Calculating potential profit or loss on a variety of trades demonstrates that you often operate on thin margins. The judgment call as to whether a particular strategy will or will not be profitable is often based on consideration of a single option contract. In practice, you can cut your transaction costs considerably by using multiple
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Forex (Currency) »
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Pros and Cons of FOREX Arbitrage
Using triangular or transitivity arbitrage strategies on the FOREX market has one very salient advantage: predetermined profits can be realized if the trades execute smoothly. Unfortunately, the disadvantages of this strategy are numerous: Higher transaction costs. The trader must pay the bid-ask spreads on three separate trades. Higher margin requirements. Roughly three times the margin
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Stocks and ETFs »
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The Top 10 Most Expensive U.S. Stocks
[All data updated as of 5/23/13] When looking at the stock market it’s interesting to know what the actual most expensive stocks are on a per share basis. Sometimes these stocks are out of reach as you’d have to move too much of your portfolio to buy a position in those stocks, but they are often
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Financial Advisors »
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How to Fire Your Financial Advisor?
Years ago, there was a television show called Caroline in the City, where the lead character was never any good at ending relationships. In one episode, she couldn’t bring herself to change dry cleaners—no matter how many valuable pieces of clothing were ruined—until he died (and, at that, she gave the eulogy at his funeral).
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