Stocks & Mutual Funds Information

Why Change Funds?


On November 17 I bought 7 different mutual funds and went to a 100% invested position. One of the funds I bought was Robertson Stevens Information Age (RSIFX) and it has made money as have the other six.

Who Knows?


The Shadow knows. Remember him? It seems a shadow has a firm grip on this stock market.

Where Is The Beef?


Where is the beef? Or maybe it should be where is the bull? Market, that is? The chief investment strategists and analysts of the major brokerage houses have been promising us a new bull market.So far the bull hasn't come in from the distant pasture.

What To Buy?


Now that you have some money burning a hole in your pocket and the stock market is going up you have decided to buy some stock or maybe a mutual fund, but you have the momentous decisions to what to buy.At this point you have three decisions to make besides which equity to buy:1.

VIX


No, this is not a symbol for some Latin number. The Wall Street mavens talk about this market timing device as if they knew how to use it to determine which way the stock market is going - up or down.

The Club


Yesterday I received my monthly issue of MONEY magazine. This issue has the special feature called "The Ultimate Investment Club" that highlights their picks for the top mutual fund managers.

Take The Time


You must take the time once a month to review your investment portfolio. It won't take long - less than one hour, maybe 15 minutes.

Trading Stocks -Never Forget About A Past Trade


We all know that emotions control every decision that an investor makes in any type of money related vehicle. Whether is be the stock market, real estate, art work or antiques, emotions ultimately set the final price on both sides of the transaction.

Trading Tips No 5: Stock Trading Curve Drawdown and Commitment


All stock trading and investing methods must deal with the inevitable drawdown from the most recent peak in one's stock trading curve to a bottom before reversing and making a new high. Seasoned systems traders are well familiar with the drawdown phenomenon and the importance of drawdown as a percentage of annual average returns in evaluating a trading system.

Trading Tips No 6: The High Cost of Low Cost Stock Market Information


It has been said that low cost or even free stock market information or trading advice can be the most expensive advice you can get. The meaning is clear.

Trading Tips No 8: Picking the Best Stock Market Price


Carefully thinking through your goal as a trader is of prime importance, when picking the best stock market price. It is very difficult if not impossible to meet a goal that is ill defined.

Long Term Investing


In his wonderful book, 'Multiple Streams of Income', best selling author Robert Allen advises Investors to divide their Stock Market investment and trading capital into three portions -50% invested long term (forever) in an Index Fund, 30% invested in Accelerated Stock strategies and 20% in options or high risk investment strategies.This article will discuss long term investing and how technical analysis can alert us to points in time when it is prudent to take profits and exit the Stock market.

Starbucks Stock is Up


Starbucks earnings are up again and so is their stock slightly. It appears they are exporting America's weakness to caffeine and sugar around the world.

The Stock Market - How Just One Question Will Tell You All You Need To Know About Your Stock Broker


Last time we looked at the real performance of the stock market (we used the Dow Jones as a reference point) and the apparent performance that makes the headlines and can be seen by a casual look at a chart or "ballpark" figures - briefly; the Dow went up, for example, less than 50 points between April 1999 and April 2005 - essentially 6 years with no growth!But behind that seemingly "becalmed" Dow there were at least 10 significant moves each and every year totalling many thousands of points!But did the Wall Street Moguls, the so-called "Masters of the Universe" make you any money from those huge movements? No.Of course they didn't!Here's how I know.

The Stock Trading Plan - Why You Must Have One To Trade Successfully


This is the continuing story of our two imaginary traders, Peter and Paul.Peter is a professional trader, Paul is not.


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