WMM Company Highlight (NYSE: PLA, NASDAQ: EGHT)

After an interview with Shelly Palmer, World Market Media has decided to highlight companies that focus on Media featured in our Nano and Micro Cap Indices. 

Trading Gold and the Financial Markets

Gold has broken through to yet another record high. The previous high of $1226 per troy ounce was set in November 2009. Since then the gold market has dropped as low as $1044. We are now in the middle of 2010 and gold is trading $20 higher than its previous record level.

Preventing Risky Business

Whether they realize it or not, the number one fear of today’s investors is the fear of loss.  Because of their fear, investors seek out “safe” investments, like insured savings, certificates of deposit and government and municipal bonds rather than “risky” investments like stocks, mutual funds, real estate investment trusts and precious metals, like gold.  Investors may not realize these “safe” investments carry the same type of risks as the uncertain investments.  It is important to understand that there is no such thing as a risk-free investment.  Any investment falls into one or more of the following risk categories:

Forex Markets and Countries Battle to Have the Weakest Currency

Just when we thought it was safe to go back in the water the Greece debacle has blown up once again.

Learning From Trading Master Gerald Loeb

Gerald M. Loeb was born in 1899 and started investing in 1921. Loeb would read everything he could on trading, investing and economics. In 1923, Loeb learned a valuable lesson when he took a substantial loss of his overall trading capital. He learned, from that point on, to always cut losses short, meaning to only take small losses when the market goes against you.