A famous Wall Street story concerns a young man who was in the early stages of learning to be a professional speculator. He had a problem, so he went for advice to an elderly sage noted for his shrewd investment judgment. The fact was, the young man said, that he had taken on quite an […]
November 21 2007 | Stock Market Charting and Stock Market Investing Tips | No Comments »
The search for automatic investing techniques - schemes which would produce profits by giving investors advance indication of market swings, based on a mechanical interpretation of market data - has been going on for quite some time. One of the earliest methods was the “Dow Theory,” a set of rules for interpreting market action drawn […]
November 15 2007 | Stock Market Investing Tips | No Comments »
I’m not a professional tennis player. I’m not even a tennis player. The last time I touched a tennis racket was 5 years ago. But I did read about how a professional tennis player aims to hit as many balls to the opponent to make him miss, in order to win. An amateur , on […]
November 08 2007 | Stock Market Investing Tips | No Comments »
Recent Increases in the volatility of the financial markets have many investors thinking about their portfolios and wondering if they should make changes. This is therefore an excellent time to discuss the importance of maintaining a disciplined approach to diversified investing.
Here are four key points to keep in mind about disciplined, diversified investing […]
November 05 2007 | Stock Market Investing Tips | No Comments »
There was an excellent article discussing the pros and cons of investing in Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) in the July 3rd Wall Street Journal: As ETFs Seek Niches, Risks Rise (unfortunately, The Wall Street Journal doesn’t allow us to link to their articles, perhaps that will change after Rupert Murdoch buys Dow Jones.) There’s over […]
November 01 2007 | Mutual Funds and Stock Market Investing Tips | No Comments »
Your age, the state of your health, the number of dependents you support, the kind of job you have, whether you are a man or a woman, what kind of goals you have set for yourself - all these, and more, are factors which will bear on your decision whether or not to invest.
There is […]
October 31 2007 | Stock Market Investing Tips | 1 Comment »
Options are contracts on an underlying trading instrument such as shares of stock, bonds, a commodity, a mortgage loan and many others. However, there are common features among all options. It does not matter if it is a share of stock or a mortgage loan; they all have certain things in common. […]
October 30 2007 | Stock Market Investing Tips and Stock Options Trading | No Comments »
Stock trading has always been a popular way to make money for the many people that are interested in taking a bit of risk. Now that the Internet is available many people are taking their skills and trying their hand at stock trading online. However for the new people wanting to get in […]
October 29 2007 | Stock Market Investing Tips and Stock Market Online Trading | No Comments »
As so many people opt for online trading one wonders what are the reasons for so many people going for something new leaving the traditional method. A little investigation throws up quite a few reasons.
First of all it is convenient and easy. You don’t have to leave your room. Who could have imagined a few […]
October 24 2007 | Stock Market Investing Tips | 1 Comment »
For more than 100 years, Wall Street was the exclusive domain of the rich. Not only were stock trading commissions prohibitively high, but research was almost impossible for the average person to find.
You might be able to find some out-of-date stock research information at your local library, but up-to-date, real-time research data was something […]
October 23 2007 | Stock Market Charting and Stock Market Investing Tips | No Comments »
