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241. Keeping Your Losses to a Minimum By Larry Potter
     Summary: It's that first opening 40 minutes of trading where the overnight market orders are getting processed, where the morning's economic data is getting "knee jerked around" and overall it's usually a good time to avoid.So, what does one do when a stock opens the next day and it's at your stop? So, Monday morning we see the market's in a bit of a funk, the futures are a bit red, and sure enough GLXX opens at 19.70 and starts inching lower. Wh…



242. Investment Opportunities In Small Cap Stocks By Larry Holmes
     Summary: What is a small cap stock? Some people define a small cap stock as one with a market cap of less than $1 billion. But I like to define them as ones with a market cap of under $500 million.Over time, small cap stocks perform better than large cap stocks. And since Wall Street doesn't cover small stocks, it's in their best interest to steer you away from small stock investing.But the truth of the matter is that it's the very reason that W…



243. Making Your Investment Dollars Work for You By Mika Hamilton
     Summary: Those that watch the market reports constantly and suffer heart palpitations every time the company they have invested in drops a few points will either go crazy or wind up losing money by selling company stock at a lower price than they paid for fear that if they don't get out now, the bottom will drop out, leaving them with worthless stock. Article: Investments are scary for some people, especially those who have never invested befor…



244. Before You Invest You Must Read This By Steve Parsons
     Summary: It is important to answer the following questions before you begin to invest any of your money. You need to decide how much time, energy, and money you are going to need to invest in order to accomplish your short term goals. Establish a spending plan with the actual amount you have to invest- The prime force behind your investment opportunities will be the amount of money you have to invest. Do not over extend how much you can invest a…



245. China's Great Missed Opportunity By Carl Delfeld
     Summary: The issue of dysfunctional Chinese financial markets has also led to our recommendation to clients that India, not China, may be the best performing Asian stock market in the next ten or twenty years.The recent announcements of Bank of America and HSBC to invest in two leading Chinese Banks is a welcome step but falls far short of the mark. International investors have taken notice - the Indonesian stock market is doing well and our reco…



246. The Cost of Green Eggs and Ham By A. Raymond Randall, Jr.
     Summary: Sometimes his culinary skills warrant a cost per item analysis the same way the U.S. Department of Labor reports the Consumer Price Index (CPI).CPI reports tell us what a "basket of goods and services" costs using a benchmark dating from 1982-1984 Importantly, the CPI becomes one of many components within inflation measurement models. If a bank certificate of deposit earns 5% annually and the inflation index reads 2.5%, then…



247. Shorting ETF's, the Little Guy Gets the Shaft - Again By Dave Fry
     Summary: I have been shocked to discover that the rapid proliferation of new Exchange Traded Funds has resulted in retail investors being routinely denied their right to take advantage of shorting opportunities promoted by sponsors, underwriters, exchanges and brokerage firms.Since their creation in 1993, ETFs have been advertised as available for shorting, many without the burden of uptick rules or the need to utilize riskier strategies such as…



248. Are You An Investment Dummy Like Me? By Jack Humphrey
     Summary: I feel most people who are like me are conservative with their investing, and don't become active in the management of their investments, because we much prefer the relative piece of mind we get from letting a "professional" handle the decisions.Now that I feel more comfortable in the knowledge I have gained from this easy to understand yet incredibly powerful source of investment and wealth buidling knowledge, I have no doubt my invest…



249. Generate Consistent Passive Income Through Credit Spread Writing By William Tan
     Summary: We just need to know how to use time to help us.Fact - about 80% of all options expire worthless, it makes sense that serious and long term investor should only be writing credit spreads for a living.How do we profit from Credit Spread?Assuming that we are writing a Bull Put Spread:If the stock moves upwards, we make money. If the stock moves sideways, we make money. If the stock moves lower, but is above the strike price that we sold ou…



250. Day Trading the SP Futures with Initial S/R and the NYSE TICK By Mike Reed
     Summary: When the TICK reaches +1000, the market has reached a short term overbought extreme and the TICK reaches -1000, the market has reached a short term oversold extreme.When the SP futures make a quick surge to a strong resistance zone, and then loses momentum at or near the zone, while concurrently the TICK registers an extreme high reading (usually over +1000), this sets you up for a high-probability short entry, with a hard stop just abov…



251. Discipline in Investing and Trading By Ioannis - Evangelos Haramis
     Summary: There is no in-between!Be aware that the undisciplined traders are almost guaranteed failures.Ask yourself if you are keeping the discipline, or are you just taking random trades that look good at the moment?You can't fix something if you do not know it is broken.You must first be aware that you have a discipline problem!If you do have the discipline problem, there is an absolute answer for you!The answer is this:JUST DISCIPLINE YOURSELF…



252. Maniac Investment By Al Thomas
     Summary: They are clutching their tulip bulbs, sorry, stock certificates, and refuse to let go of them because they know their value will grow back to what it was 3 years ago. A small hole just big enough for the monkey to slip his empty hand inside would be drilled in a coconut and candy and fruit would be put in it. They became mad with greed and now fear of loss entraps them.Until this madness is recognized investors will continue to see their…



253. Using E-gold as Gold Investment By Jackson Hu
     Summary: E-gold may be a good way to give you an easy way to be involved in the gold investment market.The reason we can use e-gold as the way is because the price of e-gold currency is the same as the real gold price.So buying e-gold is 100% the same as buying real gold but they give e-gold holder an easy way to move th value of the gold your own in the internet even much easier than your real money.You can either use e-gold to invest another i…



254. Choosing the Right Investments for You By John Mussi
     Summary: When it really comes down to it, though, having such a large variety of options is more of a benefit than a hindrance' it allows you to customize your investment portfolio to your individual tastes much more than you would be able to with only a few choices.Unfortunately, it can sometimes be quite hard to figure out if an investment is right for you until it's too late' the stock might go through a drastic increase or decline in price, o…



255. Planning for Your Future By Nathan Dawson
     Summary: With people living longer and healthier lives, it's important to save adequate funds to be able to live comfortably through retirement. Be sure to update any estate plans, life insurance policies, and retirement accounts.50s: Getting closer to retirement, spouse and 3 grown children, and one grand child.The question people start asking themselves today are, 'Am I going to have enough money to retire, or should I start looking for anoth…



256. Trading Is Not Rocket Science! By Jeff Wilde
     Summary: day trading, swing trading and trend trading is not anywhere as difficult as they would like you to think. These two emotions will wipe out every trader over time, both experienced and inexperienced alike.Let's talk about them for a minute...FEAR: Fear of losing money or fear of being wrong is what causes traders to have this emotion."Trading with scared money" often causes the fear of losing money. This often leads to the inability …



257. Going Offshore For Asset Protection By Rhiannon Williamson
     Summary: There are a number of key reasons why individuals and businesses consider going offshore for asset protection purposes.The asset protection advantages the offshore world offers extend from protecting a business from excessive taxation to opening doors to enable wealth and asset enrichment via the utilisation of offshore investment opportunities.Until relatively recently creating and running a business offshore was something done only by…



258. Profitability And Stock Turn Rate By Linda Carter
     Summary: It is computed as follows: Stock Turn Rate = Total Annual Sales divided by Average Inventory at RetailExample A Annual Sales = $900,000: Average Retail Inventory = $450,000: Stock Turn Rate = 2.0Example B Annual Sales = $900,000: Average Retail Inventory = $300,000: Stock Turn Rate = 3.0COMPUTING AVERAGE INVENTORYThe chief problem in computing Stock Turn Rate is to determine the average stock carried during the period.…



259. Angels Investors and Their Networks By Peter Viliamu
     Summary: Many entrepreneurs come across many disappointments when trying to seek funding for the initial development of their business idea and they give up.If your business is new, too risky or unproven to qualify for the usual methods of generating business funding, and if it is too small or with insufficient substance or potential to get the attention of venture capitalists, then you may need to look for an Angel for finance.Many businesses ha…



260. Success Trading: Some Basic Terminology for New Traders By Chuck Cox
     Summary: It's also known as taking a long position.Going Short ' This means that you're betting on the instrument to go down and that you want to sell or take a 'short position'. We don't recommend new traders to take short positions until they learn more about the market.One thing to keep in mind about short and long positions is that they're totally different in nature. Article: The world of trading can get very complex cause the financial m…



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