Investment Lawyers and Trash Stocks
The trash business in its efforts to cook their books trying to keep pace may find itself in some trouble. The efficiency per Garbage Truck unit numbers was growing exponentially at a time when consolidation has slowed as there is a decreasing number of worthy deals to make for a... 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
Paddle Your Canoe
At some time in your life you have been on a river in a canoe and hopefully you had a paddle. You know about being up the creek without one.You quickly learned that paddling up stream is much harder than paddling down stream. The lesson of going with the flow... Read More
The I Word is Coming to a Town Near You
Hello Inflation, it has been awhile, I see you on your way back again. Inflation? What inflation? Oh things like; Energy, diesel fuel, Aviation Fuel, Gasoline, Natural Gas, Milk, Wheat, Corn, Beef, Poultry, Hogs, Soy Beans, Building materials, paper, housing, Auto Prices, Health Care, Insurance, etc. You know the basics.... Read More
Stock and Fund Dividends
When is a dividend not a dividend?The latest thing "conservative" brokers are preaching these days is to buy stocks that pay dividends. Everyone likes dividends. I know I do, but when Wall Street tells me something I am automatically suspicious because they lie to me every day. Is this a... Read More
Mutual Funds are Dead
You may have wondered why your mutual funds have been going down for the past 2 years. The answer is very simple, but not one you will hear from Wall Street as they want you to send money.In order for stock mutual funds to go up you must have a... Read More
Lifestyle Funds Provide Greater Security?
With the stock market stubbornly refusing to settle down and smooth out, Wall Street has been scrambling to come up with "product" they can sell to gun shy investors.One such new concept is the Lifestyle fund; an extremely diversified package designed to be the single fund in an investor's portfolio.There... Read More
Parachute Investing
Ever jumped out of an airplane? It's OK if you have on a parachute. Pretty dumb if you don't.Every buy any stocks, mutual funds or Exchange Traded Funds? It's OK if you know how much you are willing to risk. Pretty dumb if you don't.Parachute investing is buying an equity... Read More
Buying Stocks and the Importance of Correct Timing
An investor can find and research the best stock on the market, one with huge potential but if the general market indices are negative, it will most likely be the wrong time to buy. A stock with tremendous accelerating earnings, rising sales, an up-trending chart pattern and a strong industry... Read More
No Load Mutual Funds: Investment Hype vs. Investment Help
With the internet such a huge part of our daily lives, many investors have access to a wide range of instant investment information.Whether you're into stocks, bonds, mutual funds, futures or options, there are tons of electronic investment newsletters offering to turn your small stake into a giant fortune. All... Read More
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The Stock Market - How Just One Question Will Tell You All You Need To Know About Your Stock Broker
Last time we looked at the real performance of the... Read More
Online Broker Trade History Not Doing the Job
Let me start by saying that...Most online brokers do not... Read More
Peer Groups
Whenever I see mutual fund comparisons in the trade publications... Read More
Some Good News for A Change
Before we get into all the good news out there,... Read More
Advisory Service for You?
It depends on your level of understanding of the market... Read More
Fools Gold
The stock market has been in an up trend for... Read More
VooDoo Training For the Stock Market
If you go to Haiti or other places in the... Read More
The Secret Method to Selecting a Winning Trading System
Every successful trader has a winning system. There are of... Read More
Wall Street Paradigm
In 1960 an engineer working for a watch company in... Read More
Moving Averages
Every day on CNBC-TV they show a 200-day moving average... Read More
Trading Systems
To become a successful trader you must have some kind... Read More
The Secret Art of Backtesting
If you have not back tested your trading system, you... Read More
Learn to Calculate a Stock?s Pivot Point
Stocks breakout from properly formed bases everyday but many investors... Read More
Economists #2
Economists know more about how the fragments of society work... Read More
VIX
No, this is not a symbol for some Latin number.... Read More
Risk Control
Everything you invest in has risk so you want to... Read More
Lights of the Stock Market
There are red lights, green lights, blue lights and spot... Read More
No Load Mutual Funds: Boost Your Portfolios Returns
Investors who exclusively use broadly diversified, no load mutual funds... Read More
The Information Age
It is wonderful to be alive in the information age.... Read More
Stock Trading Diversification
This is the continuing story of our two imaginary traders,... Read More
Bull or Bear?
Cat or dog? Maybe Zebra. Shucks, I don't know, but... Read More
What To Buy Now
I am sure that if you have a brokerage account... Read More
Value Investing: Selecting From The Bargain Bin
Picking a beaten-down stock requires a different kind of selection... Read More
Mousetrap
The spring-loaded rat catcher is the ultimate low-tech device invented... Read More
Dont Lose All Your Money
That sounds like good advice doesn't it? Don't lose all... Read More
Catnip of the Stock Market
I have watched my cat play with a bag of... Read More
Commoditizing the world
Let's discuss commodities; with the latest Enron situation, it is... Read More
Box Of Chocolates
Ever have one of those sample boxes of candy? Each... Read More
Pamplona, the Wild Investment Bulls
You remember (they show it on TV every year) the... Read More
Chart Reading
As an investor you will want to check out any... Read More
Bargain Basement - Finding Stocks That Go Up
Have you been listening to the talking heads on CNBC-TV?... Read More
Dont Ask Your Broker
Unfortunately, most of you who are reading my column are... Read More
Its Snowing
The Winter Games for the Olympics are coming up soon... Read More
VooDoo Training For the Stock Market
If you go to Haiti or other places in the... Read More
The Surgeon General
The Surgeon General of the United States says that smoking... Read More
Its Snowing
The Winter Games for the Olympics are coming up soon... Read More
Whitewater Stock Market
Ever done any whitewater rafting or canoeing? Long periods of... Read More
Pension Plans
If you have a pension plan at work you will... Read More
Lights of the Stock Market
There are red lights, green lights, blue lights and spot... Read More
Trading as a Business
What can I expect to make my first year of... Read More
The Stock Market Investor?s Worst Enemy
Every stock market investor faces one primal enemy. An enemy... Read More
Who Knows?
The Shadow knows. Remember him? It seems a shadow has... Read More
Market Psychology
Today we are inundated with tons of information about the... Read More
Trading Stocks ?Never Forget About A Past Trade
We all know that emotions control every decision that an... Read More
Market Timing
Every broker and financial planner will tell you that you... Read More
Price Targets
Every day in any financial publication you will find the... Read More
Roller Coaster
I love roller coasters. The steeper the better. High and... Read More
The Club
Yesterday I received my monthly issue of MONEY magazine. This... Read More
Peer Groups
Whenever I see mutual fund comparisons in the trade publications... Read More
Historical Briefing: Stocks, Finance and Money
The World Bank claims that some two billion of the... Read More
No Load Mutual Funds: Boost Your Portfolios Returns
Investors who exclusively use broadly diversified, no load mutual funds... Read More
How to Short Stocks? How to Make Money when Your Stocks Go Down by Shorting
The stock market can present you with a lot of... Read More
What the SEC Really Thinks About Mutual Funds!
Let's go into the details of why non-indexed mutual funds... Read More
Duck
Duck! No I don't mean a quack, quack. I meant... Read More
Defining a Long-Term Investment in the Stock Market
For some "long term" would mean holding a stock position... Read More
Market Experience of a Naïve Stock Operator
Sometime in the third quarter of 1997, someone told me... Read More
Bad News is Good News
For weeks, no, months we have been bombarded with nothing... Read More
Look Out The Window
Quick, look out the window. It's raining. No, the sun's... Read More
Quality Investment Information: Standing Firm In the Face of Opposition
THERE'S SOMETHING TO BE SAID FOR standing firm in the... Read More
Some Good News for A Change
Before we get into all the good news out there,... Read More
Why Stock Is More Risky Than Options!
You probably have been told that options are risky. Even... Read More
Is The Bear In The Cage?
For the last few weeks we have seen the stock... Read More
Buying New Issues
Has your broker been calling you recently with the "great... Read More
It Cant Be Done
Wouldn't it be nice if you were only in the... Read More
Stock Loans
Hedge current portfolio positions and gain access to capital resources... Read More
Hedge Fund Advertising
Have you seen all those big full page ads for... Read More
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