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The Secret to More Winning Trades is as Simple as Avoiding This Common Mistake


If you're a normal human being, your need to feel good about yourself probably causes you to sell your winners too soon - and -- your need to avoid feelings of regret, causes you to hang on to your losers too long.At one time or another, we're all guilty of letting our emotions dictate our investment decisions.

Lies, Damn Lies and Mutual Fund Returns


How many times has this happened to you? You're at a social function and the conversation turns to investing. Pretty soon, people are comparing how well their investments are doing.

Psychology - How to Reduce Negative Thoughts Relating to Trading?


The thinking process of the brain relating to the psychology of trading involves:-- Beliefs -- Feelings -- Values -- Dispositions and -- FaithThe positive or negative energy brings power to a person's actions, which ultimately determines whether a person is a winner or a loser. You can change for the better or for the worst.

The Secret Method to Selecting a Winning Trading System


Every successful trader has a winning system. There are of course, as many systems out there, as there are traders.

How To Beat The Mutual Fund Companies At Their Own Game


You'd have had to be living on a desert island with no TV, newspaper or internet connection to have missed hearing about the great mutual fund scandal of 2003.The issue was that some mutual fund companies allowed certain hedge funds to engage in after-hours trading, sometimes incorrectly referred to as market timing.

Money, Insanity and Wall Street


Money: the most charged word in the planet. It means something to everyone.

What is a Trading Plan - and Why You Need One?


How do you make money without picking tops and bottoms?I am glad you asked..

The Secret Art of Backtesting


If you have not back tested your trading system, you might as well trade with your eyes close. In fact, whatever technical analysis criterion you use to trade with, be it moving averages, candle sticks, volatility breakouts, fibonacci retracements or any other trading system you have devised you're going to need to back test your trading system thoroughly and objectively in order to remove any possible doubt about it's capability.

Losses, not Profits, will Stop You from Trading in the Market


Should the market turn against you, it is important that you design a system that will produce as much loss as you are prepared to take. This loss, known as drawdown, is the maximum amount by which your trading float will temporarily drop at anytime.

Tips to Finding Other People's Simple Trading Plans


Did you know you can make money (and a lot of it) by simply modeling someone else's trading plan? Yes, it is true. Unbelievably, there are many of trading gurus doing it RIGHT NOW.

Stock Market Diversification


In one of my previous articles (Investing in the stock market -9 powerful tips), tip number one was:1. Do not spread your money too thin.

Precision Money Management


This article describes the model of a natural relationship between trading system performance, trade position size, stop loss settings and profit goals. The model consists of algebraic equations that specify the trade size and stop loss settings needed to meet profit goals over a specified time period for any consistently used trading system for which historical performance data is available.

How To Make, And Keep, Money Trading Stocks


If you are serious about making and keeping money by trading stocks, then there are three things you need to do, and do well.Money managementOrdersTrading systemMoney managementMoney management comes first.

Prospering with Mutual Funds: How Anyone can "Afford" an Investment Advisor


Recently I was invited to appear on a live CNNfn television show to discuss my article "How to evaluate Load vs. No Load Mutual Funds.

No Load Mutual Funds: Investment Hype vs. Investment Help


With the internet such a huge part of our daily lives, many investors have access to a wide range of instant investment information.Whether you're into stocks, bonds, mutual funds, futures or options, there are tons of electronic investment newsletters offering to turn your small stake into a giant fortune.


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  • Determining Mutual Fund Prices Today
    Mutual fund prices today are rarely the same as they were the day before, and are highly unlikely to remain the same tomorrow. The best place for you to find mutual fund prices today is going to be the Internet, and after that, the finance section of your local newspaper.
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  • Know More About Sector Funds
    Sector funds are mutual funds that concentrate on a particular sector. Such funds have their own share of investors in the market. Are these funds the right investment choice for all? The article below gives more information about sector funds.
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  • An Intro To Treasury Inflation Protected Securities Mutual Funds
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  • A List Of The Top Rated Mutual Funds For 2012
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  • Tips To Getting Started With Mutual Funds
    So, you're considering taking on your very first investment. With all the options there are out there, just how exactly will you choose? Mutual funds are a great option for beginning investors, as they include a financial advisor to be there by your side the entire way through.
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  • What Are Mutual Funds And How Do They Work?
    Mutual funds can be a difficult concept for people to grasp. However, when it's put simply, the idea is much more accessible. An open-ended fund that an investment company shares with stockholders, who invest in stocks, money-market instruments, and bonds, is a mutual fund.
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  • Do You Know The Basics Of Mutual Funds?
    Are you aware of what you should know walking into investing in mutual funds? What about which company to even go to? Doing your research can make a huge difference in the fate of your mutual fund. The following is some information to help you get started.
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  • Striving For Diversity In Mutual Funds
    When it comes to investing your money, you don't want to take any risks that aren't totally necessary. Understand, however, that there are natural risks involved just in the act of investing alone. Because of this, it's important that an investor knows about the best available mutual funds in their area.
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  • How To Successfully Invest In Mutual Funds Online
    When it comes to investing in mutual funds online, you're going to want to have the fastest Internet connection you can get your hands on. Several accounts and brokers offer information about trading in within milliseconds of it becoming important.
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  • Ideas For Good Investments In ETFs or Exchange Traded Funds
    This is a list of the best ETFs to use for your investment accounts. They are cheap, liquid, and efficient.
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  • Deciding On The Best Kind Of Mutual Fund For You
    The mutual funds that perform the best might not have received the best score from Morningstar; those that receive the highest ratings could still sink out in the financial market. The way a mutual fund has performed in the past and the way it will in the future are two totally separate things.
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  • Mutual Funds Basics - What They Are And How They Are Categorized?
    All mutual funds are is a collection of bonds and stocks. Instead of a single investor owning the entire collection from a company, their portion is merely a single part of a portfolio. This portfolio is made up of different kinds of financial instruments from more than one firm.
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  • Diversification - How To Do It
    Quite simply, it is about not putting all your eggs in one basket. There are many places to invest your money from low return, low risk investments such as cash and fixed interest investments to growth assets such as property and shares, both domestic shares and international.
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  • The Nature Of Equity Diversified Funds
    Do you have an understanding of the nature of equity diversified funds? What about the kind of person who invests in them?
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