Some of the most successful stock investors ever have based their investing principals on value investing. Investors such as Benjamin Graham, Irving Kahn, and Warren Buffet, have used value investing to build vast empires of wealth. Value investing was conceived by Benjamin Graham, and David Dodd, in their classic book, “Security Analysis”, written in 1934. Although they were talking about…
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Currency Trading On A Margin
The overall sucess of the FOREX market is made possible today because of margin. Without this important principle, the average investor would not be able to participate in FOREX at all. So what is margin exactly? 1. Trading On A Margin In order to trade on a margin, you must set up a margin account. With a relatively small deposit…
Why Buy Stocks On Margin
Buying on margin means that you are buying your stocks with borrowed money. If you are buying stocks outright, you pay $5,000 for 100 shares of a stock that costs $50 a share. They are yours. You’ve paid for them free and clear. But when you buy on margin, you are borrowing the money to purchase the stock. For example,…