Selling (04 Jan 2006) The stock market has been going up for more than 7 months and many investors who held on through the big crash of 2000 are seeing their portfolios get back some of what had disappeared. Is now the time to sell those equities that are 'even' with what you paid for them? No.
VooDoo Training For the Stock Market (04 Jan 2006) If you go to Haiti or other places in the Caribbean you may run into the Voodoo tradition of magic. There are long and mostly noisy rituals with the medicine man spouting words that bring great power and conjure up whatever it is the supplicant desires. Great amounts of smoke and mirrors.
Oil Stocks CHK WLL - What Is Their Worth? (04 Jan 2006) Recent weakness in oil and natural gas price offers opportunity for value investors. Oil and natural gas stock WLL and CHK are still trading at price of single digit multiple to their true earnings.
Forces that Move Stock Prices (04 Jan 2006) Among the largest forces that affect stock prices are inflation, interest rates, bonds, commodities and currencies. Taking human nature into account, as well as, the market forces, a personal working cyclical model can be used for viewing sector rotation, industry behavior and changing market sentiment.
Historical Briefing: Stocks, Finance and Money (04 Jan 2006) The History of Wall Street, Finance and Money is fascinating.
Most investors are unaware of how money and finance have evolved in our civilization.
Planning Your Dive and Diving Your Plan – Trading! (04 Jan 2006) A colleague of mine just returned from a scuba diving trip in
Cozumel, which just happens to be one of my favorite places to
dive. Anyway, she was telling me about an unexpected difficulty
she encountered while swimming around the corral reef down about
85 feet. It wasn't anything serious but her story reminded me of
something my scuba instructor used to say over and over again.
"Plan your dive, and dive your plan".
Trading Education: The Best of Both Worlds! (04 Jan 2006) I made my very first investment in the stock market when I was
ten years old. Ever since then I have been hooked! Now I check
out hundreds of trades each year with the same excitement andenthusiasm, and each time try to find that one market at the
right time that could dramatically create wealth.
Basics of Stock Market (04 Jan 2006) The article describes basic notions of stock market: blue chips, growth stocks, income stocks, defensive stocks and others.
Trading Tips No 8: Picking the Best Stock Market Price (04 Jan 2006) Carefully thinking through your goal as a trader is of prime importance, when picking the best stock market price. It is very difficult if not impossible to meet a goal that is ill defined. Is your goal to trade frequently, irrespective of market conditions irregardless of what the stock market price is? Or is it to trade for the excitement of it all. A more sober assessment would probably yield a goal of making money - but how much and at what risk? How do you determine what the best stock market price is? Ultimately, a well-defined trading goal should specify the desired average annual return and the corresponding equity drawdown that a trader is comfortable with, financially and emotionally.
Long Term Investing (04 Jan 2006) This article will discuss long term investing and how technical analysis can alert us to points in time when it is prudent to take profits and exit the Stock market.
Starbucks Stock is Up (04 Jan 2006) Starbucks earnings are up again and so is their stock slightly. It appears they are exporting America's weakness to caffeine and sugar around the world. This seems to serve the company's profits well and nations like China have quite an emerging population to sell to. Think of the exporting of tobacco and the riches the orient has given. Perhaps this is the answer to our advancing trade deficit. Should you have Starbucks in your portfolio? Starbucks Stock is Up.
Why Buy and Hold? (04 Jan 2006) Since I can remember, and that's a long time ago, the Wall Street brokerage companies, mavens and mutual fund managers have been exhorting the mantra of Buy and Hold for all your investments. There have been erudite studies published that this is the only way to go...
Price to Earnings Ratio - P/E (04 Jan 2006) After finding the price of a particular stock, usually the next number everyone looks at is the P/E ratio.
Zero Sum Game (04 Jan 2006) Most people think the stock market is a zero sum game because there is a buyer for each seller and seller for each buyer so each cancels the other and everything is equal. Not quite...
You Wont Like This (04 Jan 2006) Why? Because I am going to shatter your conventional wisdom as I have many times in previous columns about the lies that Wall Street continues to tell you. This time we are going to go deeper into the economy to unearth the truth about lies the politicians are telling you...
Whitewater Stock Market (04 Jan 2006) Ever done any whitewater rafting or canoeing? Long periods of tranquil river followed by short periods of terror. Suddenly the water grips your vessel and you are pushed and shoved by massive currents over which you have no control. Missing boulders you paddle as hard as you can. You almost lose everything and think to yourself, "Why didn't I portage that last rapid?"
When Should I Sell? (04 Jan 2006) People are always asking me when should I sell my stock or mutual funds?
Trading For A Living (04 Jan 2006) How many times have you said to yourself, "I'd like to quit this job and just make a living trading in the stock market"? Well, maybe you can, BUT...
