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

Buying Mutual Funds

It looks like the market is ready to start up again so it is time to buy mutual funds, but you only want to invest your money in funds that go up. First, you don't want to start with a loss so be sure to purchase no-load mutual funds. There... Read More

Stuff

I continually hear from economists, talking heads, other market letter writers, analysts and assorted "experts" that I need to know all kinds of "stuff" about the stocks and mutual funds I am going to buy and I should keep up with them on a regular basis.What is this important "stuff"?Let's... Read More

Red, Green, Yellow - or - Stop, Go, Go Very Fast: Which Describes Your Online Trading?

Ever notice how behavior in one area of life can apply to behavior in other areas of life? For example, I've noticed a number of things while driving that apply to online trading. One of them is regarding how people behave toward traffic signals.In the USA, where I live, all... 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

The Stock Market Investor?s Worst Enemy

Every stock market investor faces one primal enemy. An enemy so perverse, it will drive thousands of investors from the stock market through its ability to defeat even the most practiced investment strategy. Who is this enemy you ask? Your arch nemesis, in this case, goes by the name E.... Read More

What Does it Take to be a Stock Trader?

It takes a total mental commitment to the task. It becomes a complete way of life. You cannot be a part timer. You cannot work at a regular job and trade stocks successfully.When you decide to make your living this way you must be willing to work 365 days a... Read More

The Next Bull Market

We are already in it, but you can't see it. It doesn't look like the one we had in '99. Like the magician who has you watching what he wants you to and with the other hand he is doing something else that is what is happening in the stock... 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 stock market (we used the Dow Jones as a reference point) and the apparent performance that makes the headlines and can be seen by a casual look at a chart or "ballpark" figures - briefly; the Dow went up, for... Read More

Hot Stock Investing ... How to Pick Hot Stocks with Momentum Stock Trading

Profitable day traders recognize that momentum trading is among the fastest & most effective ways to harvest BIG piles of cash in the stock market.The problem is that if you don't know what stocks to look for and how to approach them while limiting your risk, you won't even get... Read More

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Stock Trading Diversification

This is the continuing story of our two imaginary traders,... Read More

Kick The Tires

Before you buy another car you walk around the lot,... Read More

Investing in Dividend Paying Stocks

I was recently interviewed for a press release through a... Read More

Economists #2

Economists know more about how the fragments of society work... Read More

Small-Cap Stocks: The Beginning of the Journey

When an individual investor wants to roll up his sleeves... Read More

Lies, Damn Lies and Mutual Fund Returns

How many times has this happened to you? You're at... Read More

No Load Mutual Funds: Investment Hype vs. Investment Help

With the internet such a huge part of our daily... Read More

Discover the Biggest Trading & Investing Online Mistake

Any online investor / trader seeks an excellent off or... Read More

How Much Information Do You Need?

You have decided to buy some stock or mutual funds,... Read More

Stock Market Diversification

In one of my previous articles (Investing in the stock... Read More

Box Of Chocolates

Ever have one of those sample boxes of candy? Each... Read More

Duck

Duck! No I don't mean a quack, quack. I meant... 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

Some Good News for A Change

Before we get into all the good news out there,... Read More

Keep Your Profits

It looks like we have now entered a new bull... Read More

War Market

There is no question that the stock market is being... Read More

Finding A Good Stock

One of the things people are always asking me is... Read More

Paddle Your Canoe

At some time in your life you have been on... Read More

Planning Your Dive and Diving Your Plan ? Trading!

A colleague of mine just returned from a scuba diving... Read More

How Eating Bitumen Made Me a Better Trader

Trading is a fascinating activity.There are so many layers to... Read More

Lights of the Stock Market

There are red lights, green lights, blue lights and spot... Read More

The Importance of Using Stop Loss Orders When Spread Trading the Financial Markets

A Guide to Using Stop Loss Orders Stop losses are... Read More

Laws and Efficiencies and Theories of Diminishing Returns

The basis of diminishing return discussions surround such simple notions;... Read More

Fake Money

Reach in your pocket and take out that big roll... Read More

Understanding a Stocks PEG Ratio

A PEG ratio cannot be used alone but is a... Read More

Top 25 Growth Funds

On Monday, November 25, 2000 Investor's Business Daily listed on... Read More

Stock Valuation using the SMP Model

Disclaimer: Please note that I do not necessarily purchase, own,... Read More

Losses, not Profits, will Stop You from Trading in the Market

Should the market turn against you, it is important that... Read More

How to Read an Annual Report

Every publicly traded company is required by the SEC(Securities and... Read More

Long-Term Investment In Todays Market?

The stock market is very unstable at this time going... Read More

Stock Market Insanity

Let's first define insanity. It is doing the same thing... Read More

How To Buy And Hold

One of the most believed bits of conventional wisdom from... Read More

Where Is The Beef?

Where is the beef? Or maybe it should be where... Read More