Following the Crowd With Momentum Investing
In the late 1990’s many investors fell victim to the momentum investing craze that was sweeping the country. It seemed that no matter what stock someone bought the price of that stock would always go higher and higher. Many new investors even quit their jobs to become day-traders. Unfortunately, this all came to a crashing end when once high flying internet stocks came crashing back to reality.
The Truth Exposed About Individual Retirement AccountWhile preparing for a big tournament, no matter what it is, you will spend many hours planning and preparing. If it is a physical sporting type…
Doing the Opposite With Contrarian InvestingDid you ever want to go back in time, and just do the opposite of what you actually did? Well then maybe you should become a contrarian investor.
Buy-and-Hold Investment StrategyThe most well-known investment strategy in the world is the buy-and-hold strategy. The thought is that if you buy stock in a fundamentally sound company, then overtime that stock should be worth more than what you paid for it to begin with. One of the advantages of the buy-and-hold strategy is…
Trading Stocks Online – Top 5 Secrets to Making MoneyWant to make money trading stocks online? If you follow these five simple tips, you’ll be way ahead of the pack.
Are Stocks Still Worthwhile Investments? A Reconsideration – The Odds Of A PanicThe time at which most people believe a significant stock market correction will occur – whether because of interest rates, war, budget or trade deficits, excessive public and/or private debt, or events in China (or some other reason) – may actually be a time when it is less likely to happen..
Option Strategies – Some Common Option Trading Strategies for the BeginnerThe basic option strategies used by combining one or two options and a stock. These are the strategies for which options were initially “invented”. Risk and Reward management by using options…
Stock Picks 101 – How to Use Penny Priced Options to Increase Your LeverageIf you’ve been trading for any length of time you’ll find there are periods in which there are more opportunities than you have leverage available. Recently, a new trading method has become available using penny priced options. Penny priced options are options that are priced in pennies as opposed to the traditional nickel or dime increments. The advantage to penny priced options is that by reducing the bid/ask spread, it’s more likely you can place a put on a profitable short term position.
Stock Picks 101 How to Become a Successful Trader By Treating Your Trading Activities as a BusinessTrading should be treated like any other business; that is, you are trying to maximize your return on investment. In trading, your “inventory” is the cash balance of your brokerage account. Using this cash balance, you try to “manufacture” a return on your investment. Here are some tips on how to build a successful trading business.
U.S. Utilities Quietly Worry about Uranium SupplyAccording to Friday’s Nuclear Market Review (NMR), many market participants were left stunned by the recent record jump in the weekly spot uranium price. The market has increasingly diverged between those who have U3O8 and those without. Those trying to find uranium in today’s climate are forced to face the reality of a seller’s market.