Global crisis creates more market turmoil

Yet more worries over the euro zone are sending shares even lower as investors pull more cash out of the market and attempt to preserve capital and avert money being lost to a recession. This comes after recent rises in most global stock exchanges around the planet.

Buying shares in a falling market

It could be a good time to buy shares depending on your perspective. As shares cheapen, there could be a golden buying opportunity to buy great value shares. What should you do? 1. Pick shares with a decent dividend. This will limit your downside in the event of further falls. And at least provided there [...]

Market turmoil as shares plunge.

Worldwide markets have been gripped by panic as what appears to be a severe correction is underway. All the leading share indicies are down including the FTSE 100, with double digit percentage losses in the last week. With no sign of abating, all markets are continuing their slide downward as the fear of recession grips [...]

How does the share market work?

The stock market system is an avenue for the trading of shares of stock of listed corporations. As a corporation is formed, its initial shareholders are able to acquire shares of stock from the point of subscription when a company is created. When a company starts to be traded to the public, the primary market [...]