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Buying stocks through margin lending
Margin transactions involve buying securities with borrowed money.
Brokerage firms can lend their customers money to purchase securities and keep the securities as collateral, allowing the customer ride the inherent risk of the stock without the […]

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Welcome to part two of my blog when and why to sell a stock short which gives a good fundamental analysis of short selling stock.
Short selling strategies
Short selling strategies are used in speculation, hedging, arbitrage and ‘against the box’ strategies. Many investors believe that a good combination of short and long positions on stock is […]

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Many investors have heard of the concept of short selling and perhaps many of those people are familiar with the rules of short selling and the strategies behind doing it.
It is intrinsically a very risky move as you are betting against the upward trend of the stock market in the hopes that a stock will […]

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I recently read an interesting article about the potential upsides that accompany a recession. With much talk of a recession in the coming months in Australia and one already on the cards in the USA, I thought it may be worthwhile to outline some of the positives that accompany the fear associated with a recession.
Ultimately, […]

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After reading The Accidental Investment Banker by Jonathan Cree, I decided my first blog on investment banking and corporate finance was due.
From my understanding of investment banking, many people simply don’t understand it. Is it banking? Is it investing? Is it Gordon Gecko in the movie Wall Street or is he a trader? What is […]

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