Rebalance And Diversify
The stock market has not been very kind to your investments lately. Your broker knows this so you may have received a call from him suggesting it is time to 'rebalance and diversify' your portfolio.What does this really mean? He wants you to sell some of your holdings and buy... Read More
Prosperity
It has fallen upon the consumer to make our economy strong. All the politicians, economists and talking heads on TV are telling him (that's you and me) to get out there and spend your money. Buy that new car, build a new house and fly off to some remote place... Read More
Hold Em and Fold Em
When most analysts, financial planners, fund specialists and investors try to decide whether to buy a particular stock they immediately go to the financial statements to determine the growth potential of the company. Numbers and more numbers. Then management analysis and industry speculation. Unless you are an experienced financial analyst... Read More
How to Maximize Your 401k Mutual Fund Returns
When it comes to 401k's there is an overabundance of sad stories. Here is one that at least has a happy ending-and it's getting happier all the time.Last year (in 2002) a friend of mine-let's call him Jack-phoned and asked if I could help him with his 401k. Jack works... Read More
Hedge Fund Advertising
Have you seen all those big full page ads for hedge funds in the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, Investors Business Daily? You haven't. Maybe they are being drowned out by the regular mutual funds who continually tell you how great they are.Shucks! I forgot. Hedge funds are not... Read More
Stock Insurance
You have a lock on your house. You have a lock on your car. You have a lock on your tool shed. Do you have a lock to protect your stock market investments?Maybe you have a safe at home for your valuables such as jewelry, rare coins, special documents and... Read More
Protectionism
First let's see what protectionism is. According to Mr. Webster it is the advocacy, system, or theory of protecting domestic producers by impeding or limiting, as by tariffs or quotas, the importation of foreign goods and services.That sounds pretty good. It is something that will protect the jobs of our... Read More
A Triple Dipper: How to Make 3 Profits on 1 Stock Trade
This is a rather simple strategy with which I am sure a lot of seasoned traders are very familiar, possibly under some other name with which I am not familiar. I wanted to write about it because I don't see anyone talking about it anymore. Since the big hey-days of... Read More
Hedge Funds: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Alfred Winslow Jones started hedge funds in 1949. He was a pioneer of non-traditional investment strategies. "Non-traditional" categorizes hedge funds quite accurately. Hedge funds have the potential to make an investor quite a bit of money, but many do not understand the nature of hedge funds. Hedge funds have undergone... Read More
The Secret Art of Backtesting
If you have not back tested your trading system, you might as well trade with your eyes close. In fact, whatever technical analysis criterion you use to trade with, be it moving averages, candle sticks, volatility breakouts, fibonacci retracements or any other trading system you have devised you're going to... Read More
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Who Knows?
The Shadow knows. Remember him? It seems a shadow has... Read More
Lies, Damn Lies and Mutual Fund Returns
How many times has this happened to you? You're at... Read More
Price to Earnings Ratio - P/E
After finding the price of a particular stock, usually the... 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
Duct Tape
Did you run out to buy that duct tape yet?... Read More
Laws and Efficiencies and Theories of Diminishing Returns
The basis of diminishing return discussions surround such simple notions;... Read More
Stock Market Volatility
In my opinion, due to the volatility of stock market... Read More
Mr. Market
I constantly hear the talking heads on CNBC-TV, the radio... Read More
Trading Tips No 5: Stock Trading Curve Drawdown and Commitment
All stock trading and investing methods must deal with the... Read More
Size Counts!
What the heck am I talking about?It is often said... Read More
Trading Baskets II: The Crapolio, A Roll of the Dice in the Stock Market
In a previously written article, we expanded the use of... Read More
10 Tips For Creating Wealth From the Stock Market
1. Do not spread your money too thin.My friend has... Read More
The Surgeon General
The Surgeon General of the United States says that smoking... Read More
Analyst Reports
When you become interested in a stock or mutual fund... Read More
A Stock Market Investment Plan that Never Lets You Down
The bulls and bears of the stock market are both... Read More
Valuation
Every day I hear from the "experts" on CNBC-TV and... Read More
Invest, Be Wrong, and Make Money in the Stock Market
I have been trading for several decades and was an... Read More
Why Change Funds?
On November 17 I bought 7 different mutual funds and... Read More
My Stock - Right or Wrong
We all know the expression, "My country, right or wrong",... Read More
Duck
Duck! No I don't mean a quack, quack. I meant... Read More
Stock Trading Secrets?
How often have you come across an advertisement or e-mail... Read More
Investment Research - The Dalbar Study
Very few people, even professionals, have heard of the Dalbar... Read More
The Club
Yesterday I received my monthly issue of MONEY magazine. This... Read More
Why Investors Use Financial Planners
Do you have a financial planner? Does one of your... Read More
Evaluation II
As I said in Part I everyone in the insane... Read More
Investing in Trash Company Stocks
Refuse is a serious issue in any society, about as... Read More
The Stock Market - How Just One Question Will Tell You All You Need To Know About Your Stock Broker
Last time we looked at the real performance of the... Read More
Emotional Maturity
If you are going to be a winner in the... 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
A Good Fund Manager
Every Wall Street analyst, financial planner and broker will tell... Read More
Gold Fever
Right now there doesn't seem to be any "gold fever".... Read More
Planning Your Dive and Diving Your Plan ? Trading!
A colleague of mine just returned from a scuba diving... Read More
Structured Settlement; Lawyers in NY and Mutual Funds
Minority Report the movie may not be far off if... Read More
Alfred E. Newman
What! Me worry?Many of you remember the cover of MAD... Read More
Why Buy and Hold?
Since I can remember, and that's a long time ago,... Read More
Good Stock Market Tip; Good Return!
Forget making a profit; instead focus on the income provided... Read More
A Personal Stock Market Investment Philosophy
∙ Make every investment in the stock market a long-term... Read More
Online Investing & Online Stock & Share Trading: Difficulty in Taking Stop Losses in the Market
This is an extract of an article which was first... Read More
10 Tips For Creating Wealth From the Stock Market
1. Do not spread your money too thin.My friend has... Read More
Stock and Fund Dividends
When is a dividend not a dividend?The latest thing "conservative"... Read More
I Love To Lose Money
Well, not really. What I mean is I don't mind... Read More
Using Sector Funds to Construct Diversified Mutual Fund Portfolios
'Sector funds are too risky.' 'I doubled my money with... Read More
Wal-Mart: Discount Store, Discounted Stock?
As GuruFocus updates the stock buys and sells of gurus,... Read More
A Stock Market Investment Plan that Never Lets You Down
The bulls and bears of the stock market are both... Read More
Advisory Service for You?
It depends on your level of understanding of the market... Read More
Managing Investing and Stock Market Risks
Reduce your investing and stock market risks by:Setting your sights... Read More
Historical Briefing: Stocks, Finance and Money
The World Bank claims that some two billion of the... Read More
Mutual Fund Honor Roll ? Buy High, Sell Low by Chasing Performance
Buy high and sell low -- It's not a typo.Millions... Read More
Online Trading Strategy: Collecting Cash when Stocks Go UP - It PAYS to Know More than Others
When it comes to stock market trading it PAYS to... Read More
Long Term Investing
In his wonderful book, 'Multiple Streams of Income', best selling... Read More
Stock Valuation using the SMP Model
Disclaimer: Please note that I do not necessarily purchase, own,... Read More
Successful Trading ? Taking Profits - Part 2
Suppose your position has made a big move and you... Read More
One Way Street
Ever turn down a street, get half way and suddenly... Read More
9 Deadly Trading Mistakes!
The following are a list of nine things you want... Read More
Moving Averages
Every day on CNBC-TV they show a 200-day moving average... Read More
Municipal Bonds
Because there are so many stocks that are NOT paying... Read More
Choosing An Investment Stock Broker
If you want one.And I don't recommend any broker with... Read More
I Love You, Warren Buffet
Sometime around 1980, can't remember exactly, there was a flight... Read More
Valuation
Every day I hear from the "experts" on CNBC-TV and... Read More
How to Make Big Money Safely in Stock Market
(1) Stock Market is Tough Place to Make Any Money... Read More
The 1% Solution
You probably know the story of Sherlock Holmes and the... Read More
Momentum
One of the basic laws of physics states that a... Read More
Your Trading Objective: Why is that so Important?
You've decided to try your luck at trading stocks or... Read More
Duct Tape
Did you run out to buy that duct tape yet?... Read More
Dont Buy Worldcom! A Guide to Wise Bottom Fishing
Over the past few months, several investment professionals have brought... Read More
Market Psychology
Today we are inundated with tons of information about the... Read More
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