Understanding a Stocks PEG Ratio
A PEG ratio cannot be used alone but is a very powerful tool when integrated with the basics (price, volume and chart reading). You must enjoy crunching numbers and have a calculator handy to estimate your own PEG ratio. Access to quality statistical information from the web such as past... Read More
Investing in Dividend Paying Stocks
I was recently interviewed for a press release through a financial question and answer format. One of the questions asked of me in the interview was:Where do you think the stock market is headed over the next five years?My Answer!Charles M. O'Melia: No one knows! There is an old Chinese... Read More
No Load Mutual Funds or Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)?
If you are fed up with early redemption charges and ever increasing mutual fund management fees on top of bad-performing fund managers, read on. There is a quiet revolution going on in the no-load mutual fund industry and you, the individual investor, may benefit from it greatly.I am referring to... Read More
Structured Settlement; Lawyers in NY and Mutual Funds
Minority Report the movie may not be far off if the Head of the SEC has anything to say about it. At a Senate Banking Committee hearing on CSPAN, William Donaldson said that the beloved SEC can no longer sit back and "mop-up" after scandals break. This idea of Mopping... Read More
Again With the Bubbles?
A few years back ? it seems like an eternity today ? the U.S. stock market experienced a severe bubble burst. Legitimate stocks rose beyond reasonable valuations and ideas merely in the germination stage sold for prices far beyond those of real proven companies. When the bubble burst, billions of... Read More
Momentum
One of the basic laws of physics states that a body in motion will continue in motion in the direction it is going until interrupted by another force.That basic physics law also applies to stocks and mutual funds. To see this trend it will be very apparent in a weekly... Read More
Which Way The Market
I am hearing predictions by brokers, financial planners, talk show hosts and the talking heads on TV that the market is going back to its old highs - DOW 11,700 and NASDAQ 5000 here we come.It seems to me that in 2000 I heard these same people saying there was... Read More
Laws and Efficiencies and Theories of Diminishing Returns
The basis of diminishing return discussions surround such simple notions; that when you have a very fast aircraft, you also have coefficients of drag issues. When you are building a quarter mile car and want to go faster you must realize that for every tenth of a second you need... 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
Struggling Stocks, Booming Commodities
04/28/2005NASDAQ dropped -12.5% year to date in 2005. S&P500 index suffered -5.7% this year. US stock market has been terrible over past few months.Not only general market is down, oil stocks recently had a significant correction as well. It is easy to be nervous because of the short term setback.... Read More
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Dont Ask Your Broker
Unfortunately, most of you who are reading my column are... Read More
Inertia Syndrome
When it comes to buying a stock or mutual fund... Read More
How (NOT) to Buy Mutual Funds
When it comes to mutual funds, there is a lot... Read More
Investment Research - The Dalbar Study
Very few people, even professionals, have heard of the Dalbar... Read More
How To Make, And Keep, Money Trading Stocks
If you are serious about making and keeping money by... Read More
The Bottom?
Every day I hear someone on CNBC proclaim that "this... Read More
Market Timing
Every broker and financial planner will tell you that you... Read More
Analysts - Do They Really Know The Stock Market?
When you become interested in a stock or mutual fund... Read More
Municipal Bonds
Because there are so many stocks that are NOT paying... Read More
Do You Know What is the Single MOST Critical Mistake in Trading the Stock Market??
Well maybe that's overstating it a little, but it's certainly... Read More
The Inside Scoop on Mutual Fund Rip Offs
The bear market that showed up at the end of... Read More
What is the Most Important Indicator of All?
Most stock market traders have a favorite technical indicator.The one... Read More
Leverage - Margin Debt
What is leverage?Here is a definition of leverage from an... Read More
The Right Mutual Funds For Baby Boomers
If you are a baby boomer, time is not on... Read More
A Stock Market Investment Strategy
I feel that an investment strategy in the stock market... Read More
Historical Briefing: Stocks, Finance and Money
The World Bank claims that some two billion of the... Read More
Bottoms Ups
If you have talked to a stock broker or financial... Read More
Advantages and Disadvantages of Mutual Funds
Outlined below are some of the advantages and disadvantages of... Read More
Value Investing: Selecting From The Bargain Bin
Picking a beaten-down stock requires a different kind of selection... Read More
Why Technical Indicators
The fight continues to rage among traders who use technical... Read More
What Our Investment Advisor Wont Say Off The Bat
Most advisors will tell you they can beat the market.... Read More
Dont Buy Worldcom! A Guide to Wise Bottom Fishing
Over the past few months, several investment professionals have brought... Read More
Can?t Stand The Heat
It seems that every day I turn on the TV... Read More
The Stock Market is a Roller Coaster: Prepare for the Ups and Downs
IT'S REMINISCENT OF THE OLD children's tale about an old... Read More
Its A Duck
If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck... Read More
Attitude Is [Almost] Everything
I often play a little game with myself when I... Read More
The Club
Yesterday I received my monthly issue of MONEY magazine. This... Read More
Mr. Market
I constantly hear the talking heads on CNBC-TV, the radio... Read More
The Cub; II
We keep hearing about this bear market and that the... Read More
Which Way The Market
I am hearing predictions by brokers, financial planners, talk show... Read More
Traders, Defend Against the Dreaded Death Spiral.
It has often been said that there is only two... Read More
Investment Lawyers and Trash Stocks
The trash business in its efforts to cook their books... Read More
An Old Proverb for Investing
"If you don't know where you are going, any road... Read More
Laws and Efficiencies and Theories of Diminishing Returns
The basis of diminishing return discussions surround such simple notions;... Read More
Trade Stocks for Real
I read a comment by a forum member on another... Read More
The Value of Stocks of a Company
The debate rages all over Eastern and Central Europe, in... Read More
Its A Bull, Its A Bear, Its Suptertrader!
The higher the market goes the more confusing are the... Read More
Making a Stock Watch List
I am taking the time to help others learn the... Read More
So, What is This Stock Market Thing Anyway?
We've all heard of the stock market and probably have... Read More
An Old Proverb for Investing
"If you don't know where you are going, any road... Read More
The Inside Scoop on Mutual Fund Rip Offs
The bear market that showed up at the end of... Read More
How To Pick A Mutual Fund
Mutual funds by definition are a mixed bag of stocks,... Read More
Social Insecurity
Just about everything you have been told about Social Security... Read More
Trading Systems
To become a successful trader you must have some kind... Read More
The 10 Commandments
Wall Street has been preaching for years and years to... Read More
Successful Trading ? Taking Profits - Part 1
So you're started trading, you bought some positions with your... Read More
Lights of the Stock Market
There are red lights, green lights, blue lights and spot... Read More
Box Of Chocolates
Ever have one of those sample boxes of candy? Each... Read More
KISS Formula
There are formulas for just about everything, but it has... Read More
Finding A Good Stock
One of the things people are always asking me is... Read More
Inverted Interest Rates
Inverted interest rates? What's that? Who cares? Even if you... Read More
Does Japan Matter?
For the last 12 years we have seen the Japanese... 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
A Personal Stock Market Investment Philosophy
∙ Make every investment in the stock market a long-term... Read More
The Great Stock Market Secret
When the stock market is going up and all your... Read More
Stock Market Investments
If there is one term over-used when talking about making... Read More
Roller Coaster
I love roller coasters. The steeper the better. High and... Read More
Momentum
One of the basic laws of physics states that a... Read More
Risk Control
Everything you invest in has risk so you want to... Read More
Different Types of Mutual Funds
This is a guide to the different types of mutual... Read More
How To Be A Winner
Everyone who invests in the stock market wants to be... Read More
Catnip of the Stock Market
I have watched my cat play with a bag of... Read More
Investment Lawyers and Trash Stocks
The trash business in its efforts to cook their books... Read More
What To Buy Now
I am sure that if you have a brokerage account... Read More
Shorting Stocks ? The Basics, Part I of II
What does it mean to short a stock?This means that... Read More
Performance Funds
Mutual funds are doing more and more to discourage investors... Read More
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