Money management starts with protecting your capital, realizing profits and cutting losses. As I have stated in the past, without cash, you can't invest. Cash is king and learning to manage your money is the most important aspect to investing in s ...

I am taking the time to help others learn the basics in evaluating stocks for investment using both fundamental and technical analysis. Both tools are equally important in making serious decisions with your hard earned CASH!

If you wish to i ...

There can¡¯t be many traders who haven¡¯t at least considered the idea of telling the boss what they think of him, throwing it all in and going off to trade the stock market for a living. It¡¯s a big risk financially, and that uncertainty is what sto ...

How often have you come across an advertisement or e-mail proclaiming to "teach" you the stock trading secrets that Wall Street Insiders don't want you to know? Usually included in the descriptions of these trading products are claims such as "Mak ...

Every stock market investor faces one primal enemy. An enemy so perverse, it will drive thousands of investors from the stock market through its ability to defeat even the most practiced investment strategy. Who is this enemy you ask? Your arch ...

Three little pigs went to the market to stock\rup for the future.

The first little pig liked chips so he went to\rthe DOW market. He was told by everyone you\rcould always rely on their products. They were\ralways good. The manager told him ...

This is a rather simple strategy with which I am sure a lot of seasoned traders are very familiar, possibly under some other name with which I am not familiar. I wanted to write about it because I don¡¯t see anyone talking about it anymore. Since t ...

I have been trading for several decades\rand was an exchange member and floor trader for 17\ryears. You learn fast there or you go broke in a\rhurry. As you can see I managed to hold my own\rfor a few years until I found the secret and\rstarted to ...

If you are a baby boomer, time is not on your side. Many baby boomers see retirement age fast approaching with little to nothing in the way of retirement assets that will allow them to actually retire and live a comfortable lifestyle.

With ...

For years investors have been taught to look\rinto the composition of a mutual funds. In other\rwords the "experts" want you to take the time to\ranalyze the stocks within the mutual fund\rportfolio, categorize them by industry group and\rtry to u ...

Time to look back

2004 is over, now we are in 2005. This is time to seriously \rlook at performance of your personal investment, such as \rmutual fund, or individual stocks holdings, etc. Does your \rfund beat index last year? Does it beat i ...

Everyone who follows the financial news has heard of mutual funds and knows the stock market has generally risen (with various ups-and-downs) for over 200 years. In fact, by most measures, the stock market has made more money for more people, and ...

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 historical performance o ...

What the heck am I talking about?

It is often said that to grow mentally, spiritually, emotionally and personally that you have to stretch and move out of your comfort zone. I definitely believe in this concept, however... When it comes t ...

The following are a list of nine things you want to avoid at all costs. Anyone of them can literally destroy your financial dreams and goals!

1. Trading with money you can¡¯t afford to lose.

One of the greatest obstacles to successful ...