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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Dont lose all your money
- That sounds like good advice doesn't it? Don't lose all your money.After all what is an investor without funds in the brokerage account? Hint: BROKE!On the subject of investing, this means getting out of a trade when it goes against you. Don't lose all your money. This is the MOST important thing any investor can do. Cut your losses before you're broke. It's easy to do, but some inve...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Some good news for a change
- Before we get into all the good news out there, let us first take a look at what the term "news" really means. By definition, the term "news" means the exception to the norm. If it is expected to happen then it is not news. If it differs from the norm, then it is news.Here is a good example - if on a given day all planes landed safely at JFK International Airport in New York, is this news? ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Stock market education; day trading for beginnners; how to pick stocks
- The trading method you employ to approach the stock market can make a big difference in your results.Stock trading is a very competitive field and in order to succeed you need to FOCUS on a set of simple strategies that you can implement without hesitation.The real "secret" of the stock market game is enclosed within the trading set ups and market signals you rely on to decide when t...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - What the sec really thinks about mutual funds!
- Let's go into the details of why non-indexed mutual funds are such a bad deal. When Arthur Levitt became the head of the Security Exchange Commission in 1993 he had to sell off all of his individual stocks so that people would not claim that he was doing any dirty inside dealing. He decided to put the cash from selling off his stock portfolio into mutual funds.Mr. Levitt grew very angry whe...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Mutual funds: the modern den of thieves!
- Mutual funds were created with the idea that one person can specialize and manage the investments of a large pool of money from multiple investors. Before the great depression mutual funds were called investment pools and mutual fund managers were called pool operators. The bull market of the 1920's created a time of economic prosperity akin to the 1990s. The conceptualization of the pyramid schem...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The 401(k): how the insider has stolen your retirement!
- Mutual funds were moderately successful in creating a presence in the stock market until the advent of the investment retirement account and in particular the 401(k). Corporate insiders persuaded the federal government to allow for the 401(k) in lieu of offering employees the traditional pension. When this happened the employees lost the protection of a specialized financial manager who could mana...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - A stock market investment strategy
- I feel that an investment strategy in the stock market can instill in the individual investor not only an assured confidence in all future stock market investments, but also an almost Zen-like sense of peace and well being. A stock market investment strategy spelled out, proven, and instilling within the investor the power to succeed in the stock market with an assured confidence.The invest...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Will the stock market be lower in october?
- The stock market often closes a week in the middle of a "perceived primary-trend range." SPX closed at about 1,234 Fri, which is between a multi-year Fibonacci level at 1,253 (i.e. 38.2% retracement level from the peak in 2000 to the trough in 2002) and the 20 day MA at 1,212 (which was general support over a recent rally).It's possible, SPX can rally to 1,253 short-term. However, longer-te...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Discover the retirement breakthrough the federal government created for you - the roth ira!
- If you don't know what a Roth IRA is then stop everything, print this article and read it carefully as this will certainly be the most valuable information you read this year. This next retirement account is to your net worth what light bulb was to electricity. Let me tell you about this wonderful financial invention called a Roth IRA!The main difference between the Roth and traditional IRA...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Understanding the bulls and the bears
- If you've ever flipped on the television to CNN Financial or paged through the finance section of your local newspaper, you may have seen or heard references made to "the bulls and the bears." If you didn't know what was meant by those terms, you're about to find out. I will tell you up front that they were not talking about basketball and football franchises based in Chicago.&quo...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The skinny on mutual fund investing
- Mutual fund investing is a lot like Thai cooking. Everyone has heard of it, most know a little something about it, but very few actually know how to do it and do it well. To invest in mutual funds wisely, it is important to have a good grasp on what mutual funds are, how they work, and what the risks involved may be. The fact that mutual fund investments are often considered safer than stocks, opt...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Stock market course .... day trader online seminar ... can you generate profits trading from home?
- When it comes to stock market trading it PAYS to have more knowledge than the rest of the pack. Pure gold can be harvested in each profitable trade that you accomplish.But when you don't know what you are doing stock trading can become a very difficult and life consuming business. You can lose a lot of money and time. Valuable time of your life. Stock trading can resemble the closest thing ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Wal-mart: discount store, discounted stock?
- As GuruFocus updates the stock buys and sells of gurus, Wal-Mart (WMT), the discount retail giant, stands out as the stock with a high ValueRank (7 out of 10). Just recently, Clipper Fund's James Gipson and T. Rowe Price Equity Income Fund's Brian Rogers bought Wal-Mart.Oakmark's legendary fund manager Bill Nygren was the first guru that bought Wal-Mart. He bought at price of $53 a year ago...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Online trading strategy: collecting cash when stocks go up - it pays to know more than others
- When it comes to stock market trading it PAYS to have more knowledge than the rest of the pack. Pure gold can be harvested in each profitable trade that you accomplish.But when you don't know what you are doing stock trading can become a very difficult and life consuming business. You can lose a lot of money and time. Valuable time of your life. Stock trading can resemble the closest thing ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - E-mini day trading - day trading for beginners - stock market timing software
- I mean it when I say that. While plastic silverware is fine for picnics and parties, it is totally inappropriate in a surgeon's hand with an open brain in front of him. Not only are plastic forks built incorrectly to perform delicate surgery, their cheap construction may actually cause further injury to the patient. I don't know about you, but I sure wouldn't want someone prodding around inside my...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The stock market doesnt care if you are a beginner?. get prepared to succeed at trading
- Stock trading remains a very competitive field and the stock market doesn't care if you are an experienced stock trader or an aspiring one. The rules and the trading opportunities are the same for all of us, so either youre going to make money when you pick a stock and make a trade, or you are going to lose some of it in favor of the more seasoned traders.As an online stock trader your home...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Stocks: understand what you buy!
- "There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action!" Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)I don't really know how cars actually work. Not really! I know how to drive them, but if you asked me how they work, I would not really know how to definitely explain it.That small technical limitation on my part doesn't stop me from knowing whether XYZ Autos is a quality company or no...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Stock market investing odds
- The greatest stock market myth is the idea that investing in stocks is a form of gambling!The financial markets are often compared to a casino. Put some money on X stock and you might as well be playing craps!If that's your impression, and it's keeping you out of the markets, consider this: If investing is organized gambling, it's one of the rare kinds where the odds are stacked in y...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Two for the money
- Look back over the years and try to remember how many different stocks and mutual funds you have owned. Suppose you had owned only 2 different equities during that entire time. One when the market was going up and the other when the market was going down.And you always make money in both directions probably doubling your money every 4 to 5 years.You don't believe it. Follow along and...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Hedge funds: the good, the bad, and the ugly
- Alfred Winslow Jones started hedge funds in 1949. He was a pioneer of non-traditional investment strategies. "Non-traditional" categorizes hedge funds quite accurately. Hedge funds have the potential to make an investor quite a bit of money, but many do not understand the nature of hedge funds. Hedge funds have undergone skepticism because they do not have to disclose their activities to...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Understanding stock market indexes
- A stock market index is a statistical measure of changes in the securities markets. An index represents a portfolio of securities traded on the market that is considered to be reasonably representative of the market as a whole. Each index has its own method of calculation. It is generally expressed as a change from its base value. For a better understanding of the stock market, an index should be ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Smart day trading strategies to help you make money in the stock market
- Stock trading can be a very profitable activity. You can make big amounts of cash in a short period of time. The problem is, that if you don't know what stocks to look for and how to approach them and leave everyting to chance, you could end up wasting money a lot of cash instead of making your profits grow.That's why the most important aspect of stock trading is the knowledge FILTER you em...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to pick winning stocks
- There is nothing more exciting than finding an undervalued stock and seeing it explode out of nowhere rising in value 100% or more in a few weeks. Some stocks can move as much as 1000% in a year and?. Even after the stock market crashed in 2000, some stocks still have gone up 500% or more in a year.So how do we find these? Well first let me say that there is no way to know which ones are go...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - I love you, warren buffet
- Sometime around 1980, can't remember exactly, there was a flight of money from many countries to Switzerland. The clock makers had so much money pouring in that the banks took interest rates to zero and even for a period of time were actually making you pay ½% interest to them to put your money in their banks. Yes, it actually happened because people believed their money was goi...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Mutual funds are dead
- You may have wondered why your mutual funds have been going down for the past 2 years. The answer is very simple, but not one you will hear from Wall Street as they want you to send money.In order for stock mutual funds to go up you must have a bull market. Unfortunately, that bull ended 2 years ago and is probably not going to return for a long time. Yes, there will be short-term rallies t...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - This market is different
- All of the talking heads have been telling us that this market is different. You are going to have to be patient and soon (hopefully in your lifetime) the DOW and the Nasdaq will be back at their old highs. They cite all the statistics about how the economy is improving - consumers are spending, the consumer confidence index looks OK, unemployment is getting better, blah, blah, blah.Those t...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Municipal bonds
- Because there are so many stocks that are NOT paying dividends and also going down people are looking for a safe investment that will pay a decent return and also won't lose money. Slowly folks are beginning to think about bonds of which there are all kinds.Cities and counties have been issuing bonds. There are the school bonds for building new school buildings and the local district issues...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Patterns
- The Law of Chaos is the theory of random unpredictable action applied to the cosmos, mathematics, mechanics, almost everything. Those who believe it will definitely think the stock market is in chaotic state at this time. Don't you believe it.When I was a floor trader people would ask me how do you make sense of what is going on with all that yelling and arm-waving? To the uninitiated it do...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The cub; ii
- We keep hearing about this bear market and that the bottom is "in" or "very close" so we should be invested in these bargain basement prices to take advantage of the next bull so we won't lose out on the expected huge profits.This is not a big bear market - yet. What you are experiencing is the cub phase. The full size bear has not appeared. It is going to be one of the biggest, meanest, ug...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Overvalued & underbought
- With all the bad news that has been dumped upon the economy for some reason the stock market is going up. Why?The SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) has just set up new guidelines for core earnings. No more proforma computations. You know what proforma means - the company CEO or Treasurer waves his magic wand and says this is what I expect to appear as soon as I let the genii out of t...