top of page
Search


Things you might not know about the stock market: ‘market makers’ make the stock market tick on
In a nutshell, a stock market is a non-physical place where people that want to sell shares in a company can find people that want to buy...
Abdul Aziz
Mar 1, 20222 min read
87 views


Things you might not know about the stock market: it costs £1 to execute a trade
Did you know it costs a trading platform around £1 to execute a trade for you. As per the Financial Times, Ivan Ashimov, founder of...
Abdul Aziz
Feb 22, 20222 min read
52 views


Things you might not know about the stock market: income from dividend payments are taxable
Like almost all income, income from shares in the form dividend payments are taxable. There are two main ways to earn money from the...
Abdul Aziz
Feb 22, 20222 min read
36 views


Things you might not know about stock markets: buying & selling occurs when stock markets are closed
Have you ever seen a positive news report about a particular company and thought to yourself ‘I’m going to buy some shares into this...
Abdul Aziz
Feb 8, 20221 min read
26 views


Things you might not know about the stock market: the price you see on Google is not what you pay
You’re tracking the share price of a company listed on the FTSE 100 on Google. The share price has been on an upward trajectory and is...
Abdul Aziz
Feb 1, 20222 min read
29 views


Things you might not know about the stock market: it’s easy to (legally) avoid paying tax on shares
There’s a well known saying that says there are two things guaranteed in life: death and taxes. We’d certainly agree on the first point....
Abdul Aziz
Jan 18, 20222 min read
56 views


Things you might not know about the stock market: investors pay stamp duty on shares they buy
If this is the first time you’re learning stamp duty is paid on shares you might be thinking there must be a mistake. After all, isn’t...
Abdul Aziz
Jan 11, 20222 min read
12 views


Article series: things you might not know about the stock market
If you’ve scrolled through some of the articles on MuslimShareTrader, you may have noticed many articles are ‘how to’-style articles....
Abdul Aziz
Jan 4, 20221 min read
24 views


Book review series: An Introduction to Islamic Finance
There was a famous television advert in the UK run by a varnish company. It used the strapline ‘it does what it says on the tin’. The...
Abdul Aziz
May 2, 20212 min read
125 views


Book review series: The Issue of Shares
The Issue of Shares was written by Mufti Muhammad ibn Adam al Kawthari (Leicester) in 2000 and is based on his teacher’s book entitled...
Abdul Aziz
Apr 21, 20212 min read
76 views


Is it true 5% impermissible income is allowed?
In this article I grapple with a very controversial topic: are Muslims allowed to trade in stocks even if it earns impermissible income...
Abdul Aziz
Apr 14, 20217 min read
442 views


Traditional trading platforms V challenger trading platforms
When I was a young boy, I’d rarely hear the term ‘challenger’ (except in the TV show ‘Gladiators’). Nowadays, I hear it quite often. Many...
Abdul Aziz
Apr 2, 20215 min read
60 views


How much should you invest?
If you’ve ever watched a video on YouTube, you’ll probably have seen adverts where someone is trying to sell you a get-rich-quick-scheme...
Abdul Aziz
Mar 24, 20214 min read
68 views


How to easily double the money you make on the stock market
‘How to easily double the money you make on the stock market’. I was in two minds about using this title for this article. On the one...
Abdul Aziz
Mar 17, 20214 min read
50 views


Why did the stock market experience a mini crash in early March?
Something unexpected happened on Wall Street on Thursday March the 4th. The Dow closed down 346 points at 30,924; the S&P 500 closed down...
Abdul Aziz
Mar 10, 20215 min read
32 views


A look into the '1/3 rule'
The rise of trading platforms aimed at retail investors has encouraged ordinary investors to participate in the stock market....
Abdul Aziz
Mar 3, 20217 min read
528 views


Six month trading review on eToro
I wrote a six month review of my trading journey previously. In it, I wrote about when and how I started trading on the stock market. I...
Abdul Aziz
Feb 23, 20216 min read
76 views

Review: Lloyds Bank
We’ve put together a series of reviews on stock market trading platforms. We’ve asked professional Muslims to review the stock trading...
Adil Ajmain
Feb 3, 20213 min read
36 views


What if I no longer want to trade on the stock market?
The stock market is not for everyone. Many people have lost fortunes on it, whilst others have made fortunes it. A stock can sometimes...
Abdul Aziz
Feb 1, 20214 min read
33 views


How do I use online tools & resources to become a better investor?
Whether you’re an investor or trader, you’ll have to use tools to make good decisions. Some platforms offer tools within the platform...
Abdul Aziz
Jan 29, 20219 min read
43 views
bottom of page