Category: Learning to Invest
The analysis published under this category are as follows.
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Investment Lessons TO a World Champ / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: DailyWealth
Dr. Steve Sjuggerud writes: I met a legend over the weekend...
He's a now-retired international sports hero.
I don't want to share his name today, because he told me quietly that he could use some financial help, and he probably wouldn't want that word out in public.
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Wednesday, December 17, 2014
The Real Reason It's Tough to Beat the Stock Market / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Money_Morning
Keith Fitz-Gerald writes: The latest research from DALBAR is very graphic…
Over the past 20 years, individual investors averaged a measly 2.53% a year, versus the S&P 500, which chalked up 9.02%. In other words, your average annual return was 6.49% less than what it could have been each year. Ouch.
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Friday, December 12, 2014
Central Banks and Government Policies Control the Markets Myth / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: EWI
Don't Get Ruined by These 10 Popular Investment Myths (Part X)
Interest rates, oil prices, earnings, GDP, wars, peace, terrorism, inflation, monetary policy, etc. -- NONE have a reliable effect on the stock market
You may remember that after the 2008-2009 crash, many called into question traditional economic models. Why did they fail?
And more importantly, will they warn us of a new approaching doomsday, should there be one?
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Wednesday, December 10, 2014
The Stock Market Timing Secret I Wish Everyone Knew / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Money_Morning
Keith Fitz-Gerald writes: Many investors are trying to time the markets, especially lately with concerns over low oil prices, global woes, and Chinese growth in the headlines.
I totally get where they’re coming from. The idea of picking market tops and bottoms is very seductive.
But they may as well try to catch falling knives…
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Friday, December 05, 2014
Shareholder Value Maximization - The World’s Dumbest Idea? / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: John_Mauldin
In today’s Outside the Box the redoubtable James Montier of GMO lifts his lance to prick the underbelly of the Mighty SVM. (That’s Shareholder Value Maximization, for you newbies.) “The world’s dumbest idea” (among many candidates in the world of finance), says James, citing none other than “Neutron Jack” Welch in support.
After noting that taking on SVM “is a little like criticizing motherhood and apple pie,” James sets right to work, tracing the monster’s birth to an editorial by Milton Friedman in 1970, in which Saint Milton wrote, “There is one and only one social responsibility of business – to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits...”
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Tuesday, November 18, 2014
The Free Trade Stock Investment Strategy / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Money_Morning
A big grin lit up my face when I opened my trading screens recently.
I was looking at the chart for Ekso Bionics Holdings Inc. (OTCBB: EKSO). The company was trading at right around $1.81 per share at midday on Monday.
That means it was close to a double from where I initially recommended it as our first human augmentation target to members of my Total Wealth research service.
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Friday, November 14, 2014
The Most Valuable Stock Market Investment Secret of All / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: DailyWealth
Porter Stansberry writes: Today, I'm going to show you one of the most advanced investment skills you could ever master...
But I don't want to tell you upfront what today's lesson is about. I want to see if you can figure it out yourself. So don't skip ahead.
Think of today's essay as a test. As I always say... there is no such thing as teaching, there is only learning. And there's a hugely valuable investment lesson – the most valuable secret of all – below...
Saturday, November 08, 2014
The Most Important Trade You'll Ever Make / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Money_Morning
Shah Gilani writes: Seasoned investors know there are ways a trade can go wrong for you – that's why thorough research and tight investing discipline are so important.
But, the truth is, there's only one surefire way to lose your shirt, only one move that's absolutely, positively guaranteed to cost you money.
And it's a shockingly easy play to make. In fact, as of 2014, more than 52% of Americans have made this fatal trading mistake.
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Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Don't Get Ruined by These 10 Popular Investment Myths (Part VIII) / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: EWI
Interest rates, oil prices, earnings, GDP, wars, peace, terrorism, inflation, monetary policy, etc. -- NONE have a reliable effect on the stock market
You may remember that after the 2008-2009 crash, many called into question traditional economic models. Why did they fail?
And more importantly, will they warn us of a new approaching doomsday, should there be one?
This series gives you a well-researched answer. Here is Part VIII; come back soon for Part IX.
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Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Risk Management - Why I Run “Ultimate Trailing Stops” on All My Investments / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Money_Morning
You’ve spotted an unstoppable, trillion-dollar trend. You’ve identified the stock that’s set to benefit most and made a trade using the tactics that will squeeze the most profit out of it.
Nicely done.
Now it’s time for the final piece of the Total Wealth strategy.
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Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Don't Get Ruined by These 10 Popular Investment Myths (Part VII) / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: EWI
Interest rates, oil prices, earnings, GDP, wars, peace, terrorism, inflation, monetary policy, etc. -- NONE have a reliable effect on the stock market
You may remember that after the 2008-2009 crash, many called into question traditional economic models. Why did they fail?
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Tuesday, October 07, 2014
Why Shareholders Should Fear the Hasty Corporate Marriage / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Don_Miller
I never understood why Sears bought Kmart. Sears was a giant retailer, the dominant tenant in shopping malls throughout the US. Kmart was the spawn of S. S. Kresge’s dime stores. They served different consumer groups—different strata. When they came together, they combined a lot of the same merchandise in their stores, and they both lost their identities. I don’t see either surviving much longer.
Thursday, September 25, 2014
Don’t Be a Freedom Wimp: Live from the Casey Research Summit in San Antonio / Personal_Finance / Learning to Invest
By: Casey_Research
By Doug Hornig, Senior Editor
On Day Two of the Casey Research Summit in San Antonio, the emphasis was decidedly on the “deep state,” as Doug Casey termed it: what it is, what it’s doing, and how to thrive despite its ubiquitous reach.
The deep state begins with government, an institution Doug describes as intrinsically evil and destructive. That’s because it’s empowered by enforced coercion—one of only two ways in which humans interact with one another (the alternative being voluntary cooperation).
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Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Don't Get Ruined by These 10 Popular Investment Myths (Part IV) / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: EWI
Interest rates, oil prices, earnings, GDP, wars, terrorist attacks, inflation, monetary policy, etc. -- NONE have a reliable effect on the stock market
You may remember that during the 2008-2009 financial crisis, many called into question traditional economic models.
Why did the traditional financial models fail? And more importantly, will they warn us of a new approaching doomsday, should there be one?
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Thursday, August 28, 2014
How You Can Play to Win When Market Makers Are Calling the Shots / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Don_Miller
The American Legion sponsored a carnival every summer when I was a young lad. My dad was a legionnaire, so each year I had a job. Beginning at age 12, I hauled soft drinks and food to the various concession booths well into the night, which probably violated some labor laws.
Dad warned me about the carnival barkers, telling me to never play games where you try to win a giant teddy bear. They were rigged, he said, and no one ever wins—“So don’t waste your money.”
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Thursday, August 14, 2014
Don't Get Ruined by These 10 Popular Investment Myths / Interest-Rates / Learning to Invest
By: EWI
Interest rates, oil prices, earnings, GDP, wars, terrorist attacks, inflation, monetary policy, etc. -- NONE have a reliable effect on the stock market
You may remember that during the 2008-2009 financial crisis, many called into question traditional economic models. Why did the traditional financial models fail?
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014
Trip through TSA—When Stock Diversification Gets out of Hand / Portfolio / Learning to Invest
By: Don_Miller
There are only a handful of ways to protect your investment portfolio, and proper diversification is chief among them. No matter how well you do your due diligence on a single investment or how disciplined you are at executing trades, if your portfolio looks like a bridge party among pals who’ve known each other just a tad too long you’re in trouble.
Thursday, July 31, 2014
Short Selling / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Charlie_Tarango
When you buy your shares of apple at $ 100 i sell short to you.
You wanted the stock and bought at $ 100. My short acts to support that judgment.
I am providing true liquidity to the market, because once i short/sell those shares to you, i must be able to buy them back from you at all times, whatever the price.
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Tuesday, July 01, 2014
The Art of Stock Picking / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Casey_Research
By Andrey Dashkov
If you’re a typical small-time investor, chances are you prefer to let a team of analysts fuss about such irksome things as correlation and beta. Maybe you’ve bought a stock because your brother-in-law gave you a hot tip, maybe you heard something about it on a financial news show, or maybe you just loved the company’s product.
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Thursday, June 26, 2014
Stocks Portfolio Correlation Based Diversification / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Don_Miller
A Guy Leans on a Lamppost… and You Make a Buck
To paraphrase Scottish novelist Andrew Lang, some people use statistics like a drunk uses lampposts—for support rather than illumination. Numbers can be twisted and abused to support false claims, and even correct data is sometimes misinterpreted.
For example, you may often see claims like “an expert opinion poll showed that inflation next year will be 2.65%.” Looks legitimate, right? We have experts and a precise number; what else do we need? Well, there are at least three potential biases at work in this short statement:
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