Archive for March, 2008

The four basic options trading strategies and risk profiles »

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I am going to describe the potential risks and rewards associated with the four basic options strategies.
Options are one of the most versatile trading instruments ever invented. They provide a high-leverage approach to trading that can significantly limit the […]

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How To Understand Options In Only 5 Minutes Starting From Scratch »

Understanding what options are, how options are used, and why options may be appealing in a successful trading strategy never used to be easy to understand for me (and I don’t think for many others for that matter). After doing a course in financial mathematics a couple of years ago, I could calculate the value […]

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11 step guide to create a business plan to attract investment »

Whilst reading Getting started in consulting by Alan Weiss, I came across the following 11 steps to go through to create a business plan that is likely to attract investment. I have listed them below:
1 - Company Particulars - Make sure to note the name of the company, the address, the type of public or […]

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Six different types of public and proprietary companies »

Following on from my finance blog on company characteristics, I thought I would write a quick blog on the different types of companies that are common today.
Companies are classified according to liability, size and where they are listed. We will discuss the first two and the resulting 6 common types of companies we […]

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9 types of financial markets for capital raising »

I am currently making my way through the Five Minute MBA in Corporate Finance, which is likely to take about a month at the rate i am going (its 657 pages).
Anyway, Having found a particularly good summary of the different types of financial markets, i thought i would copy it across for those that are […]

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