Staying Sane While Wall Street Crashes
Everybody is riding the Wall Street Roller coaster. Even if you are not invested, the headlines scream out one word: PANIC!It's hard not to join in the panicking. The Panic Crowd seems to be having all the fun these days. But they don't have all the happiness. You see, it's... 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
What Can Model Airplanes Teach You About Trading?
I was devastated!I just couldn't believe it. I was 10 years old and my dreams were shattered. I never wanted to look at another model airplane again!But I'm getting ahead of myself. Let me start at the beginning.When I was about 8 years old my older brother got interested in... 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
Swing Trading Strategies
Using Swing Trading Strategies and Technical Analysis when Trading Stocks to Make Consistent Trading Profits.This article is one small part of a series of lessons using Swing Trading Strategies and Technical Analysis developed by WD Gann which are designed to show how anyone can build a profitable Stock or Commodity... Read More
Where Is The Beef?
Where is the beef? Or maybe it should be where is the bull? Market, that is? The chief investment strategists and analysts of the major brokerage houses have been promising us a new bull market.So far the bull hasn't come in from the distant pasture.Some of the cows have been... 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
Value Investing: Selecting From The Bargain Bin
Picking a beaten-down stock requires a different kind of selection process. Normally, most companies beaten down this far have no earnings to speak of. Of course, if the company continues to earn money, one can apply normal valuation techniques. By that measure, many of these stocks appear outrageously undervalued: an... Read More
Bottoms Ups
If you have talked to a stock broker or financial planner in the last few days I will bet they all agree that there are some great bargains out there and now is the time to start buying in anticipation that the market will go back up. You will also... Read More
Stock Investment Advice
Stock investment advice is easy to find. Do you get cold called by brokers with the latest investment tip? I have, as have countless others around the globe. And many of us have lost a lot of money to these people. So, how can you avoid some of these pitfalls?In... Read More
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Stock Market Diversification
In one of my previous articles (Investing in the stock... Read More
Forecasting the Stock Market
Every day I see in the financial section of newspapers... Read More
Can?t Stand The Heat
It seems that every day I turn on the TV... Read More
Buying New Issues
Has your broker been calling you recently with the "great... Read More
The Three Little Pigs Went to the Stock Market
Three little pigs went to the market to stock up... Read More
Investing Basics - Stocks, Mutual Funds, Real Estate & Online Investing
Have you ever thought of investing? Do you have a... Read More
You Don?t HAVE To Be Trading
As a novice trader, you'll often feel the need to... Read More
Option Trading Basics
Options trading can increase the profits you make when trading... Read More
Eternal Sunshine
There is a current movie entitled "Eternal Sunshine of the... Read More
Bargain Basement - Finding Stocks That Go Up
Have you been listening to the talking heads on CNBC-TV?... Read More
Emotional Maturity
If you are going to be a winner in the... Read More
The Great Stock Market Secret
When the stock market is going up and all your... Read More
DIY Portfolio Management
Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) are growing. Investors are choosing low... Read More
Commoditizing the world
Let's discuss commodities; with the latest Enron situation, it is... Read More
Its Better
Question: How does it get better when it gets worse?Last... Read More
Oil Stocks CHK WLL - What Is Their Worth?
(1) CHK stock price $16.74, NAV $32.5CHK is my favorite... Read More
Does Japan Matter?
For the last 12 years we have seen the Japanese... Read More
The Right Mutual Funds For Baby Boomers
If you are a baby boomer, time is not on... Read More
What the Hell is a Stock option?
A 'stock option' is a contract between two parties giving... Read More
Buy and Hold Investment Philosophy
Wall Street has been preaching the doctrine of Buy and... Read More
Diversification
Wall Street's watchword has always been diversification, but what does... Read More
What Are You Waiting For?
Do you own any mutual funds? In an IRA or... Read More
What is the Most Important Indicator of All?
Most stock market traders have a favorite technical indicator.The one... Read More
Market Experience of a Naïve Stock Operator
Sometime in the third quarter of 1997, someone told me... Read More
Value Investing: Selecting From The Bargain Bin
Picking a beaten-down stock requires a different kind of selection... Read More
Rebalance And Diversify
The stock market has not been very kind to your... Read More
Trading Baskets II: The Crapolio, A Roll of the Dice in the Stock Market
In a previously written article, we expanded the use of... 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
Protectionism
First let's see what protectionism is. According to Mr. Webster... Read More
Catnip of the Stock Market
I have watched my cat play with a bag of... Read More
Buy and Hold: How to Perpetuate Your Investment Losses
A recent cartoon in my daily newspaper showed two guys... Read More
Long Term Financial Vehicles
Investing in long-term financial vehicles give you the most gains... Read More
What Does it Take to be a Stock Trader?
It takes a total mental commitment to the task. It... Read More
Downdraft
For the year 2000 we have seen hundreds of mutual... Read More
Trading vs Investing
I often hear from people, "I don't trade. I invest.... Read More
Financial Crime
Congress recently passed another new law that is supposed to... 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
Complacency Indicator
If you haven't heard of the technical indicator with the... Read More
The Stock Trading Plan - Why You Must Have One To Trade Successfully
This is the continuing story of our two imaginary traders,... Read More
Bottoms Ups
If you have talked to a stock broker or financial... Read More
Mutual Fund Ball and Chain
The broker told me not to sell because the mutual... Read More
Online Investing & Online Stock & Share Trading: Difficulty in Taking Stop Losses in the Market
This is an extract of an article which was first... Read More
Advisory Service for You?
It depends on your level of understanding of the market... Read More
Cash Is A Position
I go to the Money Show every year to visit... Read More
The Information Age
It is wonderful to be alive in the information age.... Read More
The Importance of Using Stop Loss Orders When Spread Trading the Financial Markets
A Guide to Using Stop Loss Orders Stop losses are... Read More
China Syndrome
There has been great condemnation recently because China has been... Read More
Forces that Move Stock Prices
Among the largest forces that affect stock prices are inflation,... Read More
How to Maximize Your 401k Mutual Fund Returns
When it comes to 401k's there is an overabundance of... Read More
Buying Mutual Funds
It looks like the market is ready to start up... Read More
The Surgeon General
The Surgeon General of the United States says that smoking... 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
Stock Market Investing Odds
The greatest stock market myth is the idea that investing... Read More
Value Investing: Selecting From The Bargain Bin
Picking a beaten-down stock requires a different kind of selection... Read More
Roller Coaster
I love roller coasters. The steeper the better. High and... Read More
Investing in Dividend Paying Stocks
I was recently interviewed for a press release through a... Read More
Why Technical Indicators
The fight continues to rage among traders who use technical... Read More
Discipline
One of the great "secrets" of successful people is discipline... Read More
Investing in the Stock Market - When To!
Is really not as important as to how you invest... Read More
9 Deadly Trading Mistakes!
The following are a list of nine things you want... Read More
Psychology ? How to Reduce Negative Thoughts Relating to Trading?
The thinking process of the brain relating to the... Read More
War Market
There is no question that the stock market is being... Read More
Investing Basics - Stocks, Mutual Funds, Real Estate & Online Investing
Have you ever thought of investing? Do you have a... Read More
A Common Misconception about Stock Prices
I cringe every time I hear a novice investor tell... Read More
Market Psychology
Today we are inundated with tons of information about the... Read More
Selection Vs Direction
As I have said many times before in this column... Read More
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