Analysis Topic: Investor & Trader Education
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
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...
Thursday, April 02, 2009
Using Elliott Wave to Enhance ETF Trading Returns / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
By: Weekly_Wizards
What‘s your intermediate-term view of the market?
We ended March on a good note, with the panic behind us. I do believe we're going to see some higher levels ahead.
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Wednesday, April 01, 2009
Stock Market Investing, Careful Risk Taking / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Richard_Shaw
What is “risk” for investors? We think it is a broader, more important and more perilous issue than most investors have recognized for many years.
A typical “measure” of risk in stock markets has been standard deviation of return (the variability of returns around a long-term mean). Yet, a typical “measure” of risk in the bond market has been credit quality (the likelihood of payment default or bankruptcy).
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Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Key To Trading Success: Ignore Nature's Laws? / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
By: EWI
The following is excerpted from Robert Prechter's Independent Investor eBook . The 75-page eBook is a compilation of some of the New York Times bestselling author's writings that challenge conventional financial market assumptions. Visit Elliott Wave International to download the eBook, free .Read full article... Read full article...
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Trading Trap #6- Failure to Understand Your Relationship with Money / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
By: Dr_Janice_Dorn
Repeatedly...I have sold a stock while it was still rising---and that has been one reason why I have held onto my fortune. Many a time, I might have made a good deal more by holding a stock, but I would also have been caught in the fall when the price of the stock collapsed... Bernard Baruch Read full article... Read full article...
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Investors Turning Wall Street's “Darkest Art” Into Your Gain / InvestorEducation / Stock Index Trading
By: Q1_Publishing
It's one of the oldest tricks in the bag and it has a terrible reputation. But the sooner you learn how to use it, the sooner you'll be able to sleep soundly at night.
Bloomberg recently called it “ One of [Wall Street's] darkest arts. ”
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Friday, March 20, 2009
Stock Market Investing Risk versus Financial Condition and Financial Stage of Life / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Richard_Shaw
Here are several archetypal situations that illustrate the differences in appropriate risk taking with respect to stocks depending on the financial condition and financial life stage of the investor — there are, of course, more profiles, but these cross a wide spectrum: Read full article... Read full article...
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Financial Scams Go Global, Here’s How to Avoid Being Stung / InvestorEducation / Scams
By: Money_Morning
Mike Caggeso writes: Madoff's guilty plea to a decades-long $50 billion-plus Ponzi scheme pretty much guarantees the 70-year-old will have his likeness immortalized on the Mt. Rushmore of scammers. Read full article... Read full article...
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Investors Guard Yourself Against Wall Street Deception / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Money_Morning
Keith Fitz-Gerald writes: If you're like many investors, you are probably sitting on the sidelines right now, unsure of what to do. If you want to buy, you may be thinking “let's wait a little longer.” If you want to sell, you might be concerned about “missing out.”
Either way (and even if you don't plan on making either move anytime soon), having a sense of what got us here can keep you from repeating the same mistakes and even help you make smarter financial decisions - particularly when it comes to repairing your portfolio and even growing it in the years ahead.
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Friday, March 13, 2009
Trading Emotions, Fear, Greed and Hope / InvestorEducation / Trader Psychology
By: Dr_Janice_Dorn
How to Eat Like An Elephant - The legendary W. D. Gann spent a lot of time describing three emotions that drive most traders and investor—fear, greed and hope. You enter markets on the hope of gains, too often get greedy in expecting profits, and finally liquidate on fear . Your brain has not changed much from the time of the Neanderthal man who greedily hunted wild animals for food, and ran in fear from beasts and neighboring tribes that threatened his survival. Read full article... Read full article...
Monday, March 09, 2009
The Three Big Questions for Apprentice Traders / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
By: Dr_Janice_Dorn
In ourselves are triumphs and defeat… Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Tolstoy's story “The Emperor's Three Questions” poses three questions:
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Monday, March 09, 2009
Filling the Investment Education Void With Web Workshops / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Steve_Selengut
Now more than ever, you can appreciate the need for comprehensive investment education. All of a sudden, fifty percent of your nest egg has disappeared--- and the bad news? There never was a plan for income generation. Ouch!Read full article... Read full article...
Monday, March 02, 2009
Why Watching CNBC Could Destroy Your Portfolio / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Nadeem_Walayat
August 2007 - Dow Jones 13,000 - What did the CNBC Talking Heads Recommend Investors Should do ?
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Technical Analysis: Spotting Profitable Trading Signals in the Price Charts / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
By: INO
Imagine you're in your favorite restaurant enjoying a nice dinner. All of a sudden a beautiful young lady jumps up on the table and starts dancing even though there is no music.
Would that get your attention?
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Friday, February 20, 2009
Learn to Trade Using Stop Losses to Lock in Profits (Video) / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
By: INO
This little trading tip can and will make a difference in your trading results in 2009.
Stops are enormously important part of a traders arsenal of trading tools. Some traders confirm that stops are the most important part of their trading armour.
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Stock Index Trading: Learn to Trade with the Trend / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: INO
Today we looking at trends and how important they are in trading.In particular, we're going to be looking at the DOW (DJI) and how it has continued to trend since June of '08.
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