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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Stock market diversification
- In one of my previous articles (Investing in the stock market -9 powerful tips), tip number one was:1. Do not spread your money too thin.My friend has a little over $200,000 invested in the stock market through 27 different Mutual funds. In my opinion, 27 Mutual funds is 27 too many collecting load fees, management fees, commission fees, operating and advertising fees. Diversity is i...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Tips to finding other people?s simple trading plans
- Did you know you can make money (and a lot of it) by simply modeling someone else's trading plan? Yes, it is true. Unbelievably, there are many of trading gurus doing it RIGHT NOW.All you do is model your system on an already tested and proven trading plan.If you are new to trading, or even if you have been trading a while, this is a secret very few successful trad...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Losses, not profits, will stop you from trading in the market
- Should the market turn against you, it is important that you design a system that will produce as much loss as you are prepared to take. This loss, known as drawdown, is the maximum amount by which your trading float will temporarily drop at anytime. Doing this in advance, will help you avoid nasty surprises in the future. This gives you the confidence to continue trading when the good times start...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The secret art of backtesting
- If you have not back tested your trading system, you might as well trade with your eyes close. In fact, whatever technical analysis criterion you use to trade with, be it moving averages, candle sticks, volatility breakouts, fibonacci retracements or any other trading system you have devised you're going to need to back test your trading system thoroughly and objectively in order to ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - What is a trading plan ? and why you need one?
- How do you make money without picking tops and bottoms?I am glad you asked...Successful trading is similar to a successful business. You see, every successful business has a business plan so do successful traders. The astute reader knows that, successful traders have a systematic way they approach the market.The definition of a trading system is a trader's bus...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Money, insanity and wall street
- Money: the most charged word in the planet. It means something to everyone. For some, money means a blessing, for others it means a disaster.We all have heard stories of people who have lost their fortunes or their life savings trading in the stock market; but, we don't hear much of people who are currently trading and how their lives are turning upside down.For some, the process of ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to beat the mutual fund companies at their own game
- You'd have had to be living on a desert island with no TV, newspaper or internet connection to have missed hearing about the great mutual fund scandal of 2003.The issue was that some mutual fund companies allowed certain hedge funds to engage in after-hours trading, sometimes incorrectly referred to as market timing. Unfortunately, some companies have used the confusion about the term "mark...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The secret method to selecting a winning trading system
- Every successful trader has a winning system. There are of course, as many systems out there, as there are traders. Some systems get you to buy on strength and sell on weakness others do the opposite.Some investors succeed as value investors , a la Warren Buffet ; others make their millions in momentum trading . I have even heard of an astrologist who uses the stars ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Psychology ? how to reduce negative thoughts relating to trading?
- The thinking process of the brain relating to the psychology of trading involves:-- Beliefs -- Feelings -- Values -- Dispositions and -- FaithThe positive or negative energy brings power to a person's actions, which ultimately determines whether a person is a winner or a loser. You can change for the better or for the worst. The old saying g...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 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 with it that startled me.Bob, one of the guys I was chatting with at a party, asked what kind of ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The secret to more winning trades is as simple as avoiding this common mistake
- If you're a normal human being, your need to feel good about yourself probably causes you to sell your winners too soon ? and -- your need to avoid feelings of regret, causes you to hang on to your losers too long.At one time or another, we're all guilty of letting our emotions dictate our investment decisions. But the only way to succeed in the market, is to keep greed, fear, pride and hop...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Pamplona, the wild investment bulls
- You remember (they show it on TV every year) the running of the wild bulls in Pamplona, Spain. Some of the nuttier people get out their capes and stand in their path as they come roaring down the street.Our would-be matadors wave their home made cloaks at the bulls hoping the bulls will charge at it and not at them. The list of casualties at the end of the day is sometimes quite large, but,...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Lights of the stock market
- There are red lights, green lights, blue lights and spot lights. There are orange lights, pink light and flash lights. There are search lights and micro lights. And the one you must obey is the stop light.If you don't stop when the light is red you could easily have an accident and lose everything you have, even your life. These different types of lights alert us to possibilities and danger...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 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 not only have a history of raising their dividend eve...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Can?t stand the heat
- It seems that every day I turn on the TV and find a Poker game. Texas No Limit seems to be all the rage these days. I love watching it. When I discuss this with others, their response is always the same, "You should play." Ah, but what they don't know is I stay out of the kitchen. As far as risk to reward ratio. That's a gamble I'm not willing to take. I prefer to invest my money. Someti...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 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 this concept appears to be, the vast majority of investors do the exact opposite. Your ability to consistently buy...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Investing in stocks and the game of monopoly
- To begin, you might look at playing the stock market as though you were playing a game of Monopoly. That's right; for playing the stock market 'game' is not unlike playing a game of Monopoly. There are definite comparisons and parallels.In Monopoly there are a Boardwalk, a Marvin Gardens, Utilities, Railroads, etc. In the stock market you have the same type of properties (stocks), as in the...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 10 tips for creating wealth from the stock market
- 1. Do not spread your money too thin.My friend has a little over $200,000 invested in the stock market through 27 different Mutual funds. In my opinion, 27 Mutual funds is 27 too many collecting load fees, management fees, commission fees, operating and advertising fees. Diversity is important, but just as important is over-diversification. Also, in my opinion, $200,000 should not be put in...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Making a stock watch list
- I am taking the time to help others learn the basics in evaluating stocks for investment using both fundamental and technical analysis. Both tools are equally important in making serious decisions with your hard earned CASH!If you wish to invest in stocks, treat it like a business, NOT A HOBBY. (ex: a retail outfit can't make money if it doesn't have goods to sell; the same goes for investo...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Play another day
- Money management starts with protecting your capital, realizing profits and cutting losses. As I have stated in the past, without cash, you can't invest. Cash is king and learning to manage your money is the most important aspect to investing in stocks. The game is won by lowering your risk by properly turning the numbers in your favor. Cutting losses is the best insurance to keeping your cash....
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Ignore stock market talking heads
- You should ignore analysts on TV, the radio, the newspaper and all other TALKING HEADS when it comes to investing! What stocks do they talk about? - The same old group, every day of every year - Why? Because they don't know any better, they are sheep like the general public, repeating what every economic textbook says and every other economist tells them to say. Everyday, the same companies are hi...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Why the majority fail at stock investing
- The gleam and bright lights of Wall Street lure in many new investors each year, only to send them home crying to their friends and family. Why do so many people fail when it comes to the stock market? The reason is very simple: Hard work! Most people are looking for a quick buck or a fast path to riches. This is not the case when it comes to investing in individual stocks. If you wish to invest i...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The three little pigs went to the stock market
- Three little pigs went to the market to stock up for the future.The first little pig liked chips so he went to the DOW market. He was told by everyone you could always rely on their products. They were always good. The manager told him you could put them away and forget about them.The second little pig liked spicy things. He shopped at the NASDAQ market where they had unusual product...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Invest, be wrong, and make money in the stock market
- I have been trading for several decades and was an exchange member and floor trader for 17 years. You learn fast there or you go broke in a hurry. As you can see I managed to hold my own for a few years until I found the secret and started to become a successful trader. Every professional trader I know knows the one great secret and that is to keep your losses small.We all learned that when...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Maximizing a stock market investment
- Maximizing a stock market investmentThere are several factors an investor in the stock market should consider for a maximum return on an investment: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 not only have a history of raising their divide...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - A triple dipper: how to make 3 profits on 1 stock trade
- This is a rather simple strategy with which I am sure a lot of seasoned traders are very familiar, possibly under some other name with which I am not familiar. I wanted to write about it because I don't see anyone talking about it anymore. Since the big hey-days of day trading and, of course, the burst of the Internet bubble of 2000, there seems to be a lack of patience that this strategy needs to...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The right mutual funds for baby boomers
- If you are a baby boomer, time is not on your side. Many baby boomers see retirement age fast approaching with little to nothing in the way of retirement assets that will allow them to actually retire and live a comfortable lifestyle.With the benefit of time in short supply, substantial investment performance in a shorter than normal time frame becomes strikingly important.Mutual Fun...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Invest in the stock market for the right reason, using the right choices
- Invest in the stock market for the RIGHT reason, using the RIGHT choices!Investing in the stock market is not purchasing a stock at 25 dollars a share, hoping it will go to 35 so you can sell it, then hoping it will drop back to 25 so you can buy it back, so that you can sell it again at 35, and so on and so forth.In my opinion, that is gambling. And, I would imagine, some would beli...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 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. This is nonsense.When I go the track I look to see what the horse has been doing for the last several race...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The power of a proven stock investment plan
- When you invest in the stock market for ever-increasing cash dividend income, verses trying to make a buck in the stock market, your mindset will change. There will no longer be a fear of losing money in the stock market. With the right type of investment plan and investment choices all worries of losing money in the stock market will disappear.The mind set that will emerge when you adopt a...