Hey all you smart mutual fund investors, listen up! Check your accounts on line now, or call your broker or investment company,to see if your fund issued any capital gains this month. That's right, even though your fund's value probably took a nose dive, there very well may have been trading in that fund throughout the year that could have resulted in a capital gain.

Market timing--getting out of the market at high price levels and then getting back into the market at low price levels--has lured many an investor, as well as many a professional money manager over the years.

Bloomberg's morning's news reported that of 1,300 Wall Street executives canvassed about their 2008 bonuses, or lack thereon, 36% said they were disappointed in the amounts--expected more. Stop already!

This will give you an explanation of who the big players are in the stock markets and how to make money by following their lead.

Online stock trading opened the doors to many individual investors to participate in financial markets game. Now with international online investing platforms it's easy to trade the stocks and bonds across the globe in different stock exchanges. Smart investors capitalize on the great opportunities presented by the global financial markets.