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Use Financial Tools to Your Advantage:
Develop a Trade Diary
Doug Newberry
Obviously, capital is the most important asset for stock trading. Without money to invest[...] more |
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| Age-Adjusted Asset Allocation
Rather than following the herd, the independent, self-directed investor relies on good research and due diligence before taking a position. However, as you grow [...] more |
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You Need Small Caps to Balance Your Portfolio
I ran across an interesting study conducted by New York University professor, Aswath Damodaran. Dr. Damodaran examined U.S. markets from [...] more |
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| Boomers Playing Catch-Up:
Building a Nest Egg Fast
Baby Boomers never expected to get old. We thought we’d live forever, change the world and listen to Janis and Jimi for a purple-[...] more |
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Buying Micro-Caps in the Red
After looking at some of the yardsticks used by Confident Trader to identify stocks with upside potential, I’d like to make one critical point relat[...] more |
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Chart Analysis:
Tipping the Scales to Your Advantage
Tim Schewe
I’d like to spend some time talking about chart analysis, dispel a couple of misconceptions and add my [...] more |
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Forget Blue Chips:
Go Where the Money Is
Tim Schewe
Cautious investors go with what they know. That’s why they often select blue chip stock[...] more |
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| Most General Investment Styles
Anthony Green
Your investing style isn't a blue-jeans-versus-three-piece-suit debate. It refers to your approach to stock investing. Do you want to be conservative o[...] more |
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Investment Styles and Micro-Caps:
Don’t Limit Your Analysis
Tim Schewe
There are all kinds of traders. There are contrarians who move in the opposite direction[...] more |
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Investment Metrics and Human Bias
Tim Schewe
Investment metrics are employed by financial analysts to quantify both upside potential and downside risk, tipping the balance in[...] more |
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| Listening to Pundits:
Lessons in Losing Money – Big Time
Anybody lose money first quarter of ’08? Show of hands?
Yeah, it’s been ugly in the trenches. Markets across the b[...] more |
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| Micro-Cap Fraud:
Detecting a Scam
The Securities and Exchange Commission is tasked with tracking markets – big-cap, mid- and small-cap markets, and the micro-cap market, which forms a portion [...] more |
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The Micro-Cap Investor Mindset:
Visionary and In Synch With the Future
I’ve said it many times before – to friends, clients and groups to whom I speak. Investing in small[...] more |
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| Past History Is No Indication
Of Future Performance
What a load of bull. Legalese designed to protect the broker or financial planner against lawsuits down the road. All any analyst has t[...] more |
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| PATIENCE TO BUY, PATIENCE TO HOLD, PATIENCE TO SELL
Way back in the ‘70’s, Alvin Toffler wrote Future Shock, which predicted -- among other things -- that the pace of life was going [...] more |
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| PERCEPTION AND BELIEF, THE WALL STREET- MADISON AVENUE COMPLEX
Investing in the stock market is fundamentally an information business. There are thousands of sources available online where one [...] more |
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| Teach Your Spouse To Manage The Nest Egg
Tim Schewe
It’s not unusual for one spouse or the other to manage the family’s investments and asset
portfolio. It’s usually the husband[...] more |
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| SELECTION-SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST
“Human beings, almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experiences of others, are remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.&rd[...] more |
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| Stock Promoters: 10 Common Scams to Avoid
by Stacey Crevoiserat
The world of Stock Promoters is just like any other in that there are many methods that are, "black eyes of the industry" i[...] more |
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Think Big!
Buy Small!
Most independent investors shy away from small- and micro-cap stocks believing that shares in these newer companies are riskier than buying so-called quality st[...] more |
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| Trends and the End of Retirement
John Tebar
There are many factors at this time that point to the fact that the idea of retirement will be coming to a close. One of the primary factors is mainly dem[...] more |
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| Value or Growth?
What Kind of Investor Are You?
There are lots of ways to make money in stock markets. Lots of ways to lose money, too, especially if you don’t have an investment strategy. If [...] more |
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When to Buy
Research. That’s what you want. Good, solid unbiased research. Here’s what I look for before moving in and adding a company to the Confident Trader po[...] more |
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| Which Trading Platform Is Right For Your Investment Style?
In a word, none. Okay, if you’ve already spent a grand on some hot-shot trading platform, it’s a good tool for keep records of g[...] more |
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Your Wife is an Equal Partner
Helga Hayse
I have a cartoon pasted above my desk showing two men in angel garb, each with a halo, floating on a heavenly cloud. Looking down towards ea[...] more |
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