When you expect the price of a Stock to fall, you can choose to take a short
position in a Single Stock CFD.
When you expect the price of a stock to go up, you can choose to take a long
position in a Single Stock CFD.
Not exact matches
Last Friday, for example, 5 of our 7 open
positions (all long) moved higher, even though not a
single one of the main
stock market indexes closed
in positive territory.
While modest wage inflation bodes well for the Japanese
stock market on average, the sectors best
positioned to benefit are those
in which wages as a percentage of revenue are low, typically
in the
single to low - double digits.
Mining
stocks are an extremely volatile asset class where the odds of any investor getting into a story, experiencing impressive gains, only to then take a round trip back to break - even... and finally into NEGATIVE territory are actually quite high (sadly)...
In fact, that dreaded rollercoaster ride where you see all your once «hefty» profits in any single position later eviscerated into NOTHING is something that I've experienced more often than I'd like to admit.
In fact, that dreaded rollercoaster ride where you see all your once «hefty» profits
in any single position later eviscerated into NOTHING is something that I've experienced more often than I'd like to admit.
in any
single position later eviscerated into NOTHING is something that I've experienced more often than I'd like to admit...
The risk - reward payoff for a heavily shorted
stock trading
in the low
single digits is quite favorable for contrarian investors with long
positions.
When I began investing
in single stocks 15 years ago, I started with 15
positions of $ 2,000 each.
Ben shares some ideas on options for investors who are sitting on large gains
in their portfolio, with a focus on
position sizing (rebalance when something gets larger than your targeted asset allocation), avoiding concentration
in a
single stock (specifically employer granted
stocks), the benefits of diversification, and «reverse dollar cost averaging», whereby you gradually reduce your stake
in highly valued equity by regular sales over a course of several months.
Part of the reason for the move
in both number of
positions and
position size at the same time is that both the half - weight and one
single - weight that is at the top of its band are being acquired for cash, and so they (3.5 % of assets) behave more like cash than
stocks.
The fund's top
position of 11.5 %
in a
single financial
stock (AIG) is worrisome, despite management's assurance that it is not as risky as it would seem.
The Seychelles - based project will enable users to place and manage
positions on digital currencies, as well as futures on major equities indices and
single stock futures, all
in a decentralized way.