Using Sector Funds to Construct Diversified Mutual Fund Portfolios
'Sector funds are too risky.' 'I doubled my money with Fidelity Select Technology in 12 months!' 'Avoid sector funds.' If all of this sounds confusing, you are not alone. Sector funds are among the more misused and misunderstood investments. So, how should you use sector funds?Before looking at one of... Read More
Zero Sum Game
Most people think the stock market is a zero sum game because there is a buyer for each seller and seller for each buyer so each cancels the other and everything is equal. Not quite.There are losers here, both the buyer and the seller because each one paid a commission... 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
Long Term Financial Vehicles
Investing in long-term financial vehicles give you the most gains but it also puts your funds at greater risk. There is much truth to the saying, "there is no gain if there is no risk". Still you can reduce your chances of losing your hard earned money, by researching and... Read More
The POWER of a Proven Stock Investment Plan
When you invest in the stock market for ever-increasing cash dividend income, verses trying to make a buck in the stock market, your mindset will change. There will no longer be a fear of losing money in the stock market. With the right type of investment plan and investment choices... 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
3 Components Needed for Beating the Market
Time to look back2004 is over, now we are in 2005. This is time to seriously look at performance of your personal investment, such as mutual fund, or individual stocks holdings, etc. Does your fund beat index last year? Does it beat index over past many years? How are you... Read More
Money, Insanity and Wall Street
Money: the most charged word in the planet. It means something to everyone. For some, money means a blessing, for others it means a disaster.We all have heard stories of people who have lost their fortunes or their life savings trading in the stock market; but, we don't hear much... Read More
Duct Tape
Did you run out to buy that duct tape yet? Don't forget the plastic sheeting, bottles of water, canned food and a couple of books to read. What are you waiting for? I know - things to get better so you can resume your normal life style.While you were waiting... Read More
True Investment Road Maps
If you don't know where you are going any road will get there. After you get there you might not like where you ended up. You must plan ahead for your trip.Do you know where you are going with your retirement portfolio? Do you have a plan mapped out? Do... Read More
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Long-Term Investment In Todays Market?
The stock market is very unstable at this time going... Read More
Outsourcing
It's about time someone spoke the truth concerning outsourcing. The... Read More
Oil Stocks CHK WLL - What Is Their Worth?
(1) CHK stock price $16.74, NAV $32.5CHK is my favorite... Read More
Enronization
Even if you don't own any of their stock or... Read More
Size Counts!
What the heck am I talking about?It is often said... 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
Dollar Cost Averaging
Dollar cost averaging is one of the most popular ideas... Read More
Market Timing?
The recent criminal fiasco in the mutual fund industry is... Read More
Are You A Stockaholic?
Today's society gives special recognition to alcoholics, sexaholics, binge-aholics, shopaholics,... Read More
Hold Em and Fold Em
When most analysts, financial planners, fund specialists and investors try... Read More
Stock Market Investing: Knowing When (and when not) to Sell
One of the greatest challenges of investing in stocks is... Read More
Investing in Dividend Paying Stocks
I was recently interviewed for a press release through a... Read More
Never Fall In Love!
Recently I watched my favorite football team lose a vital... Read More
An Old Proverb for Investing
"If you don't know where you are going, any road... Read More
Trapeze Artist - Swinging with the Stock Market
When we go to the circus we see a trapeze... 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
Do You Know What is the Single MOST Critical Mistake in Trading the Stock Market??
Well maybe that's overstating it a little, but it's certainly... Read More
Frog In The Pot
You remember the story about the frog that was put... Read More
What is the Most Important Indicator of All?
Most stock market traders have a favorite technical indicator.The one... Read More
Shorting Stocks ? The Basics, Part I of II
What does it mean to short a stock?This means that... Read More
Stocks: Understand What You Buy!
"There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action!" Johann... Read More
Buy and Hold Investment Strategy
"Buy and hold" is one of the most heralded investment... Read More
The I Word is Coming to a Town Near You
Hello Inflation, it has been awhile, I see you on... Read More
Intervention
Intervention. Now don't let that big word scare you. The... Read More
Online Investing & Stock & Share Trading: 4 Reasons Why Most Online Investors & Traders Go Broke
Are you attracted to the idea of being in control... Read More
Selling
The stock market has been going up for more than... Read More
Stock Market Investing Odds
The greatest stock market myth is the idea that investing... Read More
Laws and Efficiencies and Theories of Diminishing Returns
The basis of diminishing return discussions surround such simple notions;... Read More
Series 7 Exam
What is the Series 7 Exam? If you... Read More
Dividend Reinvestment Plans: Investing on Automatic Pilot
If you're like many investors who squander those small dividend... Read More
Top 25 Growth Funds
On Monday, November 25, 2000 Investor's Business Daily listed on... Read More
Dont Fight The Fed
One of the great truisms of Wall Street is "Don't... Read More
Zero Sum Game
Most people think the stock market is a zero sum... Read More
Trend Trading - Trading Stocks Using Technical Analysis and Swing Trading Strategies
Peter is a professional trader, Paul is not. Peter has... Read More
The Secret Art of Backtesting
If you have not back tested your trading system, you... Read More
Trading Tips No 8: Picking the Best Stock Market Price
Carefully thinking through your goal as a trader is of... Read More
How to Evaluate Load vs. No Load Mutual Funds
If you have been dealing with mutual funds for any... Read More
Defining a Long-Term Investment in the Stock Market
For some "long term" would mean holding a stock position... Read More
Invest, Be Wrong, and Make Money in the Stock Market
I have been trading for several decades and was an... Read More
Big Buildings Can Mean Big Economic Disaster
AS BUILDERS BEGIN WORK ON THE FREEDOM TOWER in New... Read More
The Holy Grail (of Investment)
Every year I go to the Money Show in Orlando,... 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... Read More
Investing in Stocks and The Game of Monopoly
To begin, you might look at playing the stock market... Read More
What is a Trading Plan ? and Why You Need One?
How do you make money without picking tops and bottoms?I... Read More
Shorting Stocks ? The Basics, Part II of II
After the publication of the first part of this two... Read More
Mid-Cap Stocks: Asset Class with an Identity Crisis
Much like the middle child, mid-cap stocks have long struggled... Read More
Stocks Options Trading
Let's assume that you want to make some serious money... Read More
Commoditizing the world
Let's discuss commodities; with the latest Enron situation, it is... Read More
Economists #2
Economists know more about how the fragments of society work... Read More
Investing in Dividend Paying Stocks
I was recently interviewed for a press release through a... Read More
Complacency Indicator
If you haven't heard of the technical indicator with the... Read More
Investment Capital Gains
Have you bought any mutual funds this year or late... Read More
Money, Insanity and Wall Street
Money: the most charged word in the planet. It means... Read More
The Value of Stocks of a Company
The debate rages all over Eastern and Central Europe, in... Read More
A Good Fund Manager
Every Wall Street analyst, financial planner and broker will tell... Read More
Mutual Fund Ball and Chain
The broker told me not to sell because the mutual... Read More
Stock Analysis
I receive emails from Morningstar. This company provides statistics and... Read More
Planning Your Dive and Diving Your Plan ? Trading!
A colleague of mine just returned from a scuba diving... Read More
Stocks: Understand What You Buy!
"There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action!" Johann... Read More
Finding A Good Stock
One of the things people are always asking me is... 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
Its Snowing
The Winter Games for the Olympics are coming up soon... Read More
Stock Options Trading Strategies - Lean
Professional stock options traders use the term lean to refer... Read More
A Common Misconception about Stock Prices
I cringe every time I hear a novice investor tell... Read More
Where Is The Beef?
Where is the beef? Or maybe it should be where... Read More
Complacency
During the month of January the Dow Jones Industrial Average,... Read More
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