Analysis Topic: Investor & Trader Education
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Friday, May 15, 2009
Portfolio Hedging Strategies Against Fresh Stock Bear Market Lows / InvestorEducation / Stocks Bear Market
By: Andy_Sutton
While it may seem rather inappropriate to talk about hedging strategies while the markets are retracing at least a portion of 2008’s devastating plunge, common sense continues to support the position that the worst is yet to come. Granted, focus has shifted to ‘less bad’ economic data and the anointing of government spending as the elixir that will return the American economy to prosperity. Yes, that whole “We’re going to spend our way to prosperity” mantra is once again in play. Make no mistake about it; what we are witnessing right now will be viewed years from now as the biggest suckers rally in history – so far.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
How to Trade Using Intra-Day Charts to Find Low Risk Entry Points In Any Market / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
By: INO
In this short video, I will show you how to use intra-day charts to time low-risk entry points in any market that has an established trend. In this example, I am looking at a 30-minute chart of July crude oil (CL.N09). With all of my indicators in a positive trend for crude oil, I am looking for low risk entry levels where we can add to, or institute new positions.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Warrants: The Devil is in the Details – A Follow-up / InvestorEducation / Options & Warrants
By: Lorimer_Wilson
This is the promised follow-up to my earlier article entitled “Warrants: The Devil is in the Detail” regarding the merit of my decision to forego buying a particular warrant at the time of issue. What can I say other than that I was dead wrong in my assessment of the buying opportunity it presented. It has turned out to be a ‘grand slam’ of an investment rather than the possible ‘bunt’ that I feared.
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Vanishing Credit Lines for Consumers and Small Businesses / InvestorEducation / Credit Crisis 2009
By: Mike_Shedlock
In Credit Card Lending Goes Full Cycle I posted an Email from Scott who was denied a credit card by Capital One on the basis of where he lived. Capital One did not even bother with a credit check that would have sown that Scott had a FICO score of 800.
Thursday, May 07, 2009
Why ETFs Beat Mutual Funds Investing By a Mile / InvestorEducation / Exchange Traded Funds
By: Money_and_Markets
Ron Rowland writes: I’ve been trading and investing in mutual funds for most of my life, and I’ve had some success. Yet I have to admit that mutual funds have some shortcomings as an investment vehicle. I’ll bet you’ve noticed the same things, too …
Monday, May 04, 2009
Corporate Takeovers: “Once-In-A-Lifetime” Investment Opportunities / InvestorEducation / Investing 2009
By: Investment_U
Alexander Green writes: Despite efforts by the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve to thaw the credit markets, normal lending remains hamstrung. This is a both a significant problem and an enormous opportunity.
Sunday, May 03, 2009
Inter-Market Analysis Between Stocks and Bonds for Trend Changes / InvestorEducation / Technical Analysis
By: Richard_Shaw
In a post yesterday, we showed how long-term movements of yield spreads between US high quality and low quality debt tends to move coincident with, and in the same direction as, US stocks over multi-year periods. The pattern worked well for the last three stock trend changes in 2000, 2003 and 2007.
Friday, May 01, 2009
Financial Independence: Make Money the Easy Way Investing in this Sector / InvestorEducation / Healthcare Sector
By: Q1_Publishing
Have you ever thought investing was easy?
I sure did.
And I think it’s about to get easy again.
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Wednesday, April 29, 2009
How Banks Create Money Out of Nothing / InvestorEducation / Credit Crisis 2009
By: Submissions
The following is from mainstream economics textbook Success in Economics by Derek Lobley B.A. (London: John Murray Publishers Ltd, 1978 edition), which was part of the "Success Studybooks" series. It was intended to be "appropriate to the Economics syllabuses of many of the professional bodies such as ... the Institute of Bankers". It is published verbatim (but with emphases added) from ch.17, pp. 205-206.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
I Hate Reverse Stock Splits / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Dudley_Baker
I started to title this piece, ‘These Guys Are Killing Us’. Where I am coming from is that over the last eight months or so many of the junior mining companies have required additional financing to meet current requirements. In better times and at substantially higher prices, the raising of additional monies and the issuance of more shares and warrants could have been accepted, at least reluctantly, by shareholders.
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Thursday, April 23, 2009
Investment Performance Evaluation Re-Evaluated: Part Two / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Steve_Selengut
The Working Capital Model (WCM) looks at investment performance differently, less emotionally, and without a whole lot of concern for short-term market value movements. Market value performance evaluation techniques are only used to analyze peak-to-peak market cycle movements over significant time periods.
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Investment Performance Evaluation Re-Evaluated: Part One / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Steve_Selengut
It matters not what lines, numbers, indices, or gurus you worship, you just can't know for certain 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.
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Monday, April 20, 2009
Harvard Professor Says Cut U.S. Interest Rates Below Zero / InvestorEducation / US Interest Rates
By: Mike_Shedlock
Time For Mankiw To Resign
- On Saturday I checked my watch to verify the date. A quick check showed it was April 18. Just to be sure I asked my wife Joanne and she assured me it was the 18th. Likewise my computer said it was the 18th.For a brief moment, I thought we had flashed back in time and it was April 1.
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Friday, April 17, 2009
How to Beat the 10 Pitfalls of Trading Stocks, Commodities and Futures / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
By: Nazy_Massoud
We hear staggering statistics that approximately 95% of traders fail in their ability to consistently profit from the markets.
What are the 10 major mistakes that these traders make that cost them dearly?
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Why Warren Buffett Doesn’t Matter, Lessons in Investor Sheep Herding / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Mike_Stathis
Without a doubt, Warren Buffet is one of the leading investors in the world. There’s no disputing that. But let’s face it. His skills have been over-exaggerated by the media. Of more detriment, the media continues to deliver the message that what Buffett invests in matters to you. As you will see, he has been made into a god-like figure by the financial media for very precise reasons.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Mechanics of Short Selling, Naked Short Selling and Synthetic Short Selling / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
By: John_Olagues
There is much in the media these days about short selling, naked short selling and the "uptick rule." Some claim that naked short sellers collude with "Rumor Mongers" to collapse stock like Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers and so on. There is little in the media about the specific mechanics of short selling or the concept of synthetic short selling.
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Charts That Talk Can Help Improve Your Trading / InvestorEducation / Technical Analysis
By: INO
If you’re short on time, but still need to know exactly what the chart is saying, I recommend you watch the video below on a new Talking Chart system:
Friday, April 10, 2009
Wall Street's Secret to Investing Success / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Money_Morning
Keith Fitz-Gerald writes: Studies show that most investors - even ultra-wealthy ones - lose money over time because they don't, or can't, stick to a well-defined set of rules. For some, this is driven by reckless personal behavior in search of profits. For others, it's the constant shift between bad decisions and bad advice that creates whopping errors and poor performance. Read full article... Read full article...
Wednesday, April 08, 2009
How Using Fibonacci Can Make You Rich / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
By: INO
You may have heard about Fibonacci, the man who discovered a set of numbers who that have a major affect on the market. So who is this Fibonacci fellow, and why are his findings so important in the market place? Read full article... Read full article...
Sunday, April 05, 2009
Hedge Fund ETFs: Under The Radar Wall Street Con / InvestorEducation / Exchange Traded Funds
By: Steve_Selengut
The other day, with the market giving up about a third of its March gain in DJIA points, I went looking through my favorite market stats to see if any remaining profits could be pounced upon. Typically, profit possibilities can be identified quickly on NYSE lists of the largest dollar and percent gainers.Read full article... Read full article...