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That is why a margin of safety is required!

It depends on a few things. Your timeframe How much leverage you are using The quality of the company you are buying The price you pay If you are building a long-term portfolio, using cash. And buy a solid business that generates tons of cash, has a dominant competitive position...

I think value investing is the way to go right now. Maybe not buy & hold forever but buying bargains to hold for a few years until they approach full value will turn out well. I'm finding many cheap stocks at the moment, such as- Mkt leading EU co with 40% of its market Past 4 yrs sales...

Hi all, Before I go to an FX broker with this question, I thought I’d solicit a few opinions, tips and tactics here first. If any of the FX traders here would be so kind? I am an EU based stock investor, so my currency measure is the Euro. I wish to buy and hold US equities with a...

I sold out in September, planning to spend the proceeds on other bargains but i never thought BRK would be on offer itself! I've been quite surprised by the severity of the drop in price....so i bought back in today! I think it's bombproof and currently undervalued. With a 10yr + timeframe...

Cant speak for other Berkshire shareholders but i feel that the company is a good solid store of value. I sold most of my shares in September to raise cash to put into some good value stocks that are showing up. I think some of the value funds use this tactic, of parking their cash in brk...

Can anyone recommend a good broker for international stocks, particularly Asian?

what information can the Bloomberg supply. And, can i access the Bloomberg info from anywhere or only from 'the terminal'? Also, is the service available to private investors such as myself or only funds and the like? Thanks

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Anyone have any suggestions on where i can obtain good fundamental data and screening capabilities for Asian, particularly Japanese, stocks. I've been getting bye quite well with ADVFN for US stocks, so something similar would be great. Incidentally, what would a 'pro' system, such as...

could someone suggest a good stock screening site/ software for fundamental company info that covers Euro & US stocks. I've looked at Yahoo, msn etc but want something a bit more in depth. Doesn't have to be free. Thanks

Could the last two posters elaborate further please? thanks

Thank you all for your helpfull and positive replies.

. Just wonder if anyone on here has relevant experience in the financial markets with some of the larger trading firms to offer some career and education advice; My son, who is 15 and still at high school is extremely interested in a career in the financial markets, specifically trading...

Altea Trading in Vienna

Are some markets more profitable (or less risky) to trade than others? I’m guessing if there are, then they draw in more competition, which evens things out again, but I’m curious to know why some traders specialise in (choose) certain markets over others. Is it for the business...

So does this mean that, as i live in Austria, i cannot use Oanda or IB? I'm pretty sure they don't have offices here. And is it only applicable to FX or all markets?

€/$ above 1.2175! Good call

Love your name! :D

I know i'm going to sound incredibly thick for asking this, but, what is an ETF? Are they the same as closed end funds? Do they trade at +/- NAV etc? Thanks