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401. Just Say 'NO' to Your Stock Broker By Al Thomas
     Summary: By that I mean he wants you to buy something.Currently we are in an advancing stock market and we all hope it is going to go higher and higher. Many are profoma meaning management is guessing.If you are one of those people who hopes the market will go back up so you can get out 'even' you are going to find that hope is the most expensive word in the dictionary. The smart thing is to listen to the market and do what it tells you.When any …



402. Wit and Wisdom on Money, Wall Street and Success - Part #4 By Harald Anderson
     Summary: Fields5) "You should invest in a business that even a fool can run, because someday a fool will."- Warren Buffett6) "The key in life is to figure out who to be the bat boy for."-Warren Buffett7) 'Let Wall Street have a nightmare and the whole country has to help them get back to bed again.' - Will Rogers, The Autobiography of Will Rogers8) 'There are two fools in every market. Article: Can you concisely summarize your investment …



403. When To Buy And Sell By Hari Wibowo
     Summary: If we sell the stock at a P/E ratio of 13.4, then we should buy it when the P/E ratio is less than 13.4. If you are aiming for a 34% return, then your buying price is at a P/E of 10.In short, we should buy at a P/E of 8.93 and then sell at a P/E of 13.4, correct? To emphasize, the P/E ratio used here is not trailing P/E ratio, does not ignore the value of cash in the balance sheet, does not ignore one-time event and does not ignore the c…



404. Comparing Short-Term and Long-Term Investments By John Mussi
     Summary: The slow-but-steady pace of long-term investments allow for a much greater degree of stability and a much lower risk than short-term investments.They also are ideal for making your savings or retirement fund grow' the investments usually continue to grow over the years, maturing just as you need them.Disadvantages of Long-Term InvestmentsOf course, the main disadvantage of long-term investments is that they increase in value slowly and c…



405. Alpha and Beta: The Romulus and Remus Investment Twins By A Raymond Randall
     Summary: Alpha gets measured by unique qualities.* Investment jargon defines Alpha as A measure of a stocks price fluctuation* Price change/fluctuation reflects corporate earnings increases* Earnings momentum: it's all about money, corporate earnings* Price momentum: a stock or group of stocks increase value above market or index averages* A stock with an alpha of 1.10 may increase 10% annually above the broad marketEver play "Where's Waldo?" Art…



406. Hedge Fund 101 - Make Money with Hedge Funds By Scott Hillsworth
     Summary: Hedge Funds are very similar to Mutual Funds, except that there are fewer regulations on Hedge Funds. This fee is then invested and ideally will gain the investor more money.Generally, companies are the owners of Hedge Funds because most people do not have enough money to meet the minimum investment required to have a Hedge Fund. In mid-2004 about 39 companies shared the total Hedge Fund values of 1.1 trillion dollars.Common Techniques f…



407. Profiting From a Stock You Don't Even Own By Larry Potter
     Summary: If you think the market or an individual stock is going to fall, you can short sell it and if you are correct and the stock falls, you will make money.So, how can you make money on a stock that is falling apart? When you borrow the shares from the brokerage, they have to be replaced, and if the stock rises instead of falling, you are going to have to buy them back for replacement to the broker at a higher price than you sold them at …



408. Investment Strategies for Novices By Mika Hamilton
     Summary: With so many options available, novices might think that investment is just a matter of choice. Asset allocation also helps you lower your investment risks, without diluting your investment goals.As a first-time investor, you must also include the time frame and tolerance for risk in your strategy because your choice of investments depends upon these two factors. Article: With so many options available, novices might think that investm…



409. Numismatics are for Collectors, Not Investors By Matt Martin
     Summary: As a precious metals investor, you may heard much about numismatic and "semi-numismatic" coins, particularly the St. Gaudens $20 double eagle gold coin. However, silver has never been subject to confiscation, and its status as an important industrial metal gives good reason to believe that there will never be a silver recall.90% and 40% silver U.S. coinage is still widely available, and although it sounds contrary to what I stated above…



410. Types of Investment By David Johnson
     Summary: For many of us, it may make us thing of big business and vasts sums of money, but there's much to the world of investments than multi-million dollar deals.Although it's true that, at the top level, investments may run into many millions, it is possible for the average person in the street to invest smaller amounts of money and to invest it wisely. Article: The word 'investments' is one that most of us are familiar with hearing in financ…



411. Hedge Funds A Booming Market By Rafik Patel
     Summary: Rafik Patel, of FSP Search, in conversation with James Cullen about the growth in the hedge fund industry.Q1: As an introduction, can you give us a broad brush description of the hedge fund universe?The hedge fund industry consists of around 6,000 funds globally, and manages around $900 billion in assets. Many hedge funds are relatively young (less than five years old) and relatively small (less than $25 million under management), which…



412. Creating Wealth by Gearing Up By Peter Viliamu
     Summary: Gearing is where you borrow money to invest. That is, you may be saving yourself 25 cents in the dollar, but you have to spend one dollar to achieve that.People look at negative gearing because they calculate that they will be able to sell the investment for more than they bought it and in the meantime their losses are deductible off other income they earn. Things do go wrong and you wouldn't want to find yourself (and your family) out …



413. Creating a Financial Future--Putting Your Plan Into Action Part 2 By Scott Pearson
     Summary: Real Estate can be a useful tool for investing. The simplest real estate investment is not truly an investment, but a cost-reduction ' that is owning your own home. Thus, in this age of fast-moving interest rates, bond prices tend to fluctuate much more widely than in the past, and their reputation as a perfect investment for widows and orphans is not longer viable. Still, despite this problem, stocks are often the ideal investment for …



414. Bad News - Why The Financial News Media Can Cost You Money! By Dr. Scott Brown, Ph.D.
     Summary: I agree whole heartedly with him and contend that it is also done just because the industry would rather have the retail investor confused and emotionally pliable to get you to buy and sell when they want with total disregard for your best interests!People who had invested their life savings in the stock market were ripped off in the stock market because the financial news media and analysts were hyping up what a great buy stocks were at…



415. Straddle Strategies in Option Trading By Steven T. Ng
     Summary: The straddle strategy is an option strategy that's based on buying both a call and put of a stock. We decide to buy a $65 Call and a $65 Put on XYZ, $65 being the closest strike price to the current stock price of $63. If the price of the stock hovers around the initial price, both the Call and the Put will not be that much In-The-Money. So an option expiring this month will have a cheaper premium than an option with the same strike pri…



416. Market Rotation By Arthur Eckart
     Summary: However, the Oscillator suggests it's more likely SPX will trade in a range, perhaps for several weeks, and then rally.The second chart is an SPX daily year-to-date chart. However, perhaps, SPX will not pullback below the high 1,170s early next week before rising higher, perhaps to 1,192 sometime next week.The bulk of third quarter earnings, and fourth quarter guidance, will take place over the next two weeks. Article: SPX is among stro…



417. Peak Plays By Larry Potter
     Summary: There are several reasons for Peak Plays, some of which are: rumors, earnings forecasts or reports, mergers, upgrades, merger speculation, stock splits and sometimes they occur for no noticable reason at all.There are basically two ways to play a peak: a pullback and the peak itself.Peak PlaysIf there is still alot of pressure built up and you are fast, you can partake of the run up. If it has visited this area several times before and a…



418. Need To Trade! By David Chandler
     Summary: In fact not trading is often the very best decision you can make.The market tells you when to trade. If you feel the urge to place a trade or find yourself chasing a trade, walk away from the computer. It will help guide you up to a point where you make a decision whether to enter, or to leave it alone.Also, when you enter a trade, log it in your book with a few details and, commit to a stop loss point and a profit level where you wi…



419. Trading Tips No 7: Developing a Casino Mentality for the Day Trader By Bill Poulos
     Summary: I submit that the successful day trader would profit well to adopt a casino mentality. What do successful day traders and casinos have in common?As a day trader, what if you were the casino - that is, on the winning profiting side. Article: I submit that the successful day trader would profit well to plagiarize a show biz mentality. At first glance, this sounds reckless and nothing more than a gambling predilection - but it’s not. Why?…



420. Trading Baskets Part I By Floyd Snyder
     Summary: What is a basket?A basket is a group of up to 50 stocks that you can trade, manage and track as one entity.In another article, I wrote about a rather conservative method of being in the stock market. The examples above would more or less be the type of baskets you would probably be thinking of holding for some time and not day trading.Most day traders have an entirely different kind of basket of stocks. They also know who the main market…



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