Recent content by Vinayak Maheswaran

Tesla appears to be in a bit of bad shape. There are some ongoing automotive cost reductions. There was some things that came up during the conference call last week that I wish to highlight here. The Model 3 has been a big talking point lately. There will be a completely new platform with...

McDonald's has been a great performing company and stock. However, like other multinational corporations McDonald's appears to have been affected by the strong dollar. MCD is now yielding almost 3% after having a 4% yield almost a year ago. MCD could be given a hold rating and the stock looks...

The next four years are projected to be pretty awesome for the company. In 2020, Netflix's subscriber base is expected accelerate to 175 million. There is a lot of global expansion and broadbrand penetration is growing. The library of content of the streaming service keeps increasing as well...

You should try and make use of a signal provider. I've been using one and it has worked well and taken a lot of the tension out of trading.

Facebook is a highly covered stock. The facts are that user growth has persisted and so has revenue growth. I think the biggest thing is that Facebook is free to use just like its acquisitions WhatsApp and Instagram. When comparing with other social media websites, Facebook comes out on top...

I don't think the S&P 500 is going to slide that much, but the global outlook does look gloomy. The number one problem appears to be the souring investment sentiment out in China that has hurt financial markets across the globe. There was also panicked selling of U.S. equities due to the 6...

The two major trends I am seeing is the oil price plunge and the problems with the Chinese economy. These two developments have kicked off 2016 with a shaky start. Oil prices are at 12-year lows, currently at $30 a barrel. This has hurt market sentiment. Oil-industry margins have also been...

I think Bloomberg, Reuters and CNBC are the best. More so Bloomberg and CNBC since we are talking about news that impacts the financial markets. I guess you could download the apps to your smartphone and they will alert you on the go. That is what I do and it works pretty well.

I think the best option you have is either Yahoo Finance or Google Finance.

Couldn't agree more with Xandman. That is all the programming you really need. Try to network with programmers who can help you with what you really need to know as opposed to having to sort through a whole lot of unrelated material.

Here is a website that forex trading is discussed a lot: http://forums.binaryoptionsthatsuck.com/ It is a binary options trading site. But it has a lot of relevant material related to forex trading. There are dedicated threads too if you look at the site closely.

I think you should try out a service called QuantGo. I've been using it for a while and it is far superior to anything IB has to offer. Not to mention, far less expensive too.

I think Bloomberg data is more reliable. I suppose the brand name has something to do with this opinion of mine. The issue with Bloomberg is that it is so expensive.

There is only so much Yahoo Finance can do. It is a free service after all. The advertising it gets probably isn't enough for it to be a premier data service, though most traders have used data from the site. Remember that it has to compete with Google and Microsoft as well that are powerhouses...

I don't think anyone would be that generous. After all, there is a reason traders pay good money for stock data. It is to gain a big advantage while trading and they don't want to lose that advantage.