Learning to let go - Investor psychology

If you've ever found it difficult to let go of a lousy investment, WSJ's personal finance columnist Jason Zweig has some tips for you. He tells Cybele Weisser why it's hard to part ways and what you can do to break that attachment. Very basic investor psychology advice, but extremly valuable to actually follow.

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Short selling - How it works

This 5 minute video explains how individuals can buy and short sell stocks, i.e. profit when the price goes down.

CDSs explained

When the analysts and experts talk about the current financial crisis, they often refer to “credit default swaps.” So, what exactly is a credit default swap? Marketplace Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch goes to the whiteboard for this explanation.

CDOs explained

Marketplace Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch gives a bubbly explanation of the intricacies of “collateralized debt obligations” – those financial instruments that got us into this financial mess.