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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Powerful options basics lessons improving your trading in 180 days.
- An option is a traded security that is a derivative product.By derivative product we mean that it is a product whose value is based upon or derived from the price of something else. Since we are talking about stocks, a stock option is based upon, among other things, the price of the underlying stock.There are also options on other traded securities such as currencies, indexes and int...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Critical investors business daily responsibilities - if not followed could cost you millions!
- When thinking about the investors business daily responsibilities in today’s market environment, the best remedy for this situation is for you to get more involved in your own investing decisions.The problem is that most individual investors do not have the knowledge, resources, or time to spend doing their own research, stock selection, execution, and position management.The d...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Options made easy and investor education - simple enough for a 10 yr old kid
- How many of you out there think that the market is performing well?How many think the market is performing poorly?And how many feel the markets performance is neutral?Actually none of these answers is correct. You see, learning and reading our options made easy articles, you will realize that the market does not perform, you do. You perform!Sometimes you perform well, a...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Creating a financial future--putting your plan into action part 2
- Real Estate can be a useful tool for investing. The simplest real estate investment is not truly an investment, but a cost-reduction ? that is owning your own home. Buying rather than renting allows one to put residential costs toward assets rather than into someone else's pocket. However, if interest is high, the amount you pay to borrow money could make the deal less attractive. Today, with inte...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Creating a financial future - putting your plan into action part 1
- This column has previously discussed "picturing the future that we desire", and outlining a plan to achieve it. We mentioned that the plan must include goal-setting, measurement, and implementation. That implementation is this column's focus.Putting the plan into action is what implementation is all about. Its one thing to have goals, but without concrete steps to achieve them, th...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Have analysts gotten honest?
- It caught my attention when I heard an analyst on a popular financial news program tell investors to sell a stock because too many analysts liked the company, citing the fact that there were no sell ratings.It seemed perfectly logical to me that analysts wouldn't be telling investors to sell 3M (MMM), which has one of the most consistent positive earnings records in the history of the stock...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Global markets: a window on the world economy
- Expectations drive the market. Every stock price is driven by what people expect the company to do. That's why all the talk about a strong or weak economy has such an impact. But those aren't the only expectations moving us. We've seen the impact of war and terrorism worries on markets and the impact of SARS concerns on Asian markets.Markets move on a combination of expectations and reality...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Margin benefits are marginal at best
- Margin is one of those things that novices find puzzling about the stock market, but the concept is really quite simple. Still, with understanding the basics of using margin accounts, determining the wisdom of using margin can be quite a conundrum.A margin account is a traditional investment account with margin privileges.This means your broker has set up what amounts to a line of cr...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Seecrets on investment: tired of making huge losses in the stock market ? part 1
- Over 80% of all individual investors lose money in any given span of ten years. This figure is likely to be higher, given most people's reluctance to reveal their losses. This article provides a broad outline of this financial landscape. It reflects the author's personal views as an individual investor and author of a stock charting software with the experiences learned from the University of H.K....
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Real estate clubs hot among investors
- Six or seven years ago, the stock market was booming, Internet companies that no one had ever heard of were valued at billions of dollars, and anyone and everyone was investing their money in tech stocks. Then, in 2000, the stock market crashed, the Internet companies closed their doors, investors lost trillions of dollars, and life went back to normal, more or less. Five years later, tech stocks ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Have you ever seen a map of the world turned upside down?
- For those accustomed to viewing things a certain way, it is quite disconcerting. One almost expects the ocean to pour out. It just seems wrong. Yet, the way we view the globe is entirely arbitrary, based largely on the way we've always seen it.When we view things from a different perspective, it isn't difficult to come to different conclusions. Normally, when we have a clear perspective fro...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The american age of inflation is over
- "The American Age of Inflation is finished." So says economist Robert Samuelson in his December 2nd Washington Post column.This type of refrain is common. We often hear that this or that is ended ? that such things only happen in the past, and that our new, more advanced time is above such mundane things. It is reminiscent of the late '90's declarations of the end of value investi...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Emotions: a traders worst enemy; get rid of fear and greed - youll be glad you did
- You hear it over and over and over in books, forums, and chatrooms. Fear and greed, fear and greed, fear and greed. Emotions are a trader's worst enemy. What are we supposed to do about it? We are human after all. Human beings have emotions. We can't just throw a switch and suddenly behave like "Data" on Star Trek the Next Generation.So what's the answer for the aspiring trader?...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The power of small numbers: trading success is based on consistency, not home runs
- Online trading is so seductive - just sit, click, and rake in the profits! But as anyone who has ever seriously attempted online trading will probably tell you, it's just not as easy as it sounds.Many beginning traders are seduced by the lure of the "home run", that big trade that makes you an instant millionaire and retires you overnight to your own private island paradise.But then ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - What is a fair market value, really? if youre going to trade, be sure its worth it!
- I've been involved in online trading, specifically with stock and index options, for several years. In this time, I've spent a great deal of time thinking about value and the fact that anything, be it a stock or currency or even a house, is worth exactly whatever someone else will pay for it. Sure, there are a million and one pricing models (especially in financial markets) that will tell you prec...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - When not to invest
- Unfortunately, many investors who are seduced by the lure of easy money try to become "active" investors before they have the skills, the resources, or the appropriate intellectual framework to do so.This is not to say that investing in stocks is extraordinarily difficult ... It is not!However, beating the market on a regular basis is far from easy and requires that an investor bring...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Makin the sauce
- Let's face it, you're on a roll. After getting down to your attorney's office to sign the new Living Trust and then diligently tracking down your assets to fund the trust, you should be congratulated. You're one of the responsible ones - 70% of the people who die each year in the United States haven't even bothered to get a will. Frankly, you're an inspiration to us all. But to seal the nomination...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Finding a broker
- "Hey Joe! I need help finding a broker. I notice that discount commission rates are pretty much the same. So how do I choose?"Commission is definitely not the most important factor in choosing a broker. Most important in choosing a brokerage firm is the per trade slippage, the difference between the stop order price and execution price.Based on a study I saw some years back...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Commodities - the next big wave of fortune building
- Have you often wished you could have got in on a tremendous money making opportunity before it took off? How would you feel if you had bought Microsoft stock when it first went public and your investment doubled 5 times? Imagine how rich you would be right now?I'm not saying you should be in Microsoft stock at this time. In fact Microsoft's stock has stayed in the $25 range for years now. S...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The three legged stool
- My paternal grandparents were born near Lake Como, Italy. My grandfather learned how to farm, and he did just that until he died chopping wood at age 88. As a boy, I would walk into the barn where I watched him milking cows. Never got the hang of it, but I liked hearing the ping of fresh milk in the galvanized bucket. In order to get where he needed to reach, Popper would sit on a three legged sto...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Going offshore for asset protection
- There are a number of key reasons why individuals and businesses consider going offshore for asset protection purposes.The asset protection advantages the offshore world offers extend from protecting a business from excessive taxation to opening doors to enable wealth and asset enrichment via the utilisation of offshore investment opportunities.Until relatively recently creating and ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Franchise investing, franchise opportunities and franchising renewals
- Have you considered buying a franchise instead of trying to start a business from scratch. Many franchise agreements are renewed every five or ten years, automatically. If you do not want to renew your franchise you need to let the franchisor know a little bit in advance as it generally states in the Uniform Franchise Offering Circular (UFOC) The franchise Disclosure Document used in franchising. ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Now is the time to invest for your retirement!
- Yes, it's the time we've all been waiting for?tax season! We know you've gotten a jump start and filed early this year, right? Of course not, but rather than dreading this part of the year, we should all look to it as a point for new opportunities. Many readers don't realize that even though the New Year has come, they can invest money as if it were still 2004! That's correct, it's not too late. Y...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The real cost of a bad habit
- What is the value of a good habit? Think of some daily habits, like brushing your teeth, or buckling a seat belt, or flushing. All of these habits have value important to some part of life. Failing to follow through on some habits can lead to some nasty results, and those results could cost us our lives.Now, transfer the idea to financial habits, like saving a little money each month, or re...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - It?s never too early to start investing!
- Remember the old saying, "never too late to start"? Well, try this on for size: when it comes to investing, it's never too early to start. Time really is of the essence here. Those of us who find ourselves between the ages of twenty and forty should make investing for retirement a key priority on our list of things to do.Your average, middle-aged, two-income American family lives ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to invest overseas - intelligently!
- In recent months, many advisors have talked a lot about the wisdom of investing overseas, but most have failed to really address the way to do that. For new investors, investing in the U.S. is challenging enough, but investing across borders is often even more daunting.Many major issues need to be addressed, but the first step is deciding how to buy and sell. Here are some possibilities:...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Buying a home - your biggest investment
- This column has often focused on intangible investments like stocks that a young investor might hold in their portfolio. While these are one of the most important components of an investment plan, it is not the dominant one for most young people. Even for some who are much further down the path of life, stocks and bonds often pale in comparison to the role that a home plays in their investment lif...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Success trading for new traders: what does bid and ask mean?
- Do you ever wonder exactly what's going on in the trading pits after you've sent an order to purchase stock? You've no doubt seen market quotes either online or even in the newspaper. Have you noticed that there are always two sets of prices given? What exactly do those mean and where will my order get filled? Let's discuss the basics of the two prices you see.Let's say you're trading stock...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Success trading: yet more basic terminology for new traders
- In this day and age of online brokers for virtually every market out there, there are some very useful tools that will help protect your account and lock in profits when you have them. It is our recommendation that you use a good online broker and take advantage of not only the low commissions they offer, but also the automated tools that are available. These tools are virtually idiot proof if you...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Investing in world markets
- There are many different ways to invest in world markets: stocks, bonds, mutual funds, options, commodities or currencies. Sometimes people refer to these options as investment vehicles (or method of investment). Some of these vehicles may fit your personal characteristics or lifestyle better than others. The point is that no matter the method you choose to invest, the goal is always to put your m...