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141. 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, …



142. Finding a Broker By Joe Ross
     Summary: Most important in choosing a brokerage firm is the per trade slippage, the difference between the stop order price and execution price.Based on a study I saw some years back, ten orders were placed with five commission houses. New York markets are notorious for their slippage, as is the Chicago pork belly market.Any broker who allows this kind of slippage to occur on his customer's orders is not worth having as a broker. If the fills ar…



143. 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 …



144. Investing & Online Stock & Share Trading- The Stock & Share Markets are Booming But Be Warned By John Atkinson
     Summary: (Daryl Guppy is a well known Stock Trader and International bestselling author - see www.guppytraders.com)Rather, I explained he should be asking:* How much longer will this last?* When it finishes how will I know & what will I do?* How do I find out about Technical Analysis and Money & Risk Management?* What's a Trading Plan and how do I put one together and follow it?* How and when do I add to the stocks I already own?* How shoul…



145. What Does It Mean When a Stock Has Gone "Parabolic"? By Larry Potter
     Summary: As a rule of thumb, investors should regard such reports as warnings.News about a company can often drive the price of its stock quickly to the upside as new investors and day traders jump on the bandwagon. What happens is the stock price simply continues to rise without pause as more and more investors create what appears to be a never-ending cycle of higher prices each trading day. The process can continue for a number of weeks as the …



146. Lessons in Transition By Sam Vaknin, Ph.D.
     Summary: Q: What have been the most successful approaches to attracting direct foreign investments: offering prospective investors tax breaks and similar benefits, or improving the overall investment climate of the country?Empirical research has demonstrated that investors are not lured by tax breaks and monetary or fiscal investment incentives. They are much more likely to be swayed by the level of protection of property rights, degree of corru…



147. Investments Guide By Mansi Aggarwal
     Summary: Investment can be in the field of property, land etc., in the stock market, in bank in the form of fixed deposits, in trusts and insurance policies.' When you move out to invest say for instance in property, the strategy of buy for low and sale for high prevails. An investor who has scrutinized the market from top to bottom predicts the highs and lows of market and makes purchases much before the onset of the profit season.Arbitrageurs a…



148. California Deparment of Corporations and Franchise Opportunities Law By Lance Winslow
     Summary: Every time one of these franchisors is delayed in the application or renewal times it costs the state money in tax revenue and Californian constituents in jobs, lower standards of living, higher prices (artificial inflation), reduced choice and options in pursuing of their American Dream.What started out as a good idea to regulate Franchise Businesses at the DOC in California many years the prior is no longer needed as the private right …



149. Trying To Avoid Investment And Business Risk? Forget It - It's Impossible By Larry Holmes
     Summary: Financial and business risk is unavoidable because there is risk in anything you do, including -- and especially -- doing nothing.There's market risk -- the risk that adverse market moves will cause you to lose money.There's opportunity cost risk -- the risk that you let a great opportunity pass you by.There's interest rate risk -- the risk that you will try to be "conservative" by investing for income only to see interest rates go much…



150. Mutual Fund Returns May Not Be As They Seem! By Dr. Scott Brown, Ph.D.
     Summary: Arthur Levitt, during his tenure at the SEC, experienced many cases where the non-indexed mutual fund manager bought shares for their own accounts before the fund bought the shares. The modern day mutual fund is like a remake of the movie 'The Sting' where Paul Newman's character has been replaced by the fund manager!A fund run by Dreyfus Corp., owned by Mellon Financial Corp., paid almost $3 million to settle, without admitting or den…



151. 'Shop More, Save More for College' Gimmick or Reality? By Glenn Lawrence
     Summary: And if so, which one?"Our goal is make you become a more disciplined investor," says Bill Koleszar, chief marketing officer for BabyMint, Inc., which, like Futuretrust, offers cash back on purchases good toward a college education. Like Futuretrust, the credit card is free.Koleszar says the average BabyMint credit card holder gets back $46 a month. Upromise offers a credit card at no cost, and you get back even more if you use it.O'Rour…



152. Justify Social Security ... Don't Save for Retirement By Kemberly Wardlaw
     Summary: It is a common question when investors review their retirement plan'should we include social security benefits into our retirement income projections?It seems the closer an investor is to retirement, the more likely he/she will include social security benefits into the analysis. Going forward, we should ask ourselves 'what other changes will be made to social security?' If you would like a complete schedule of retirement ages for full b…



153. Creating Momentum with Options - Pro and Cons of At-the-money, In-the-money, and Out-of-the-money By Bret Fogle
     Summary: To create momentum in your options trading you need to understand the advantages and disadvantages of at-the-money options, in-the-money options and out-of-the-money options.An at-the-money option has both advantages and disadvantages over stock and in-the-money options. Again, we need the option’s delta to outpace the option’s rate of decay.Now, with the out-of-the-money option, there is less extrinsic value than the at-the…



154. 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…



155. Don't Catch a Falling Knife By Scott Pearson
     Summary: Furthermore, if you were convinced that $10 is a reasonable price, you might have saved time by buying it on the way back up instead of on the way down.It is quite simple ' buying a stock that is in mid-fall is not a pleasant experience, and it isn't difficult to come up with a variety of other strategies that would bring happier outcomes.Still, we mustn't avoid all stocks which have dropped. While technical tools can't really tell you w…



156. Having A Goal In Investing By Hari Wibowo
     Summary: If he can't save more than $ 300 a month, the only way he is going to get $ 1 Million is to have his investment grow by 17% year in and year out.For this gentleman, his goal is to achieve 17% return on investment. Instead of thinking that he can reach $ 1 Million by investing in index fund, he now has to find other ways to boost his investment return to 17% annually.The second scenario is a 40 year old investor who had amassed $ 100,000 …



157. A Guide to Indexes and Futures By John Mussi
     Summary: Many people think that investing in the stock market means that you're going to either be buying stocks or bonds' after all, those are the more well-known types of investment, and it stands to reason that some people would think that they were the only types available.Other investment alternatives exist, however' depending upon the type of investment that you're wanting to make, indexes or futures might serve your purposes better than s…



158. Quit and Retire Three Years Earlier! By Rick Hoogendoorn
     Summary: Again, average compound rate of return is 6%.)Instead of starting to save when you start worrying about retirement (at age 62), and amassing that grand total of $7,887 by age 65, you start saving when you're NOT worried about retirement (at age 45 ' by quitting smoking and saving that money) so you end up with, wait for it, --- $91,129 !What will $91,129 do for you at age 65? Article: For most people, there is a direct correlation mid h…



159. 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…



160. Is Your Mutual Fund the Right One for You? By James Marriott
     Summary: Investing in mutual funds basically means buying shares of the mutual fund and becoming a shareholder.Having read this, you may have now decided to buy a mutual fund. 'Load' is basically a commission that has to be paid to the broker when you buy the fund while 'no load' mutual funds are free from such commission hassles, as they're sold directly by the investment company.It's best to consult an investment counselor before plunging into …



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