Adding Funds
Someday you may want to retire and continue to live in the life style to which you have become accustomed. According to conventional wisdom you will need less money because you will have fewer expenses than when you had to go to the office every day. Maybe. Let's hope so.Unfortunately,... Read More
The Information Age
It is wonderful to be alive in the information age. We know in a matter of seconds the change in the value of gold in Switzerland, the death of a world leader or the birth of a peasant in Israel.We are inundated with facts and figures and the emotional tribulations... Read More
Different Ways of Buying Stocks
Let's say you are interested in this one company. You read its annual report, like what you see and your calculation indicates that the stock is trading way below its fair value. You are excited. It is time to buy! Hang on for a second. There are several techniques of... Read More
Jack and Jill
Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a bucket of ?money. Money? They are continuing to fill their bucket with stocks without any consideration to the value of these equities. They are not worried at all as they are buying "safe" mutual funds.Everyone knows mutual funds are safe.... Read More
Understanding Stock Market Indexes
A stock market index is a statistical measure of changes in the securities markets. An index represents a portfolio of securities traded on the market that is considered to be reasonably representative of the market as a whole. Each index has its own method of calculation. It is generally expressed... Read More
Stocks Options Trading
Let's assume that you want to make some serious money and you have chosen to take things into your own hands rather than depend upon a "professional trader" to make your trading decisions. This is usually only recomended if you can afford to lose the money that you are trading... Read More
Defining a Long-Term Investment in the Stock Market
For some "long term" would mean holding a stock position over the weekend. For others, it may mean holding a security for at least 1 year for the purpose of declaring a long-term capital gain, thus saving on taxes.The rigid definition of a long-term investment in the stock market would... Read More
Basics of Stock Market
Financial markets provide their participants with the most favorable conditions for purchase/sale of financial instruments they have inside. Their major functions are: guaranteeing liquidity, forming assets prices within establishing proposition and demand and decreasing of operational expenses, incurred by the participants of the market.Financial market comprises variety of instruments, hence... Read More
A Common Misconception about Stock Prices
I cringe every time I hear a novice investor tell me that they only purchase low priced stocks because they offer higher potential gains. A common phase I hear is "I like to buy $1 and $2 stocks because they can double easily and I will make a 100% profit".My... Read More
Dividend Reinvestment Plans: Investing on Automatic Pilot
If you're like many investors who squander those small dividend checks from your stock portfolio, a Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRP) might be just what you need. Just as its name implies, a Dividend Reinvestment Plan allows you to reinvest some or all of those dividends into more stock of the... Read More
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Different Ways of Buying Stocks
Let's say you are interested in this one company. You... Read More
Will the Stock Market be Lower in October?
The stock market often closes a week in the middle... Read More
True Investment Road Maps
If you don't know where you are going any road... Read More
Shorting Stocks ? The Basics, Part II of II
After the publication of the first part of this two... Read More
Stocks Options Trading
Let's assume that you want to make some serious money... Read More
Price to Earnings Ratio - P/E
After finding the price of a particular stock, usually the... Read More
Series 7 Exam
What is the Series 7 Exam? If you... Read More
So, What is This Stock Market Thing Anyway?
We've all heard of the stock market and probably have... Read More
How To Beat The Mutual Fund Companies At Their Own Game
You'd have had to be living on a desert island... Read More
Overvalued & Underbought
With all the bad news that has been dumped upon... Read More
How to Pick Winning Stocks
There is nothing more exciting than finding an undervalued stock... Read More
Protect Your 401K
Checked your 401K lately? Going back to about a year... Read More
Duct Tape
Did you run out to buy that duct tape yet?... Read More
The Next Bull Market
We are already in it, but you can't see it.... Read More
What the Hell is a Stock option?
A 'stock option' is a contract between two parties giving... Read More
Mousetrap
The spring-loaded rat catcher is the ultimate low-tech device invented... Read More
Fake Money
Reach in your pocket and take out that big roll... Read More
The Right Mutual Funds For Baby Boomers
If you are a baby boomer, time is not on... Read More
What To Buy?
Now that you have some money burning a hole in... Read More
Option Spread Trading
Spread trading is a technique that can be used to... Read More
On Line Stock Trading: Small Cap & Micro Stocks Go Up and Down - How Can You Profit?
Success in small cap & micro cap stock trading like... Read More
Momentum
One of the basic laws of physics states that a... Read More
Never Lose Money
Never lose money in the stock market again. Yeah, I... Read More
Selection Vs Direction
As I have said many times before in this column... Read More
Dividend Paying Stocks
I would like to share with the reader an article... Read More
Emotional Trading
The single most expensive stock market trades are those made... Read More
365/7/24
What does it take to be a stock trader? It... Read More
Discover the Retirement Breakthrough the Federal Government Created for You - The Roth IRA!
If you don't know what a Roth IRA is then... Read More
Play another Day
Money management starts with protecting your capital, realizing profits and... Read More
Hot Stock Trader: How to Pick Momentum Stocks with Ease and Simplicity
Most stock traders know that momentum trading can be a... Read More
The Stock Market - Part 1: Believe It Or Not, Its Always Been Your Best Friend And Always Will Be
Regardless of the fact that the world's stock markets have... Read More
Dividends
When is a dividend not a dividend?The latest thing "conservative"... Read More
The Skinny on Mutual Fund Investing
Mutual fund investing is a lot like Thai cooking. Everyone... Read More
Municipal Bonds
Because there are so many stocks that are NOT paying... Read More
Fake Money
Reach in your pocket and take out that big roll... Read More
Does Japan Matter?
For the last 12 years we have seen the Japanese... Read More
Making Outsized Returns in the Stock Market - Using the Dow Theory
The Dow TheoryCharles H. Dow... Read More
Defining a Long-Term Investment in the Stock Market
For some "long term" would mean holding a stock position... Read More
What To Buy Now
I am sure that if you have a brokerage account... Read More
Attitude Is [Almost] Everything
I often play a little game with myself when I... 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... Read More
Starbucks Stock is Up
Starbucks earnings are up again and so is their stock... Read More
Being Wrong Buying Stock is Okay
Being wrong is OK, but let's not carry it to... Read More
Chart Reading
As an investor you will want to check out any... Read More
Stock Market Diversification
In one of my previous articles (Investing in the stock... Read More
How (NOT) to Buy Mutual Funds
When it comes to mutual funds, there is a lot... Read More
Lifestyle Funds Provide Greater Security?
With the stock market stubbornly refusing to settle down and... Read More
Mutual Funds are Dead
You may have wondered why your mutual funds have been... Read More
War Market
There is no question that the stock market is being... Read More
Understanding a Stocks PEG Ratio
A PEG ratio cannot be used alone but is a... Read More
Swing Trading Strategies
Using Swing Trading Strategies and Technical Analysis when Trading Stocks... Read More
The Elephant
Four blind men were asked to give a description of... Read More
Protectionism
First let's see what protectionism is. According to Mr. Webster... Read More
The Three Little Pigs Went to the Stock Market
Three little pigs went to the market to stock up... Read More
A Common Misconception about Stock Prices
I cringe every time I hear a novice investor tell... Read More
Buying New Issues
Has your broker been calling you recently with the "great... Read More
Why Stock Is More Risky Than Options!
You probably have been told that options are risky. Even... Read More
What is Involved in Peak Performance Trading?
There is so much involved in developing peak performance, that... Read More
Using Sector Funds to Construct Diversified Mutual Fund Portfolios
'Sector funds are too risky.' 'I doubled my money with... Read More
Who Knows?
The Shadow knows. Remember him? It seems a shadow has... Read More
Will the Stock Market be Lower in October?
The stock market often closes a week in the middle... Read More
Advisory Service for You?
It depends on your level of understanding of the market... Read More
Value Investing: Selecting From The Bargain Bin
Picking a beaten-down stock requires a different kind of selection... Read More
KISS Formula
There are formulas for just about everything, but it has... Read More
Some Good News for A Change
Before we get into all the good news out there,... Read More
VIX
No, this is not a symbol for some Latin number.... Read More
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