Market Frustrations By Al Thomas

by Al Thomas
?I bought that stock a month ago and it hasn?t done anything. My broker said it was going to take off.? Yes, and pigs can fly.How about, ?I bought that stock 5 years ago and...
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High Price/Earnings Ratios and the Stock Market: a Personal Odyssey By Henry Janoski

by Henry Janoski
After some forty years of banking and investments, I retired in 2001. But since I do not golf, I soon found retirement to be very boring. So I decided to return to the...
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Cash Is A Position By Al Thomas

by Al Thomas
I go to the Money Show every year to visit with friends who have booths and are speakers. Then when folks are filing out of lectures I listen to their comments on what I know the speaker has been...
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Your Job By Al Thomas

by Al Thomas
There are so many kinds of work that needs to be done and you are doing one of those jobs right now ? unless you are one of those two and a half million that...
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Trade Stocks for Real

by Chris Perruna
I read a comment by a forum member on another site earlier today that suggested that every investor should back test their system for at least twenty years. I disagree and will now tell...
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Pamplona, the Wild Investment Bulls By Al Thomas

by Al Thomas
You remember (they show it on TV every year) the running of the wild bulls in Pamplona, Spain. Some of the nuttier people get out their capes and stand in their path as they come roaring down the street.Our...
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Invest, Be Wrong, and Make Money in the Stock Market By Al Thomas

by Al Thomas
I have been trading for several decades and was an exchange member and floor trader for 17 years. You learn fast there or you go broke in a hurry. As you can see I managed to hold my...
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Kick The Tires By Al Thomas

by Al Thomas
Before you buy another car you walk around the lot, kick the tires, slam the doors and look at the mileage indicator. That's an odometer. I know. That is about all the "research" you can...
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Investment Speed Bumps By Al Thomas

by Al Thomas
Maybe you have done the same thing as I have. Been driving down an unfamiliar street at a good pace and suddenly been thrown into the air as the car hit a speed bump....
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Peer Groups By Al Thomas

by Al Thomas
Whenever I see mutual fund comparisons in the trade publications and in the financial section of the newspaper they almost always mention a specific fund and tell you how good it is in relation to...
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Mousetrap By Al Thomas

by Al Thomas
The spring-loaded rat catcher is the ultimate low-tech device invented more than 100 years ago and remains the best demouser in the world. It is so simple anyone can master it and best of all...
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Risk Control By Al Thomas

by Al Thomas
Everything you invest in has risk so you want to do your research before you put your money on the line.For example, when McDonald's opens a new restaurant (please, don't call it a hamburger joint)...
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Trading as a Business By Joe Ross

by Joe Ross
What can I expect to make my first year of trading?We get questions like this one quite often. We find that most aspiring traders don?t have a clue as to what to expect from...
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How Commodity Trading Differs from Stock Trading By Rob Hall

by Rob Hall
There are major differences between trading stocks and trading futures. While stories of fortunes made or lost overnight on the futures markets are largely untrue, the futures trader, if using a sound trading system, can...
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Picking Mutual Funds to Outperform the Market By Tim Olson

by TheAssetAdvisor.com
With over 6,000 mutual funds available, it may be tempting to pick funds from a popular star or index rating system. Savvy investors, however, balance multiple factors in their selection process. Ratings represent only the...
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Stock Market: The Halloween Indicator By Larry Holmes

by Larry Holmes
In the stock market, there is an old Wall Street adage to "Sell in May and go away." It refers to the market's tendency to perform much better during the six month period beginning on...
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Stock Market Tips

by Manshu Verma
The stock markets are at all time highs and just like the last time around when the market was at its previous high every one thinks that nothing can go wrong and there is just...
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Fair Value with Negative Growth By Hari Wibowo

by Hari Wibowo
Our investing journey revolves around finding the fair value of a common stock. You can invest in companies that grow rapidly and lose money. On the other hand, you can also invest in companies in...
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Successful Trading ? Taking Profits - Part 2 By Chuck Cox

by Chuck Cox
Suppose your position has made a big move and you moved your stop to your purchase price as recommended. Then let?s say your stock continues to make a big move and now we?re asking...
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Mid-Cap Stocks: Asset Class with an Identity Crisis

by Glenn Dahlke
Much like the middle child, mid-cap stocks have long struggled to find their identity. Carved out from the upper echelons of the small caps and the lower end of the large caps, the mid-cap sector...
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