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Roth IRA Withdrawal

A Roth IRA Withdrawal may seem like a complicated and difficult process with many rules, and a lot of potential penalties. It’s really not that difficult though, once you break it down. An IRA (or Individual Retirement Account) is an account intended to provide income after retirement, hence the name. With this in mind, the [...]

Simulated Forex Trading

Most brokers offer simulated forex trading through their chosen trading platform(s). What this means is you can trade using the exact same software you would be if you were trading with real money, except you don’t use real money. In order to learn trading and investing on the forex you’re allowed to practice on a [...]

Commodity Exchange Traded Fund

A commodity exchange traded fund, or exchange traded commodity (ETC) is a fund that invests in commodities or futures. They can either be diversified throughout the entire commodities market, or focus on one specific commodity (Gold, for example). Commodities themselves are broken into segments, eg Agriculture, Precious Metals, Industrial Metals, and from there they are [...]

How to Use Forex Margin Responsibly

In our post about currency trading tips, we discussed not over-leveraging yourself with forex margin. Using the margin made available to you on the currency market in a responsible way is one of the keys to your longevity in forex trading and investing. In this post we’re going to briefly touch on what margin is, [...]

Is Trading Mutual Funds a Good Idea?

Trading mutual funds is possible, but is it worth the time and effort? We’re going to briefly discuss what mutual funds are, and then we’ll discuss what it means to trade them, and we’ll draw a final conclusion as to whether or not mutual fund trading is going to be a worthy pursuit. Mutual funds are [...]

Biotech ETF List & Overview

[Jump to the Biotech EFT List] Biotech is a volatile industry, and as you might imagine, any Biotech ETF shares in that volatility. It is a industry known for sudden bursts in either direction depending on a company’s research, its results, and whether or not they’re positive or negative. The companies in this industry are [...]

Currency Trading Tips For Beginners

When you’re initially learning how to get started trading and investing, real currency trading tips are difficult to come by. This is because currency trading (or forex or fx trading) is a much-maligned form of trading; there are just too many scams claiming to be able to make you millions of dollars while you sleep. [...]