Category: Learning to Invest
The analysis published under this category are as follows.
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Secrets to Successful Investing- Special / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Nadeem_Walayat
Many small investors seem to repeatedly make the same old mistakes of either getting on board of a trend just as the trend ends or holding onto to losing investments in the hope of an eventual bounce back.
Therefore this weeks newsletter has a mix of education as well as up to date examples of strategies that illustrate how investors need to gear their thought processes towards key elements of successful investing which include :
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Saturday, May 10, 2008
Why Most Investors Fail and How to Invest Successfully / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: John_Mauldin
Why Investors Fail: Analyzing Risk - Investors Behaving Badly
- Tails You Lose, Heads I Win
- Ergodicity
- Why Investors Fail
- Becoming a Top 20% Investor
- Investors Behaving Badly
This week I am in South Africa and am not as connected as I would like to be due to meetings and slow Internet, so we are going to look at some material from my book, Bull's Eye Investing, which I think is more pertinent than ever. And since lately there has been rather large growth in the readership, there are a significant number of new readers for whom this material will be fresh. When I originally wrote much of this, the markets were coming out of the bear phase of 2001-2. I am adding a few comments in [brackets]. I trust you will find value as we look at the problems that investors face in the struggle to maximize portfolio value.
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Monday, May 05, 2008
Investor Survival Message / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Neil_Charnock
I am a private investor, a writer (to state the obvious), a gold trader, Investment Newsletter Editor and now a web site manager of sorts. All of these activities are related to investment. Part of my purpose is to educate investors about gold / silver and gold related opportunities such as the mining sector. From what I have seen over the past six months I just have to write this essay for many of my subscribers and potential subscribers. Highly experienced investors might like to skip down to market comments below as the following may not apply to you.Read full article... Read full article...
Friday, May 02, 2008
Patience is an Successful Investor's Virtue / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Hans_Wagner
Patience is one of the most difficult skills to learn as an investor and trader. The best investors and traders understand the importance of patience. As one of Warren Buffett's rules of investing states:
"The Stock Market is designed to transfer money from the Active to the Patient." The best returns come from those who wait for the best opportunity to show it self before making a commitment. Those that chase the current hot stock are destined to loose more than they gain. Remain active in your analysis looking for quality companies at discounted prices, but be patient waiting for them to reach their discounted price before buying.
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Monday, April 14, 2008
Predicting Stock Market Movements / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Steve_Selengut
I've been thinking about starting a stock market prediction business. Clearly, there is a huge market for timely and accurate information of this type, and just as clearly, predicting the future is much easier than dealing with the realities of whatever is actually happening at the moment. If investors could know what's going to happen next, they could develop a plan to deal with it in the present. Maybe Wall Street could help me get this new business up and running! Read full article... Read full article...
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Sentiment Analysis: How Investor Perception Drives Market Prices / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Money_and_Markets
Jack Crooks writes: Topsy-turvy markets like these can easily make your head spin. I mean, we're currently dealing with overdone trends, implosive fundamentals, government regulation and an increasingly globalized world economy.
And as if simply understanding those complex dynamics wasn't enough, we still have the difficult task of trying to make money.
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Monday, March 24, 2008
Balancing a Portfolio with Commodities / Commodities / Learning to Invest
By: Frank_Holmes
With all of the volatility we're seeing in 2008, this is one of those times when investors really value assets that are not correlated to the broader markets.
That explains much of the current interest in commodities – investors are looking for ways to protect themselves through diversification.
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008
The Stock Market Rally Is Coming! The Rally Is Coming / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Steve_Selengut
Always buy too soon--- because no one will tell you either when the rally will start or, more importantly, how long it will last. Of course those are the two things you want to know, but all you really have to go on is the experience of the past. This is not going to be a technical analysis of a series of numbers or chart formations that have predictive capabilities. Instead, it is intended to be a mild sedative to calm your collective fears and to allow for a relaxed analysis of the corrections of the past. You have to prepare yourself for the rally that is surely coming, and it may just arrive sooner than you think--- today, even. Read full article... Read full article...
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
Investment Portfolio Performance and The Working Capital Model / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Steve_Selengut
Ouch! The mighty Dow has fallen to within a financial heart beat of its 1999 high water mark, boasting an average per year gain of less than one half of one percent in spite of several interim manipulations designed to improve the performance picture. The S & P 500 Average, an equally prestigious indicator of broader market movements, is nearly 13% below where it was at approximately the same time. Both figures reflect no investment expenses at all. So, in spite of the mostly ignored fact that neither index includes any income securities (bonds, preferred stocks, REITs, etc.), a reasonable person could well expect his or her portfolio market value to be well below where it was nearly ten years ago! Now that's a fairly dismal scenario, but it's the in-your-face reality for most investors as we move forward into what we all hope will be a more spring-like investment climate. Read full article... Read full article...
Monday, March 03, 2008
How to Make Money in Super Cycle Stocks Bear Markets / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Bob_Bronson
The stock market has essentially gone sideways since its March 24, 2000 high almost eight years ago. In fact, it has spent 99% of the time below that high and because profitable market timing is so difficult for most investors they have typically lost money during this time period. Read full article... Read full article...
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Income Investing - Why Isn't This Easy? / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Steve_Selengut
Most people (including myself) would insist that Equity Investing is the most difficult to master. After all, that is the venue for: erratic price fluctuations caused by an endless supply of social, economic, and political variables; the standard Wall Street misinformation, corporate malfeasance, self- serving financial gurus, and product sales persons; a myriad of popular and market moving speculations from IPOs to Option and Margin strategies; thousands of media talk shows and their financial markets' experts. When you think you understand the stock market brother, you are in serious trouble. Read full article... Read full article...
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Asset Allocation Investment Planning to Beat Inflation: Investing by the Numbers / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Steve_Selengut
Uno. Asset Allocation is an investment planning tool, not an investment strategy... few investment professionals understand the distinction. Investment strategies are used to implement the asset allocation formula that investment planning produces. Many investors incorrectly believe that investment planning and financial planning are one and the same. Financial planning is the broader concept, one that involves such non-investment considerations as: Wills and Estates, insurances, budgeting, trusts, etc. Investment Planning takes place within the Trusts, Endowments, IRAs, and other Brokerage Accounts that come into existence as a result of, or without, Financial Planning. Read full article... Read full article...
Monday, January 28, 2008
How To Invest During Economic Downturns: Commodities versus Stocks / Commodities / Learning to Invest
By: Mary_Rivas
In an article published yesterday (January 23, 2008) in the Financial Times , George Soros stated that a recession in the U.S. is now more or less inevitable. He noted that China , India and some of the oil-producing countries however are in a very strong countertrend. Soros went on to explain that “the current financial crisis is less likely to cause a global recession than a radical realignment of the global economy, with a relative decline of the U.S. and the rise of China and other countries in the developing world. “Read full article... Read full article...
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Five Investment Mistakes to Avoid in 2008- LIVE Web broadcast 4.30pm EST - Today! / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Nadeem_Walayat
Five investment mistakes you will probably make in 2008 ...
Unless YOU attend this FREE, LIVE webinar!
Have you ever looked back on an investment and asked yourself, "What in the world was I thinking?!" The obvious reply is "Yes!", and that is because...
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
The Key to Successful Investing - Calculating Your Investment IQ / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Steve_Selengut
Stocks, bonds, index funds; averages, recessions, market rallies and corrections; mutual funds, technical analysis, financial statements; commissions, taxes, and discount brokers. Just how much do you know about investing, or perhaps a better question: is there any "know" in the investment vocabulary? So many terms, ideas, and strategies; so little time and money! Here's a list of thirty mostly-true or mostly-false comments for you to kick around with your friends and fellow investment bloggers: Read full article... Read full article...
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Investment Performance Analysis Using the Working Capital Asset Allocation Model / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Steve_Selengut
It matters not what lines, numbers, indices, or gurus you worship, you just can't know where the stock market is going or when it will change direction. Too much investor time and analytical effort is wasted trying to predict course corrections... even more is squandered comparing portfolio Market Values with a handful of unrelated indices and averages. If we reconcile in our minds that we can't predict the future (or change the past), we can move through the uncertainty more productively. Let's simplify portfolio performance evaluation by using information that we don't have to speculate about, and which is related to our own personal investment programs. Read full article... Read full article...
Friday, January 11, 2008
Financial Market Myths Video Series Learn How to Interpret The Financial Markets / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: EWI
Have You Watched Market Myths Exposed?
You can see EWl's Chief Market Analyst Steven Hochberg debunk some of the most widely held market myths and answers some of today's toughest questions for traders and investors, including:
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Wednesday, January 09, 2008
The Reality of Stock Market Corrections and What to Consider / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Steve_Selengut
Every correction is the same, a normal downturn in one or more of the Markets where we invest. There has never been a correction that has not proven to be an investment opportunity. You can be confident that the Federal Reserve, as hypnotized as it is with keeping inflation under control, is not going to cause either a financial panic or a prolonged recession with tight money and high interest rate policies. While everything is down in price, as it is now, there is little to worry about. When the going gets tough, the tough go shopping. Read full article... Read full article...
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Dragons' Den – The Survival Guide - Chrismas Day Special / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: BBC
A festive special from the
Dragons on BBC2 at 8pm - Christmas day – Photo (L-R) James Caan, Duncan Bannatyne, Deborah
Meaden, Peter Jones and
Theo Paphitis
Evan Davis presents this 90-minute Christmas special of Dragons' Den, which revels in the very best of all five series. Evan also reveals the 10 rules for success as the show relives the best and worst moments in the Den.
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Friday, December 07, 2007
Common Sense Indicators For Making Money Investing / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Investmentscore.com
Should we add to our metals positions? To help answer this question we ask ourselves important questions such as "what does the end of a bull market look like"? Clearly gold and silver have been in a bull market as their prices have roughly tripled from their lows earlier this decade. So we want to know, 'What would the end of a mega bull market look like?' to help us gain confidence in our decisions today. If we are in a bull market in precious metals are we likely at the end of this current bull-run?Before we continue let us clarify that there are no absolute rules to the financial markets and we are only providing our opinion, however we have found that with common sense analysis and research our probability of successful and profitable investing is greatly improved.
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