocks to trade in and determining trading prices, you must also determine your trading activity and the methods of tracking and monitoring your stocks. For your paper trading to be realistic you must decide [...]

In investing your money in the stock market, it is essential that you learn the two analysis used in deciding which stocks to buy. The two kinds of stock analysis are closely related to the two major types of stock strategies that you might have already heard of: the conservative strategy, also known as the [...]

In furthering your stock market knowledge, you should acquaint yourself with the different kinds of stock market strategies and the reasons or rationalization behind them. You can then choose which type of strategy you would want to employ. As you probably know there are two ways to earn profits in stocks. You can either get [...]

Doing a thorough fundamental analysis, where you study a corporation’s financial reports and possible outside influences, is only half of investing right in penny stocks. An investor should also know when the best time is to buy that particular penny stock. Opportunity is the key in hitting big rewards and profits in penny stocks. In [...]

As you may have heard, employee stock options may either be Incentive Stock Options (ISO), Employee Stock Purchase Plans (ESPP) or Non-qualified Stock Options (NQSO). You may be wondering how ISOs, ESPPs and NQSOs are different. Why do employers give different kinds of employee stock options? What are the benefits of each? To help you [...]

You may still be trying to figure out what exactly stock options are and how they are valuable to you. May be you have started reading up and researching how stock options can best fit your investment plans. May be you are still confused with what stock options are and what stocks are. If you [...]