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The Power of Small Numbers: Trading Success is Based on Consistency, Not Home Runs


Online trading is so seductive - just sit, click, and rake in the profits! But as anyone who has ever seriously attempted online trading will probably tell you, it's just not as easy as it sounds.Many beginning traders are seduced by the lure of the "home run", that big trade that makes you an instant millionaire and retires you overnight to your own private island paradise.

Emotions: A Traders Worst Enemy; Get Rid of Fear and Greed - Youll be Glad You Did


You hear it over and over and over in books, forums, and chatrooms. Fear and greed, fear and greed, fear and greed.

The American Age of Inflation is Over


"The American Age of Inflation is finished." So says economist Robert Samuelson in his December 2nd Washington Post column.

Have You Ever Seen A Map of the World Turned Upside Down?


For those accustomed to viewing things a certain way, it is quite disconcerting. One almost expects the ocean to pour out.

Real Estate Clubs Hot Among Investors


Six or seven years ago, the stock market was booming, Internet companies that no one had ever heard of were valued at billions of dollars, and anyone and everyone was investing their money in tech stocks. Then, in 2000, the stock market crashed, the Internet companies closed their doors, investors lost trillions of dollars, and life went back to normal, more or less.

Seecrets on Investment: Tired of Making Huge Losses in the Stock Market - Part 1


Over 80% of all individual investors lose money in any given span of ten years. This figure is likely to be higher, given most people's reluctance to reveal their losses.

Margin Benefits are Marginal at Best


Margin is one of those things that novices find puzzling about the stock market, but the concept is really quite simple. Still, with understanding the basics of using margin accounts, determining the wisdom of using margin can be quite a conundrum.

Global Markets: A Window on the World Economy


Expectations drive the market. Every stock price is driven by what people expect the company to do.

Have Analysts Gotten Honest?


It caught my attention when I heard an analyst on a popular financial news program tell investors to sell a stock because too many analysts liked the company, citing the fact that there were no sell ratings.It seemed perfectly logical to me that analysts wouldn't be telling investors to sell 3M (MMM), which has one of the most consistent positive earnings records in the history of the stock markets.

Creating a Financial Future - Putting Your Plan Into Action Part 1


This column has previously discussed "picturing the future that we desire", and outlining a plan to achieve it. We mentioned that the plan must include goal-setting, measurement, and implementation.

Creating a Financial Future--Putting Your Plan Into Action Part 2


Real Estate can be a useful tool for investing. The simplest real estate investment is not truly an investment, but a cost-reduction - that is owning your own home.

Options Made Easy and Investor Education - Simple Enough for a 10 yr Old Kid


How many of you out there think that the market is performing well?How many think the market is performing poorly?And how many feel the markets performance is neutral?Actually none of these answers is correct. You see, learning and reading our options made easy articles, you will realize that the market does not perform, you do.

Critical Investors Business Daily Responsibilities - If not Followed Could Cost You Millions!


When thinking about the investors business daily responsibilities in today’s market environment, the best remedy for this situation is for you to get more involved in your own investing decisions.The problem is that most individual investors do not have the knowledge, resources, or time to spend doing their own research, stock selection, execution, and position management.

Powerful Options Basics Lessons Improving your trading in 180 days.


An option is a traded security that is a derivative product.By derivative product we mean that it is a product whose value is based upon or derived from the price of something else.

Secret Stock Options Trading Strategies the Experts Don`t Want You to Know


To understand stock options, we need to look at Webster’s Dictionary’s definition of the word strategy.Webster’s Dictionary defines the term strategy as1.

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