What Is Dow Jones Industrial Average? The Basics Of Stock Market Indexes – For Dummies

Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is one of the most important stock market indexes today, not only in North America but in the whole world. It’s a reliable indicator of stock market sentiment and it is used by lots of analysts, traders, companies, and investors from all around the globe every single day, for all…

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Gold ETFs invest only in gold and follow the price of the precious metal.

What Is An ETF? How To Invest In Exchange Traded Funds (Infographic)

ETFs are really popular financial instruments nowadays. But what is an ETF and what’s the big deal about investing in such? ETF is an abbreviation of Exchange Traded Funds and actually is an investment company, that collects money by selling shares to the broad public and invests the collected money in different assets like shares…

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What Is A Stock Market Crash? When Do Market Crashes Happen And How To Predict Them?

A stock market crash is a sharp and unexpected decline of stock market prices for a very short period of time, usually accompanied by the decline of many other assets’ prices. As a result, most of the investors and speculators in the market realize significant capital losses. The losses themselves cause panic and fear among…

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investing tips

Compound Interest Calculator – Calculate The Growth Of An Investment Over Time

You can use this simple and at the same time powerful compound interest calculator to see the magic of compounding, as Albert Einstein once said, it’s the 8th miracle of the world. Why is it called this way? If you want to enrich a bit your knowledge on the matter, you can check our cool…

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This is the formula of compounding interest.

What Is Compound Interest And How To Calculate It? The Compound Interest Formula

What compound interest is Compound interest is the foundation of investing. It’s even more important, the whole financial system in our world is based on compound interest. It’s everywhere, and this is why it’s so important to understand exactly what compounding is. Here I will talk about the most commonly used compounding interest formulas in…

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The basics of dividend investing.

How To Find The Best Dividend Stocks – 5 Key Things You Must Know

Investing in high dividend-paying stocks is a cool way to put your money to work. Why? Because it has many advantages over its alternatives like bond investing. If you are interested in all of the pros and cons of dividend investing, you can check our article on the matter here, in this post we are…

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An example of dividend announcement and dividend dates of Royal Dutch Shell. There are 2 dividend dates - one for the two types of shares (a and B) the company has. The other dates are the same for A and B shares.

When Companies Pay Dividends – Declaration, Record, Ex-dividend, And Payment Dates

In this article, I will explain in simple words the most important dividend dates. If you still don’t know what a dividend is, I strongly recommend reading this article first… Everybody who invests in dividend-paying stock must know what each date means, and how it is used by investors. There are 4 important dates: declaration…

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This is how your investment grows when compounding...

The Real Secret For Successful Investments – You Will Be Amazed

There are hundreds of investment funds out there and each of them is trying to actually outperform the market. Many of them have fancy words in their names as growth, low risk, high yield, etc. But the truth is that most of them are … gamblers. Yes, they are gambling with other people’s money and…

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