What is the Most Important Indicator of All?
Most stock market traders have a favorite technical indicator.The one that they have the most confidence in. The one that, from experience, they trust the most. Or the one that they always look at first.For some it is the RSI. Others like the Stochastic or the MACD . Or one... Read More
Buying New Issues
Has your broker been calling you recently with the "great opportunity" to get in on a new Initial Public Offering? With friends like that you don't need any enemies.I don't care how good this new stock offering sounds. The chances it will stay even or go up are about 1... Read More
Inertia
One of the basic laws of physics is that a body in motion will remain in motion unless disturbed by another force. What has this to do with the stock market?For the last 2 years the long-term trend of the market has been down with a few momentary deviations. When... Read More
Planning Your Dive and Diving Your Plan ? Trading!
A colleague of mine just returned from a scuba diving trip in Cozumel, which just happens to be one of my favorite places to dive. Anyway, she was telling me about an unexpected difficulty she encountered while swimming around the corral reef down about 85 feet. It wasn't anything serious... Read More
My Neighbor Got A New Car
I don't know what kind it is, but I saw it on TV running full speed along the shore (I don't live near the shore) throwing up spray or maybe it was that one climbing up the steep mountain trail thru the mud, rocks and snow. Very exciting. (I don't... Read More
Analyst Reports
When you become interested in a stock or mutual fund you can call your broker and he will send you reports on how the company is doing, what their management is like and what might be the projected earnings for the company and how the industry is doing. Great information.You... Read More
What To Buy Now
I am sure that if you have a brokerage account with a "full service" broker you have been getting calls about what to buy and sell. If you have big losses in certain stocks you might be hit with that great Wall Street lie to buy more so you can... Read More
Stock Loans
Hedge current portfolio positions and gain access to capital resources through loans against free trading, aged affiliate or aged non-affiliate securities. Make proper use of your assets while waiting for performance and hedge your position should the asset move against you.Whether you need to borrow cash for personal or business... Read More
What the Hell is a Stock option?
A 'stock option' is a contract between two parties giving the buyer (also known as the 'taker') the right, but not the obligation, to either buy or sell a specific quantity of shares at a pre-agreed price (known as the 'strike price' or 'exercise price') by a certain future 'expiry'... Read More
Picking Mutual Funds to Outperform the Market
With over 6,000 mutual funds available, it may be tempting to pick funds from a popular star or index rating system. Savvy investors, however, balance multiple factors in their selection process. Ratings represent only the historical performance of funds and cannot predict the future. Performance consistency, management skill, and expense... Read More
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Inertia Syndrome
When it comes to buying a stock or mutual fund... Read More
Protect Your 401K
Checked your 401K lately? Going back to about a year... Read More
Valuation
Every day I hear from the "experts" on CNBC-TV and... Read More
Bottoms Ups
If you have talked to a stock broker or financial... Read More
The Cub; II
We keep hearing about this bear market and that the... Read More
Trapeze Artist - Swinging with the Stock Market
When we go to the circus we see a trapeze... Read More
Stops Make Money
During the day I watch CNBC-TV, the stock market channel.... Read More
Dont Spend Another Dollar on Business Opportunities Until You Read This
With an insecure job market, overworked employees, insufficient retirement savings... Read More
Low Tide
When you stand on the ocean shore and watch the... Read More
An Old Proverb for Investing
"If you don't know where you are going, any road... Read More
The Information Age
It is wonderful to be alive in the information age.... Read More
War Market
There is no question that the stock market is being... Read More
Market Timing?
The recent criminal fiasco in the mutual fund industry is... Read More
Selling Strategies - Setting a Stop Loss
Sometimes the best way of lowering exposure to risk is... Read More
Boiler Room 7/17/00
On Friday or Saturday evening my wife gets a movie... Read More
Top 25 Growth Funds
On Monday, November 25, 2000 Investor's Business Daily listed on... Read More
Hedge Fund Advertising
Have you seen all those big full page ads for... Read More
High Price/Earnings Ratios and the Stock Market: a Personal Odyssey
After some forty years of banking and investments, I retired... Read More
Market Experience of a Naïve Stock Operator
Sometime in the third quarter of 1997, someone told me... Read More
How Much Money Can I Make With Trading? What Account Size Do I Need To Start?
What account size do I need?How much money can I... Read More
What To Buy?
Now that you have some money burning a hole in... Read More
Can?t Stand The Heat
It seems that every day I turn on the TV... Read More
How Commodity Trading Differs from Stock Trading
There are major differences between trading stocks and trading futures.... Read More
Mutual Fund Commissions
You have heard about a particular mutual fund from a... Read More
Why Change Funds?
On November 17 I bought 7 different mutual funds and... Read More
The POWER of a Proven Stock Investment Plan
When you invest in the stock market for ever-increasing cash... Read More
The Exclusive Club of Large Caps
Picture one of those clubs where only the real heavyweights... Read More
Market Timing
Every broker and financial planner will tell you that you... Read More
Market Success
Who are the successful investors?There are those who follow the... Read More
Index Fund Trading Using Technical Analysis and Swing Trading Strategies
Index Fund Trading can be one of the most profitable...or... Read More
Investment Research - The Dalbar Study
Very few people, even professionals, have heard of the Dalbar... Read More
Whos Calling?
Its dinnertime and the phone rings. It's Joe Noname with... Read More
Value Investing: Selecting From The Bargain Bin
Picking a beaten-down stock requires a different kind of selection... Read More
Mutual Funds: The Modern Den of Thieves!
Mutual funds were created with the idea that one person... Read More
Prospering with Mutual Funds: How Anyone can ?Afford? an Investment Advisor
Recently I was invited to appear on a live CNNfn... Read More
Mr. Market
I constantly hear the talking heads on CNBC-TV, the radio... Read More
Chart Reading
As an investor you will want to check out any... Read More
The Three Little Pigs Went to the Stock Market
Three little pigs went to the market to stock up... Read More
Alfred E. Newman
What! Me worry?Many of you remember the cover of MAD... Read More
Social Insecurity
Just about everything you have been told about Social Security... Read More
A Personal Stock Market Investment Philosophy
∙ Make every investment in the stock market a long-term... Read More
One Way Street
Ever turn down a street, get half way and suddenly... Read More
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Stock Market
On the 40 year journey through the turmoil of a... Read More
Low Tide
When you stand on the ocean shore and watch the... Read More
Stock Market Diversification
In one of my previous articles (Investing in the stock... Read More
Whos Calling?
Its dinnertime and the phone rings. It's Joe Noname with... Read More
Picking Mutual Funds to Outperform the Market
With over 6,000 mutual funds available, it may be tempting... Read More
I Love To Lose Money
Well, not really. What I mean is I don't mind... Read More
Prosperity
It has fallen upon the consumer to make our economy... Read More
Investment Clubs
Because you don't feel too sure about which stock or... Read More
Online Investing & Stock & Share Trading: 4 Reasons Why Most Online Investors & Traders Go Broke
Are you attracted to the idea of being in control... Read More
Stock Market Insanity
Let's first define insanity. It is doing the same thing... Read More
Planning Your Dive and Diving Your Plan ? Trading!
A colleague of mine just returned from a scuba diving... Read More
Stock Trading Diversification
This is the continuing story of our two imaginary traders,... Read More
Value Investing: Selecting From The Bargain Bin
Picking a beaten-down stock requires a different kind of selection... Read More
Understanding a Stocks PEG Ratio
A PEG ratio cannot be used alone but is a... Read More
What Our Investment Advisor Wont Say Off The Bat
Most advisors will tell you they can beat the market.... Read More
Being Wrong Buying Stock is Okay
Being wrong is OK, but let's not carry it to... Read More
Mid-Cap Stocks: Asset Class with an Identity Crisis
Much like the middle child, mid-cap stocks have long struggled... Read More
The Secret Art of Backtesting
If you have not back tested your trading system, you... Read More
Inertia
One of the basic laws of physics is that a... Read More
Investment Discipline
One of the great "secrets" of successful people is discipline... Read More
The Stock Market - Part 1: Believe It Or Not, Its Always Been Your Best Friend And Always Will Be
Regardless of the fact that the world's stock markets have... Read More
Performance Funds
Mutual funds are doing more and more to discourage investors... Read More
Lights of the Stock Market
There are red lights, green lights, blue lights and spot... Read More
Mindset
In 1960 an engineer working for a watch company in... Read More
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