Category: Learning to Invest
The analysis published under this category are as follows.
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
The Value Trap of Deeply Cyclical Stocks / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Vitaliy_Katsenelson
Just as it is easier to draw straight lines than to think in nonlinear terms, it is simpler to buy stocks that have gone up a lot over the previous decade than to remain committed to the ones that have done nothing. However, linearity is for suckers. Success in investing comes from being able to see not what is in front of you but what is lurking just around the corner.
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Cause and Effect, the Stock Market Is Not Physics / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: EWI
The following series is excerpted from two classic issues of Robert Prechter's Elliott Wave Theorist. Although originally published in 2004, the valuable series has been re-released in the Independent Investor eBook, along with over 100 pages of other reports that challenge conventional economic thinking.
Friday, December 23, 2011
The Stock Market Is Not Physics: Part II / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: EWI
The following series is excerpted from two classic issues of Robert Prechter's Elliott Wave Theorist. Although originally published in 2004, the valuable series has been re-released in the Independent Investor eBook, along with over 100 pages of other reports that challenge conventional economic thinking.
Here is Part II of the series. You can read Part I here. Check back in a few days to read Part III, or you can download your free copy of the Independent Investor eBook here.
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Sunday, September 04, 2011
Money: How to Get It and Keep It / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Casey_Research
Doug Casey, Casey Research writes: Even if you are already wealthy, some thought on this topic is worthwhile. What would you do if some act of God or of government, a catastrophic lawsuit or a really serious misjudgment took you back to Square One? One thing about a real depression is that everybody loses. As Richard Russell has quipped, the winners are those who lose the least. And as far as I’m concerned, the Greater Depression is looming, not just another cyclical downturn. You may find that, although you’re far ahead of your neighbors (you own precious metals, you’ve diversified internationally and you don’t believe much of what you hear from official sources), you’re still not as prepared as you’d like.
Friday, July 15, 2011
When To Buy A Stock That’s Been Correcting / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: David_Grandey
At some point, a stock that’s been on a big run, will turn tail and go into a correction. Such behavior is normal, it allows investors to take profits and buy again or add to their current position at lower prices.
But often the initial selling can be intense and scary, making it difficult to navigate the ideal time to buy the stock as no one likes catching a falling knife. For those who understand chart pattern recognition, the ideal time to buy eventually becomes clear. SLV below offers a good example:
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Stock Sound Bases Vs. V-Shaped Bases / Companies / Learning to Invest
By: David_Grandey
Don’t get us wrong, we are all for buying breakouts into new highs. But we do so with a catch and that is — OFF OF SOUND BASES VS V SHAPED BREAKOUTS.
Below is TSCO which is a good example of a sound breakout.
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Lessons that Will Change the Way You Invest Forever / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: EWI
Greetings Investor,
"Successful market timing depends upon learning the patterns of crowd behavior. By anticipating the crowd, you can avoid becoming a part of it."
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Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Time to Get Rich, the Compounding Process / Personal_Finance / Learning to Invest
By: Gary_North
"If I had just known at age 18 what I know today!" That lament is among the most universal among people aged 50 or older. Is there any society in which it cannot be heard?
I was reminded of this when I watched a video of half a dozen of coach John Wooden's most talented basketball players. It was produced in 2010, just after his death at age 99. He had retired 35 years earlier, yet he was still remembered and admired.
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Tuesday, April 05, 2011
Confessions of an Investor, the Problems Modern Portfolio Theory / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: John_Mauldin
“Tail risk (the risk of large losses) is dramatically underestimated by many investors and the tools we have available to manage such risks are hopelessly inadequate. Financial theory which is taught at business schools and universities all over the world is plainly wrong.” This week we turn to my friend Niels Jensen of Absolute Return Partners in London for our Outside the Box offering, in which he looks at tail risk, Modern Portfolio Theory, and a risk he identifies as Birthday Risk. It is a lively and easy read, which is also designed to make you think about your basic investment principles.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
How to Beat the Stock Market by Following Five Simple Rules / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Money_Morning
Keith Fitz-Gerald writes:
Most investors operate on some variation of the "set it and forget it strategy."
And that's why - more often than not - they're surprised by the terrible things that happen to their money when the stock market stumbles.
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Tuesday, March 22, 2011
The Seven Immutable Laws of Investing / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: John_Mauldin
I am in London this morning, just a few miles (in theory) from the writer of this week's Outside the Box. James Montier, now with GMO, is one of my favorite analysts. I read everything he writes, and my only complaint is that he does not write enough. Today he offers us his thoughts on what he calls the "7 Immutable Laws of Investing."
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Investing Mantra, Not to Convince, But to be Convinced / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Victor_Chan_Wai_To
The most valuable mantra in investing goes by: “Not to convince, but to be convinced.” A good investor does not take unnecessary chances and then convince himself that everything would be alright. Rather, he would wait until the right opportunity comes by and convinces him that it is the choice to make. In other words, a winning investor always abides in stillness until a high-probability signal dawns on him.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Game-Changing Companies Eat People / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: John_Mauldin
This week’s Outside the Box is a little unusual, even for me. But it will be fun, informative, and thought-provoking. My friend Andy Kessler has written another irreverent, gonzo book called Eat People: And Other Unapologetic Rules for Game-Changing Entrepreneurs. He has graciously allowed me to copy his introduction as this week’s missive.
Andy gives us 12 Rules and a Bonus Rule that characterize game-changing companies. They are: Scale, Waste, Horizontal, Edge, Productive, Adaptive, Eat People, Markets, Exceptionalism, Market Entrepreneur, Zero Marginal Cost, Virtual Pipe, and Highest Return. Find a company that embodies these rules early, and you get in on the ground floor of the next Apple or Microsoft.
Monday, February 07, 2011
The Case Against Investor Portfolio Diversification / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: EWI
Talk with an investment advisor, and what's the first piece of advice you will hear? Diversify your portfolio. The case for diversification is repeated so often that it's come to be thought of as an indisputable rule. Hardly anyone makes the case against diversifying your portfolio. But because we believe that too much liquidity has made all markets act similar to one another, we make that case. Heresy? Not at all. Just because investment banks and stock brokerages say you should diversify doesn't make it true. After all, their analysts nearly always say that the markets look bullish and that people should buy more now. For a breath of fresh air on this subject, read what Bob Prechter thinks about diversification.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Five Investor Strategies to Control Market Greed / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Jared_Levy
Many of us (myself included) are drawn to the markets by the same force that can destroy our accounts: greed. While there are several ways in which greed can hurt us, there are five personal strategies that we can employ to control the market greed that is woven into our social fabric.
Thursday, January 06, 2011
Getting Rich Investing... No Special Skills Required / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: DailyWealth
Dr. Steve Sjuggerud writes: Want to get rich investing?
Today, I'll show you how I've succeeded... The great thing about what I do is you can do it too. No special skills are required.
You don't need to be a math or computer whiz. You don't need to spend all your waking hours watching stock quotes on your computer or CNBC.
Tuesday, January 04, 2011
New Year's Resolutions That Will Bolster Your 2011 Investment Portfolio / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Money_Morning
Shah Gilani writes:
If everyone kept their New Year's resolutions, most of America would be thin, fit and rich.
That's because the three most popular resolutions tend to involve dieting, working out and improving the family finances.
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Friday, December 17, 2010
Why It's Dangerous to Diversify Your Investment Portfolio / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: EWI
A free report from Elliott Wave International reveals the risks of portfolio diversification
Despite near-unanimous endorsement among mainstream advisors, the strategy of portfolio diversification has a huge, glaring flaw: Namely, when large sums of liquidity begin to flow into global investment markets, formerly disparate trends become strongly correlated. And markets that go up together ultimately go down together; in turn, the value of diversified portfolios goes down with them.
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Wednesday, December 08, 2010
How the Banking Industry Works - Xtranormal Video / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Mike_Hewitt
Julia Sanders interviews Thomas Lloyd, an investment banker of ABC Wealth Management, resulting in a satiric exposition of the banking industry.
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Doug Casey’s Secret to Finding Winning Stocks / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Casey_Research
Doug Casey – The Eight Ps of Resource Stock Evaluation : I’ve been asked “What’s the secret of finding winning gold, silver, and other natural resource stocks?” more times than I can even begin to count. And for over 20 years, my answer has remained pretty much the same: the Eight Ps.