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221. Retirement Is A Scary Proposition If You're Without A Plan, And Running Out Of Time By C.C. Collins
     Summary: I have written a book on the subject called 'Scientific Wealth Strategies.' You can find it at http://wealthscientist.comI also have some more retirement strategies and resources located here: http://wwww.retirementinfo4u.comWhatever your situation is right now, how much time you have left to make a change, and how much you calculate your need to be for a comfortable retirement, you cannot benefit from leaving things as they are.Only …



222. Short Selling for Investors By Al Thomas
     Summary: Longs or shorts?If you are trading in the stock the stock market experts like longs better than shorts. When you sell short you sell it now with the idea of buying it back after it declines. It is like saying there is good electricity and bad electricity.If company CEOs don't want people to short their stock I suggest they look in the mirror to find out who is at fault. The ultimate outcome of a short sale (covering the short) is very po…



223. Why Does Technical Analysis Work? By Larry Potter
     Summary: Since any trader has or can have access to the same TA tools we have to ask how can small group of traders consistently win and the other larger group, more or less consistently lose in the stock market game.What is it that winning traders know about technical analysis that gives them the upper hand?The answer is simple: Technical Analysis works but not necessarily for the reason most people believe. By doing so, they will drive the pric…



224. 3 Sure Ways to Trump Your Investing Fears By Lois Center-Shabazz
     Summary: And finally, you will have to shed some old baggage about investing, for example, "I will start investing when I get my bills paid off," or "I am afraid to invest." They feel a lot of money is needed to start investing in stocks or mutual funds.There are mutual fund companies that will allow you to start an investment account for as little as one hundred dollars, and add as little as twenty-five dollars a month. There is an easy wa…



225. Six Principles of Successful Investing By Mika Hamilton
     Summary: Begin investing immediatelyProcrastination is the number one enemy of investing. Invest for the long-termDo not be influenced by short term market fluctuations. Invest in stocksAmongst all investment vehicles, stocks have provided the highest return over the long term. Stock investing requires patience and discipline. If you are burdened with high interest debt, free yourself from debt before you begin investing. Article: 1. found inves…



226. Moving Average Convergence Divergence ( MACD ) Charts By Steven T. Ng
     Summary: The Moving Average Convergence Divergence charts, or MACD charts for short, are a technical indicator that is derived from the more simple moving average.The MACD charts are oscillating indicators, meaning that they move above and below a centerline or zero point. This EMA (the thin blue line alongside the MACD line) acts like a normal EMA and smoothes the MACD line.The 9-Day EMA acts as a signal line or trigger line for the MACD. Just …



227. Strategies for Long-Term Investments By John Mussi
     Summary: While there was a time when long-term investments were difficult for someone who wasn't specifically trained to work with them, modern investment banking allows for long-term investment opportunities for even the least financially-aware individuals.Below you'll find suggestions to help you choose from among the various investment opportunities that you may encounter' consider each type of investment opportunity carefully, and decide whic…



228. Beginning Investor - Investment Terms By Jonas Elmerraji
     Summary: Public companies are not required to declare dividends.EPSThe term EPS refers to a company's earnings per share for the fiscal year.EquityEquity is just a term to signify that a particular type of security grants you partial ownership of a company.LiabilitiesLiabilities are a company's debts of any kind.Market CapitalizationThe Market Capitalization, or Market Cap, is the total number of shares outstanding (held by investors) multiplied …



229. What My Horse Had For Breakfast By Al Thomas
     Summary: All I wanted him to do is come in first and I can't say I'm crazy about that mutual fund either.That fund has a 5-star rating, is managed by one of the great names on Wall Street and has 60 of the best known company stocks I can think of and yet it is going down. Unfortunately, my broker is not going to be much help here either as he has been trained by the Wall Street method which has nothing to do with making money or protecting my cap…



230. The Dreaded Direct Question By Rick Hoogendoorn
     Summary: Are you getting new clients this way?'The room was beginning the spin.'Can I have some wa -wa?' I asked woozily as I crumbled to the floor.Sometimes we get so caught up in the process of doing things, like optimizing websites for search engines, we lose sight of what standard of measurement we should be using to determine how we're doing. So, if you think about your financial goals, and then think about how you are doing, the same questi…



231. Why Invest and How To Do It: Avoiding Landmines In Your Investing Life By Eric P. Barnes
     Summary: One is not 'better' than the other.) The reason is simple: If you invest contrary to your nature, you are not going to be happy with your investment strategy nor will you sleep well.CONSERVATIVE?If you're strictly conservative, making a lot of high risk investments will leave you feeling out of control, nervous and very out of sorts. Your emotions will seriously colour your choices, never a good investment method.GAMBLER?At th…



232. The Commitments of Traders Report: How To Profit From Legal Inside Information By Larry Holmes
     Summary: The Commitments of Traders report (COT) is a weekly government report that is extremely valuable in knowing what the "smart money" is doing in various futures markets. That's OK, because it's timely enough to be valuable.The column headings at the top of the report will be labeled NON-COMMERCIAL, COMMERCIAL, and NONREPORTABLE POSITIONS.When an account is reported to the CFTC as holding positions above the specified reporting level numbe…



233. Have You Ever Seen A Map of the World Turned Upside Down? By Scott Pearson
     Summary: For those accustomed to viewing things a certain way, it is quite disconcerting. Yet, the way we view the globe is entirely arbitrary, based largely on the way we've always seen it.When we view things from a different perspective, it isn't difficult to come to different conclusions. At least we need to look at the U.S. in the same way we look at each country of the world. Instead, we need to look worldwide, and evaluate which nations ar…



234. Investment Strategies and Human Behavior By Jonathan Myers
     Summary: This overreaction occurs across the stockmarket and gives rise to several investment strategies.Contrarian StrategiesThe overreaction effect is highly pronounced when comparing 'out of favor' (contrarian stocks) against current 'favorites', or what are also known as value and glamour stocks. 'Out of favor' stocks are not stocks that are bad quality stocks, simply ones that are not attractive to the market, for whatever reason that might …



235. Chasing Value Versus Growth By Hari Wibowo
     Summary: A lot of opinions had been thrown regarding the benefit of value investing versus growth investing. It might defy common sense to some but I prefer a low or no growth industry.Another benefit of investing in value stocks is that you might get decent dividend yield from the companies. This helps reduce risk.Having said that, I believe that the return of growth stocks will be higher than value stocks. If you invest in these types of compa…



236. Using Standard Deviation and the Sharpe Ratio: Tools of the Pros By Glenn Dahlke
     Summary: That should give us our answer.Although no investment is truly risk free, let's use a low-risk, 90-day Treasury Bill, with an average return of 2%.Our Sharpe Ratio for Investment A would be as follows:9 (Investment A's average return) minus 2 (T Bill's average return) = 7 (Excess return over a risk-free investment)7 (Excess return over a risk-free investment) divided by 6 (Investment A's standard deviation) = 1.67 (Sharpe Ratio) Our Sha…



237. Shareholders Meeting Changing With Times By Eric Newman
     Summary: A significant number of corporations that settled accounts in the past year are ready to hold their annual shareholders meetings.In this year's meetings, more than 300 companies plan as their main focus of attention defense measures against hostile takeover bids.Interestingly, more companies have introduced systems to allow shareholders to vote via the internet and cell phones to accommodate the new means, and will hold shareholders mee…



238. Charts = No Opinion By Larry Potter
     Summary: Learning how to play chart patterns is very important for us as traders, so please learn all you can about it.This next point is one of the single most important items involved with making successful chart trades. So, paramount in trading chart patterns is to try and align a great chart with an "up day". Article: The one thing we like most somewhere about charts is that there is no "opinion" involved. In other words, what you see is wha…



239. Penny Stock Investing By Peter Leeds
     Summary: The Nature of Penny StocksFor anyone new to investing in penny stocks, you should first be made aware of the differences between these micro-cap stocks and the more conventional blue-chip and mid-cap investments. owner of http://www.pennystockinsider.com, has been in the business of researching penny stocks for many years, and has become effective at uncovering the best small cap investment opportunities and the most rewarding profit s…



240. The American Age of Inflation is Over By Scott Pearson
     Summary: 'The American Age of Inflation is finished.' So says economist Robert Samuelson in his December 2nd Washington Post column.This type of refrain is common. But, when we start hearing such defensive postures from those who don't want to hear the truth, well, its time to begin planning for it more seriously.In Samuelson's defense, his article focuses mostly on the idea that markets have risen rapidly over the past 20 years (since Reagan …



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