The Great Stock Market Secret By Al Thomas

by Al Thomas
When the stock market is going up and all your stocks and mutual funds are making money you feel like a genius. It is too bad that some folks don't remember what happened in 2000....
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Gurgle Gurgle By Al Thomas

by Al Thomas
Caught in a whirlpool and being sucked under. No life vest or other device to save you. Gurgle, gurgle. Down you go.This last couple of weeks in the stock market kinda feels like that whirlpool...
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Enron Cure By Al Thomas

by Al Thomas
Let's hope you did not have any of the Enron stock. Maybe you know someone who did and lost everything, but you certainly might know several people who owned stock that lost almost everything. They...
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Selling Strategies - Setting a Stop Loss By Christopher W Smith

by Christopher W S
Sometimes the best way of lowering exposure to risk is not to invest at all! However, when we make the decision to jump into the muddy waters of the stock market, its always a good...
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Trading Education: The Best of Both Worlds! By Harald Anderson

by Harald Anderson
I made my very first investment in the stock market when I was ten years old. Ever since then I have been hooked! Now I check out hundreds of trades each year with the same excitement andenthusiasm,...
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Bottom Fishing By Larry Potter

by Larry Potter
When the market is a bit funky, it is obvious that the last thing you want to do is release bad news, but the rules are the rules and when someone announces they have missed...
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Overseas Investing: Going Against the Mainstream

by Scott Pearson
TOO OFTEN, INVESTORS SIMPLY CHOOSE TO follow the crowd. This strategy works in the short term, but can lead to difficulty in the longer haul. It also prevents investors from finding the great opportunities that...
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Sane Prediction By Hari Wibowo

by Hari Wibowo
The reasonable way to find undervalued investment is to find the fair value of the common stock. This requires us to predict into the future. The stock that seems cheap on the trailing basis will...
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Valuation By Al Thomas

by Al Thomas
Every day I hear from the ?experts? on CNBC-TV and the radio gurus that the way to buy stocks is find value. One man?s Rembrandt is another man?s connect-the-dots and fill in the spaces....
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The Best Of Stock Market Simulation Games By Scott Morris

by Scott Morris
A stock market simulation game is a great way to practice your investment skills before actually investing any "real" money in the stock market.Simulation games are usually played on the internet, where people can experience...
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How to Know Whether a Stock is Heading Higher or Lower

by Larry Potter
A great way to identify and measure the trend of a stock is by using moving averages. A moving average is simply an average of closing prices over a specified time span. Charting software really...
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Best No Load Mutual Funds: The Right Way to Look at Fees and Expenses By Sam Subramanian

by Sam Subramanian
Metrics such as price/earnings ratio and dividend yield on the S&P 500 index, a commonly used proxy for the U.S. stock market, are hardly at bargain levels. This has lead several market pundits to predict...
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Living Trust Investing: Income Considerations when the Grantor Dies

by Glenn Dahlke
A common problem I often see when working with living trust beneficiaries and trustees is the lack of attention in rethinking income strategies in the event of the grantor's death.When the grantor of a living...
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Online Stock Trading By Reed Floren

by Reed Floren
Online stock trading is a recent way of buying and selling stocks. Now you can buy and sell any stock over the Internet for a low price and you don?t need to call up a...
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Lights of the Stock Market By Al Thomas

by Al Thomas
There are red lights, green lights, blue lights and spot lights. There are orange lights, pink light and flash lights. There are search lights and micro lights. And the one you must obey is the...
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Vanishing Funds By Al Thomas

by Al Thomas
No, not the money you have in your brokerage account, but mutual funds. This year so far more than 600 mutual funds have vanished. Where did they go and what happened to the money in...
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Dividends By Al Thomas

by Al Thomas
When is a dividend not a dividend?The latest thing "conservative" brokers are preaching these days is to buy stocks that pay dividends. Everyone likes dividends. I know I do, but when Wall Street tells me...
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Economists #2 By Al Thomas

by Al Thomas
Economists know more about how the fragments of society work than anyone. In school they are taught to break down the economy into its tiniest parts and to quantify each minutiae so it can become...
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Trading Stocks ?Never Forget About A Past Trade

by Chris Perruna
We all know that emotions control every decision that an investor makes in any type of money related vehicle. Whether is be the stock market, real estate, art work or antiques, emotions ultimately set...
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Whitewater Stock Market By Al Thomas

by Al Thomas
Ever done any whitewater rafting or canoeing? Long periods of tranquil river followed by short periods of terror. Suddenly the water grips your vessel and you are pushed and shoved by massive currents over which...
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