The Renaissance Medallion fund is one of the best performing and most famous hedge funds on Wall Street. Renaissance runs the Medallion fund, which has emerged as one of the largest and most prominent hedge funds around. The fund is now worth many billions of dollars. Unfortunately, the fund is also closed and it can be difficult to invest in the exclusive fund. Being “closed” means you can’t simply go to your stock broker and put in a trade for … [Read more...]
Are you considering Tradestation, a popular online broker? There are many, many stock brokers out there. With so many options, it can sometimes be difficult to hone in on the trading software and platform that is best for you. That's why we're going to take a moment to go over the Trade Station platform. Our Tradestation review is going to be both thorough and honest, but you should also know that it represents only one opinion. We recommend you … [Read more...]
Trying to figure out what the russell 2000 is? This index is one of the many indices you can use to monitor stock markets. Basically, an index works by compiling a number of stocks to create an easy to track index that investors can use to monitor the overall health of the stock market, or a particular industry and/or segment. In the United States, the “big three” stock indices are the Dow Jones Industry Average, the Standard and Poors 500 … [Read more...]
The Rise of the GILD Stock Have you ever heard of gild stock? This stands for the ticker symbol GILD, and the stock is currently one of the hottest stocks on the market. The stock is traded on the NASDAQ, and it represents ownership in Gilead Sciences, which is a pharmaceutical company. Just five years ago you could buy stocks in the company for less than $20 dollars a pop. Can you guess how much the company's stocks are selling for right now? … [Read more...]
The NYMEX, or New York Mercantile Exchange, is now one of the most closely watched exchanges in the entire world. This is at least as far as traditional investors go. The exchange is a commodity futures exchange, and is one of the world's largest markets for the trading of futures and commodities. Right now, it's a very hot topic, but if you're unfamiliar with the exchange, we'll take a moment to fill you in. Interestingly, the Chicago … [Read more...]