History of The Wall Street Journal

By Alex Drew

The Wall Street Journal is an English-language international daily newspaper published by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corporation, in New York City, with Asian and European editions. As of 2007, it has a worldwide daily circulation of more than 2 million, with approximately 931,000 paying online subscribers. It was the largest-circulation newspaper in the United States until November 2003, when it was surpassed by USA Today. It would later regain its number one position in the United States in October of 2009.Its main rival is the London-based Financial Times, which also publishes several international editions.

The Journal newspaper primarily covers U.S. and international business and financial news and issues-the paper's name comes from Wall Street, the street in New York City that is the heart of the financial district. It has been printed continuously since being founded on July 8,'89, by Charles Dow, Edward Jones, and Charles Bergstresser. The newspaper has won the Pulitzer Prize thirty-three times,including 2007 prizes for its reporting on backdated stock options and the adverse effects of China's booming economy.

Dow Jones & Company, publisher of the Journal, was founded in'82 by reporters Charles Dow, Edward Jones and Charles Bergstresser. Jones converted the small Customers' Afternoon Letter into the Wall Street Journal, first published in'89,[7] and began delivery of the Dow Jones News Service via telegraph. The Journal featured the Jones 'Average', the first of several indexes of stock and bond prices on the New York Stock Exchange.

Journalist Clarence Barron purchased control of the company for US$130,000 in'02; circulation was then around 7,000 but climbed to 50,000 by the end of the'20s. Barron and his predecessors were credited with creating an atmosphere of fearless, independent financial reporting-a novelty in the early days of business journalism.

Barron died in'28, a year before Black Tuesday, the stock market crash that greatly effected the Great Depression in the United States. Barron's descendants, the Bancroft family, would continue to control the company until 2007. Later on, the Woodworths published the paper. Mrs. Teresa "Teddy" Woodworth was a prominent socialite of her day. The Woodworths resided at New York's Sherry-Netherland, sharing the penthouse floor with Cole Porter.

The Journal took its modern shape and prominence in the'40s, a time of industrial expansion for the United States and its financial institutions in New York. Bernard Kilgore was named managing editor of the paper in'41, and company CEO in'45, eventually compiling a 25-year career as the head of the Journal. Kilgore was the architect of the paper's iconic front-page design, with its "What's News" digest, and its national distribution strategy, which brought the paper's circulation from 33,000 in'41 to 1.1 million at the time of Kilgore's death in'67. It was also on Kilgore's watch, in'47, that the paper won its first Pulitzer Prize, for editorial writing. - 23212

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A Long Term Money Investment

By Tom Nobending

Investing in a second home or property is fast gaining in popularity. One the easiest way to do this is the buy-to-lease concept. That means you own the property and possibly use it for some of the year and leas or rent it out to tenants for the balance of each year. Today many have decided to so this. This can be an attractive long term investment that can pay off. This proposition isn't for everyone though. You must be prepared to deal with some of the consequences of purchasing property that you plan on renting out. Several of the potential pitfalls are set out in this article along with ways of handling them.

Be certain that you've chosen the correct property for your own needs. Remember you're likely not going to operate a hotel. You are probably thinking of renting the villa or house to seasonal tenants. Your second home location is a financial consideration. Talk to the local leasing agents. Determine the area's supply and demand. Take into account items like local employers. Is there a university in the region?

Shop for and find the correct Mortgage for your needs. After speaking with the potential lender and discovering how much of a mortgage you qualify for, speak to other lenders. The average mortgage allowed is about 85 percent of the property value. Most of the rent that tenants will pay may take care of a good percentage of the mortgage if there is a market for the property. Your agent will ask are you renting to tenants and then that will be a deciding factor on the size of the mortgage.

Don't forget to figure in the hidden costs of the property such as; lawyers and agents fees, insurance, any stamp duty and charges and land taxes. Then be certain yo have a budget to handle these on going costs. Investing responsibly in property will ensure that the property complies with health and safety regulations. These may include items such as fire regulations like fire doors (that you may have to install) and smoke alarms.

You should think about investing in the services of a professional rental or leasing agent. This agent for cost between 10 to' percent of the gross rental income will locate tenants, secure deposits and rent and manage it

As a responsible investor it is your responsibility to insure the psychical structure of the property. Along with insurance you'll need to sort out Your Tax Position. You will be required to forward income tax on any Financial income you receive. Of course the usual business expenses allowed can be deducted. You'll likely be liable when selling the property for any Capital Gains Tax. Secure an account that knows the laws of the land. We've already spoken about this but its probably wise to consider your real estate purchase as A Long Term money Investment. - 23212

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Tom Nobending pens predominantly for http://www.tradingnewscenter.com , a web publication covering information on help for traders . On his site one might find out more about his contributions on trading issues and trading news.

Trading Stocks Online

By Ryan Charles

Buying and Selling stocks online has become the new trend of doing business. Ordinary everyday citizens such as you and me can now trade stocks like the professionals without paying the ridiculous broker fees that are often associated with trading on the stock market. This doesn't mean there are no fees involved or that you won't be discouraged from capriciously trading stocks. What it does mean is that you will be able to trade stocks, as you may have never been able to do before because the costs involved in trading were so high that only the richer among us could really afford to work the market to any real advantage.

You will find several companies that are going to compete for your business when it comes to empowering you to trade stocks online. It is great to go with a business that offers education and advice in addition to the ability to trade. There are many big names in the brokerage business that are getting in touch with the technology today and offering full service brokers and financial advisors in addition to offering new online services that include Internet trading.

If you decide to go with some of the bigger names in the business you should understand that you will pay slightly more than you would pay going with many of the lesser name firms and trading companies. The good news is that the bigger names have more to loose after working for decades to establish themselves and develop a good reputation among traders. This means that they are not going to be "fly by night" and are going to work to make sure you have the best possible service from them for your future in the stock market trade.

Many of these firms in addition to offering the ability to buy, sell, and trade online will also offer financial planning for retirement, future expenses, and advice on how to create a fixed income from your investments. They will offer many tips, guides, and advice free of charge on their website while also promoting the services they offer through discounts in hopes of gaining your business for some of the higher ticket transactions that really cover their bills.

Online investment services provide consumers the opportunity to invest with lower commissions and fees which means you bring more of the money home when all is said and done and spend far less on fees and expenses related with investing. By saving these fees you may be doing yourself a great service but keep in mind that the invaluable advice of a broker can often mean the differences between mild successes and wild successes. If you can cope with the fees it is a good plan to at least consult with a broker or financial advisor or planner once or twice a year in order to get the best out of your investment money.

Online trading is great but you will find that it lacks the personal service you can expect from a financial advisor or a stockbroker. Very little has such a profound influence on your financial future than the ability to receive and follow expert advice. While there is more to read on the Internet by way of advice on investing in the stock market there is also a lot of contradicting information just as there is a great deal of misinformation. This is something that, when possible, is best left to the experts at least until you are able to learn the ropes and have a few successful trades under your belt.

If you have the soul of gambler however, then it is your money you are playing with and your future you are investing. If you are not spending more than you are willing to lose then there is no harm in trying your hand at investing through online brokerage services. You never know but there may be a surprising pay out eventually. - 23212

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Forex Analysis Made Easy

By Anthony McDonald

Forex analysis has got to be the longest thing in forex to learn. If a trader had something that could speed up their analysis it would put them further ahead of the average trader. There had to be a way to make my forex predictions better. After some searching I soon discovered a method that the big traders use them self. This method seemed like something far greater than any before.

Properly making a forex analysis can be difficult if you do not know what things to asses in order to make the proper analysis. This is where many new traders seem to get lost. Not knowing what to look at to make your trading decisions off of is like gambling with your trades. After taking the one method from the pros and putting it to the test, it seemed that it did all the analysis for me and made trades as easy as pie as I watched to profits come in!

Sadly forex analysis for the most part is underrated. Knowing what to analyze and how it can change the market conditions has a major importance to a trader. If you are a trader that is starting out, this is something that will substantially help out your trades. That is analyzing the market correctly. This one method that I have found the big traders use has indeed helped in forex market prediction and execution of successful trades.

My forex analysis used to only be a small part of my trading time, it wasn't long until I realized that I need to spend most of my time analyzing the market. The chances of your trade being successful depends on how well researched it is before you make the trade. Once I incorporated this one method into my forex trading it made my market analysis a piece of cake. I no longer have to spend time checking out the market, as this one method does all the work for me!

Forex analysis used to be a difficult assessment in the past, but today it is a tactical approach with many variables that bring everything properly into play. With this one method laying it out as easy as pie, the time I had to put into my trades was increased. This only accelerated my forex trading possibilities, not to mention the fact that this guru method has led to me doubling my account size in the matter of one month! - 23212

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Conflicting Mindsets

By Cody Scholberg

You are going to read about building a financial empire. If you are looking into building a business of enormous size, you should already have put a few things in order. You should already have adequate insurance in case of catastrophic events, you should be saving on a regular basis, you should have plenty of emergency funds, and you should be either self-employed or work some part-time job on your own (not for an employer).

If you have all these traits, you are ready to build a business. You must be working for yourself if you want to build a business. While it is true that those who work for themselves technically already own a business, it should not be true in your mind. You do not own a business, but you own a job. A business is something that works for you; it is not something that you work.

Owning your own job, however, is a good thing. It is the start to building a business. You cannot build a business through work you do for an employer.

Building a business is different from building a job. The mindset of a job-builder is something like, "I want to get all this done, but I need help. I'll hire people to do the work that I cannot, and I'll do as much of the work myself as I can; the more work I do, the more money I make."

The business owner, however, would be thinking, "I will do as little work as I can, because I want to hire out everything. I will need to do work at first to get the job done, but I will continually hire out the work as the business earns money. I will even use my personal money as much as I can. I will not make any money, but that is okay, because I will make a lot of money someday; and, during that someday, I will not be working."

So, try not to think about how much money you could be making if you did more of the work yourself. You should be excited to spend the earnings from the business and as much of your own personal money as possible on the business! If the business was providing you with a lot of money, it would be alarming, because it should be spent on hiring people to do the work.

The mindset of a person who builds jobs is very different from one who builds businesses. One is not superior to the other, but one will give you freedom while the other will trap you into work. - 23212

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