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- Sun Sep 14, 2025 9:40 am
- Forum: Commodities and Futures
- Topic: What Are Futures? A Simple Guide to Trading Contracts in 2025
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4951
Re: What Are Futures? A Simple Guide to Trading Contracts in 2025
My area of interest is the use of AI in futures trading. I'm really worried about how to predict price movements and manage risk effectively when using AI. Has anyone tried platforms like Trade Ideas?
- Sun Sep 14, 2025 9:23 am
- Forum: Stocks and Equities
- Topic: 5 investment pitfalls you must avoid
- Replies: 0
- Views: 16
5 investment pitfalls you must avoid
1. Falling in love with a company's product
The fact that a company has a great brand does not mean that the company is profitable. Emotional attachment to a product can lead to investment disaster. You have to ascertain the debt level, competitive advantage, and profit margins before investing ...
The fact that a company has a great brand does not mean that the company is profitable. Emotional attachment to a product can lead to investment disaster. You have to ascertain the debt level, competitive advantage, and profit margins before investing ...
- Thu Sep 04, 2025 4:25 pm
- Forum: Stocks and Equities
- Topic: How should you invest in a bear market?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 121
Re: How should you invest in a bear market?
The bear market presents an investor with the opportunity to sell his weak holdings that are trading at a premium. He should hold on to the strong ones as they can easily weather the storm. Investors should not try to speculate when the bear market will end as no one can tell for sure. Just invest ...
- Thu Sep 04, 2025 3:33 pm
- Forum: Stocks and Equities
- Topic: Why the market is crashing?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 125
Re: Why the market is crashing?
The crash is short term if it is a market correction. Otherwise, it could start a bear market which is difficult to time. Apathy towards the stock market can also cause a crash in prices. When the prices are falling, investors become fearful, leading to further selling and declining prices.
- Wed Sep 03, 2025 4:03 pm
- Forum: Stocks and Equities
- Topic: What stocks should I invest in today?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 127
Re: What stocks should I invest in today?
Your investment style is very important in picking a stock to buy. Do you prefer you high-risk, high-reward or steady, long-term growth? If you can answer these questions then you will know what stocks to buy. If you seek high-risk, high-reward stock, you could go for tech stocks. If you want steady ...
- Fri Aug 29, 2025 6:23 pm
- Forum: Value Investing
- Topic: Passive versus Active Strategies
- Replies: 2
- Views: 219
Passive versus Active Strategies
Investors can manage their investment portfolios by adopting one of active strategy or passive strategy.
Active strategy
The active strategy of managing portfolio involves periodic review of the stocks in the portfolio. The advantage of this strategy is that regular revision reveals opportunities ...
Active strategy
The active strategy of managing portfolio involves periodic review of the stocks in the portfolio. The advantage of this strategy is that regular revision reveals opportunities ...
- Fri Aug 29, 2025 10:22 am
- Forum: Growth Investing
- Topic: Is growth investing long-term?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 254
Re: Is growth investing long-term?
You are investing in companies with prospect of growing in the future. Such companies normally take a few years to reach their potential. The investor must have a long term view, otherwise he could make a loss when selling.
- Fri Aug 29, 2025 10:18 am
- Forum: General Insurance
- Topic: How does insurance work?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 161
Re: How does insurance work?
It is all about having a contract with an insurance company that agrees to compensate you or return you to your former position before the occurrence of a loss. Your own part is to make a periodic payment called premium. Insurance companies invest the premiums they collect so that they can have ...
- Fri Aug 29, 2025 10:04 am
- Forum: Cryptocurrencies
- Topic: Is buying Bitcoin better than stocks?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 249
Re: Is buying Bitcoin better than stocks?
We must not forget that investments come with both risk and return. One must balance the two. Investors ask for high return if the risk is high; this is the case of Bitcoin. If you want lower risk and lower return then go for stocks. It All depends on what you want.
- Fri Aug 29, 2025 9:58 am
- Forum: Cryptocurrencies
- Topic: Is it smart to invest in Bitcoin?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 121
Re: Is it smart to invest in Bitcoin?
Investing in Bitcoin, and by extension cryptocurrencies, comes with high risk due to the unpredictability of the price. However, one can diversify by holding stablecoins which are tied to certain currencies or other instruments, e.g. USDC.