Moving Averages
Every day on CNBC-TV they show a 200-day moving average line superimposed on the stock price history. It seems they give great credence to this manufactured line as it represents 10 months of price action. What is it? Does it really mean anything?The line represents the addition of the closing... Read More
Online Broker Trade History Not Doing the Job
Let me start by saying that...Most online brokers do not make it easy for their clients!There are absolutely no standards for trade history reporting from one broker to the next. This presents a real challenge for any trader who wants to analyze his or her trade history.How does one get... Read More
How to Make Big Money Safely in Stock Market
(1) Stock Market is Tough Place to Make Any Money ConsistentlyNASDAQ or SP&500 averaged about -6% per year for 5 years between 1999 and 2003. Many individual investors who made killing in the internet bubble period got wiped out during those 5 years. Many who trusted Wall Street experts by... Read More
Buy and Hold Investment Strategy
"Buy and hold" is one of the most heralded investment strategies promoted today. "Buy and hold" is also one of the few investment methods where you are guaranteed to lose money 2 out of every 5 years...so why do it?Before expanding on the questionable value of "buy and hold", it's... Read More
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
Invest In The Stock Market For The RIGHT Reason, Using The RIGHT Choices
Invest in the stock market for the RIGHT reason, using the RIGHT choices!Investing in the stock market is not purchasing a stock at 25 dollars a share, hoping it will go to 35 so you can sell it, then hoping it will drop back to 25 so you can buy... Read More
War Market
There is no question that the stock market is being affected by war jitters. When it looks like peace we have a strong rally. When it looks like shooting will begin momentarily the market takes a dump. What should you do with your stock, mutual funds or cash that is... Read More
Its Snowing
The Winter Games for the Olympics are coming up soon and many will want to go to see the giant slalom event. That's the one where the skier starts off from the little hut at the top of a long slope, picks up speed and makes his way around poles... Read More
How We Eluded The Bear Of 2000
The date October 13, 2000 will forever be embedded in my mind. It was the day after our mutual fund trend tracking indicator had broken its long-term trend line and I sold 100% of my clients' invested positions (and my own) and moved the proceeds to the safety of money... Read More
Patterns
The Law of Chaos is the theory of random unpredictable action applied to the cosmos, mathematics, mechanics, almost everything. Those who believe it will definitely think the stock market is in chaotic state at this time. Don't you believe it.When I was a floor trader people would ask me how... Read More
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Attitude Is [Almost] Everything
I often play a little game with myself when I... Read More
Evaluation II
As I said in Part I everyone in the insane... Read More
A Stock Market Investment Strategy
I feel that an investment strategy in the stock market... Read More
Box Of Chocolates
Ever have one of those sample boxes of candy? Each... Read More
When?
When will the stock market stop going down and start... Read More
What the SEC Really Thinks About Mutual Funds!
Let's go into the details of why non-indexed mutual funds... Read More
Fools Gold
The stock market has been in an up trend for... Read More
Struggling Stocks, Booming Commodities
04/28/2005NASDAQ dropped -12.5% year to date in 2005. S&P500 index... Read More
The POWER of a Proven Stock Investment Plan
When you invest in the stock market for ever-increasing cash... Read More
Dont Buy Worldcom! A Guide to Wise Bottom Fishing
Over the past few months, several investment professionals have brought... Read More
My Stock - Right or Wrong
We all know the expression, "My country, right or wrong",... 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
You Don?t HAVE To Be Trading
As a novice trader, you'll often feel the need to... Read More
Stock Market Investing Odds
The greatest stock market myth is the idea that investing... Read More
Exchange Traded Funds Primer
Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) are a group of passive index... 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... Read More
Low Expense Ratio
One of the big advertising kicks today from mutual funds... Read More
Stock Trading - Daddy, Why Arent We Rich?
One Saturday morning, while he was sitting at his computer... Read More
Buying Mutual Funds
It looks like the market is ready to start up... Read More
Social Insecurity
Just about everything you have been told about Social Security... Read More
Trade Stocks for Real
I read a comment by a forum member on another... Read More
Chart Reading
As an investor you will want to check out any... Read More
Play another Day
Money management starts with protecting your capital, realizing profits and... Read More
Catnip of the Stock Market
I have watched my cat play with a bag of... Read More
Its Better
Question: How does it get better when it gets worse?Last... Read More
Whitewater Stock Market
Ever done any whitewater rafting or canoeing? Long periods of... Read More
Pamplona, the Wild Investment Bulls
You remember (they show it on TV every year) the... Read More
Are You A Stockaholic?
Today's society gives special recognition to alcoholics, sexaholics, binge-aholics, shopaholics,... Read More
Look Out The Window
Quick, look out the window. It's raining. No, the sun's... Read More
Trapeze Artist - Swinging with the Stock Market
When we go to the circus we see a trapeze... Read More
Price Targets
Every day in any financial publication you will find the... Read More
Cash
How many people went to a cash position this week?... Read More
KISS Formula
There are formulas for just about everything, but it has... Read More
Performance Funds
Mutual funds are doing more and more to discourage investors... Read More
Fools Gold
The stock market has been in an up trend for... Read More
Political Investing
We have two candidates for president that have really different... Read More
Why Is The Macedonian Stock Exchange Unsuccessful?
The Macedonian Stock Exchange (MSE) is not operating successfully. True,... Read More
Valuation
Every day I hear from the "experts" on CNBC-TV and... Read More
Trading For A Living
How many times have you said to yourself, "I'd like... Read More
Perfect Storm
Having lived aboard a sailboat for 2 years I was... 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
Stock Analysis
I receive emails from Morningstar. This company provides statistics and... Read More
Structured Settlement; Lawyers in NY and Mutual Funds
Minority Report the movie may not be far off if... Read More
Hedge Fund Advertising
Have you seen all those big full page ads for... Read More
Is Your Garage Full Of Junk?
I have a 2-car garage. There are nice shelves on... Read More
Hold Em and Fold Em
When most analysts, financial planners, fund specialists and investors try... Read More
Never Fall In Love!
Recently I watched my favorite football team lose a vital... Read More
Time Out
Are you paying any attention to your retirement savings? Do... Read More
Your Job
There are so many kinds of work that needs to... Read More
Intervention
Intervention. Now don't let that big word scare you. The... Read More
Its A Duck
If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck... Read More
The Value of Stocks of a Company
The debate rages all over Eastern and Central Europe, in... Read More
Investing Basics - Stocks, Mutual Funds, Real Estate & Online Investing
Have you ever thought of investing? Do you have a... Read More
No Load Mutual Funds or Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)?
If you are fed up with early redemption charges and... 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
Stock Market Investing: Knowing When (and when not) to Sell
One of the greatest challenges of investing in stocks is... Read More
How We Eluded The Bear Of 2000
The date October 13, 2000 will forever be embedded in... Read More
Low Tide
When you stand on the ocean shore and watch the... Read More
Price to Earnings Ratio - P/E
After finding the price of a particular stock, usually the... Read More
What is a Mutual Fund?
Ever wondered what is a mutual fund? A mutual fund... Read More
The Stock Market Investor?s Worst Enemy
Every stock market investor faces one primal enemy. An enemy... 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
How To Beat The Mutual Fund Companies At Their Own Game
You'd have had to be living on a desert island... Read More
Shorting Stocks ? The Basics, Part II of II
After the publication of the first part of this two... Read More
Why Buy and Hold?
Since I can remember, and that's a long time ago,... Read More
Stock Insurance
You have a lock on your house. You have a... Read More
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