TradersLog The Federal Reserve is the U.S. central bank, and it regulates the nation’s financial institutions and implements economic and monetary policies that aim to keep the economy operating at it’s best. The Fed controls the US economy through it’s regulation of interest rates. It’s policies influence commodity prices, the value of the US dollar in
The stock tables in major newspapers such as the Wall Street Journal or online finance portals such as Yahoo Finance contain a wealth of information for the astute stock market investor. The following is an explanation of the various columns in a stock table that describe a particular company: 52 Week High: The highest price
A market sentiment indicator which shows the relationship between bullish and bearish investors. The Investors Intelligence Sentiment Survey (IIS) was launched in January 1963 by A.W. Cohen. The Bull/Bear Ratio summarizes the content of the IIS survey each week. The Bull/Bear Ratio is based on a weekly poll of investment advisors as to whether they
Leonardo Fibonacci discovered the Fibonacci Sequence – a series of numbers where adding the two previous numbers in the sequence provides the next number. The sequence begins with 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55…. The Golden Ratio, or Phi, is a number – approximately 1.618. The ratios of Fibonacci numbers converge
A hedge fund is private investment fund or pool that trades and invests in various assets such as securities, commodities, currency, and derivatives on behalf of its clients, typically high net worth individuals and institutions. In order to invest in a hedge fund you need to meet requirements set by the Securities and Exchange Commission.