Forex and Stocks Introduction
The FOREX being the largest liquid financial market in the world insures there are always a buyer and seller for any type of currency because the world economy relies on the movement of goods from country to country.
The Foreign Exchange Market (FOREX) is quite different from the stock exchange. The stock market is less liquid because participants may choose to hold their investments or move on to other markets.
Stocks were traditionally seen as long term investments, where people bought stocks or a group of stocks in mutual funds waited for them to appreciate and build in their retirement accounts.
But the Crash of 2008 brought the process to their knees. In many cases, people have lost 50-to-75% of their portfolios and retirement accounts, even with so called ‘blue chip’ stocks – those having proven value over many years and many bought as the backbone of an investment portfolio.
Now, the masses are being thrown life lines as the Titanic sinks…
Stock exchanges also have more limited trading hours. While it is possible to trade on exchanges world-wide, each exchange is independent and operates for just 7 hours a day. And there is no way to buy or sell a certain stock that is only traded on one stock exchange when that exchange is closed.
In contrast to the stock exchange, the FOREX is primarily a short term market. Most traders enter and exit deals within a 24 hour period – sometimes within a few minutes.
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Forex trades take place when dealers or brokers find buyers and sellers on the international market, but in practice smaller trades are carried in house by brokers.
Many FOREX trades can be made in one day without building up a large brokerage fee because FOREX trades are commission free. Brokers earn money by setting a spread – the difference between asking and selling prices.
Technological advancements have given many new Forex traders an opportunity to make money, everyone from small individual speculators to large multi-national companies twenty fours hours a day all week long.
With the advent and then increasing popularity of the Internet, Forex trading online opened up the doors to millions of people who had never previously had the resources to take part, because Forex traders can be based anywhere there is access to the internet from a laptop computer with a wireless connection – and even from mobile phones.
Many people including retirees all around the world have found forex trading an interesting, mentally stimulating diversion and, with some experience, a significant extra income source.
Forex trading is perhaps the 21st century world’s cleanest, simplest way to actually create wealth, virtually from scratch with the right trading strategies!
Adversity creates opportunity. As one door closes, another door opens.
The Crash of 2008 shut one door, yet the Internet now offers access to a worldwide Forex market… the only 21st century recession proof business I’m aware of…
“Opportunity is missed by most folks because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”
- Thomas Edison
Online Forex trading has become one of the most profitable trading opportunities in the world. Those that get their strategy right are well known to be making upper echelon incomes (upper 5% or more) every year from trading Forex.


