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Portfolio margin is a method of determining margin requirements that brokers use to evaluate the overall risk of a client’s portfolio. Unlike traditional margin accounts, which typically calculate requirements based solely on individual securities (e.g., Reg-T), portfolio margin accounts use a risk-based model. This approach looks at the entire portfolio’s potential for loss in varying […]

Closed-End Funds (CEFs) are a type of investment fund that pools money from investors to buy a diversified portfolio of assets, such as stocks, bonds, real estate, or other securities.  Unlike mutual funds or ETFs (exchange-traded funds), CEFs have a fixed number of shares issued at their initial public offering (IPO) and are traded on […]

Multi-asset leveraged ETFs are a way to diversify asset exposures while also taking on more risk – for ideally higher return. These are for traders looking for higher returns who don’t want to manage the exposures and trades themselves, while also having higher risk tolerance. They typically include equity futures, along with assets like bonds […]

Plus500US has added prediction markets to its ‘Plus500 Futures’ platform. The offering has been made possible through a deal with prediction markets provider, Kalshi. We put it through its paces, and Plus500 earned a spot in our ranking of the top prediction market betting sites. Key Takeaways Plus500 has added event-based trading for US visitors, […]

Diversification is one of the most valuable things you can have as a trader or investor. It increases your ability to keep things chugging along without suffering unacceptable losses and underwater periods. Even if you buy a bunch of stocks, they mostly move up and down together. You can go into other things like bonds […]

Eightcap has teamed up with TradeLocker to make the advanced charting and trading platform available to clients. With the move, Eightcap has become the first well-regulated CFD broker to integrate TradeLocker. Key Takeaways Eightcap has made over 800 forex, stock, index, commodity and crypto assets available on TradeLocker’s desktop, web and mobile platform. Clients can […]

We’re going to look at the highest SEC Yield ETFs on the market. Our criteria: At least 3 years of history. (The ETF space exploded in the mid-2020s and many funds have short histories where it’s hard to judge their performance.) SEC yield of at least 5% or so. We’ll start with the highest yields […]

In this article, we provide a framework of income-based alternatives to trading, with brief discussions of their cash-flow mechanics, skill intensity, and scalability.  This is geared toward those who want predictable income, lower variance than trading, or complementary/diversified streams that don’t rely on market whims.   Key Takeaways – Income-Based Alternatives to Trading Yield-based income […]

Factor investing is a strategy that focuses on selecting securities based on certain characteristics – known as factors – that have been proven to drive investment returns over time. They exist, and aren’t arbitraged out of market, because they represent a form of risk compensation, not inefficiencies built into markets (which tend to be discovered […]

Stocks are often grouped by size because market capitalization fundamentally shapes liquidity, information flow, and who can participate. Large-cap stocks are heavily researched by institutional investors, sell-side research, retail investors, and are known globally.  They’re highly liquid and inefficiencies are stripped away by institutional and systematic capital. Alpha is difficult in large caps because most […]