Stock Investing – Getting the Data
Stock investing is all about getting the right data, but how do you know where to get to this place where you only get valuable data for your investments and when do you know it is good. For one thing, good data is always expensive, and it normally costs just as much as you would if you were to approach a financial organisation or a bank to provide you with trend and trade signals for you to trade in the stock of your choice. What happens here is that to make money, you often have to spend money in order to do so.
Stock Investing – Beneficial in These Tough Times?The stock market was a place where you could have some sort of profit making capital a time ago, but with the collapse of the global financial system, more and more people seem to be jumping ship faster than others could even react to. This caused a global meltdown of the stock and equities market in general, and if a banking powerhouse like Citibank could go under, then there was indeed a real problem for something so reliable as stock investing. If you are under the grill now and wondering where to go, should it be stock investing.
How to Spot the Best Stocks SoftwareStocks software is what the pros use to guide their own trades and now is available to everyday traders for those who want to trade more confidently and don’t want to stake the risk of doing their own market research. Here are easy things to spot to find the best stocks software available these days.
Living From Spread Betting and Shares TradingI have acquired a lovely group of friends in the ‘real-world’, who spread bet for a living. Cycle-man is so called because he has a huge interest in cycles, be they economic, stock market cycles, astrology or whatever. Moving-average man just trades using moving-averages and mining-man spends every spare moment attending seminars on mining and exploratory companies.
Why Now is the Time to Diversify Your PortfolioThese last few weeks, it’s been all over the news. Bernie Madoff … “made-off” with billions of dollars of his investors’ money. His giant Ponzi scheme ran for more than 30 years. It finally crumbled at the end of last year. I can’t believe the number of people caught in his web of deception. The part I find most shocking is not the amount of money he stole, but the types of people he was able to con.
Stock Market Timing – A Secret Investing Strategy Hiding in Plain SightStock Market timing is a misunderstood concept and there has been a lot of debate between the “buy and hold” crowd and active market timing practitioners about its success. Ironically, the biggest benefit of stock market timing strategies is rarely discussed and we think its time to uncover this secret hiding in plain sight.
Are Leveraged ETFs Falsely Moving Markets Upward?Apparently, mutual funds are out and ETFs are in and it is quite amazing their ability to capture investment dollars from investors that normally do not want to participate in the stock market after the last global crisis meltdown, where they probably saw their investments dwindle by 45% in a very short amount of time. Currently, there are about 150 ETFs now, and they control about $35 Billion in the market and they continue to grow in strength and numbers.
Covered Call Options – How to Profit in a Down MarketInvesting in the stock market is risky, but in this article we discuss a simple strategy, covered call option writing, to reduce your risk and increase your profit. Easy to understand, easy to implement, so trade like the pros and use covered call option writing to increase your profits.
Why Cut Your Losses Short?One very important factor, (in fact probably the most important factor) in trading is cutting your losses short. You have to know when you are wrong and it is just better to get out of the position instead of staying in it and letting your losses pile up.
Why You Should Short Retail StocksI didn’t expect to see empty stores and abandoned restaurants at one of the busiest shopping centers in Scottsdale. But, that got me thinking. Perhaps, the retail industry is having a tougher time than most people think. You certainly wouldn’t know that by looking at their stock prices.