Trading Baskets II: The Crapolio, A Roll of the Dice in the Stock Market

In a previously written article, we expanded the use of the term "Trading Baskets" to include stocks from different sectors or industries. Now I want to share with you an approach to day trading or swing trading that I had some success with back in the wild and woolly, pinnacle... Read More

How Much Money Can I Make With Trading? What Account Size Do I Need To Start?

What account size do I need?How much money can I make with trading?First of all, let's clarify a common misunderstanding: You never risk your full account size. You always have a "catastrophic stop", and it is important to define the "ruin" before you start trading. Let's say you start with... Read More

Why Buy and Hold?

Since I can remember, and that's a long time ago, the Wall Street brokerage companies, mavens and mutual fund managers have been exhorting the mantra of Buy and Hold for all your investments. There have been erudite studies published that this is the only way to go.Does it really work... Read More

How to Pick Winning Stocks

There is nothing more exciting than finding an undervalued stock and seeing it explode out of nowhere rising in value 100% or more in a few weeks. Some stocks can move as much as 1000% in a year and?. Even after the stock market crashed in 2000, some stocks still... Read More

Ignore Stock Market Talking Heads

You should ignore analysts on TV, the radio, the newspaper and all other TALKING HEADS when it comes to investing! What stocks do they talk about? - The same old group, every day of every year - Why? Because they don't know any better, they are sheep like the general... Read More

Time Out

Are you paying any attention to your retirement savings? Do you have it in cash or an account with a broker? Maybe you have a professional manager who is investing your money as you add to it every month.Is your account increasing in value every year? If it isn't why... Read More

NASDAQ 800?

In November of 2000 when the NASDAQ was trading at 3000 I wrote in this column that the NASDAQ Index would fall to 1500 and I got lots of heat for saying it. Microsoft had fallen from $129 to $60 per share. You know where they are today.The talking heads... Read More

I Love You, Warren Buffet

Sometime around 1980, can't remember exactly, there was a flight of money from many countries to Switzerland. The clock makers had so much money pouring in that the banks took interest rates to zero and even for a period of time were actually making you pay ½% interest to them... Read More

Enronization

Even if you don't own any of their stock or any stock at all you will want to read this.What Enron corporate officers did with their accounting firm is nothing new. It has been going on for years, but recently has become more egregious. Hiding facts from stockholders by showing... Read More

Race Horses and Mutual Funds

For years investors have been taught to look into the composition of a mutual funds. In other words the "experts" want you to take the time to analyze the stocks within the mutual fund portfolio, categorize them by industry group and try to understand the objective of the fund manager.... Read More

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Keep Your Profits

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

Roller Coaster

I love roller coasters. The steeper the better. High and... Read More

Risk Control

Everything you invest in has risk so you want to... Read More

Investing Basics - Stocks, Mutual Funds, Real Estate & Online Investing

Have you ever thought of investing? Do you have a... Read More

Forecasting the Stock Market

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

No Load Mutual Funds or Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)?

If you are fed up with early redemption charges and... Read More

Mid-Cap Stocks: Asset Class with an Identity Crisis

Much like the middle child, mid-cap stocks have long struggled... Read More

Dividend Reinvestment Plans: Investing on Automatic Pilot

If you're like many investors who squander those small dividend... Read More

Financial Crime

Congress recently passed another new law that is supposed to... Read More

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

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

How To Pick A Mutual Fund

Mutual funds by definition are a mixed bag of stocks,... Read More

Gurgle Gurgle

Caught in a whirlpool and being sucked under. No life... Read More

The Bottom?

Every day I hear someone on CNBC proclaim that "this... Read More

Dollar Cost Averaging

Dollar cost averaging is one of the most popular ideas... Read More

Your Trading Objective: Why is that so Important?

You've decided to try your luck at trading stocks or... Read More

Prospering with Mutual Funds: How Anyone can ?Afford? an Investment Advisor

Recently I was invited to appear on a live CNNfn... Read More

Stock Insurance

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

Never Fall In Love!

Recently I watched my favorite football team lose a vital... Read More

Its Better

Question: How does it get better when it gets worse?Last... Read More

The Holy Grail (of Investment)

Every year I go to the Money Show in Orlando,... Read More

Will the Stock Market be Lower in October?

The stock market often closes a week in the middle... Read More

Time Out

Are you paying any attention to your retirement savings? Do... Read More

Stock Trading Success

The ABC's of Stock Trading SuccessStock trading success...why is it... Read More

Is The Bear In The Cage?

For the last few weeks we have seen the stock... Read More

Oil Stocks CHK WLL - What Is Their Worth?

(1) CHK stock price $16.74, NAV $32.5CHK is my favorite... Read More

A Good Fund Manager

Every Wall Street analyst, financial planner and broker will tell... Read More

Attitude Is [Almost] Everything

I often play a little game with myself when I... Read More

Stock Trading Diversification

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

Pension Plans

If you have a pension plan at work you will... Read More

Trading For A Living - Part 1

There can't be many traders who haven't at least considered... Read More

Selling

The stock market has been going up for more than... Read More

Tips to Finding Other People?s Simple Trading Plans

Did you know you can make money (and a lot... Read More