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Don’t Buy Stocks based on P/E Ratio alone

Why you should use the P/E ratio as a secondary indicator and why you should never buy or sell based solely on the P/E ratio.

Boiler Room 7/17/00

On Friday or Saturday evening my wife gets a movie from Block Buster and after dinner we sit, hold hands and watch. This week she brought back one that I think every investor or anyone contemplating investing in the market should see. It is called “Boiler Room”. How many times have you been called out of the blue by some no-name broker who wants to make you rich provided …

What Does it Take to be a Stock Trader?

It takes a total mental commitment to the task. It becomes a complete way of life. You cannot be a part timer. You cannot work at a regular job and trade stocks successfully. When you decide to make your living this way you must be willing to work …

The Bottom?

Every day I hear someone on CNBC proclaim that “this is the bottom” and you should get in there and buy all those “bargains”. “The valuations of the DOW stocks are a steal.”

Is The Bear In The Cage?

For the last few weeks we have seen the stock market averages going higher and higher each week yet the economic news is still very bad. Is this bear market coming to an end? Will the stock prices and mutual funds go back up to where they were?

Bargain Basement – Finding Stocks That Go Up

Have you been listening to the talking heads on CNBC-TV? Or those talk radio stock experts? Getting all those good recommendations on what to buy now. Now?

Bad News is Good News

For weeks, no, months we have been bombarded with nothing but negative news about the economy in general and thousands of individual companies. The stock market has dropped thousands of points and more than $8 trillion in paper assets have disappeared.

Bottoms Ups

If you have talked to a stock broker or financial planner in the last few days I will bet they all agree that there are some great bargains out there and now is the time to start buying in anticipation that the market will go back up. You will also find agreement from the talking heads on CNBC and those talk radio station stock mavens. No one says sell. It looks like bottom pickers heaven.

True Investment Road Maps

If you don’t know where you are going any road will get there. After you get there you might not like where you ended up. You must plan ahead for your trip. Do you know where you are going with your retirement portfolio?

An Old Proverb for Investing

“If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there.” This very much applies to the your retirement plans especially if you are investing in the stock market. The proverb clearly states you need to know where you are going and how to get there.