Financial analysis is the conversion of financial data into useful information for decision making. Therefore, virtually any use of financial statements or other financial data for some purpose is financial analysis and, essentially, is the primary focus of accounting and finance professionals. Financial analysis can be internal (e.g., decision analysis by a company using internal data to understand or improve management and operating results) or external (e.g., comprehensive analysis for such purposes as commerical lending or investment activities).

It appears like, I need to fill in the Tax Form 1099 to file my income from Trading Stocks. I have an account with Scottrade which says, I will have the Form 1099 generated if I have IRS Reportable Transactions in my Account. So I was just wondering what are these IRS Reportable Transations and Non Reportable Transactions.
And here is what I gathered from different sources:
 Following transactions are considered as IRS Reportable transactions:

Date Cost Per Ounce
January 1983 $510
February 1985 $282
December 1987 $500
February 1996 $414
September 1999 $253
December 2005 $515
September 2007 $700
August 2008 $879

1. Is gold a good long term investment?: No. If you are looking to invest long term, you better consider something that consistently moves in the right direction

2. Is gold a good short term investment?: Not right now; that is, if you don’t already have money in it. A common rule of thumb when it comes to investing is to NEVER buy high. And right now gold is plenty high

Barack Obama is a Born Again Christian and not a Muslim as considered by some. His Father was a Muslim, Mom a Christian, but he is a practising Christian.

He is Not a Muslim, even though his Father was a Muslim, but he was never raised by his Muslim Father.

He has been a Christian almost all his conscious life.

As of December 2008, he is 47 years old.
Barack Obama was born on the 4th of August 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Here is Obama's Economic Plan for US

1.
Barack Obama will provide a tax cut for working families:

Obama and Biden will restore fairness to the tax code and provide 95 percent of working Americans the tax relief they need. They will create a new "Making Work Pay" tax credit of up to $500 per person, or $1,000 per working family.

2
Provide tax relief for small businesses and startups:

Obama and Biden will eliminate all capital gains taxes on startup and small businesses to encourage innovation and job creation.

3
Fight for fair trade:

Yes the immigrants help the US Economy.

The legal Professional immigrants are a big lot of Tax-payers, which is beneficial for the US economy, especially at the time when the Baby-boomers are retiring.

The Sensex has a very important function. The Sensex acts as an indicator of the stocks in the BSE. It is supposed to show whether the stocks are generally going up, or generally going down.

To perform this accurately, the Sensex is calculated taking into consideration stock prices of 30 different BSE listed companies. It is calculated using the “free-float market capitalization” method, which is a world wide accepted method as one of the best methods for calculating a stock market index.

What is the Name of German Stock Exchange?

Frankfurt stock exchange is the biggest stock exchange in Germany.

Other Stock Exchanges in Germany are:
Stuttgart stock exchange
Munchen stock exchange
Hamburg stock exchange
Berlin stock exchange
Bavarian stock exchange
Dusseldorf stock exchange