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Marketside chats #1: market vs limit orders

September 04, 2013

This is the first in a series of articles about general market topics. They will be simple to follow and include the kind of knowledge and insights that are hard to get from publications. Some people consider market orders to be a much worse way to trade than limit orders, because you are paying the bid-ask spread. It’s not… Read more

What’s your stock portfolio return?

March 03, 2011

Consider the following scenario: you invest your money starting with $100K in a brokerage account, and buy some AAPL shares at $200. Then you transfer $5K more into the account and buy some AMZN shares at $120. Later on you sell your APPL shares when it reaches $300. In the end you transfer $10K out… Read more