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Investment Research - The Dalbar Study
Very few people, even professionals, have heard of the Dalbar Study that originated in 1995. Its purpose is to determine the profitability of trading for the small investor of mutual funds. Their results are even worse than I thought.
The BuyNHolde...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Al Thomas
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Traders, Defend Against the Dreaded Death Spiral.
It has often been said that there is only two ways to get hurt really bad on a stock trade, getting caught in a "death spiral" by not using DTM: Decisive Trade Management in the way of stop loses and having a stock halted on you. Halts you have zer...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Floyd Snyder
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How Much Money Can I Make With Trading? What Account Size Do I Need To Start?
What account size do I need?
How much money can I make with trading?
First of all, let’s clarify a common misunderstanding: You never risk your full account size. You always have a “catastrophic stop”, and it is important to define the “ruin” befor...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Ben Millane
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Choosing An Investment Stock Broker
If you want one.
And I don't recommend any broker with whom to trade who will be giving you advice on what to buy and sell. When a broker speaks it is a eulogy for your money. My definition of a broker is one who makes you broker.
The reason I say ...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Al Thomas
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China Syndrome
There has been great condemnation recently because China has been selling its goods on the world market at prices below what other countries, especially the U.S., can produce. It has been called exporting deflation.
The major reason for these extre...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Al Thomas
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Chart Reading
As an investor you will want to check out any equity before you buy it. Many investors go to Morningstar that is one of the largest providers of mutual fund information in the world. It is assumed that their information is correct. After all that i...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Al Thomas
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Catnip of the Stock Market
I have watched my cat play with a bag of catnip. At first he is having fun and slowly he becomes drunk with pleasure and then finally he becomes so tipsy he falls over to sleep it off. The pleasure part is great, but I am not sure if he awakes with...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Al Thomas
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Cash
How many people went to a cash position this week? There is no question that this market has scared the bajebers out of many investors, me included. Fortunately, I started going to cash some time ago, but I did give back a substantial amount of my ...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Al Thomas
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Investment Capital Gains
Have you bought any mutual funds this year or late last year while the market was doing its skyrocket thing? Last year it was hard to lose money. This year it has been easy.
You should be calling your mutual fund (they all have 800 numbers) to fin...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Al Thomas
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Buying New Issues
Has your broker been calling you recently with the "great opportunity" to get in on a new Initial Public Offering? With friends like that you don't need any enemies.
I don't care how good this new stock offering sounds. The chances it will stay eve...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Al Thomas
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Buying Mutual Funds
It looks like the market is ready to start up again so it is time to buy mutual funds, but you only want to invest your money in funds that go up. First, you don't want to start with a loss so be sure to purchase no-load mutual funds. There is no n...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Al Thomas
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Buy Low - Sell High
Now where have I heard that before? I know. It was my broker.
So I took his advice and bought some of the stocks he recommended. I am still waiting for the 'sell high' part of the equation. Everything he touted went up for a while and now it is lo...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Al Thomas
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Buy and Hold Investment Philosophy
Wall Street has been preaching the doctrine of Buy and Hold forever. The worst part about it is the small investor (and some big ones) actually believe it. Brokers and financial planners believe it, but when you show them they can get a better retu...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Al Thomas
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Bull or Bear?
Cat or dog? Maybe Zebra. Shucks, I don't know, but my broker keeps telling me it is a bull and to buy this and that. It looks like he is right - for a change. I remember he said the same thing in 1999 and 2000 and I ended up losing most of my money...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Al Thomas
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Box Of Chocolates
Ever have one of those sample boxes of candy? Each little piece is beautifully wrapped in colorful foil or decorated with an interesting design. Taste just one. So good! One more. And another. Before you know it the box is empty. Nothing left.
This...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Al Thomas
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Dont Buy Stocks based on P/E Ratio alone
I use the PE ratio as a secondary indicator for buying and selling stocks but I don't use the ratio in the same a manner as many value investors teach. I will explain the difference in my methodology for using the PE ratio to your advantage.
Many...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Chris Perruna
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Bottoms Ups
If you have talked to a stock broker or financial planner in the last few days I will bet they all agree that there are some great bargains out there and now is the time to start buying in anticipation that the market will go back up. You will also...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Al Thomas
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The Bottom?
Every day I hear someone on CNBC proclaim that "this is the bottom" and you should get in there and buy all those "bargains". "The valuations of the DOW stocks are a steal."
The low of DOW 8,000 immediately after September 11 was "the low" and the ...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Al Thomas
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Boiler Room 7/17/00
On Friday or Saturday evening my wife gets a movie from Block Buster and after dinner we sit, hold hands and watch. This week she brought back one that I think every investor or anyone contemplating investing in the market should see. It is called ...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Al Thomas
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Being Wrong Buying Stock is Okay
Being wrong is OK, but let's not carry it to extremes. That applies to everything, but let's limit our discussion here to the stock market.
I have been trading for several decades and was an exchange memebr and floor trader for 17 years. You learn ...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Al Thomas
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Is The Bear In The Cage?
For the last few weeks we have seen the stock market averages going higher and higher each week yet the economic news is still very bad. Is this bear market coming to an end? Will the stock prices and mutual funds go back up to where they were?
It ...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Al Thomas
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Bargain Basement - Finding Stocks That Go Up
Have you been listening to the talking heads on CNBC-TV? Or those talk radio stock experts? Getting all those good recommendations on what to buy now. Now?
Those guys keep telling me the market is oversold. It can't go any lower. (But it does.) I b...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Al Thomas
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Mutual Fund Ball and Chain
The broker told me not to sell because the mutual fund I owned had a 2% redemption fee and they would penalize me if I did.
I got to thinking about it and did some simple math to see what that would cost me if I sold. Several months ago I bought $5...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Al Thomas
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Bad News is Good News
For weeks, no, months we have been bombarded with nothing but negative news about the economy in general and thousands of individual companies. The stock market has dropped thousands of points and more than $8 trillion in paper assets have disappea...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Al Thomas
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401K-itis
Are you one of those many people who dread reading their 401K statements? You have been watching it decline for about 2 years and are wondering if will ever stop. Just about everyone says the market will come back. Brokers say you are in for the lo...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Al Thomas
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