So, What is This Stock Market Thing Anyway?

We've all heard of the stock market and probably have a general idea of what it is and how it works either from high school economics classes, television financial reports, and the countless film depictions of what happens on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. But how does... 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

Stocks Options Trading

Let's assume that you want to make some serious money and you have chosen to take things into your own hands rather than depend upon a "professional trader" to make your trading decisions. This is usually only recomended if you can afford to lose the money that you are trading... Read More

Cash

How many people went to a cash position this week? There is no question that this market has scared the bajebers out of many investors, me included. Fortunately, I started going to cash some time ago, but I did give back a substantial amount of my profit.Your broker never wants... Read More

What Our Investment Advisor Wont Say Off The Bat

Most advisors will tell you they can beat the market. They may even point to years in which they did. But now you will learn the little known fact that is seldom mentioned outside the financial world. It is very, very, VERY DIFFICULT TO BEAT THE MARKET.The market in the... Read More

Trading Education: The Best of Both Worlds!

I made my very first investment in the stock market when I was ten years old. Ever since then I have been hooked! Now I check out hundreds of trades each year with the same excitement andenthusiasm, and each time try to find that one market at the right time... 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 market orders designed to allow you to limit your losses.When you place a stop loss you are instructing the spread betting company or stock broker to cut your position when it reaches a certain loss level (or in some cases,... Read More

Who Knows?

The Shadow knows. Remember him? It seems a shadow has a firm grip on this stock market. Since the terrible break in mid-April we had a rally and then a decline. Trying to choose a suitable stock or mutual fund has been like grasping at shadows.Two great Wall Street gurus,... Read More

The Stock Trading Plan - Why You Must Have One To Trade Successfully

This is the continuing story of our two imaginary traders, Peter and Paul.Peter is a professional trader, Paul is not. Peter has a tested, proven, written trading plan that he follows each time he enters a trade, Paul does not.Peter and Paul have had vastly different Stock trading experiences -... Read More

Mr. Market

I constantly hear the talking heads on CNBC-TV, the radio and other places talking about THE market. Of course, they mean the stock market which actually now is world wide and no longer just concentrated in New York. To every New Yorker New York is the center of the world... Read More

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The Surgeon General

The Surgeon General of the United States says that smoking... Read More

No Load Mutual Funds: Boost Your Portfolios Returns

Investors who exclusively use broadly diversified, no load mutual funds... Read More

Peer Groups

Whenever I see mutual fund comparisons in the trade publications... Read More

Using Sector Funds to Construct Diversified Mutual Fund Portfolios

'Sector funds are too risky.' 'I doubled my money with... Read More

Investing in Stocks and The Game of Monopoly

To begin, you might look at playing the stock market... Read More

Big Buildings Can Mean Big Economic Disaster

AS BUILDERS BEGIN WORK ON THE FREEDOM TOWER in New... Read More

Hill of Hope

Just about now everyone is confused as to which way... Read More

Dividends

When is a dividend not a dividend?The latest thing "conservative"... Read More

Shorting Stocks ? The Basics, Part I of II

What does it mean to short a stock?This means that... Read More

Stock Insurance

You have a lock on your house. You have a... Read More

Box Of Chocolates

Ever have one of those sample boxes of candy? Each... Read More

Investing in the Stock Market - When To!

Is really not as important as to how you invest... Read More

Investment Attorneys and Garbage Stocks

How is it possible that trash Companies are posting less... Read More

Successful Trading ? Taking Profits - Part 1

So you're started trading, you bought some positions with your... Read More

Play another Day

Money management starts with protecting your capital, realizing profits and... Read More

You Don?t HAVE To Be Trading

As a novice trader, you'll often feel the need to... Read More

Stops Make Money

During the day I watch CNBC-TV, the stock market channel.... Read More

Invest, Be Wrong, and Make Money in the Stock Market

I have been trading for several decades and was an... Read More

Investment Lawyers and Trash Stocks

The trash business in its efforts to cook their books... Read More

Emotional Maturity

If you are going to be a winner in the... Read More

Leverage - Margin Debt

What is leverage?Here is a definition of leverage from an... Read More

Dividend Reinvestment Plans: Investing on Automatic Pilot

If you're like many investors who squander those small dividend... 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

The I Word is Coming to a Town Near You

Hello Inflation, it has been awhile, I see you on... Read More

An Old Proverb for Investing

"If you don't know where you are going, any road... Read More

Trading Stocks ?Never Forget About A Past Trade

We all know that emotions control every decision that an... Read More

Duct Tape

Did you run out to buy that duct tape yet?... 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

Choosing a Stock Broker

If you were to find that you had some severe... Read More

How Much Information Do You Need?

You have decided to buy some stock or mutual funds,... Read More

Market Globalization

Just 30 years ago the stock market was a shadow... Read More

Eternal Sunshine

There is a current movie entitled "Eternal Sunshine of the... Read More

Stock Market Investing Odds

The greatest stock market myth is the idea that investing... Read More