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Odd lot trading is all about buying and selling smaller amounts of stock that don’t add up to a full trading unit (usually 1,000 shares). So, instead of needing a lot of money to buy a full unit at once, you can start with a smaller amount of shares. This is super handy for anyone with a limited budget who still wants to get into stock investing!

The SuperTrend Indicator is a technical analysis tool used to identify trends in financial markets. It assists investors in determining relative high and low points during market swings, helping them make buy and sell decisions. However, one drawback of the SuperTrend Indicator is its tendency to be less effective during consolidation phases. To address this, we will use the Average Directional Index (ADX) to optimize the SuperTrend strategy in this article.

Block Trade, a crucial element of the financial markets, refer to the buying and selling of securities in substantial single transactions. These trades, typically carried out by institutional or large investors, involve a multitude of stocks, bonds, or other financial instruments. Their staggering volume and value characterize them and are often conducted outside the open market to mitigate excessive impact on market prices. TEJ will guide you through this crucial aspect of the financial world.

In recent times, there has been a global surge in AI, with Taiwan's electronics industry attracting a lot of interest from institutional investors due to its comprehensive supply chain. In addition to trading stocks through conventional methods on stock exchange markets, investors can also utilize block trading offered by exchanges for transactions exceeding a fixed amount.

Joseph Piotroski's F-score strategy, based on evaluating 9 financial conditions, helps investors gain insights into a company's profitability, safety, and growth potential. This article uses TQuant Lab to construct the F-score strategy, helping investors gain deeper insights into the investment benefits that the F-score can offer.

Over the past two decades, trend-following has been a successful trading strategy used by many fund managers, professional traders, and global macro hedge funds to profit in global futures markets. Recently, the application of trend following strategies to stocks has gained significant attention, with a surge in published research and articles. Increasingly, literature suggests that the trend effects observed in futures markets can similarly apply to stock markets.

Bonds are a vital part of any effective investment portfolio, providing stable cash flow. Despite their generally secure returns, bonds come with risks, primarily default and credit risks. Even sovereign bonds can face bankruptcy risks, making it crucial to assess these risks before investing. Understanding these risks helps investors make informed decisions and manage their portfolios effectively.

In today’s globalized economy, real-time and reliable financial information is vital for businesses, policymakers, and academic researchers. TEJ (Taiwan Economic Journal), with our excellent data quality and professional standards, has long been highly regarded in the field of financial databases in Taiwan. Moreover, scholars have published over a hundred research papers using TEJ data in international journals, highlighting the database’s significance and influence in academic citations.

As America continues to maintain a high-interest rate, the borrowing cost for companies still remains at a peak. However, compared to other bonds, bonds related to ESG enjoy a lower yield, but seldom do we see small or startup companies issue green bonds. This is because issuing green bonds requires the funds only to be used on certain ESG projects, which is normally not the primary goal for small and startup companies. Hence, a new type of bond, Sustainability-Linked Bonds, is created. In this article, we will briefly introduce the concept and principle of Sustainability-Linked Bonds.

The insider transfer strategy was constructed by adding the RSI indicator to the timing of insider transfers, aiming to explore whether following insiders into the market in a constantly rising stock market has good timing capabilities. The performance of insider transfer strategy is also backtested in this article.

The net buy/sell, stock holding ratio, and turnover rate of the three major institutional investors are important indicators in chip analysis. When making investments, using this information as a basis allows us to better understand the market dynamics and potentially profit from stock trading.

The term "Three Major Institutional Investors" specifically refers to foreign institutional investors, investment funds, and dealers. Compared to individual retail investors, these institutions have large and concentrated funds, holding a considerable portion of the market in stock trading.