More Window Dressing
Two weeks ago I wrote about what the Securities and Exchange Commission was doing to regulate the mutual fund industry to help the small investor, the "poor folks". It really added up to zero.Now the SEC is going to make new regulations for hedge funds to protect the rich folks.... Read More
What To Buy Now
I am sure that if you have a brokerage account with a "full service" broker you have been getting calls about what to buy and sell. If you have big losses in certain stocks you might be hit with that great Wall Street lie to buy more so you can... 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
Fake Money
Reach in your pocket and take out that big roll of bills. Depending on how many of them you have you feel pretty good. BUT did you know they are not worth the paper they are printed on? Huh? Let me explain.Yes, those bills are legal tender because those guys... Read More
Oil Stocks CHK WLL - What Is Their Worth?
(1) CHK stock price $16.74, NAV $32.5CHK is my favorite oil or natural gas stock. Here is updated Net Asset Value (NAV) table from CHK July 2004 earning release:Table CHK PV-10 per share NAV vs Natural gas priceN Gas price NAV per share$4.50 $16.11 $5.00 $19.60$5.50 $23.11 $6.00 $26.61 $6.50... Read More
Its A Bull, Its A Bear, Its Suptertrader!
The higher the market goes the more confusing are the "experts". In the September 14 issue of Investor's Business Daily newspaper we find the great prognosticators such as:Sheldon Jacobs, editor of No-Load Fund Investor newsletter quoted that he is recommending having more cash in your portfolio.Louis Navallier, manager of three... Read More
Overvalued & Underbought
With all the bad news that has been dumped upon the economy for some reason the stock market is going up. Why?The SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) has just set up new guidelines for core earnings. No more proforma computations. You know what proforma means - the company CEO or... Read More
Hedge Funds: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Alfred Winslow Jones started hedge funds in 1949. He was a pioneer of non-traditional investment strategies. "Non-traditional" categorizes hedge funds quite accurately. Hedge funds have the potential to make an investor quite a bit of money, but many do not understand the nature of hedge funds. Hedge funds have undergone... 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
Wall Street Paradigm
In 1960 an engineer working for a watch company in Switzerland discovered that a small crystal would vibrate at a constant rate. He found this was so accurate that it could be used to calibrate time so he took it to company management and said it would make an entirely... Read More
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The Stock Market Investor?s Worst Enemy
Every stock market investor faces one primal enemy. An enemy... Read More
Traders, Defend Against the Dreaded Death Spiral.
It has often been said that there is only two... Read More
Different Types of Mutual Funds
This is a guide to the different types of mutual... Read More
Analyst Reports
When you become interested in a stock or mutual fund... Read More
Bull or Bear?
Cat or dog? Maybe Zebra. Shucks, I don't know, but... Read More
Risk Control
Everything you invest in has risk so you want to... Read More
Market Experience of a Naïve Stock Operator
Sometime in the third quarter of 1997, someone told me... Read More
Dont Fight The Fed
One of the great truisms of Wall Street is "Don't... Read More
No Load Mutual Funds or Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)?
If you are fed up with early redemption charges and... Read More
What Can Model Airplanes Teach You About Trading?
I was devastated!I just couldn't believe it. I was 10... Read More
Market Timing
Every broker and financial planner will tell you that you... Read More
Roller Coaster
I love roller coasters. The steeper the better. High and... Read More
Buy and Hold Investment Philosophy
Wall Street has been preaching the doctrine of Buy and... Read More
Laws and Efficiencies and Theories of Diminishing Returns
The basis of diminishing return discussions surround such simple notions;... Read More
The Stock Market is a Roller Coaster: Prepare for the Ups and Downs
IT'S REMINISCENT OF THE OLD children's tale about an old... Read More
Nest Eggs and Omelets
Do you have a nest egg? You know, a place... Read More
Learn to Calculate a Stock?s Pivot Point
Stocks breakout from properly formed bases everyday but many investors... 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
Two for the Money
Look back over the years and try to remember how... Read More
What To Buy?
Now that you have some money burning a hole in... Read More
The Bottom?
Every day I hear someone on CNBC proclaim that "this... Read More
Lights of the Stock Market
There are red lights, green lights, blue lights and spot... Read More
How To Make, And Keep, Money Trading Stocks
If you are serious about making and keeping money by... Read More
Discover the Biggest Trading & Investing Online Mistake
Any online investor / trader seeks an excellent off or... Read More
Economists #2
Economists know more about how the fragments of society work... Read More
Finding A Good Stock
One of the things people are always asking me is... Read More
Long Term Financial Vehicles
Investing in long-term financial vehicles give you the most gains... Read More
Fools Gold
The stock market has been in an up trend for... Read More
Who Knows?
The Shadow knows. Remember him? It seems a shadow has... Read More
Long-Term Investment In Todays Market?
The stock market is very unstable at this time going... Read More
Mutual Fund Commissions
You have heard about a particular mutual fund from a... Read More
Alfred E. Newman
What! Me worry?Many of you remember the cover of MAD... Read More
Hill of Hope
Just about now everyone is confused as to which way... 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
This Market Is Different
All of the talking heads have been telling us that... Read More
Understanding a Stocks PEG Ratio
A PEG ratio cannot be used alone but is a... Read More
Hedge Funds: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Alfred Winslow Jones started hedge funds in 1949. He was... Read More
Its A Duck
If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck... Read More
Getting Even
I know there are a lot of you out there... 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
Look Out The Window
Quick, look out the window. It's raining. No, the sun's... Read More
Understanding Stock Market Indexes
A stock market index is a statistical measure of changes... Read More
Tips to Finding Other People?s Simple Trading Plans
Did you know you can make money (and a lot... Read More
The Secret to More Winning Trades is as Simple as Avoiding This Common Mistake
If you're a normal human being, your need to feel... Read More
You Don?t HAVE To Be Trading
As a novice trader, you'll often feel the need to... Read More
Inverted Interest Rates
Inverted interest rates? What's that? Who cares? Even if you... Read More
No Load Mutual Funds: Investment Hype vs. Investment Help
With the internet such a huge part of our daily... Read More
Acapulco - The Stock Market Dives
There is a famous cliff on the ocean in Acapulco... Read More
Dispelling Illusions of the Stock Market
How can you dispel an illusion unless you look directly... Read More
Hedge Funds
You read and hear a lot about hedge funds. Unfortunately,... Read More
Performance Funds
Mutual funds are doing more and more to discourage investors... Read More
The Seven Mistakes All Novice Traders Make and How to Correct Them
We learnt the following the hard way! If any of... Read More
Starbucks Stock is Up
Starbucks earnings are up again and so is their stock... Read More
Long-Term Investment In Todays Market?
The stock market is very unstable at this time going... Read More
Trading Education: The Best of Both Worlds!
I made my very first investment in the stock market... Read More
Stock Market Volatility
In my opinion, due to the volatility of stock market... Read More
Living Trust Investing: Income Considerations when the Grantor Dies
A common problem I often see when working with living... Read More
Dividend Paying Stocks
I would like to share with the reader an article... Read More
What Does it Take to be a Stock Trader?
It takes a total mental commitment to the task. It... Read More
Stock Trading Secrets?
How often have you come across an advertisement or e-mail... Read More
Kick The Tires
Before you buy another car you walk around the lot,... Read More
The Information Age
It is wonderful to be alive in the information age.... Read More
Robert Rodriguez Weathers the Stock Market
Robert Rodriguez likes to buy stocks at their lows. When... Read More
Invest In The Stock Market For The RIGHT Reason, Using The RIGHT Choices
Invest in the stock market for the RIGHT reason, using... Read More
Low Tide
When you stand on the ocean shore and watch the... Read More
Historical Briefing: Stocks, Finance and Money
The World Bank claims that some two billion of the... Read More
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