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1. Golden Rules of a Trading Guru By Patrick Moriarty
   Summary: I put excessive faith in gut instinct rather than actual fundamental and technical research of a stock.Over time I came to realize the golden rules for successful stock trading.In the same way that the most important factor when choosing a property is location, with stocks the key word is 'Diversity'. Often people are tempted to buy one or two stocks in the hope of a large rise but buying one stock and seeing it increase in value doesn't…



2. Investing in World Markets By Helen Peshkova
   Summary: There are many different ways to invest in world markets: stocks, bonds, mutual funds, options, commodities or currencies. Sometimes people refer to these options as investment vehicles (or method of investment). Remember, money management and asset allocation strategy has significant impact to your investing success.5. Article: There are many different ways to invest in world markets: stocks, bonds, mutual funds, options, merchandise …



3. The Differences Betweeen the Wealthy and Everyone Else By Jim Young
   Summary: These are opposite beliefs - so, the rich keep FINDING WAYS to have money work for them, while the poor and middle class keep FINDING WAYS to work harder for money. What about the person who believes that a particular race - African-Americans, or Asians, or Hispanics, or Americans are INFERIOR to their own race, or "bad" - how will that person treat them? Just because I mess up one real estate investment DOES NOT mean real estate is a …



4. The Power of Small Numbers: Trading Success is Based on Consistency, Not Home Runs By Jonathan Van Clute
   Summary: Online trading is so seductive - just sit, click, and rake in the profits! But as anyone who has ever seriously attempted online trading will probably tell you, it's just not as easy as it sounds.Many beginning traders are seduced by the lure of the "home run", that big trade that makes you an instant millionaire and retires you overnight to your own private island paradise.But then they wake up.To really succeed at trading of any ty…



5. How to Calculate the Value of Your U.S. Savings Bonds By Michael Pancheri
   Summary: savings bonds was competitive and the income taxes were deferred until the bonds were actually cashed in.For some reason, though, many of the U. The Bureau of the Public Debt, Department of the Treasury, has a web site that provides all that information, including a calculator with instructions so that you can figure out how much your bonds are worth today - and you can do it all by yourself.So, if you have any questions about your savin…



6. Real Estate Investing Financing Truths - Part 2 By Steve Majors
   Summary: No Money Down and other 'Creative' Real Estate Investment MethodsFor many years, investors have seen the traditional real estate investment methods described in Part 1 of this article as a lot less than desirable!They began looking at the prices of houses and finding methods of bringing the price more in line with making more money in a faster way.These savvy investors developed ways to get loans on properties that allowed them to…



7. Direct Public (Internet) Offerings By John Vinturella
   Summary: Company and management meet standards of honesty and social responsibility.When people invest directly in share ownership of a company, after making their own decision and using their own money, they feel a sense of identity with that company. Those affinity groups will recognize the Company's name and consider its offering.DPOs for companies with consumer branded products should carry the logo, slogans and color identifications through …



8. Seven Investment Terms Everyone Should Know By Tim Gorman
   Summary: When investing money you must determine the amount of money you can lose before determining how much money you will invest and where you will invest it.* Compounding-Money made from an investment that will then be reinvested into the same or another investment to generate its own earnings.* Bonds-Money that is loaned to a company or the government at a specified interest rate. Article: For those who have never given their financial fut…



9. SPX (S&P 500) Intermediate-Term Trend Indicator By Arthur Eckart
   Summary: So, if the ratio rises above 100, caution may be required intermediate-term.Economic reports next week are: Mon: Existing Home Sales, Tue: New Home Sales, and Consumer Confidence, Wed: Durable Goods Orders, Thu: Unemployment Claims, Final GDP, and Final GDP Price Deflator, Fri: Personal Income, Personal Spending, Revised Michigan Consumer Sentiment, and Chicago PMI. Notable earnings next week are: Mon: WAG, Tue None, Wed: RIMM RHAT KMG, …



10. Chile Leads the Latin Pack By Carl Delfeld
    Summary: Chile has demonstrated fiscal discipline and enjoys both a trade surplus and a budget surplus.How to Take AdvantageThere are no country- specific ETF's for Chile but there is the Chile Fund (CH) which is a closed-end fund managed by Credit Suisse Asset Management. Currently, 49% of this exchange-traded fund is invested in Brazil, 38% in Mexico, 10% in Chile and 3% in Argentina.Interested investors might also consider the ADR for Banco …



11. Copy Cat or How to Use a Successful Trading System By Al Thomas
    Summary: If they all followed a pat program they would all be buying and selling at the same time so it could not work.I have stood in the pit and watched the same person offer to buy and when there was no seller he would then offer to sell usually at the same price. A friend of mine could arbitrage by standing in the middle of the gold pit and hit buys and sells that were off by one or two ticks because they could not hear each other due to the …



12. Sell Discipline for Investors: Importance and Execution By Rob Hounshell
    Summary: Have you ever heard (or told yourself), 'I can't sell now, it's too low!' or, 'The analyst at XYZ brokerage says the price is going through the roof!' or, 'I don't want to pay the capital gains tax!'Let's look at each of these 'justifications' in the context of their impact on an investment portfolio and techniques to avoid having to come up with them:'I can't sell now, it's too low!'If an asset's price has fallen dramatically, there is…



13. The Strangest Investment Strategy Ever Created By Thomas Mullooly
    Summary: The bullish percent indicator is merely the PERCENTAGE of stocks in a group that are on point & figure buy signals.When the bullish percent for a group of stocks is high, that means most of the stocks in that group are already on buy signals. There are only a few stocks left in the group that could generate new buy signals'only a few names left that could continue propelling that group higher.Another way of explaining a very high bullish…



14. Where to Invest Your Money By Jeff Lakie
    Summary: If you are new to investing, or even if you've been playing the market for a while, investment options can be overwhelming. For example, from 1926 to 2004, the stock market had an average annual gain of 10.4%, compared with only 5.4% for bonds and even less for other forms of investing.That said, stocks may not be such a good option for short-term investing. Article: If you are new to investing, or even if you've been playing the marke…



15. Playing With Money - And Making More By Steven Gillman
    Summary: An auction near us lets anyone in, with no fee to enter - just a 25% commission on anything sold.Playing With The Casino's MoneyWhen I worked the roulette wheel at a casino I saw many people foolishly writing down the numbers that came up. A number pays 35 to 1, but one of the numbers, due to manufacturing imperfections or whatever, was appearing 1 in 27 spins, instead of the average 1 in 38 spins.He bet $10 a spin, and he profited $80 f…



16. July 2005: Hurricane Forecasts for Weather Traders By Ken Paone
    Summary: Although Dr. Bill Gray's updated hurricane forecast for 2005 calls for 15 named storms, with 8 of the 15 being hurricanes, orthodox meteorology cannot pinpoint the time and place for the origin of any of those future storms. My June forecast published on Ezinearticles.com entitled 'June 2005: Weather Forecasts for Weather Traders' called for tropical storm or hurricane formation between June 7 and 11, 2005 around 86 West Longitude and 24…



17. Déjà Vu, All Over Again (and Again…) By Steve Selengut
    Summary: Yes, Virginia, just as certainly as there is a Santa Claus, there is another market advance in our future.Corrections are part of the normal 'shock market' menu, and can be brought about by either bad news or good news. (Yes, that's what I meant to say.) Investors always over-analyze when prices are weak and lose their common sense when prices are high, thus perpetuating the "buy high, sell low" Wall Street line dance. Psstt' uncertainty…



18. Investing in Car Dealerships: Doing Your Homework By John Pico
    Summary: It is almost impossible to be profitable when a dealership is capitalized too high, or too low.When questioning the factory about planning potential, not only inquire as to the number, but also as to the manner in which the planning was derived, the date it was determined, when it is expected to be updated, whether it reflects actual sales in the market area and if not, why not.Area of Sales and Service ResponsibilityThe dealership's are…



19. Is Offshore Banking for You? By Peter Flowers
    Summary: Here are the basics you need to know to get started: Offshore bank accounts ' in order to establish a bank account offshore and still have complete confidentiality and privacy, you need to hold the bank account under an IBC (International Business Corporation). Offshore Jurisdictions ' A country that has very strict privacy laws that protect offshore bank accounts and offshore companies. Article: You’ve probably heard in the neighbou…



20. Investor Guide to Financial Health By Jonathan Citrin
    Summary: Below is an example of a goals list:NAME - TIME - COST - PAYMENT - PV - RATERetirement - 30 years - $2,500,000 - $1,000 mo.- $350,000 - ???College Kid 1 - 12 years - $100,000 - $500 mo.- $20,000 - ???College Kid 2 - 10 years - $100,000 - $500 mo.- $22,000 - ???Buying a Boat - 6 years - $30,000 - $150 mo.- $0 - ???Step 4: InvestAfter determining your goals, you can begin to invest toward achieving them. If you have any goals that are less…



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