|
24th September 2009
Stock markets are strange because they reflect the sum total of all our hopes, fears and prejudices at the end of each day. Every so often something big comes along that can have very strong influence on the stock market, and the direction the market is g... Read >
Author: wbdoyle16th September 2009
Simply put, bull markets are movements in the stock market in which prices are rising and the consensus is that prices will continue moving upward. During this time, economic production is high, jobs are plentiful and inflation is low. Bear markets are th... Read >
Author: jsolutions00211th September 2009
You've likely heard the term forex lately - it is becoming one of the most up to date trading trends in the markets today. That's a trend we suspect will continue but today, I would have liked to take a few moments to identify why as well as why you shou... Read >
Author: Mitch Horn07th September 2009
If you haven't heard about the powerful new investing strategy of sector rotation they your portfolio is at risk. Imagine a powerful tool that will always keep you invested in the top performing segments of the stock market. Not only that, sector rotati... Read >
Author: S.A. Smith01st September 2009
These days, Wall Street and the stock market make people a little wary. The idea of investing your money in something that roller-coasters up and down on a regular basis doesn’t exactly sound, well, sound. Besides, it’s complicated. There are stocks a... Read >
Author: Joe Cline23rd August 2009
How is your IRA doing? If yours has been performing like most people's, your savings have been virtually decimated in the last few years. That's very unfortunate, and it happened because so many people don't know what they need to do to keep their savin... Read >
Author: Steven Floyd18th August 2009
These days, Wall Street and the stock market make people a little wary. The idea of investing your money in something that ‘roller-coasters’ up and down on a regular basis doesn’t exactly sound, well, sound. Besides, it’s complicated. There are st... Read >
Author: Joe Cline05th August 2009
Over the last year the current bear market that is taking place in stocks has left many stock traders facing relentless selling. For the beginner this experience has been made worse by not having the knowledge as to how the markets work and what they can ... Read >
Author: Chris Ray23rd July 2009
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 proceed... Read >
Author: heena12th July 2009
Yesterday the SP500 hit 870 twice: at 12:00 and again at 2:00 Eastern. It held both times and ended the day at 879. 870 - 875 had been the SP500 target for weeks as the bottom of a trading range. So, the fact that it held, not once, but twice, is very enc... Read >
Author: wealthed30th June 2009
The 1980's and 90's were a great time to be an investor in U.S. stocks. Practically any strategy could be used and an investor would make money. Common strategies included asset allocation, sector rotation, buy-and-hold, and the modern portfolio theory. O... Read >
Author: John Rothe13th May 2009
As a professional options trader, there are two things I will remember most as I look back at this bear market of 2008, and that is; a.) How covered call writing investors are receiving substantial option premiums to take risk and; b.) How the certainty o... Read >
Author: William Ulivieri04th April 2009
In today's finance scenario the most popular and sensible system is Online trading and basically Forex online trading. So you can best understand it as a, "market is a non-stop cash market where currencies of nations are traded, typically via brokers. For... Read >
Author: JessicaThomson01st April 2009
The negotiating abilities of buyers and sellers and the overall market environment greatly impact the profits from real estate. Sellers almost universally believe their properties are worth more than the market will bear. People become emotionally attache... Read >
Author: Robert Bell25th March 2009
No investor looks forward to a bear market, but they are a part of the market cycle. Sot if you plan to be a long term investor in the stock market, t is better to plan how to survive the bear markets that you will encounter than to think you can avoid t... Read >
Author: Bernz Jayma P.25th March 2009
The myth of the mighty bull is solidified with a sculpture right on Wall St. However, how accurate is this symbol and its reflection of growth on the markets?
A bull is powerful, and likes to charge neglecting to stop at anything once it gets in motio... Read >
Author: S. Baselice24th March 2009
Stock market investors usually talk about two types of markets: bull markets and bear markets. Simply put, during bull markets, stock prices are on the rise and investors are optimistic that they will continue that way. During bear markets, stock prices ... Read >
Author: Bernz Jayma P.10th March 2009
The realtor spin about "pent up demand" is complete nonsense. There is probably a lot of pent up desire for housing, but demand is measured in dollars, and there is a major lack of demand with the absence of lender funds, and a large and growing "pent up ... Read >
Author: Robert Bell05th January 2009
Obviously when you invest in shares you are looking for the share price to go up, but you have to carefully consider the probability of this happening when you make an investment decision. One way you can dramatically place the odds in your favour is to c... Read >
Author: Randy Shepperd30th December 2008
At a time when the world's stock markets and commodity markets are seeing incredibly volatility, the forex markets become more appealing to trading, because there is more short term predictability and there can never be a bear market.
Forex is short fo... Read >
Author: Richard Taylor19th December 2008
These are frightening times for people trying to build or preserve their retirement accounts. The stock market has produced daily swings large enough to churn just about everyone's stomach. This landscape makes it easy to commit big mistakes and investmen... Read >
Author: John Rasor04th November 2008
There are many investors who don’t know what to do to protect themselves in the stock markets. It’s no surprise with all the self proclaimed gurus having the best strategy since sliced bread. What these people don’t tell you is what you can do t... Read >
Author: Chris5615th October 2008
The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 20% of its value the week of October 5, 2008. After looking at the damage done during this incredible week in stock market history, many novice and experienced investors began suffering from ursaphobia.
Ursaphobia ... Read >
Author: Andy LaPointe15th October 2008
I would like to share with you to following headlines:
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 175 points…
The Nasdaq is down 2 ½ %...
Oil prices are up $25 per gallon…
Employment rates highest level in 5 years…
Real estate values are declini... Read >
Author: Andy LaPointe09th September 2008
As far as stock market basics are concerned, this one is key. If you really want to turbo charge your returns and change your life drastically, you need to have complete control. Not having control over trading methods catches a lot of new traders in thei... Read >
Author: Barry Wallis09th September 2008
As far as stock market basics are concerned, this one is key. If you really want to turbo charge your returns and change your life drastically, you need to have complete control. Not having control over trading methods catches a lot of new traders in thei... Read >
Author: barry@thestockmarketcode.com01st September 2008
Most major international stock indices are dropping fast. In fact, stock markets in Asia, the United Kingdom, and Europe have all now seen the fury of the bear. A bear market is generally defined as a drop of twenty percent from the market's previous high... Read >
Author: James William Smith27th August 2008
What is trend following?
Trend following allows smart investors to play the market in both good and bad times. The principles are also simple enough to grasp relatively quickly, especially when compared to some of the more complex systems available. ... Read >
Author: Aurel Radulescu25th May 2008
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 proceed... Read >
Author: Narinder kaur12th May 2008
A famous Chinese Proverb goes that, "Give a man a fish; you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."
This article is for the newcomers to the stock market trading who have a great desires to learn the charts and the sk... Read >
Author: Lavanay25th January 2008
With only 5% of all traders being profitable, it goes to say that becoming a good trader is no easy task. Throughout my trading career, I’ve learned many valuable lessons that have helped me tremendously in the way I think and trade. In this short artic... Read >
Author: Harold Hsu22nd January 2008
The options trading began in 19th century, almost at the same time when stock started to trade. However, newspapers advertising should be used at that time in order for options buyers to find options sellers. Options trading was not popular at that time. ... Read >
Author: Viktor Ka04th October 2007
Have you ever wondered what a bull and bear market is? The stock market can be tricky as stocks are constantly going up and down. When the market is going down it is referred to as a “bear market”. When the market is going up it is referred to as a ... Read >
Author: Benjamin Wise20th September 2007
"How many times have you placed your stop at a key Fibonacci retracement target and gotten hit by the locals and stopped out? With everyone using Fibonacci numbers, you have to be one step ahead to win the race. Here are some tips. Fibonacci numbers work ... Read >
Author: Wes Cox15th August 2007
The stock market goes up when investors put their money into stocks, and it falls when investor activity is down. There are a number of different factors that influence whether or not investors buy or sell stock, along with when and why they do so. A chan... Read >
Author: James Kronefield24th July 2007
When a market timer (or any investor) makes a trading decision based on a news event, fear of losing out on a rally (or fear of losing money in a sell off), even the neighbor's trading tip, he or she is trading on emotions.
Trading on emotions, news ev... Read >
Author: Frank Kollar01st July 2007
As traders all we really need to know is when a market is going to stop moving in one direction then turn around and head in the other. The rest is noise. I try to concentrate most of my energy on identifying these times. The day trading information prese... Read >
Author: Thomas Cathey19th June 2007
Currency options if you buy them offer you unlimited profits and limited risk – that’s good, but your chances of success aren’t good 90% of options expire worthless.
On the other hand, if you sell options you have a 90% chance of success and if ... Read >
Author: kelly price19th June 2007
When Stan Weinstein was first featured in the famous book, "Market Wizards: Interviews with Top Traders", by Jack Schwager, he stood out as a trader with the highest win/loss ratio. He finally revealed his method in his only book, "Secrets For Profiting i... Read >
Author: Larry Swing04th June 2007
Entering a commodity futures market correctly keeps the risk of loss to a minimum when wrong. Exiting a market correctly gives you the maximum profit when right. If we can keep the times we are wrong to small losses, we have won half the battle. Here's a ... Read >
Author: Thomas Cathey30th May 2007
Most of us are quite comfortable with investing in cash deposits, government bonds, and stocks for conservative risk-averse investors. We hear these products discussed widely in the financial media. But rarely do we hear commodities discussed as an invest... Read >
Author: Larry Swing15th May 2007
Wealth Cap takes pride on being entrepreneur friendly investors and work to add value before, during and after the investment process. The main aim of growth fund, which is basically a mutual fund, is to achieve capital appreciation by investing in growth... Read >
Author: Mark Plummer03rd May 2007
Is the next "Bear Market" just around the corner? Was the recent market correction a harbinger of things to come? No one can know the answer to these questions, but there are a number of steps each of us can take to prepare for the next Bear which, sooner... Read >
Author: Steve Hood21st February 2007
Even when trading conservatively and slowly there is a tremendous amount of money to be made in commodities. Most new traders try to rush it and swing for the fences. You can often control $100,000 worth of commodities with only $10,000 of margin money in... Read >
Author: Thomas Cathey15th February 2007
Do you look at the mutual fund rankings that magazines publish every year? The performances can often be eyepopping. Have your ever seen a year that the best performing mutual funds had a loss? Of course not, there's always funds that have a good year, e... Read >
Author: John Ruppel07th January 2007
The first and most important rule is - in bull markets, one is supposed to be long. This may sound obvious, but how many of us have sold the first rally in every bull market, saying that the market has moved too far, too fast. I have before, and I suspect... Read >
Author: rob rens07th November 2006
Stock markets are strange because they reflect the sum total of all our hopes, fears and prejudices at the end of each day. Every so often something big comes along that can have very strong influence on the stock market, and the direction the market is g... Read >
Author: Richard Stoyeck19th July 2006
When stocks are bullish that is, when prices of the stock market in a steady rise it is pretty easy for anyone to make money on Wall Street. Studies have any shown that in certain kinds of easy-money markets, novices did just as well as pros when it c... Read >
Author: Bob Benson18th June 2006
Copyright 2006 Equitrend, Inc.
It's important that you understand the impact that a bear market has on your capital. The give and take of your investment capital is not equal. If you placed $100 into an investment and it declined 50% to $50, what is th... Read >
Author: john McClure02nd May 2006
The recent move in crude oil to all new time highs has shown the potential to be made trading energy markets and many savvy traders make triple digit gains or more!
If you want to get involved in energy markets and get a share of this profit potential ... Read >
Author: sacha tarkovsky23rd March 2006
There are two "silent killers" of your investment account lurking. How will you deal with them? These silent killers are not a lousy broker, or rising interest rates, or poor earnings from companies you invest in. It's not even the media.
The first ... Read >
Author: Thomas Mullooly31st December 2005
Whether you are a devotee or not, the world's stock markets are a vital and worthy part of every investors portfolio.
Bull & Bear Markets
Simply put, bull markets are movements in the stock market in which prices are rising and the consensus is that... Read >
Author: Derek Miller13th November 2005
Within this report I'll show you how you can find these profitable trading opportunities with MetaStock. You'll be able to make use of techniques usually only used by professional traders, such as the Relative Strength Comparison. The basis of the RSC (Re... Read >
Author: David Jenyns
|
