Trading The Forex Market

The following is a guest post written by Sam Rogers.

Traditionally, the Forex market (foreign exchange market) has always been exclusive to banks and major financial institutions until about a decade ago when technology made it available to individual Forex traders. The Forex market is highly liquid with a daily turnover exceeding $4 trillion. The

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Tips on Choosing a Forex Broker

The following is a guest post by Reuben Eastman.

Choosing a forex broker that best suits your needs as a trader is not that difficult if you take a few tips in consideration. These tips represent a number of questions you need to answer in order to narrow down your choices before you make that

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Why is Parallel Energy Trust in The Penalty Box?

There’s a reason behind the weakness in price for shares of Parallel Energy Trust and I don’t believe it has anything to with it being a “natural gas” trust responding to record low natural gas prices or having its dividend in danger. The answer lies in the last operational update that was released a few

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Stock Updates: Aroway Energy, Hyperion Exploration, Palliser Oil and Gas

Aroway Energy ARW.V 0.61 [+0.01]: This stock, the one that got away, has performed superbly in the past months particularly in a difficult year such as 2011 where it outperformed its junior peers. Today they announced they will be increasing their 3D coverage by 75% on their 101 sections of land. Obviously, the results will

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Surprising Things That Can Help Your Credit Score

The following is a guest post by moneysupermarket.com.

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Have you been paying your credit card balances on time to keep your credit score at a great number? It just might not be enough. Credit scores are based on various factors, some of which don’t seem to make

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NAL Energy to Underperform in 2012?

NAL Energy NAE.TO 6.58 [+0.01] slashed its dividend by 29% reducing it from an annual $0.84 to $0.60 per share and went into production maintenance mode by reducing its capex to $200M for 2012. Not surprisingly, NAL executed the scenario that I discussed back in December when I demonstrated the unsustainability of their

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Congratulations to the Winners of the 2011 Holiday Giveaway!

The winners of the 2011 Holiday Giveaway have been drawn! I would like to thank all of those who participated and my fellow sponsors for their generosity and help:

McGraw Hill and Invest It Wisely

BeatingTheIndex has come a long way since it launched in March of 2010

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A Hot Market for IT Jobs

Back in September, I had a post up discussing my work where I was looking to jump ship from a company with sinking fortunes. As part of seeking a new job, in early October, I went to my old university campus as they were hosting a career fair for IT. At that time,

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NAL Energy: A Dividend Cut in 2012?

In case you haven’t noticed, NAL Energy NAE.TO 6.58 [+0.01] is on a 2 for 1 sale right now after falling from a high of $14 earlier this year down to the current $7 level. It seems investors are aggressively betting on a dividend cut and the trading pattern kind of reminds you of Daylight

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BeatingTheIndex 2011 Holiday Giveaway

December is finally here, I love its festive spirit, family reunions and most importantly my upcoming holiday. I thought I’d spare you the carnage of my portfolio this month and offer a small gift in return as a token of thanks to all of my readers. The best part of writing on BTI is not

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