Dont Buy Worldcom! A Guide to Wise Bottom Fishing
Over the past few months, several investment professionals have brought up the topic of the down-and-out company of the day and whether to buy now as a speculation. Last year, K-Mart was the big news, and everyone wanted to know whether this was a good stock play. Today the news... 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
Mutual Fund Commissions
You have heard about a particular mutual fund from a friend, saw it advertised on TV or read about it in some publication thought it would be a good buy. Next you call your broker to get his advice before you buy because he is an expert and is there... Read More
Starbucks Stock is Up
Starbucks earnings are up again and so is their stock slightly. It appears they are exporting America's weakness to caffeine and sugar around the world. This seems to serve the company's profits well and nations like China have quite an emerging population to sell to. Think of the exporting of... Read More
How to Pay Less and Get More: Discount Broker vs Professional
How do you invest? What do you really pay? At the end of the day, what are your real results? These are questions smart investors should be asking themselves (but usually don't). In this era of more fees, misc. charges, holding periods and back end redemptions, even at discount brokers,... Read More
Traders, Defend Against the Dreaded Death Spiral.
It has often been said that there is only two ways to get hurt really bad on a stock trade, getting caught in a "death spiral" by not using DTM: Decisive Trade Management in the way of stop loses and having a stock halted on you. Halts you have zero... Read More
Forecasting the Stock Market
Every day I see in the financial section of newspapers how to forecast what the market will do in 6 months, 12 months, several years. "Ten stocks that will double in the next 6 months." Right! I have trouble trying to forecast what it will do tomorrow. Do not trust... Read More
Perfect Storm
Having lived aboard a sailboat for 2 years I was stricken when I saw the movie "PERFECT STORM". I know these are things you want to avoid at all costs. Even little storms can play havoc with your life style on a boat.From a world view it looks like we... Read More
You Don?t HAVE To Be Trading
As a novice trader, you'll often feel the need to trade.You may be bored or frustrated. Or you just want to try a certain type of trade.STOP!Realize that you don't have to be trading all the time to be successful. In fact not trading is often the very best decision... Read More
My Stock - Right or Wrong
We all know the expression, "My country, right or wrong", but have you ever thought about the stocks or mutual fund you own and said to yourself, "My stock - right or wrong" and held on to your position even as you saw your hard-earned money disappearing?This is the Buy... Read More
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Trading Tips No 6: The High Cost of Low Cost Stock Market Information
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Investment Lawyers and Trash Stocks
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One of the things people are always asking me is... Read More
8 Penny Stocks to Avoid
There are many good penny stock investments available, which could... Read More
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In a previously written article, we expanded the use of... Read More
Dollar Cost Averaging
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Which Way The Market
I am hearing predictions by brokers, financial planners, talk show... Read More
Why This Bear?
People are constantly asking me why is the stock market... Read More
No Load Mutual Funds: Boost Your Portfolios Returns
Investors who exclusively use broadly diversified, no load mutual funds... Read More
Pension Plans
If you have a pension plan at work you will... Read More
Lies, Damn Lies and Mutual Fund Returns
How many times has this happened to you? You're at... Read More
Lifestyle Funds Provide Greater Security?
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When we go to the circus we see a trapeze... Read More
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Never Lose Money
Never lose money in the stock market again. Yeah, I... Read More
Why Stock Is More Risky Than Options!
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A Personal Stock Market Investment Philosophy
∙ Make every investment in the stock market a long-term... Read More
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Financial markets provide their participants with the most favorable conditions... Read More
Discipline
One of the great "secrets" of successful people is discipline... Read More
Mindset
In 1960 an engineer working for a watch company in... Read More
Buy and Hold: How to Perpetuate Your Investment Losses
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The Elephant
Four blind men were asked to give a description of... Read More
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What To Buy Now
I am sure that if you have a brokerage account... Read More
Alfred E. Newman
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Zero Sum Game
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Mr. Market
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Stock Trading Success
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Stock Market Volatility
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Direction
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