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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Do you need a financial planner?
- No matter how much money you make, it pays to keep on top of money coming in and going out. Even if you do a good job of that, there are important times in your life when talking with a professional adviser makes sense.Almost every major life event - finding or losing a job, getting married or divorced, having a baby, buying a home -- is likely to have a major impact on your finances. A new...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Moving average convergence divergence ( macd ) charts
- The Moving Average Convergence Divergence charts, or MACD charts for short, are a technical indicator that is derived from the more simple moving average.The MACD charts are oscillating indicators, meaning that they move above and below a centerline or zero point. As with other oscillating and momentum indicators, a very high value indicates that the stock is overbought and will likely drop...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Just say no to your stock broker
- We have all heard that slogan that started back when Nancy Reagan was in Washington. It was all about drugs. Now I want to remind you this can be your slogan when you get one of those telephone solicitations from a strange broker or even your own stockbroker who is acting a little strange. By that I mean he wants you to buy something.Currently we are in an advancing stock market and we all ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Short selling for investors
- Shorts. Let's see. If there are shorts there must be longs. Which is best? Longs or shorts?If you are trading in the stock the stock market experts like longs better than shorts. If you are "long" that means you own stock and that is "good". If you are short you have sold stock and that is "bad". At least that is what Wall Street preaches. And why do they want ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Maniac investment
- Let's first understand what maniac means. According to Webster a maniac is "mad; raging with madness; raging with disordered intellect". You don't know anyone like that, do you?There is a book that is still in print today that was originally published in 1841 with the title Extraordinary and Popular Delusions of Crowds by Charles Mackay. He explains in rather horrific detail how p...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - High volatility investments
- Penny stocks and options are high volatility investments that attract both the trader and the long term investor because of the small amount of capital required to make substantial gains as compared with less volatile higher priced stocks. The long term investor buys a stock believing that a company's value will increase over time and the stock price along with it. When he buys an option it is usu...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Selecting rules for investing and trading
- There are three important differences between investing and trading. Overlooking them can lead to confusion. A beginning trader, for example, may use the terms interchangeably and misapply their rules with mixed and unrepeatable results. Investing and trading become more effective when their differences are clearly recognized. An investor's goal is to take long term ownership of an instrument with...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Trading systems
- A trading system consists of a set of rules for viewing markets and making trades. The advantages of trading systems can be hidden when they become associated with trading platforms involving trade order submission and processing. A clarification of their roles can help explain the benefits of using a trading system. This can be done without identifying a particular platform or system. Once the pl...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - A secret revealed: why most (day) traders fail
- The following perspective on (day) trading comes from my many years of experience of active day trading or being the moderator of one of the largest day trading chat rooms on the Internet.One of the biggest problems I see with new traders (and even some old ones) has nothing to do with the software or the broker they are using. Nor is the problem a result of buying too high or selling to lo...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Copy cat or how to use a successful trading system
- How many books have you read about successful traders? How they did this or that and made a fortune and are still doing it. You say to yourself, "I'm going to follow his method and get rich".So you subscribe to his newsletter (they all have one, $250) and buy his course on CD Rom ($495)and next time he is anywhere near you attend his seminar with a $500 discount for only $2495. Yo...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The perfect mutual fund
- The Perfect Mutual Fund is the one you build yourself!The perfect Mutual Fund you build should have the objective of owning no more than 12 to 15 companies; owning shares in 12 companies would allow the diversity needed to sleep well at night and would provide a cash dividend every week of the year.The 12 companies (with staggered dividend payout dates) in your perfect Mutual Fund sh...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Building the foundation for wealth
- You wouldn't build your home on anything less than a solid foundation. Similarly, you can't build wealth and financial independence without first having sound foundational principles to build upon.I have found that many people are working on wealth building strategies such as maximizing their 401K returns, aggressive stock trading, and real estate investing without such a foundation....
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Types of investment
- The word 'investments' is one that most of us are familiar with hearing in financial context. For many of us, it may make us thing of big business and vasts sums of money, but there's much to the world of investments than multi-million dollar deals.Although it's true that, at the top level, investments may run into many millions, it is possible for the average person in the street to invest...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Trading for a living - part 2
- In part 1 of this article I started to look at the financial implications of giving up the day job to instead start trading full time for a living. There are more than just monetary considerations as we will see later, but for now, there are some more costs to ponder.More Costs!Let's move on to equipment. Presumably you already have a PC and internet connection by virtue of the fact ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The realities of market timing
- Market timing systems are based on patterns of activity in the past. Every system that you are likely to hear about works well when it is applied to historical data. If it didn't work historically, you would never hear about it. But patterns change, and the future is always the great unknown.A system developed for the market patterns of the 1970s, which included a major bear market that las...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Investing online has its rewards: find out how to take advantage of them
- Computerized investing. Online investing. Have you taken the next step yet? These days among savvy investors, online investment resources are synonymous with opportunity.The capabilities that we currently have at our fingertips were unavailable just ten years ago. The speed at which you can invest with an online broker, along with ease of use (you can trade in your underwear), makes traditi...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Retirement is a scary proposition if youre without a plan, and running out of time
- Of the 75 million baby boomers nearing retirement today, many are:* Debt Ridden* Severely unprepared for retirement* Under Funded* Without a StrategyThis is a very serious problem in a country that we can all remember used to assure most people of a retirement where you are taken care of financially.We all know that social security alone is not...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Profitability and stock turn rate
- The inventory of the typical store represents the largest single element of its total assets. The sale of goods from this inventory is the merchant's chief source of operating profit. Thus, the way in which this merchandise investment is put to work is of utmost importance in achieving a profitable operation.To illustrate, a retailer may carry an average retail inventory of $200,000, with s...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Are you an investment dummy like me?
- I am good at a few things. I can certainly market well and I consult with others about how to bring more attention to their products and services on the internet for a living.I am a fair musician. I love music and play all sorts of percussion instruments and even dabble with the guitar.I can cook better than most guys. I can survive in the wild with nothing more than a good sharp kni...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Rules for simplified employee pension plans better known as a sep plans
- A SEP is a special type of IRA. Under a SEP plan the employer creates an IRA account for each eligible employee, hence the name SEP-IRA. A SEP is funded solely with employer contributions. Employees do not make contributions to their SEP-IRA retirement account. Any money that goes into a SEP automatically belongs to the employee. Thus, the employee has the right to take his SEP IRA account money w...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Is starting a business for me? what to consider before starting a business
- Do you have the right temperament?Starting a small business is one of the most serious decisions that a person can take in life. Positively, it often results in higher income levels than one could achieve as an employee together with the unique buzz of being your own boss but conversely it also can be stressful, will demand longer working hours and will probably reduce your ability to take ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Protecting the tax advantage of your deferred compensation
- The American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 imposed strict new rules on non-qualified deferred compensation plans. Beginning in 2005, deferred compensation programs that are not in compliance with the new rules may be taxed as wages, slapped with a 20% excise tax, plus charged an interest penalty.Given the potentially huge tax consequences for non-compliance with the rules, you should consult wi...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Overbought/oversold
- Has your broker ever told you that a stock is "overbought" or "oversold"? He probably went on the explain that the stock you own (I hope you didn't) had gone down so far that it now was oversold and due for a rally. He might also have encouraged you to buy an equal amount to "dollar cost average" your position so that when ("if"- he didn't say that, I did)) ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Super rules, ok?
- Do you rule your superannuation or does it rule you?It's easy to fall for some myths about your super unless you do some clear thinking about who is in charge. Virtually all Australian employees now have a superannuation account, many have several, even more than they know about. We all hope to use this money to fund our retirement, but unless you look after your super then you are in dange...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Justify social security ... dont save for retirement
- It is a common question when investors review their retirement plan-should we include social security benefits into our retirement income projections?It seems the closer an investor is to retirement, the more likely he/she will include social security benefits into the analysis. Younger investors, however, may feel compelled to omit such benefits. They must then become mavericks on the reti...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - What my horse had for breakfast
- Let's see, he had some oats, fresh alfalfa and his vitamins. I know from the mixture that is great food and he will win the seventh race this afternoon. He can't lose because of his diet and a great jockey will be riding him.Kinda reminds me of what my broker (horse trainer) told me to do when I was selecting a mutual fund to buy. He said to check out what was in the fund (the mixture of st...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Trading baskets part i
- Q. What is a basket?A basket is a group of up to 50 stocks that you can trade, manage and track as one entity.In another article, I wrote about a rather conservative method of being in the stock market. See: "A Triple Dipper: How to Make 3 Profits on 1 Stock" at http://www.traderaide.com/Selected_Articles/Tripple_Dipper.html.This time let's talk a little about trading "baskets...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Larry, moe and curley, investment brokers
- Larry, Moe and Curley were sitting in their favorite restaurant just off Wall Street having their usual 3 martini lunch and were discussing the day's events and their client portfolios.Larry:"I had 12 calls this morning from customers wanting to know why the market was going down".Moe: What did you tell them?"Curley: "Yeah, what", taking another gulp o...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Part ii of day traders and swing traders and options? maybe!
- Before every protective put trade it is possible to calculate your anticipated maximum loss. Use the formula: (stock price minus strike price) plus option price. For example, suppose you will pay $30.00 for your stock, and you want no more than a $3.50 loss on the position. Then you would choose the $27.50 strike put which costs $1.00. Following the formula, you take your s...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Day traders and swing traders and options? maybe!
- Typical day traders and swing traders look for stocks with quick, short term movements, and are not in the business of holding positions overnight let alone a week or two. So the use of options has not usually been a component of their trading strategies.Now however, some new opportunities for profit are available since many day trading firms are allowing their t...