Staying Sane While Wall Street Crashes

by David Leonhardt
Everybody is riding the Wall Street Roller coaster. Even if you are not invested, the headlines scream out one word: PANIC!It's hard not to join in the panicking. The Panic Crowd seems to...
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8 Penny Stocks to Avoid By Peter Leeds

by Peter Leeds
There are many good penny stock investments available, which could turn a small amount of capital into a small fortune very quickly. However, to discover these you need to know what to look for and...
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Choosing A Fund By Al Thomas

by Al Thomas
For years I have been saying you must have a fund that is outperforming the S&P500 Index. Well, I've changed my mind. Now I think your fund should be outperforming the NASDAQ Composite Index. So...
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Six Things To Do In A High Risk Market By Thomas Mullooly

by Thomas Mullooly
When the market turns against you, what should you do? Sell everything? We discussed that choice in a recent column. Selling everything draws your ?line in the sand? and announces that you...
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The Secret to More Winning Trades is as Simple as Avoiding This Common Mistake

by James Clay
If you?re a normal human being, your need to feel good about yourself probably causes you to sell your winners too soon ? and -- your need to avoid feelings of regret, causes you to...
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Stock Market Timing: Making BETTER TRADES, Short Term Trading, Day Trading System By Bill Bradley

by Bill Bradley
Day trading is all about making buy and sell decisions. When you make a trade either your going to lose money or your going to make money, and some other times you will break even....
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Successful Trading: Trading Systems By Al Thomas

by Al Thomas
To become a successful trader you must have some kind of method or system to follow that will keep you on track. You may be buying and selling on tips, the weather or phases of...
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How to Place Stop Loss Orders By Al Thomas

by Al Thomas
We have established why a stop loss order is a requirement for the successful investor. Now let?s look at some of the simpler methods.There are 3 basic methods (and many more we will not discuss...
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How Eating Bitumen Made Me a Better Trader

by David Chandler
Trading is a fascinating activity.There are so many layers to it. And so many paths that you can go down.Soon after we first got interested in the stock market I became captivated by technical...
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Take The Time By Al Thomas

by Al Thomas
You must take the time once a month to review your investment portfolio. It won't take long - less than one hour, maybe 15 minutes.I don't believe the average working person or business owner should...
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Investment Research - The Dalbar Study By Al Thomas

by Al Thomas
Very few people, even professionals, have heard of the Dalbar Study that originated in 1995. Its purpose is to determine the profitability of trading for the small investor of mutual funds. Their results are even...
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Tell Me What to Do By Al Thomas

by Al Thomas
Because almost everyone has been baffled by Wall Street baloney they have accepted the conventional wisdom that every investor needs a stock broker or financial planner if they are going to invest in the stock...
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Keep Your Profits By Al Thomas

by Al Thomas
It looks like we have now entered a new bull phase in the stock market and I have a question for you. Will you give back the profits that you make this time as you...
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Buy and Hold Investment Strategy By Gary J

by Gary J
"Buy and hold" is one of the most heralded investment strategies promoted today. "Buy and hold" is also one of the few investment methods where you are guaranteed to lose money 2 out of every...
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Stock Trading Diversification

by Tony Spann
This is the continuing story of our two imaginary traders, Peter and Paul.Peter is a professional trader, Paul is not. Peter has a tested, proven, written trading plan that he follows each time he enters...
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Cash By Al Thomas

by Al Thomas
How many people went to a cash position this week? There is no question that this market has scared the bajebers out of many investors, me included. Fortunately, I started going to cash some time...
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Option Trading Basics

by Tony Spann
Options trading can increase the profits you make when trading Stocks if you understand how to use them and know what you are doing. Options can be a very useful tool that the average investor...
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Stock Market Investing: Knowing When (and when not) to Sell

by Scott Pearson
One of the greatest challenges of investing in stocks is developing a ?sell discipline?. Some of the most adept investors struggle with the decision of when to sell.First, recognize that there are no absolute...
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Smart Day Trading Strategies to Help You Make Money in the Stock Market By James Levington

by James Levington
Stock trading can be a very profitable activity. You can make big amounts of cash in a short period of time. The problem is, that if you don't know what stocks to look for and...
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Small Cap Stock Trading By Mark Crisp

by Mark Crisp
Let's take the NASDAQ composite. It is made up of a basket of shares, the largest and most well traded stocks and an average of these stocks figures go into making the NASDAQ composite. Remember...
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