There can’t be many traders who haven’t at least considered the idea of telling the boss what they think of him, throwing it all in and going off to trade the stock market for a living. It’s a big risk financially, and that uncertainty is what stops most from jumping ship. Is it really possible […]
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How often have you come across an advertisement or e-mail proclaiming to “teach” you the stock trading secrets that Wall Street Insiders don’t want you to know? Usually included in the descriptions of these trading products are claims such as “Make 10K monthly in minutes per day”, or “Learn the secrets of Professional Stock Brokers”, […]
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Every stock market investor faces one primal enemy. An enemy so perverse, it will drive thousands of investors from the stock market through its ability to defeat even the most practiced investment strategy. Who is this enemy you ask? Your arch nemesis, in this case, goes by the name E. Motions?don’t ask me what the […]
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What the heck am I talking about?
It is often said that to grow mentally, spiritually, emotionally and personally that you have to stretch and move out of your comfort zone. I definitely believe in this concept, however… When it comes to day trading, swing trading or position trading stocks, futures, options or forex, going outside […]
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(1) Stock Market is Tough Place to Make Any Money Consistently
NASDAQ or SP&500 averaged about -6% per year for 5 years between 1999 and 2003. Many individual investors who made killing in the internet bubble period got wiped out during those 5 years.
Many who trusted Wall Street experts by investing their life savings into mutual […]
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Every day I see in the financialsection of newspapers how to forecast what themarket will do in 6 months, 12 months, severalyears. “Ten stocks that will double in the next 6months.” Right! I have trouble trying to forecastwhat it will do tomorrow. Do not trust any whoclaims he knows what the future will be for […]
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When you become interested in a stockor mutual fund you can call your broker and hewill send you reports on how the company is doing,what their management is like and what might bethe projected earnings for the company and how theindustry is doing. Great information.
You will apply yourself to this moundof papers to determine if […]
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For some “long term” would mean holding a stock position over the weekend. For others, it may mean holding a security for at least 1 year for the purpose of declaring a long-term capital gain, thus saving on taxes.
The rigid definition of a long-term investment in the stock market would be holding a security for […]
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Financial markets provide their participants with the most favorable conditions for purchase/sale of financial instruments they have inside. Their major functions are: guaranteeing liquidity, forming assets prices within establishing proposition and demand and decreasing of operational expenses, incurred by the participants of the market.
Financial market comprises variety of instruments, hence its functioning totally depends on […]
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Charles H. Dow
It is interesting and amazing to note that not until Charles Dow started compiling the Dow Jones Industrial and Dow Jones Rail Index and started writing about the stock market a little over a hundred years ago, stock speculation was regarded merely as a game for the rich or as gambling for the […]
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