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So you are ready to start entering financial market, then the first thing you need is a good broker that will be able to help you get through the beginning process easily. Brokers will be able to help you enter the entire process smoothly while helping you learn all aspect, factors and trends which will affect your trading activity in the future. So to start the process, you will need to choose the right broker which can be found with these conditions:

First of all you have to know the investment objective to determine your priority. This will help you in cost control and assess the amount of commission that you are willing to provide. You will also need to compare from one brokerage firm to another to see the price range. You are free to choose a broker according to the price, or according to the capabilities. Of course, good and reliable capabilities will come with higher price.

You will also need to assess whether if you want to trade or just invest because this will determine the amount of transaction you need to do in a year. If you are a beginner, you will need full service broker which will charge higher commission, but if you have the basic knowledge of investing and trading, discount broker will be suffice. Before you choose a broker, make sure you know what kind of stocks that the broker is able to accommodate. Brokers with extra insurance will also important if you have a larger account for your security need.

U.S. stock market closed lower amid three positive economic data. Market participants consider three data is not enough to withstand potential selling pressure towards the close of this year.  Nevertheless, the S & P 500 rose 6.5 percent this month. Thus, this index is in the best performance in December since 1991.  Earlier, three U.S. economic data (USA) get positive. Labor market reports, business activity and housing all showed surprising strength.

The U.S. government claims for unemployment benefits last week in the year 2010 was down to its lowest level since July 2008, while the report from the Institute for Supply Management-Chicago show in the U.S. Midwest business activity rose to its highest level since July 1988. Home sales data for the period November 2010 that’s delayed to release also increased more than anticipated.

“The figures disclosed are very strong this morning, but people become more careful because this is the end of the year, especially the strengthening of the stock market has experienced quite severe,” said chief investment strategist Bruce McCain Key Private Bank, in Cleveland, Ohio as quoted by Reuters.

Worldwide Inc. is engaged in the business of employment agency its share price up 2.1 percent to USD24, 12 after the unemployment data was released. The Dow Jones U.S. business training and employment agencies index rose 0.3 percent.  In trading Thursday (12/30/2010) local time, the Dow Jones industrial fell 15.67 points, or 0.14 percent, to 11569.71. The broader Standard & Poor’s 500 index dropped 1.86 points, or 0.15 percent at 1257.92. And the Nasdaq Composite Index fell 3.95 points, or 0.15 percent to 2662.98.

A judge granted the request of the Mexican consortium Vitro, the largest glass producer in the country to start a bankruptcy process to negotiate debt restructuring with foreign creditors for a thousand 500 million dollars, the company reported today .

“The Fourth District Court in civil matters and work in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, consented to the application of insolvency prior to the restructuring plan submitted by Vitro,” the company said in a statement sent to the Mexican Stock Exchange.  At the end of the third quarter of this year, Vitro had gross borrowings per thousand 706 million dollars, of which 90% is denominated in dollars, yet 86% are contracted at fixed rates.  According to various media, now seeks to restructure debt Vitro by a thousand $ 515 million to foreign creditors and a thousand other $ 900 million and its subsidiaries.

He added that this measure can go directly to the conciliation stage and that soon be given the stage of having credit and then vote on the agreement” proposed.  Sanchez said the restructuring plan submitted by Vitro debt helps the company move ahead as soon as possible and opens a more expeditious than some funds intended for minority whose interests differ from the majority. He indicated that the process will help the company to raise the value of the investment of greater value to the new debt and give the company more viable. The company, founded in 1909, is the leading manufacturer of glass products for industrial, domestic construction and Mexico and has facilities and distribution centers in 10 countries in America and Europe, and exports to 50 nations.

Major European stock markets ended with widespread losses by raising concerns about Europe’s debt after Moody’s downgraded the status of Ireland in five steps. The markets reacted gloomily to the decision of Moody’s, which warned that further cuts could occur if Dublin was not able to stabilize the situation, besides that put the rating under review for possible downgrade Greece.

At the conclusion of the trading day in Europe, the Milan MIB Index posted the biggest drop and closed with a negative 1.46 percent, followed by Madrid’s Ibex-35 was left with a low of 1.12 percent. In currency trading, the European Central Bank (ECB) fixed the official rate of the euro against the dollar at 1.3260, an increase of 0.0022 units (0.02 percent) from its listing last Thursday of 1.3238 dollars per unit.

Following the closure of the trading day on Friday in the major stock exchanges in Europe:

Stock Index Close (Previous / Current) Percent Variation

London FTSE-100 5,881.12 / 5,871.75 -9.37 -0.16%

Paris CAC-40 3,888.36 / 3,867.35 -21.01 -0.54%

Frankfurt DAX 7,024.40 / 6,982.45 -41.95 -0.60%

Zurich SMI 6,566.17 / 6,538.16 -28.01 -0.43%

Madrid Ibex-35 10,010.30 / 9,898.10 -112.20 -1.12%

Milan MIB Index 20,366.60 / 20,069.20 -297.44 -1.46%

Lisbon PSI-20 7,833.63 / 7,786.42 -47.21 -0.60%