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Sideways Market

Last year you could have used a dart, thrown it at a stock page in the newspaper and bought that stock. By the end of the year you probably would have had a nice profit. This year you can retrieve your dart, throw it again, and there is about a 90% chance that any stock you hit will be down from its previous highs. What’s going on?

Stops

Think about this one. Has your broker EVER recommended that you place a stop-loss order on a stock after you have bought it? Ninety-nine percent of the brokers never think about helping you protect your capital. In fact these brokers are not taught this very important technique. The brokerage companies don’t realize that by…

Vanishing Funds

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 those funds that belongs to the investors? The mutual funds were either liquidated or merged out of existence…

The Fat Lady

The operatic fat lady is singing and she has many choruses to go. As you know an opera is a musical drama. Unfortunately the one we are watching has terrible screeching with discordant sounds. This opera is called The Market and the scene we are watching is called The Bear. She started singing 3 years ago and is becoming worse and worse. Will she ever stop?

When is the Right Time to Bail on a Stock

If you get involved in any type of investing there are times when a stock is going to confound you. The big question is this: Do you stand on some silly principal, or do you take matters into your own hands and do something?

Speculator or Investor?

Talked to your broker or financial planner lately? Probably. The slowdown in the economy is causing the stock market to go down. Of more than 5,000 stocks on the Nasdaq over 1,000 have lost 90% of their value and more than 200 have lost 99%. The Index is off 58% from its highs. Pretty scary for ‘Buy and Hold’ believers. When you ask your broker what to do he usually…

Predict Stock Market Tops and Bottoms With The NH-NL Ratio

What is the new high – new low ratio (NH-NL)? I explain how I developed and use one of the most important aspects of my investing system. With several years of serious study under my belt using my method of the NH-NL ratio, I have accurately protected my money during downturns and have accurately guided my buys when the market has reversed and started a new sustained up-trend (not a head fake).

Shift Happens

Did I spell that right? What I mean is change happens. Like what we are seeing now in the stock market. In the Spring everything was headed down. For most of the Summer stocks were going sideways with few exceptions. The down-movers had made their lows and a few stocks were beginning to head up. The sideways pattern is over and we are now in the next bull leg up…

Market Frustrations

“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 it went up and now is selling for less that it did when I bought it”. Do I hear the violins playing? There is an old, old saying…

Stock Market Tips

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 one way where the market can go which is UP. Nothing could be farther from the truth and this will be clear from the way the market behaves in the next few months. Here are a few tips that would hopefully save you from losing a lot of cash in the current frenzy.