High Price/Earnings Ratios and the Stock Market: a Personal Odyssey

After some forty years of banking and investments, I retired in 2001. But since I do not golf, I soon found retirement to be very boring. So I decided to return to the investment world after ten months. However, those ten months were not a complete waste of time, for... Read More

Trading For A Living - Part 1

There can't be many traders who haven't at least considered the idea of telling the boss what they think of him, throwing it all in and going off to trade the stock market for a living. It's a big risk financially, and that uncertainty is what stops most from jumping... Read More

Investing Basics - Stocks, Mutual Funds, Real Estate & Online Investing

Have you ever thought of investing? Do you have a family that you would like take care of? Does the idea of making money with stocks, bonds, mutual funds and real estate interest you?Investing is essential to making money. Whether it be stock investing, investing online, real estate investing, finance... Read More

Its A Duck

If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck and looks like a duck it must be a duck.In the stock market if there are more buyers than sellers, more stocks are going up than down and the trend of the general market is higher it must be a... 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

A Personal Stock Market Investment Philosophy

∙ Make every investment in the stock market a long-term investment.My Mother worked as a teller in a small bank in Dover, New Jersey. The name of the bank was called The Dover Community Bank. While working at the bank (she eventually became a branch manager) she enrolled in the... Read More

Where Is The Rabbit?

We need a rabbit!This was a pretty horrible week for the market with two 100-point days and Friday closing on the lows.During these past few days Sir Alan told us things are looking up and the economy is basically strong. Mr. Market didn't hear him. It seems that jaw boning... Read More

Lies, Damn Lies and Mutual Fund Returns

How many times has this happened to you? You're at a social function and the conversation turns to investing. Pretty soon, people are comparing how well their investments are doing. As you might imagine, being an investment advisor this happens to me a lot. However, I recently had an experience... Read More

365/7/24

What does it take to be a stock trader? It takes a total mental commitment to the task. It becomes a complete way of life. You cannot be a part timer. You cannot work at a regular job and trade stocks successfully. When you decide to make your living this... Read More

Humpty Dumpty the Stock Market Falls Down

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall and all the King's horsemen could not put Humpty Dumpty back together again.The Stock Market has had a great fall and all the brokers, CEOs, analysts and politicians have not been able to get it back up again.Oh, it will go up again, but... Read More

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Selling

The stock market has been going up for more than... Read More

Hedge Funds

You read and hear a lot about hedge funds. Unfortunately,... Read More

Option Spread Trading

Spread trading is a technique that can be used to... Read More

Dividend Reinvestment Plans: Investing on Automatic Pilot

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

Whitewater Stock Market

Ever done any whitewater rafting or canoeing? Long periods of... Read More

Emotional Involvement

I'll bet with almost anyone that has stocks or mutual... Read More

Advisory Service for You?

It depends on your level of understanding of the market... Read More

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

Parachute Investing

Ever jumped out of an airplane? It's OK if you... Read More

Performance Funds

Mutual funds are doing more and more to discourage investors... Read More

Never Fall In Love!

Recently I watched my favorite football team lose a vital... Read More

Social Insecurity

Just about everything you have been told about Social Security... Read More

Direction

It is difficult to make money in a bull market,... Read More

Pamplona, the Wild Investment Bulls

You remember (they show it on TV every year) the... Read More

Getting Even

I know there are a lot of you out there... Read More

Analyst Reports

When you become interested in a stock or mutual fund... Read More

Laws and Efficiencies and Theories of Diminishing Returns

The basis of diminishing return discussions surround such simple notions;... Read More

Mutual Fund Commissions

You have heard about a particular mutual fund from a... Read More

Dont Ask Your Broker

Unfortunately, most of you who are reading my column are... Read More

The Right Mutual Funds For Baby Boomers

If you are a baby boomer, time is not on... Read More

Ignore Stock Market Talking Heads

You should ignore analysts on TV, the radio, the newspaper... Read More

Investing in Trash Company Stocks

Refuse is a serious issue in any society, about as... Read More

The Great Stock Market Secret

When the stock market is going up and all your... 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

Selling Strategies - Setting a Stop Loss

Sometimes the best way of lowering exposure to risk is... Read More

Trading Systems

To become a successful trader you must have some kind... Read More

Hill of Hope

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

How To Make, And Keep, Money Trading Stocks

If you are serious about making and keeping money by... Read More

Attitude Is [Almost] Everything

I often play a little game with myself when I... Read More

Frog In The Pot

You remember the story about the frog that was put... Read More

Oil Stocks As A Long Term Investment

The demand for world oil is increasing while world reserves... Read More

Red, Green, Yellow - or - Stop, Go, Go Very Fast: Which Describes Your Online Trading?

Ever notice how behavior in one area of life can... Read More

Stocks: Understand What You Buy!

"There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action!" Johann... Read More