Small-Cap Stocks: The Beginning of the Journey
When an individual investor wants to roll up his sleeves and do some research in the pursuit of the next big winner in the stock market, the place many start is in the small cap sector.As with the other capitulation sizes (capitalization is a stock's market value), no one can... Read More
Gurgle Gurgle
Caught in a whirlpool and being sucked under. No life vest or other device to save you. Gurgle, gurgle. Down you go.This last couple of weeks in the stock market kinda feels like that whirlpool when you look at your financial statements. Of course, your broker will tell you this... Read More
A Penny for Your Stocks
According to Investopedia Inc. the penny stock market has seen phenomenal growth this past decade. From '94 to '03, the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board trading volume increased an astounding 8900%, equaling a total of 63% of the NASDAQ and 78& of the NYSE share volumes. Many an investor has succumbed to... Read More
How to Pay Less and Get More: Discount Broker vs Professional
How do you invest? What do you really pay? At the end of the day, what are your real results? These are questions smart investors should be asking themselves (but usually don't). In this era of more fees, misc. charges, holding periods and back end redemptions, even at discount brokers,... Read More
Again With the Bubbles?
A few years back ? it seems like an eternity today ? the U.S. stock market experienced a severe bubble burst. Legitimate stocks rose beyond reasonable valuations and ideas merely in the germination stage sold for prices far beyond those of real proven companies. When the bubble burst, billions of... Read More
Top 25 Growth Funds
On Monday, November 25, 2000 Investor's Business Daily listed on page B1 the Top 25 Growth Mutual Funds for the last 36 months along with their performance for the year 2000 to date. Only four showed a profit this year of 21% and the other three had increases of 12%,... Read More
How (NOT) to Buy Mutual Funds
When it comes to mutual funds, there is a lot more to success than just finding a good one. Sad investment stories like the following are all too common. I hope my sharing it with you will help you avoid making the same devastating financial mistake one of my former... Read More
The Stock Market Investor?s Worst Enemy
Every stock market investor faces one primal enemy. An enemy so perverse, it will drive thousands of investors from the stock market through its ability to defeat even the most practiced investment strategy. Who is this enemy you ask? Your arch nemesis, in this case, goes by the name E.... Read More
Prosperity
It has fallen upon the consumer to make our economy strong. All the politicians, economists and talking heads on TV are telling him (that's you and me) to get out there and spend your money. Buy that new car, build a new house and fly off to some remote place... Read More
Investment Attorneys and Garbage Stocks
How is it possible that trash Companies are posting less than expected results? Trash Companies are thought of by prudish investors as some of the safest stocks to own. Ask Warren in his Buffet of Essays on Corporate America. Companies which service the needs of the people tend to stay... Read More
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Eternal Sunshine
There is a current movie entitled "Eternal Sunshine of the... Read More
So, What is This Stock Market Thing Anyway?
We've all heard of the stock market and probably have... Read More
Catnip of the Stock Market
I have watched my cat play with a bag of... Read More
Smart Day Trading Strategies to Help You Make Money in the Stock Market
Stock trading can be a very profitable activity. You can... Read More
Inertia Syndrome
When it comes to buying a stock or mutual fund... Read More
Evaluation I
An insane person cannot evaluate an insane evaluation system.As you... Read More
Bad News is Good News
For weeks, no, months we have been bombarded with nothing... Read More
Never Lose Money
Never lose money in the stock market again. Yeah, I... Read More
Adding Funds
Someday you may want to retire and continue to live... 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
Long Term Financial Vehicles
Investing in long-term financial vehicles give you the most gains... Read More
Stock Options Trading Strategies - Lean
Professional stock options traders use the term lean to refer... Read More
China Syndrome
There has been great condemnation recently because China has been... Read More
Maximizing a Stock Market Investment
Maximizing a stock market investmentThere are several factors an investor... Read More
Option Spread Trading
Spread trading is a technique that can be used to... Read More
Acapulco - The Stock Market Dives
There is a famous cliff on the ocean in Acapulco... Read More
I Love To Lose Money
Well, not really. What I mean is I don't mind... Read More
Different Ways of Buying Stocks
Let's say you are interested in this one company. You... Read More
Dispelling Illusions of the Stock Market
How can you dispel an illusion unless you look directly... Read More
Investing in Dividend Paying Stocks
I was recently interviewed for a press release through a... Read More
Small-Cap Stocks: The Beginning of the Journey
When an individual investor wants to roll up his sleeves... 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
Stock Market Investments
If there is one term over-used when talking about making... Read More
The Problem With Hedge Funds
Are hedge funds a suitable investment for you? Hedge funds... Read More
Economists #2
Economists know more about how the fragments of society work... Read More
Duck
Duck! No I don't mean a quack, quack. I meant... Read More
Precision Money Management
This article describes the model of a natural relationship between... Read More
Losses, not Profits, will Stop You from Trading in the Market
Should the market turn against you, it is important that... Read More
Option Trading Basics
Options trading can increase the profits you make when trading... Read More
Stock Market Education; Day Trading for Beginnners; How to Pick Stocks
The trading method you employ to approach the stock market... Read More
This Market Is Different
All of the talking heads have been telling us that... Read More
When?
When will the stock market stop going down and start... Read More
High Price/Earnings Ratios and the Stock Market: a Personal Odyssey
After some forty years of banking and investments, I retired... Read More
401K-itis
Are you one of those many people who dread reading... Read More
Dividends
When is a dividend not a dividend?The latest thing "conservative"... Read More
Some Good News for A Change
Before we get into all the good news out there,... Read More
Dollar Cost Averaging
Dollar cost averaging is one of the most popular ideas... Read More
The Elephant
Four blind men were asked to give a description of... Read More
12 Basic Stock Investing Rules Every Successful Investor Should Follow
There are many important things you need to know to... Read More
Price to Earnings Ratio - P/E
After finding the price of a particular stock, usually the... Read More
The Golden Goose is Sick
It is finally catching up with them. The brokerage companies... Read More
You Wont Like This
Why? Because I am going to shatter your conventional wisdom... Read More
Bull or Bear?
Cat or dog? Maybe Zebra. Shucks, I don't know, but... Read More
The 1% Solution
You probably know the story of Sherlock Holmes and the... Read More
Bollinger Bands Strategies
The Bollinger Band theory is designed to depict the volatility... 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
Trading vs Investing
I often hear from people, "I don't trade. I invest.... 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
DIY Portfolio Management
Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) are growing. Investors are choosing low... Read More
Investing in Stocks and The Game of Monopoly
To begin, you might look at playing the stock market... Read More
The Three Little Pigs Went to the Stock Market
Three little pigs went to the market to stock up... Read More
Stock Trading Success
The ABC's of Stock Trading SuccessStock trading success...why is it... Read More
Financial Crime
Congress recently passed another new law that is supposed to... Read More
Index Fund Trading Using Technical Analysis and Swing Trading Strategies
Index Fund Trading can be one of the most profitable...or... Read More
Wal-Mart: Discount Store, Discounted Stock?
As GuruFocus updates the stock buys and sells of gurus,... Read More
Market Success
Who are the successful investors?There are those who follow the... Read More
Smart Day Trading Strategies to Help You Make Money in the Stock Market
Stock trading can be a very profitable activity. You can... Read More
Parachute Investing
Ever jumped out of an airplane? It's OK if you... Read More
Buying Mutual Funds
It looks like the market is ready to start up... Read More
Lemmings Are Gathering
Before they go over the cliff to their destruction these... Read More
Dont Spend Another Dollar on Business Opportunities Until You Read This
With an insecure job market, overworked employees, insufficient retirement savings... Read More
Successful Trading ? Taking Profits - Part 2
Suppose your position has made a big move and you... Read More
10 Tips For Creating Wealth From the Stock Market
1. Do not spread your money too thin.My friend has... Read More
VIX
No, this is not a symbol for some Latin number.... Read More
Humpty Dumpty the Stock Market Falls Down
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall and all the King's... Read More
Dont Buy Stocks based on P/E Ratio alone
I use the P/E ratio as a secondary indicator for... Read More
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