Online Trading with Firstrade

Technology has accelerated our pace of life. The Internet has enabled us to do a lot more online at the click of the mouse. We do banking, paying bills, shopping and lots more other activities online these days.

Time is money. That is the reason why online trading is fast catching on. If you’ve been thinking about getting into stock trading or looking at ways to save or increase your savings or retirement fund, you may want to check out Firstrade.com.

Firstrade.com is an online brokerage firm that allows customers to trade Stocks, Options, Mutual Funds, ETFs (Exchange Traded Funds), Fixed Income, Reinvestment of Dividends at competitive rates. They have been in the business for 20 years and is a highly-rated investment company.

At Firstrade, you will be provided with your own online broker who will be able to help you out with anything you do not understand about stocks, mutual funds and the like.

Dow’s Rally hit above 10,000 Points

Even though the Dow is some 4,000 points off its record high, hitting 10,000 points on Wednesday has caused an impact in Asian markets and markets elsewhere. KLSE recorded a double-digit gain yesterday though it's in the red a little today. Japan’s Nikkei index rose more than 2 percent after the opening before sliding back some.

Picture below shows Specialists Michael Scavone, left, and Michael Sollitto reacted as the Dow Jones Industrial Average crossed 10,000 on Wednesday for the first time in over a year.


If the share market is not for you, perhaps investing in gold would be another option; some say a better and probably a safer bet. Currently, gold price is hovering at around $1065 an ounce.


Source: NY Times