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Santander fell over 4% on Friday. Is this creating a buying opportunity? The credit crisis has not been good to banking stocks and the recent crisis on the Euro and growth issues surround China has put enourmous strain on all things – especially european. Bank shares are miles from their market peak before the credit crunch. [...]
Ever wondered what the difference between stocks and shares are? Both terms can be used interchangeably, and mean the same thing. However one often refers to the ‘share’market as the stock market partly through tradition. The basis of the stock or share market is that investors purchase shares of the company and can then be [...]
With falls in stockmarket share prices, some shares now look really cheap compared with their dividend payouts. Two well known listed companies are paying out dividends of over 10%. Compared to paltry rates in the bank, investing in shares could over as much as 5 times or even 100 times the tiny interest rates on [...]
Buying shares is all about managing risk. It means ensuring your downside is limited. In uncertain times when you cannot be sure of capital growth it makes sense to ensure there are other elements which can compensate. One of those elements is the dividend. The dividend is the key to ensuring a floor to a [...]
The recent market trend has been thankfully for many investors upwards. This could mark a turning point as investors return to the marketplace. We could be retracing or we could be at the beginning of another bull run. Many will be happy the market appears to be stabilizing somewhat, but the question always remains about [...]
The practice of short selling has been blamed for contributing to the past financial crisis. Now in an attempt to protect European assets, the government in France and Spain have decided to call time on the business of selling short. Shot selling, tends to drive down prices of shares, shares are borrowed and then sold, [...]
S & P have downgraded America’s financial status from AAA to AA+. What this means is that some investment companies maybe forced to see investments under their rules and regulations. This may have implications for the investor as come the opening of the markets on Monday there might be yet again another wave of sell [...]
