 Stocks: ETF, which gives greater return bt SSO and UPRO with same amt of $$$ to invest? |
SSO = 2X SP500
UPRO = 3X SP500
but SSO is only $36.24
UPRO is $136.78
For one share of UPRO, you can buy 3.77 shares of SSO?
Meaning for $136.78 investment money, you can ... |
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 just a quick question about buying and selling stocks? |
first things first, i don't know the first thing about the stock market.
ok my question is this. can a very rich person for example buy 100,000 shares of stock at $50 per share ... |
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 Is there a name for this option strategy? |
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 Question about shorting stocks? |
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 I am earning 50000 INR per month how to save? |
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 Can being assigned while doing a call vertical option spread make you more money than just a regular spread.? |
| Generally speaking I hear on the boards a fear of being assigned when you play options. When I analyzed my vertical spread I came to the conclusion it might be a good thing but wasn't sure if ... |
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 whats the best way to buy copper for investment purposes? |
| I have been looking into copper bullion in the form of 16oz bars on ebay. I worry about drill and fill. I know buying silver and gold in small coins and bars the chances of drill and fill are less ... |
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 How can I invest $500 and make a quick profit? *Not stocks/bonds*? |
| I have about $500 that I want to use to buy something and sell for a higher price. I don't want to buy lots of small items but rather 1-5 items and sell them on Ebay or some other site....... |
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 Are British Sovereigns coins a good investment? |
I've a great passion for collecting coins and have done so for a while now,
Receiving very poor returns on my savings and thought about buying these instead.
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William M | What is a safe way, or investment derivative, to speculate on the stock market with with no emotions? |
I am a UK based investor and have £5,000 worth of cash and stocks. I am looking for a way to speculate using this money on the stock market that has no emotions when you trade, not invest, trade stocks.
NOTE: I have looked into spread betting and CFD's, but now that I realize it they are margined products and carry a high degree of risk to your capital and I don't believe their for me as you can lose more that you invest and this is something I don't want.
I'm looking for a safer derivatives product to use that I can't lose more than I invest and can make huge returns as this would cut down my emotions? Please help/advise to give me some products to look into. All help would be much appreciated, thanks. |
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Pierre O
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The difficulty in investment is that the return is proportional to the risk. If you want high returns, you have to be willing to accept high risk. If you want SAFE, than join the rest of us with average returns.
There is NO free lunch, even in investments |
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raysor
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If you BUY call or PUT options you can only lose the money you invest (the premium (no more). Also you should be able to apply risk management to your investing or trading.
Needs further discussion. |
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Robert G
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There is no safe way to speculate, speculation is inherently risky
Do you think if people here knew of ways to invest that had no potential to loose value and had the potential for huge returns, everyone wouldn't be investing in it already |
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b2fnow
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Most people don't seem to understand the concept of leverage. Spread betting is a leveraged product. Huge leverage is what gives huge returns, but also huge risk. De-leverage, and the problem no longer exists.
ETF's are generally unleveraged investments on just about anything: GLD/SLV, OIL, DIA, SPY are ETF's on Gold/Silver, Oil, DJIA, S&P 500 respectively. You can also leverage these ETF's at 2:1 or 4:1 in a margin account, but you don't have to just because you can. But if you want higher returns, then you will have to leverage.
There are commodity and futures contracts on all of the above-mentioned products with 20:1 and 40:1 leverage. But you still don't have to fully leverage. The margin for one oil futures contract is $6,000. If you have $60,000 to invest and only buy one contract instead of 10, then you have de-leveraged by 90%, and will only see modest percentage swings in your account, and more modest earnings. |
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Common Sense
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Using a derivative is always more risky/speculative than stocks. Buy stocks, ETF's or Mutual Funds.
(none of which is "safe") |
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Stock Trading Warrior
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You're coming at the question from a creative perspective, but what I think would help you and work well is a combination of understanding about portfolio sizing and stop loss to control risk, technical analysis for buy and sell setups and a stock trading plan for getting in and out of stocks to help control emotion. So, the really boring but effective suggestion is to learn more and practice trading until you feel you have the hang of it.
Once you have a plan and system for trading, that alone will take out quite a bit of emotion around trading and give you a basis for success. You can change or tighten up any part of your system as you go.
After a while, when you feel comfortable with trading and your understanding of the markets, consider using margin funds. I use margin every once in a while and of course, for shorting stocks, but not all the time for long holds. Pretty much only when the market is in a confirmed rally. Otherwise, it seems too risky for me.
Personally, I think derivatives complicate things and create more risk, but it's not my area of specialty. |
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