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A diamond in the rough.

06.November.2008

Over the last year, the average prices of stocks and shares have fallen by 40%. The commodities market has seen an erratic increase of up to 60% followed by a recent fall to -20%. For the long term investor, this has been a disastrous time, for the speculator, it has provided fantastic opportunities. One of the hardest hit sectors in recent months has been Mining industry. Affected by the general fall in share prices and by the recent fall in metal prices, mining stocks are at an all time low as...

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Stockbrokers - Who, how & why.

06.November.2008

It was not many years ago when investing in the stock market meant visiting or telephoning your stock broker, paper certificates being issued and kept ?safe? and a limited choice of investments. With the advent of computerised stock exchanges & high security monitoring systems, stock brokers now offer a myriad of services over the internet and have brought investing to a new & exciting level. There may still be private investors who are uncomfortable trading via an online brokerage service, but...

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