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What is Demand?
Demand is a measure of consumer’s desire to purchase goods and services. High demand for a product typically puts upward pressure on price, and vice versa.
Demand is a key metric in reading price trends and a company’s ability to set price point. Weaker demand on a global macro level implies that countries are investing less, developing less, and therefore focused less on growth.
Sustained downtrends in demand will generally lead to recessionary conditions. Often times, central banks will try to step-in and stoke demand by lowering the cost of money (interest rates).
What are the Basics of Stocks?
This article and the ones that follow should give you a solid foundation in the knowledge of stocks and their use as...
How Much Money Does the Government Have Invested in Social Security?
As of 2016, there is about $2.8 trillion in the Social Security Trust Funds
How Can I Keep My Health Costs Down in Retirement?
You can keep your health costs down in retirement by frequently using preventative care, and working hard to stay healthy
How Could Blockchain Technology Change the World of Finance?
Blockchain, could lower costs substantially for both financial institutions and consumers, while also preventing fraud
What is a foreign fund?
A foreign fund is a mutual fund that invests solely in companies abroad, and does not invest in corporations in the US
What is Chapter 12?
Chapter 12 is a category of bankruptcy filing that can be made by a family farmer. It is similar to chapter 13
How fast should my portfolio grow?
In a perfect world, your portfolio would average 15-20% per year, forever, but this is really not feasible
How often do I need to rebalance my portfolio?
There are different methods and theories about rebalancing, and the answer is basically “it depends.” There’s no set rule
Channel Up (Bullish)
A Channel Up pattern shows a clearly defined uptrend and describes the behavior of the price contained between upward sloping parallel lines.