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

Bollinger Bands Strategies

The Bollinger Band theory is designed to depict the volatility of a stock. It is quite simple, being composed of a simple moving average, and its upper and lower "bands" that are 2 standard deviations away. Standard deviations are a statistical tool used to contain the majority of movement or... Read More

Index Fund Trading Using Technical Analysis and Swing Trading Strategies

Index Fund Trading can be one of the most profitable...or most costly exercises you will ever do.While trading a basket of Stocks has it's advantages, such as removing the risk of any single company you own Stock in going bust and taking all of your money with it, Indexes tend... Read More

What the Hell is a Stock option?

A 'stock option' is a contract between two parties giving the buyer (also known as the 'taker') the right, but not the obligation, to either buy or sell a specific quantity of shares at a pre-agreed price (known as the 'strike price' or 'exercise price') by a certain future 'expiry'... Read More

Forces that Move Stock Prices

Among the largest forces that affect stock prices are inflation, interest rates, bonds, commodities and currencies. At times the stock market suddenly reverses itself followed typically by published explanations phrased to suggest that the writer's keen observation allowed him to predict the market turn. Such circumstances leave investors somewhat awed... Read More

Market Experience of a Naïve Stock Operator

Sometime in the third quarter of 1997, someone told me that I should play the stock market. Knowing nothing about the stock market, I turned to some colleagues to seem to know a lot about it. Following their advice, I opened an account with a stock brokerage company. Well, up... Read More

Buy Low - Sell High

Now where have I heard that before? I know. It was my broker.So I took his advice and bought some of the stocks he recommended. I am still waiting for the 'sell high' part of the equation. Everything he touted went up for a while and now it is lower... Read More

Mutual Fund Ball and Chain

The broker told me not to sell because the mutual fund I owned had a 2% redemption fee and they would penalize me if I did.I got to thinking about it and did some simple math to see what that would cost me if I sold. Several months ago I... Read More

Trading Tips No 6: The High Cost of Low Cost Stock Market Information

It has been said that low cost or even free stock market information or trading advice can be the most expensive advice you can get. The meaning is clear. You get what you pay for.In order to win in the markets consistently, you must have a winning edge and you... Read More

Pathways

During our travel down life's path we come to many places where the trail divides and we must make a decision. Some involve psychological (emotional) choices ? marriage, divorce, leaving home, career changes, etc. Others are monetary ? buying a new car, home, starting your own business, investing, etc. Many... Read More

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Traders, Defend Against the Dreaded Death Spiral.

It has often been said that there is only two... 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

Successful Trading ? Taking Profits - Part 1

So you're started trading, you bought some positions with your... Read More

Trading Tips No 8: Picking the Best Stock Market Price

Carefully thinking through your goal as a trader is of... Read More

Making Outsized Returns in the Stock Market - Using the Dow Theory

The Dow TheoryCharles H. Dow... Read More

Bargain Basement - Finding Stocks That Go Up

Have you been listening to the talking heads on CNBC-TV?... Read More

An Old Proverb for Investing

"If you don't know where you are going, any road... Read More

How to Pick Winning Stocks

There is nothing more exciting than finding an undervalued stock... Read More

Forecasting the Stock Market

Every day I see in the financial section of newspapers... Read More

Historical Briefing: Stocks, Finance and Money

The World Bank claims that some two billion of the... Read More

Online Trading Strategy: Collecting Cash when Stocks Go UP - It PAYS to Know More than Others

When it comes to stock market trading it PAYS to... Read More

One Way Street

Ever turn down a street, get half way and suddenly... Read More

How To Be A Winner

Everyone who invests in the stock market wants to be... Read More

Lemmings Are Gathering

Before they go over the cliff to their destruction these... Read More

A Personal Stock Market Investment Philosophy

∙ Make every investment in the stock market a long-term... Read More

Stock Options Trading Strategies - Lean

Professional stock options traders use the term lean to refer... Read More

Trading vs Investing

I often hear from people, "I don't trade. I invest.... Read More

Alfred E. Newman

What! Me worry?Many of you remember the cover of MAD... Read More

Stock Insurance

You have a lock on your house. You have a... Read More

Some Good News for A Change

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

Investing in the Stock Market

From the book 'The Stockopoly Plan' by the author Charles... Read More

Humpty Dumpty the Stock Market Falls Down

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall and all the King's... Read More

Understanding the Bulls and the Bears

If you've ever flipped on the television to CNN Financial... Read More

Your Job

There are so many kinds of work that needs to... Read More

Stock Chart Reading

As an investor you will want to check out any... Read More

Living Trust Investing: Income Considerations when the Grantor Dies

A common problem I often see when working with living... Read More

Buy and Hold Investment Strategy

"Buy and hold" is one of the most heralded investment... Read More

Valuation

Every day I hear from the "experts" on CNBC-TV and... Read More

Market Globalization

Just 30 years ago the stock market was a shadow... Read More

Intervention

Intervention. Now don't let that big word scare you. The... Read More

The Big Bad Bear

The big bad bear is stirring again. So far he... Read More

Good Stock Market Tip; Good Return!

Forget making a profit; instead focus on the income provided... Read More

Invest, Be Wrong, and Make Money in the Stock Market

I have been trading for several decades and was an... Read More