If you caught my earlier posts about buying stocks using the IBD 200, then you should know that today I closed out my position in Open Table, Inc. (NASDAQ:OPEN) at the beginning of the trading day today. The results? I originally purchased 22 shares of OPEN at $44.95. Today, I sold it for $54.39. This [...]
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Buying stocks of publicly traded companies in the stock market today is one of the best ways for you to create your financial empire from scratch. That said, the vast majority of people lost a ton of money in the last bear market. Every time I think of family members who lost nearly half of [...]
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It’s bad enough that the media almost always steers us wrong, the internet is just as bad with their constant push to get people to buy penny stocks. My view is that they are looking for suckers. Here’s how I think it works. Some “investors” or Wall Street types get together in a room and [...]
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As part of my daily stock market investing routine, I look at my stock market screens to see what stocks to buy now. These screens can fluctuate and some days they flash lots of stocks and on days like today, they only bring a few to the surface. Whether the market is good or bad, [...]
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It seems everybody that visits my Stock Market Investing Today wants a list of great stock to buy. I discussed this earlier in an article called Great Stock To Buy Today. What surprises me most about the market is that stocks with great fundamentals don’t always go up and stocks with lousy fundamentals soar. A [...]
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Today I wanted to talk specifically about a question my friend asked me today which was can I buy stock with my Roth IRA. The answer is yes. A Roth IRA is just a special type of account arrangement with special tax treatment. While you can buy stocks in it, you can also use other [...]
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I’m a little late posting today because I’ve been trying to put together a post I can be proud of that might also be of interest to my readers and I came up with this: How to find stocks to buy using the IBD Stocks on the Move screen. This screen appears every day in [...]
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I guess that a little tutorial is in order here on how to buy stocks. The first thing you should have is a online investing account at at broker like Etrade, OptionsXpress, TradeKing, TDAmeritrade. You might Google special offers for each of those companies because they are usually trying to get customers and have a [...]
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One of the best reasons to buy stock is to beat inflation. I went to the bank the other day and I just can’t believe that interest rates are so low. Something that doesn’t bode well for the stock market in my opinion. Once interest rates rise, the market will probably go down as it [...]
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Well, since the market is still in a confirmed uptrend, I thought I’d remind everyone that means you have got the green light to buy stocks for your portfolio. While the market has undergone a couple of distribution days, the current outlook hasn’t changed. Remember that you’ve got to keep tabs on the current trend [...]
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I know by writing a post called the Ultimate Buying Stocks Guide that I’m already setting high expectations for the page. I hope that it lives up to them. I figure that if I am ever going to attract a readership then I’m going to have to put together some content that really, really adds [...]
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Now that the market is in a confirmed uptrend according to the IBD, it’s time to focus on how to find the best stocks to buy. The best time to do this is before the market confirms an uptrend so that you can hit the leaders right away — right when they breakout. But, if [...]
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This week, the Investor’s Business Daily gave the green light this week to start buying stocks when they changed the current market outlook to “market in confirmed uptrend”. Market direction can be one of the biggest factors in whether a stock’s price rises or falls. The CANSLIM investing strategy recommends only investing in stocks when [...]
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Many people wonder “can I buy stocks on my roth IRA account?” They are often confused between the account type and the funding method. The account type is like suitcase and the funding method is the investment. Account types are things like individual, joint and yes a Roth IRA. Investments are things like stocks, bonds, [...]
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I suggest that once you have decided on an investment strategy the next thing you should do is develop a step by step approach to buying stocks. What I mean by this is that you need to know your stock market investing strategy inside and out. You need to be the expert. One way in [...]
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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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