From the monthly archives:

August 2009

I’m going to start today’s article about where to start with stock market technical analysis. I think if you have never looked at stock market charts before and even if you have, like I have, you might not know exactly what to do with the data that’s presented. I know that when I look at [...]

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Here’s the deal. If you lost a ton of money during the 2008 bear market, you’ve got a lot of company. And that, leads me to ask one simple question. Where were all the people advising us on how to make money in stocks? How come nobody said, “Hey, a crash is coming, you better [...]

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Hey guys, I’m back with another post to talk about the decision I’ve made regarding some of the stock trading strategies out there. I’ve decided that like anything else, you have to pick a focus stay the course. That’s why I’ve decided to settle on one specific stock trading strategy for our experiment here at [...]

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I guess before we can start investing, we have to spend some time finding out where to trade and it begs the question: who is the best online stock broker? I’ve been with Datek which turned into TDAmeritrade and my friend has tried Etrade and he wasn’t too happy, but nothing pleases him so I’m [...]

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A lot of people try to make a quick buck buying penny stocks. Occasionally I’ll even get a spam email trying to get me to buy one of these stocks. The idea is that a low priced stock can  double a lot easier than a high priced stock. The likelihood though is that the low [...]

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Hey everyone. When you start developing your own stock trading strategies in the stock market, you are going to have to do your own research. Personally, of all the strategies I have read so far, I believe William J. O’Neil’s CANSLIM approach to be the best. His book How to Make Money in Stocks is [...]

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Today I wanted to talk a little bit about buying stocks. Most people have heard of the stock market, but very few are investors that buy stocks on an individual basis. Most buy through their 401k plan in the form of mutual funds. Making the leap to buy stock on your own though can be [...]

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A 401k rollover is one of the largest sources of cash available to people to invest in stocks when they terminate from their employer. I know that one of my first jobs was at a bank where I had worked for around 8 years. At the time, I had all of my funds invested in [...]

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