12 Basic Stock Investing Rules Every Successful Investor Should Follow

There are many important things you need to know to trade and invest successfully in the stock market or any other market. 12 of the most important things that I can share with you based on many years of trading experience are enumerated below.1. Buy low-sell high. As simple as... Read More

On Line Stock Trading: Small Cap & Micro Stocks Go Up and Down - How Can You Profit?

Success in small cap & micro cap stock trading like with any other business in life comes from being able to see the big picture and from paying attention to the small details.Let's say for example that you are a business owner and you have a jewelry store on a... Read More

3 Components Needed for Beating the Market

Time to look back2004 is over, now we are in 2005. This is time to seriously look at performance of your personal investment, such as mutual fund, or individual stocks holdings, etc. Does your fund beat index last year? Does it beat index over past many years? How are you... Read More

Mousetrap

The spring-loaded rat catcher is the ultimate low-tech device invented more than 100 years ago and remains the best demouser in the world. It is so simple anyone can master it and best of all you can keep on using it year in and year out. It always works.Now I... Read More

Picking Mutual Funds to Outperform the Market

With over 6,000 mutual funds available, it may be tempting to pick funds from a popular star or index rating system. Savvy investors, however, balance multiple factors in their selection process. Ratings represent only the historical performance of funds and cannot predict the future. Performance consistency, management skill, and expense... Read More

A Common Misconception about Stock Prices

I cringe every time I hear a novice investor tell me that they only purchase low priced stocks because they offer higher potential gains. A common phase I hear is "I like to buy $1 and $2 stocks because they can double easily and I will make a 100% profit".My... Read More

Choosing A Fund

For years I have been saying you must have a fund that is outperforming the S&P500 Index. Well, I've changed my mind. Now I think your fund should be outperforming the NASDAQ Composite Index. So far this year, March 30, the S&P is up 1.3% and the NASDAQ Composite is... Read More

The Club

Yesterday I received my monthly issue of MONEY magazine. This issue has the special feature called "The Ultimate Investment Club" that highlights their picks for the top mutual fund managers. Let's see how their members made money for their shareholders.My readers know that the only thing that counts in my... Read More

Investing in the Stock Market

From the book 'The Stockopoly Plan' by the author Charles M. O'MeliaThere are several factors an investor in the stock market should consider:1. All stock purchases should be commission-free.2. All stocks purchased should be from a company that has a history of raising their dividends every year.3. The company should... Read More

Why Investors Use Financial Planners

Do you have a financial planner? Does one of your friends have a financial planner? Maybe you take your advice from your broker. As I have said countless times before a broker will make you broker. And a financial planner won't do any better. I know. You thought they would.Let's... Read More

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Advisory Service for You?

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

Gold Fever

Right now there doesn't seem to be any "gold fever".... Read More

Zero Sum Game

Most people think the stock market is a zero sum... Read More

Stock Analysis

I receive emails from Morningstar. This company provides statistics and... Read More

The Next Bull Market

We are already in it, but you can't see it.... Read More

Option Spread Trading

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

Why Technical Indicators

The fight continues to rage among traders who use technical... Read More

Stuff

I continually hear from economists, talking heads, other market letter... Read More

No Load Mutual Funds: Investment Hype vs. Investment Help

With the internet such a huge part of our daily... Read More

How To Be A Winner

Everyone who invests in the stock market wants to be... Read More

How We Eluded The Bear Of 2000

The date October 13, 2000 will forever be embedded in... Read More

What Our Investment Advisor Wont Say Off The Bat

Most advisors will tell you they can beat the market.... Read More

What Can Model Airplanes Teach You About Trading?

I was devastated!I just couldn't believe it. I was 10... Read More

Trading as a Business

What can I expect to make my first year of... Read More

Dont Buy Stocks based on P/E Ratio alone

I use the P/E ratio as a secondary indicator for... Read More

Lifestyle Funds Provide Greater Security?

With the stock market stubbornly refusing to settle down and... Read More

Dont Lose All Your Money

That sounds like good advice doesn't it? Don't lose all... Read More

12 Basic Stock Investing Rules Every Successful Investor Should Follow

There are many important things you need to know to... Read More

Price to Earnings Ratio - P/E

After finding the price of a particular stock, usually the... Read More

The Club

Yesterday I received my monthly issue of MONEY magazine. This... Read More

Money, Insanity and Wall Street

Money: the most charged word in the planet. It means... Read More

Momentum

One of the basic laws of physics states that a... 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

Alfred E. Newman

What! Me worry?Many of you remember the cover of MAD... Read More

Mid-Cap Stocks: Asset Class with an Identity Crisis

Much like the middle child, mid-cap stocks have long struggled... Read More

Market Globalization

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

Hedge Funds

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

Market Timing

Every broker and financial planner will tell you that you... Read More

Your Trading Objective: Why is that so Important?

You've decided to try your luck at trading stocks or... Read More

Tips to Finding Other People?s Simple Trading Plans

Did you know you can make money (and a lot... Read More

Inertia Syndrome

When it comes to buying a stock or mutual fund... Read More

Overvalued & Underbought

With all the bad news that has been dumped upon... Read More

Investment Lawyers and Trash Stocks

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