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Online Trading

Buying and selling (Trading ) on the Internet is about strengthening the individual investor. Internet access to market data, company information, and educational materials are available to investors online. An online investor gains benefit and saves time with direct access (through the stockbroker) to the trading system and 24-hour access to market information. The online investor secures decision-making strength over his or her financial assets and obtains access to information enough to feel confident to trade individually in the stock market. Direct FN is a seamless real-time Internet trading system for Colombo Stock Exchange-registered brokering firms and their clients.  Direct FN is technology designed to advance development of investment on the CSE by making Sri Lanka's financial market completely accessible to the modern investor. Some of the stockbroker who are using online trading through DFN Ashaphillip Securities   Limited          ...

Stock Market

A Stock market gives a liquid, open market for buying selling stocks, debentures and warrants of publicly owned companies. The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) was established under the companies act No.17 of 1982 and licensed by the Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka. CSE currently has 297 listed companies and Fund and Namal Equity Fund 28 Trading members What is a share? A share represents your ownership in a company. As a part owner you are investing in the future growth of the company Distribution by the Company (Bonus Issues) The company will Provide a specified number of free shares to existing share holders at a ratio decided by the Directors of the Company Liquidity Shares quoted on a stock market are generally liquid, As a result they can be easily sold and converted to cash Higher Returns Low interest rates offered by most commercial banks in Sri lanka, the stock market is seen as a very attractive source for investment which offe...

Everything that You Need to Know Before You Get Started Selling on eBay

You have decided that you want to get started as a seller on eBay. There are a few things that you should know before you go and throw yourself in at the deep end. What to Sell. To start with ebay, you need to know what is the hot products are going to sell: what is your speciality far better on eBay if you become a great source for certain kind of products, as people who are interested in those products will come back to you again and again. You won't get any loyalty or good reputation if you just sell rubbish at random. When you think about what to sell, there are a few things to consider. The most important of these is to always sell exactly what you know. If you try to sell something that you do not know anything about then you will never write a good description and sell it for a good price.  You might think you are not mainly interested in anything, but if you think about what kind of things you usually buy and which websites you go to most often, I am sure ...

EBay earnings Opportunities

If you've ever read an article about eBay, you will have seen the kinds of incomes people make - it isn't unusual to hear of people making thousands of dollars per month on eBay. Next time you're on eBay, take a look at how many PowerSellers there are: you'll find quite a few. Now consider that every single one of one of them must be making at least $1,000 per month, as that's eBay's requirement for becoming a PowerSeller. Silver PowerSellers make at least $3,000 each month, while Gold PowerSellers make more than $10,000, and the Platinum level is $25,000. The top ranking is Titanium PowerSeller, and to qualify you must make at least $150,000 in sales every month! The actual fact that these people can be found gives you come idea of the income possibilities here. Most of them never attempt to even set up a business on eBay - they simply started selling a few things, and then kept going. There are many people whose full-time job is selling thing...

eBay - How it works in first 10 years

eBay was created in September 1995, by a person known as Pierre Omidyar, who was living in San Jose. He needed his website - then called 'AuctionWeb'  To be an online marketplace, and wrote the first code for it, in one weekend. It was one of the first websites of its kind in the world. The name 'eBay' comes from the domain Omidyar used for his site. His company's name was Echo Bay, and the 'eBay AuctionWeb' was originally just one part of Echo Bay's website at ebay.com. The first thing ever sold on the site was Omidyar's broken laser pointer, which he got $14 for. The site quickly became largely popular with people all over the world, as sellers came to list all sorts of odd things and buyers actually bought them. Relying on trust seemed to work remarkably well, and meant that the site could almost be left alone to run itself. The site had been designed from the start to collect a small fee on each sale, and it was this money that Omidyar used ...

Job Sites Top Five

Currently, there are 5 of the most sought after web sites being used by aspiring applicants on the web when job-hunting.  These are: 1) Net-Temps.com This site provides job openings at one click.  Just enter a keyword, specify the location and it will give you over a hundred results.  It provides help in posting resumes including tutorial on how to make one.  It allows searchers to use a job search assistant that searches thousands of contracts and direct jobs to store up to three cover letters/resumes for you.  It’s helpful as it gives advices for interviews and tips in making impressive resumes. 2)  CareerShop.com This is actually a company that delivers products and services that help organizations in acquiring human resources by means of improving the power and effectiveness of the Internet.  They offer a hiring management system, which is focused on recruitment, and staffing management. 3)  TrueCareers.com This cate...

Better Job Search Engines

Job search engines use state-of-the-art technology to assist people in their job quest.  Here you could enter all the relevant information to reduce the lists of sought after jobs to get more accurate results. Because new jobs are being added daily or even hours after, the tendency to see the results you had yesterday may be different from what you see today.  This is where job search engines come in handy. After some trial and error there are a few job search engines that could yield better results.  They allow searchers to see major job sites, companies and even its associations by entering a keyword and location.  Results can be seen in different ways, it could be in a browser list and some sent thru e-mail.   SimplyHired.com, America's Job Bank, Jobster, and Indeed.com are just a few of the search engines that can give you more accurate results.  These sites include over 500 job listings with job boards, prime newspapers, and numerous compa...