Market Timing
Every broker and financial planner will tell you that you cannot time the stock market. I saw John Bogle, the great seer of Vanguard, on CNBC saying it can't be done. Of course, it is easy to understand why he and every other mutual fund manager would say that as... Read More
The 10 Commandments
Wall Street has been preaching for years and years to investors how and where to put their money. The "experts" have put forth these ideas for so long that they seem to be carved in stone just like Moses did with God's 10 Commandments. The only difference is that what... Read More
Stock Chart Reading
As an investor you will want to check out any equity before you buy it. Many investors go to Morningstar which is one of the largest providers of mutual fund information in the world. It is assumed that their information is correct. After all that is what you are paying... Read More
The I Word is Coming to a Town Near You
Hello Inflation, it has been awhile, I see you on your way back again. Inflation? What inflation? Oh things like; Energy, diesel fuel, Aviation Fuel, Gasoline, Natural Gas, Milk, Wheat, Corn, Beef, Poultry, Hogs, Soy Beans, Building materials, paper, housing, Auto Prices, Health Care, Insurance, etc. You know the basics.... 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
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
401K-itis
Are you one of those many people who dread reading their 401K statements? You have been watching it decline for about 2 years and are wondering if will ever stop. Just about everyone says the market will come back. Brokers say you are in for the long haul so don't... 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
The Exclusive Club of Large Caps
Picture one of those clubs where only the real heavyweights need apply. In the library the old aristocrats, General Motors and JP Morgan, are dozing in their leather chairs. On the terrace, a late luncheon is underway for those who have only improved their standing through marriage. ExxonMobil and Citigroup... Read More
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I Love To Lose Money
Well, not really. What I mean is I don't mind... Read More
Its Snowing
The Winter Games for the Olympics are coming up soon... Read More
Wal-Mart: Discount Store, Discounted Stock?
As GuruFocus updates the stock buys and sells of gurus,... Read More
Swing Trading Strategies
Using Swing Trading Strategies and Technical Analysis when Trading Stocks... Read More
A Stock Market Investment Plan that Never Lets You Down
The bulls and bears of the stock market are both... Read More
The POWER of a Proven Stock Investment Plan
When you invest in the stock market for ever-increasing cash... Read More
Patterns
The Law of Chaos is the theory of random unpredictable... Read More
War Market
There is no question that the stock market is being... Read More
Its Better
Question: How does it get better when it gets worse?Last... Read More
What is the Most Important Indicator of All?
Most stock market traders have a favorite technical indicator.The one... 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
Take The Time
You must take the time once a month to review... Read More
How to Pay Less and Get More: Discount Broker vs Professional
How do you invest? What do you really pay? At... Read More
KISS Formula
There are formulas for just about everything, but it has... Read More
Advantages and Disadvantages of Mutual Funds
Outlined below are some of the advantages and disadvantages of... Read More
Roller Coaster
I love roller coasters. The steeper the better. High and... Read More
Investment Lawyers and Trash Stocks
The trash business in its efforts to cook their books... Read More
Investment Research - The Dalbar Study
Very few people, even professionals, have heard of the Dalbar... Read More
Race Horses and Mutual Funds
For years investors have been taught to look into the... Read More
A Stock Market Investment Strategy
I feel that an investment strategy in the stock market... Read More
The Stock Market Investor?s Worst Enemy
Every stock market investor faces one primal enemy. An enemy... Read More
Some Good News for A Change
Before we get into all the good news out there,... Read More
Small-Cap Stocks: The Beginning of the Journey
When an individual investor wants to roll up his sleeves... Read More
How to Evaluate Load vs. No Load Mutual Funds
If you have been dealing with mutual funds for any... 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
Traders, Defend Against the Dreaded Death Spiral.
It has often been said that there is only two... Read More
Dont Lose All Your Money
That sounds like good advice doesn't it? Don't lose all... Read More
Selection Vs Direction
As I have said many times before in this column... Read More
Inertia Syndrome
When it comes to buying a stock or mutual fund... Read More
My Stock - Right or Wrong
We all know the expression, "My country, right or wrong",... Read More
Trading as a Business
What can I expect to make my first year of... Read More
The Stock Market Doesnt Care if You are a Beginner?. Get Prepared to Succeed at Trading
Stock trading remains a very competitive field and the stock... Read More
Stock Market Education; Day Trading for Beginnners; How to Pick Stocks
The trading method you employ to approach the stock market... Read More
Long Term Financial Vehicles
Investing in long-term financial vehicles give you the most gains... Read More
This Market Is Different
All of the talking heads have been telling us that... Read More
Selection Vs Direction
As I have said many times before in this column... Read More
A Triple Dipper: How to Make 3 Profits on 1 Stock Trade
This is a rather simple strategy with which I am... Read More
Low Expense Ratio
One of the big advertising kicks today from mutual funds... Read More
No Load Mutual Funds or Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)?
If you are fed up with early redemption charges and... Read More
How to Read an Annual Report
Every publicly traded company is required by the SEC(Securities and... Read More
Where Is The Beef?
Where is the beef? Or maybe it should be where... Read More
Where Is The Rabbit?
We need a rabbit!This was a pretty horrible week for... Read More
What Are You Waiting For?
Do you own any mutual funds? In an IRA or... Read More
How To Pick A Mutual Fund
Mutual funds by definition are a mixed bag of stocks,... Read More
Big Buildings Can Mean Big Economic Disaster
AS BUILDERS BEGIN WORK ON THE FREEDOM TOWER in New... Read More
Value Investing: Selecting From The Bargain Bin
Picking a beaten-down stock requires a different kind of selection... Read More
The Surgeon General
The Surgeon General of the United States says that smoking... 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
What Does it Take to be a Stock Trader?
It takes a total mental commitment to the task. It... Read More
Buy and Hold: How to Perpetuate Your Investment Losses
A recent cartoon in my daily newspaper showed two guys... Read More
The Secret Method to Selecting a Winning Trading System
Every successful trader has a winning system. There are of... Read More
What To Buy?
Now that you have some money burning a hole in... 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
Advisory News Letters
Several times each month I am solicited by various market... Read More
A Good Fund Manager
Every Wall Street analyst, financial planner and broker will tell... Read More
Its A Duck
If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck... Read More
Trading For A Living
How many times have you said to yourself, "I'd like... Read More
The Exclusive Club of Large Caps
Picture one of those clubs where only the real heavyweights... Read More
Low Tide
When you stand on the ocean shore and watch the... Read More
Attitude Is [Almost] Everything
I often play a little game with myself when I... Read More
What Can Model Airplanes Teach You About Trading?
I was devastated!I just couldn't believe it. I was 10... Read More
I Love You, Warren Buffet
Sometime around 1980, can't remember exactly, there was a flight... Read More
Pathways
During our travel down life's path we come to many... Read More
Hot Stock Investing ... How to Pick Hot Stocks with Momentum Stock Trading
Profitable day traders recognize that momentum trading is among the... Read More
Trading Tips No 8: Picking the Best Stock Market Price
Carefully thinking through your goal as a trader is of... Read More
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