A Penny for Your Stocks
According to Investopedia Inc. the penny stock market has seen phenomenal growth this past decade. From '94 to '03, the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board trading volume increased an astounding 8900%, equaling a total of 63% of the NASDAQ and 78& of the NYSE share volumes. Many an investor has succumbed to... Read More
How To Pick A Mutual Fund
Mutual funds by definition are a mixed bag of stocks, bonds and a little cash. Their price per share is the NAV, Net Asset Value of the total amount of money in the mutual fund divided by the number of shares. They seek to be fully invested at all times.The... 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
What Can Model Airplanes Teach You About Trading?
I was devastated!I just couldn't believe it. I was 10 years old and my dreams were shattered. I never wanted to look at another model airplane again!But I'm getting ahead of myself. Let me start at the beginning.When I was about 8 years old my older brother got interested in... Read More
How to Find Value in No Load Mutual Fund Investing
What are you thinking when it comes to your no load mutual fund selections? Are you saving pennies and sacrificing dollars?Are you spending your time looking at expense ratios, analyzing Morningstar ratings and searching for funds with low fees and no 12b1 charges? If you are like most people, you... Read More
Stock Loans
Hedge current portfolio positions and gain access to capital resources through loans against free trading, aged affiliate or aged non-affiliate securities. Make proper use of your assets while waiting for performance and hedge your position should the asset move against you.Whether you need to borrow cash for personal or business... 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
Wall Street Paradigm
In 1960 an engineer working for a watch company in Switzerland discovered that a small crystal would vibrate at a constant rate. He found this was so accurate that it could be used to calibrate time so he took it to company management and said it would make an entirely... Read More
Market Timing?
The recent criminal fiasco in the mutual fund industry is being used by Wall Street to persuade investors that market timing is a bad thing. The late trading by Janus, Bank America and several other well known mutual funds is falsely being called market timing.Wall Street, better known as Maul... 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 one of the most important.It is?(drum roll please)? "the need to be right"!Now that probably wasn't what you were expecting. You might have thought it was going to be something like not picking the trend or putting too much money... Read More
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Buying New Issues
Has your broker been calling you recently with the "great... Read More
The Value of Stocks of a Company
The debate rages all over Eastern and Central Europe, in... Read More
The I Word is Coming to a Town Near You
Hello Inflation, it has been awhile, I see you on... Read More
Take The Time
You must take the time once a month to review... Read More
Overvalued & Underbought
With all the bad news that has been dumped upon... Read More
Moving Averages
Every day on CNBC-TV they show a 200-day moving average... Read More
Pathways
During our travel down life's path we come to many... Read More
The Stock Trading Plan - Why You Must Have One To Trade Successfully
This is the continuing story of our two imaginary traders,... Read More
Successful Trading ? Taking Profits - Part 2
Suppose your position has made a big move and you... Read More
Stock Loans
Hedge current portfolio positions and gain access to capital resources... Read More
What Are You Waiting For?
Do you own any mutual funds? In an IRA or... Read More
Is the Stock Market for You?
Many people would like to diversify their portfolios to expand... Read More
Living Trust Investing: Income Considerations when the Grantor Dies
A common problem I often see when working with living... Read More
Cash
How many people went to a cash position this week?... Read More
Understanding the Bulls and the Bears
If you've ever flipped on the television to CNN Financial... Read More
When Should I Sell?
People are always asking me when should I sell my... Read More
How Much Information Do You Need?
You have decided to buy some stock or mutual funds,... Read More
Historical Briefing: Stocks, Finance and Money
The World Bank claims that some two billion of the... Read More
Stock Insurance
You have a lock on your house. You have a... Read More
Alfred E. Newman
What! Me worry?Many of you remember the cover of MAD... Read More
Dont Fight The Fed
One of the great truisms of Wall Street is "Don't... Read More
The Information Age
It is wonderful to be alive in the information age.... Read More
Dividend Reinvestment Plans: Investing on Automatic Pilot
If you're like many investors who squander those small dividend... Read More
Stocks & Oil, Sat Jun 18th, 2005
Both the stock market and oil prices rallied recently, which... Read More
Buying Mutual Funds
It looks like the market is ready to start up... Read More
Advisory News Letters
Several times each month I am solicited by various market... Read More
Stealth Bull
If you have been watching the stock market at all... Read More
Different Ways of Buying Stocks
Let's say you are interested in this one company. You... Read More
A Common Misconception about Stock Prices
I cringe every time I hear a novice investor tell... Read More
Size Counts!
What the heck am I talking about?It is often said... Read More
Hill of Hope
Just about now everyone is confused as to which way... Read More
Mutual Fund Commissions
You have heard about a particular mutual fund from a... Read More
Eternal Sunshine
There is a current movie entitled "Eternal Sunshine of the... Read More
Pamplona, the Wild Investment Bulls
You remember (they show it on TV every year) the... Read More
Why Change Funds?
On November 17 I bought 7 different mutual funds and... Read More
Patterns
The Law of Chaos is the theory of random unpredictable... Read More
I Love You, Warren Buffet
Sometime around 1980, can't remember exactly, there was a flight... Read More
Kick The Tires
Before you buy another car you walk around the lot,... Read More
What To Buy Now
I am sure that if you have a brokerage account... Read More
Commoditizing the world
Let's discuss commodities; with the latest Enron situation, it is... Read More
The Exclusive Club of Large Caps
Picture one of those clubs where only the real heavyweights... Read More
The Great Stock Market Secret
When the stock market is going up and all your... Read More
Analyst Reports
When you become interested in a stock or mutual fund... Read More
Mutual Funds are Dead
You may have wondered why your mutual funds have been... Read More
No Load Mutual Funds: Investment Hype vs. Investment Help
With the internet such a huge part of our daily... Read More
Mutual Fund Ball and Chain
The broker told me not to sell because the mutual... Read More
Inverted Interest Rates
Inverted interest rates? What's that? Who cares? Even if you... Read More
Shorting Stocks ? The Basics, Part II of II
After the publication of the first part of this two... 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
Buy and Hold: How to Perpetuate Your Investment Losses
A recent cartoon in my daily newspaper showed two guys... Read More
Living Trust Investing: Income Considerations when the Grantor Dies
A common problem I often see when working with living... Read More
Advantages and Disadvantages of Mutual Funds
Outlined below are some of the advantages and disadvantages of... Read More
How We Eluded The Bear Of 2000
The date October 13, 2000 will forever be embedded in... Read More
Analyzing Growth Stocks: An Important Focus For Any Investor
Analyzing growth stocks is an important focus for any investor.... Read More
Stock Market Education; Day Trading for Beginnners; How to Pick Stocks
The trading method you employ to approach the stock market... Read More
Prosperity
It has fallen upon the consumer to make our economy... Read More
How Much Information Do You Need?
You have decided to buy some stock or mutual funds,... Read More
Evaluation I
An insane person cannot evaluate an insane evaluation system.As you... Read More
The Club
Yesterday I received my monthly issue of MONEY magazine. This... 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
Analysts - Do They Really Know The Stock Market?
When you become interested in a stock or mutual fund... Read More
Price to Earnings Ratio - P/E
After finding the price of a particular stock, usually the... Read More
Stock Trading - Daddy, Why Arent We Rich?
One Saturday morning, while he was sitting at his computer... Read More
Alfred E. Newman
What! Me worry?Many of you remember the cover of MAD... Read More
Option Trading Basics
Options trading can increase the profits you make when trading... Read More
Eternal Sunshine
There is a current movie entitled "Eternal Sunshine of the... Read More
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