Mutual Funds: The Modern Den of Thieves!
Mutual funds were created with the idea that one person can specialize and manage the investments of a large pool of money from multiple investors. Before the great depression mutual funds were called investment pools and mutual fund managers were called pool operators. The bull market of the 1920's created... Read More
Can?t Stand The Heat
It seems that every day I turn on the TV and find a Poker game. Texas No Limit seems to be all the rage these days. I love watching it. When I discuss this with others, their response is always the same, "You should play." Ah, but what they don't... Read More
Precision Money Management
This article describes the model of a natural relationship between trading system performance, trade position size, stop loss settings and profit goals. The model consists of algebraic equations that specify the trade size and stop loss settings needed to meet profit goals over a specified time period for any consistently... Read More
Investment Research - The Dalbar Study
Very few people, even professionals, have heard of the Dalbar Study that originated in 1995. Its purpose is to determine the profitability of trading for the small investor of mutual funds. Their results are even worse than I thought.The BuyNHolders will love the results as it "proves" that buying and... Read More
The Problem With Hedge Funds
Are hedge funds a suitable investment for you? Hedge funds are an appropriate investment for qualified purchasers with a net worth above one million dollars and an annual income exceeding two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Purchasers are often required to sign an acknowledgement confirming their qualifications to invest in... Read More
Pension Plans
If you have a pension plan at work you will want to read this and if you don't you will still want to because it affects your retirement account.There are two kinds of formal retirement plans that are set in place by employers. The least complicated is the Defined Contribution... Read More
The Club
Yesterday I received my monthly issue of MONEY magazine. This issue has the special feature called "The Ultimate Investment Club" that highlights their picks for the top mutual fund managers. Let's see how their members made money for their shareholders.My readers know that the only thing that counts in my... 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 of your financial future, but confused about how to start investing in the stock or share market, while avoiding costly mistakes?Or maybe you're disappointed with your performance so far?Does it sometimes feel like every time you take the plunge and... Read More
Dividend Paying Stocks
I would like to share with the reader an article printed in the financial section of U.S.A. Today on March 7, 2003 which exemplifies the awesome power of a stock dividend.MICROSOFT TO ISSUE FIRST DIVIDEND TODAY:Microsoft investors will get their first payday today, when the tech giant shells out its... Read More
How to Short Stocks? How to Make Money when Your Stocks Go Down by Shorting
The stock market can present you with a lot of hot stocks every day. Many of them are new technology stocks that come from the nanotech, biotech, voip, healthcare, homeland defense or internet sectors.Most of them may seem promising, but the truth is that a good number of these trading... Read More
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Making Outsized Returns in the Stock Market - Using the Dow Theory
The Dow TheoryCharles H. Dow... 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
Alfred E. Newman
What! Me worry?Many of you remember the cover of MAD... Read More
Trade Stocks for Real
I read a comment by a forum member on another... Read More
It Cant Be Done
Wouldn't it be nice if you were only in the... Read More
No Load Mutual Funds: Boost Your Portfolios Returns
Investors who exclusively use broadly diversified, no load mutual funds... Read More
Some Good News for A Change
Before we get into all the good news out there,... Read More
So, What is This Stock Market Thing Anyway?
We've all heard of the stock market and probably have... Read More
Market Experience of a Naïve Stock Operator
Sometime in the third quarter of 1997, someone told me... Read More
Fools Gold
The stock market has been in an up trend for... Read More
Rebalance And Diversify
The stock market has not been very kind to your... Read More
Investment Research - The Dalbar Study
Very few people, even professionals, have heard of the Dalbar... Read More
Nest Eggs and Omelets
Do you have a nest egg? You know, a place... Read More
Peer Groups
Whenever I see mutual fund comparisons in the trade publications... Read More
A Good Fund Manager
Every Wall Street analyst, financial planner and broker will tell... Read More
Stock Market Diversification
In one of my previous articles (Investing in the stock... Read More
Bull or Bear?
Cat or dog? Maybe Zebra. Shucks, I don't know, but... Read More
The Surgeon General
The Surgeon General of the United States says that smoking... Read More
Time Out
Are you paying any attention to your retirement savings? Do... Read More
What is the Most Important Indicator of All?
Most stock market traders have a favorite technical indicator.The one... Read More
8 Penny Stocks to Avoid
There are many good penny stock investments available, which could... Read More
Hill of Hope
Just about now everyone is confused as to which way... Read More
Series 7 Exam
What is the Series 7 Exam? If you... Read More
Trading Systems
To become a successful trader you must have some kind... Read More
The Secret Art of Backtesting
If you have not back tested your trading system, you... Read More
Different Types of Mutual Funds
This is a guide to the different types of mutual... Read More
Hedge Funds
You read and hear a lot about hedge funds. Unfortunately,... Read More
Acapulco - The Stock Market Dives
There is a famous cliff on the ocean in Acapulco... Read More
Stock Options Trading Strategies - Lean
Professional stock options traders use the term lean to refer... Read More
Mutual Funds are Dead
You may have wondered why your mutual funds have been... Read More
Momentum
One of the basic laws of physics states that a... Read More
The Bottom?
Every day I hear someone on CNBC proclaim that "this... Read More
Its Snowing
The Winter Games for the Olympics are coming up soon... Read More
Staying Sane While Wall Street Crashes
Everybody is riding the Wall Street Roller coaster. Even if... Read More
Why the Majority Fail at Stock Investing
The gleam and bright lights of Wall Street lure in... Read More
Emotional Maturity
If you are going to be a winner in the... Read More
Trapeze Artist - Swinging with the Stock Market
When we go to the circus we see a trapeze... Read More
How Covered Calls Turned a Trader Around
Sidney felt sick as she looked at her latest OptionsXpress... Read More
KISS Formula
There are formulas for just about everything, but it has... Read More
Using Sector Funds to Construct Diversified Mutual Fund Portfolios
'Sector funds are too risky.' 'I doubled my money with... Read More
Fools Gold
The stock market has been in an up trend for... Read More
Does Japan Matter?
For the last 12 years we have seen the Japanese... Read More
No Load Mutual Funds: Boost Your Portfolios Returns
Investors who exclusively use broadly diversified, no load mutual funds... Read More
Your Trading Objective: Why is that so Important?
You've decided to try your luck at trading stocks or... Read More
Seecrets on Investment: Tired of Making Huge Losses in the Stock Market ? Part 2
Fundamental analysis.Fundamentals analysis says the best way to predict the... Read More
Good News?
As the man said, "I've got some good news and... Read More
Small-Cap Stocks: The Beginning of the Journey
When an individual investor wants to roll up his sleeves... Read More
True Investment Road Maps
If you don't know where you are going any road... Read More
Catnip of the Stock Market
I have watched my cat play with a bag of... Read More
Mutual Fund Ball and Chain
The broker told me not to sell because the mutual... Read More
Selling
The stock market has been going up for more than... Read More
This Market Is Different
All of the talking heads have been telling us that... Read More
Stock Trading Success
The ABC's of Stock Trading SuccessStock trading success...why is it... Read More
Buying Stocks and the Importance of Correct Timing
An investor can find and research the best stock on... Read More
Precision Money Management
This article describes the model of a natural relationship between... Read More
The Secret Method to Selecting a Winning Trading System
Every successful trader has a winning system. There are of... Read More
Municipal Bonds
Because there are so many stocks that are NOT paying... Read More
Is the Stock Market for You?
Many people would like to diversify their portfolios to expand... Read More
Expense Ratios
Mutual funds and brokers are always preaching not to buy... Read More
Mutual Funds are Dead
You may have wondered why your mutual funds have been... Read More
When Should I Sell?
People are always asking me when should I sell my... Read More
Enron Cure
Let's hope you did not have any of the Enron... Read More
?Fears Only Enemy Is Action?
What a great statement!I just heard someone use it in... Read More
Where Is The Rabbit?
We need a rabbit!This was a pretty horrible week for... Read More
My Neighbor Got A New Car
I don't know what kind it is, but I saw... Read More
Adding Funds
Someday you may want to retire and continue to live... Read More
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