The old saying goes, "The market can either make you or break you." How it ends up is really up to you. There is really never any accurate method in which to make predictions where the market is concerned.

The NYSE can trace its roots to 1792, however it did not become known as the New York Stock Exchange until 1817 when the organization drafted a constitution.

Making your first stock trade can be quite intimidating. There is new language and symbols that you don't always understand. You can reduce your stress by following a few easy steps.

In days past, stock market information was limited and often buyers depended on stockbrokers to try to get the facts about investments. Today there are a variety of stock investment tools to assist modern investors and maximize the amount of information they can find about potential investments and trading activities.

The daily life of a trader is rather fluid. It isn't a picture perfect world where the trader logs onto his or her computer, trades a specific number of trades in a set time frame, and then logs off at the end of the day knowing that profits are on their way.

If you have never heard of Buffett, Forbes currently ranks him as the third richest man in the world and he is arguably the world's greatest investor. He has amassed his fortune by making astute investment decisions and investing in businesses. Here is what I have learnt from Buffett:

The images of today's society are thrown at us to encourage us to want bigger and better, more, and faster. We are literally bombarded with high priced images and images that draw on our human desire to succeed in our lives. Status symbols are all over the place and often we know from the beginning which ones will excite us.

Well, with a gain of over 3% last week S&P as the leading provider of financial market intelligence gave a boost to equities and the market sentiment in general. Meanwhile, some of the weakest market sectors, ones that have led the recent declines like the homebuilders and financial stocks, these sectors which have sold off sufficiently are currently on the rebound.

The stock market never stays steady, the prices of commodities keep fluctuating. Since it involves finance, investors and brokers have to constantly keep coming up with new strategies to literally make their money work for them! This article provides some guidelines.

Whatever happened to the Stock Market Cycle; the Interest Rate Cycle; Baby Jane? How did Wall Street get away with pushing these facts of financial life down the basement stairs?