At least four times per year, security prices are more a function of institutional marketing practices than they are a reflection of the economic forces that we would like to think are their primary determining factors. Do you remember the “Circle of Gold” chain letter from the seventies?
The Stock Market And Its Profits Potentials Compared To Other Investments
The stock market investments has proving to yield more profits better than other financial investments in the financial market investments. With the stock investment, you are sure of an incessant opportunities of better profits, and above all…you are guarranteed of low risk of losing your money.
Using Discounted Closed Ended Funds designed to Increase Income and Reduce Risk
Its investment objective is to achieve a high level of after-tax total return through investment in utility securities. In pursuing total return, the Fund equally emphasizes both current incomes, consisting primarily of tax-advantaged dividend income, and capital appreciation.
Why Buy Stocks on Margin?
Buying on margin means that you are buying your stocks with borrowed money.
Your Prey for 2006
Scouring the 52 week low is normally a good place to start. Tax loss selling has made many stocks to make the list. This is great for us, small investor. Barring any fundamental news, cheap stocks that get cheaper will be a good investment candidate.
Relax, A Volatile Stock Market Is Your Dearest Friend
Everyone is in the stock market these days whether they like it or not, and when the media fans the emotions of the masses, the masses create volatility that rarely under-reacts to market conditions! A volatile equity market creates opportunities with every gyration in either direction.
3 Steps To Profitable Stock Picking
Stock picking is a very complicated process and investors have different approaches. However, it is wise to follow general steps to minimize the risk of the investments. This article will outline these basic steps for picking high performance stocks.
Step 1. Decide on the time frame and the general strategy of the investment. This step is very important because it will dictate the type of stocks you buy.
Suppose you decide to be a long term investor, you would want to…
5 Steps To Researching a Stock Trade Before Investing
Once you determine which business cycle the economy is currently in you can start researching for a trade. It is best to have some sort of a system in place that will be used before EACH trade. Here is a simple 5 Step formula to help get you started.
An Analysis Of Overstock.com (OSTK)
Why is a value investor writing about an unprofitable internet company? Because value investing is about finding dollars that trade for fifty cents; with a market cap of less than 75% of sales, Overstock.com (OSTK) looks like it may be exactly that.
But isnt it too risky?
The greatest risk in any investment is the risk of overpaying. So, the real question is: what is Overstock worth? I think its worth at least $1.5 billion. With Overstocks market cap currently sitti…
How to Find How Much Stock a CEO Holds
Have you ever been curious about how much stock your company officers hold? Or, are you an investor who needs to know? This article gives a fairly quick method to find out, utilizing information available on the NASDAQ’s web site.
In Value Stock Investing, Quality is Job One
How do we create a confidence building Stock Selection Universe? Simply operating on blind faith with one of the common definitions may be too simplistic, particularly since many of the numbers originate from the subject companies.
Learn Stock Trading From Playing Poker
Picking good stocks is only the first step to become a consistently profitable trader. Those of you that track the performances of stock picks I post on http://www.cisiova.com/analysis.asp know that it is impossible to determine if a stock is good without a good exiting strategy. And for most traders, exit strategy is the hardest part. Many people say that to trade profitably you need to develop the right mentality. Unfortunately, such winning mentality can only be developed …