Quotes of the Day

Currency traders often use 89-period and 144-period exponential moving averages simultaneously for their long-term charts, considering a crossover of the two averages an important signal. [2010] - Jay Norris

Professionals tend to use 50-day and 200-day SMAs when they are analyzing or trading securities. Moving averages and their crosses are lagging indicators, they are more suited for trading longer-term. It is at the beginning of trend changes that corrections and price swings tend to be at their biggest, making the longer-term averages and crosses more analytic tools than trading tools for more experienced traders. [2010] - Jay Norris

The twenty-second to two-minute rule: When it is your turn to speak or answer a question, you should plan not to speak any longer than two minutes at a time, if you want to make the best impression. In fact, a good answer to an employer's question sometimes only takes twenty seconds to give (but not less than that). [2013] - Richard N. Bolles

Romaine lettuce has eight times the beta-carotene of iceberg lettuce and five times the vitamin C (as well as most other nutrients). [2009] - Frances Sheridan Goulart

Front-end DTI (Debt-to-Income Ratio) is the relationship between how much your total housing payment will be and how much income you have each month. Back-end DTI is the relationship between how much total debt you have and how much income you make. Typically, you probably want your front-end DTI to be less than 28% and your back-end DTI to be less than 36%. When checking with a lender on their DTI requirements, you will typically see these numbers in the following format: (28,36). [2015] - Brandon Turner