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A Personal Stock Market Investment Philosophy by Charles O'Melia

Persistence, persistence, persistence, and your stock market investment philosophy will become unbeatable!

Commoditizing the world by Lance Winslow

Let’s discuss commodities; with the latest Enron situation, it is important to understand the way things work. A commodity is anything useful, especially a transportable agricultural product or mining product. This comes from the Latin word “commoditas” meaning roughly advantage, convenience. So then what is a commodity? Well we consider Gold, Silver, wheat, corn, pork bellies, coffee, etc all commodities.

Trading Tips No 2: The Big Lie in the Stock Market by Bill Poulos

It is commonly reported that the stock market averages about 10% per year return over the long term (decades). So the investor that buys and holds a diversified portfolio of stocks or mutual funds is led to believe that their portfolio will grow by 10% per year on average. You know the mantra, “Not to worry, I’m a long term investor. On average, I’m earning 10% per year.

Mutual Fund Expense Lies by Al Thomas

You can't rely on everything you read in the prospectus.

Stock Trading - Daddy, Why Aren't We Rich? by Tony Spann

One Saturday morning, while he was sitting at his computer studying the market, David's 7 year old daughter came up, tugged at his shirt sleeve, and said, "Daddy, why aren't we rich?" He looked his child in the eye, and thought to himself, what a great question - why aren't we rich?

Stock Trading Diversification by Tony Spann

This is the continuing story of our two imaginary traders, Peter and Paul. Peter is a professional trader, Paul is not. Peter has a tested, proven, written trading plan that he follows each time he enters a trade, Paul does not.

Your Trading Objective: Why is that so Important? by Chuck Cox

A discussion about the importance of determining your trading objective when trading stock or futures.

Successful Trading – Establish Your Risk Level by Chuck Cox

Develop a huge advantage in the markets by protecting your account. Learn how to determine your risk level.

Successful Trading – Taking Profits - Part 1 by Chuck Cox

Learn to master the key to successful trading - taking profits.

Successful Trading – Taking Profits - Part 2 by Chuck Cox

Master the art of successful trading of the markets - learn the art of taking profits...

What is a Mutual Fund? by John Mussi

Ever wondered what is a mutual fund?

Advantages and Disadvantages of Mutual Funds by John Mussi

Outlined below are some of the advantages and disadvantages of mutual funds.

Different Types of Mutual Funds by John Mussi

This is a guide to the different types of mutual funds.

Why Buy and Hold? by Al Thomas

Since I can remember, and that’s a long time ago, the Wall Street brokerage companies, mavens and mutual fund managers have been exhorting the mantra of Buy and Hold for all your investments. There have been erudite studies published that this is the only way to go...

Price to Earnings Ratio - P⁄E by Ioannis - Evangelos Haramis

After finding the price of a particular stock, usually the next number everyone looks at is the P⁄E ratio. P⁄E is the ratio of a company's share price to its per-share earnings.

Zero Sum Game by Al Thomas

Most people think the stock market is a zero sum game because there is a buyer for each seller and seller for each buyer so each cancels the other and everything is equal. Not quite...

You Won't Like This by Al Thomas

Why? Because I am going to shatter your conventional wisdom as I have many times in previous columns about the lies that Wall Street continues to tell you. This time we are going to go deeper into the economy to unearth the truth about lies the politicians are telling you...

Whitewater Stock Market by Al Thomas

Ever done any whitewater rafting or canoeing? Long periods of tranquil river followed by short periods of terror. Suddenly the water grips your vessel and you are pushed and shoved by massive currents over which you have no control. Missing boulders you paddle as hard as you can. You almost lose everything and think to yourself, “Why didn’t I portage that last rapid?”

When Should I Sell? by Al Thomas

People are always asking me when should I sell my stock or mutual funds? There are some relatively easy answers to this. In fact, so simple that you won't believe them, but they are things I have learned over the past 30 years as a professional trader on the floor of the commodity exchange in Chicago. These ideas apply equally well to stocks and mutual funds and to just about any kind of investment.

Trading For A Living by Al Thomas

How many times have you said to yourself, “I’d like to quit this job and just make a living trading in the stock market”? Well, maybe you can, BUT...

The 1% Solution by Al Thomas

You probably know the story of Sherlock Holmes and the 7% solution. He had a drug addiction. He needed the drug. He was able to control his addiction by taking the drug in a 7% concentration. Anyone with common sense knows you cannot survive on 7%. It is a slow death...

Pension Plans by Al Thomas

If you have a pension plan at work you will want to read this and if you don’t you will still want to because it affects your retirement account...

Who's Calling? by Al Thomas

Its dinnertime and the phone rings. It's Joe Noname with SuchNSuch Investment Company and has he got a deal for you...

Where Is The Rabbit? by Al Thomas

We need a rabbit! This was a pretty horrible week for the market with two 100-point days and Friday closing on the lows...

When? by Al Thomas

When will the stock market stop going down and start up again? If we knew that we’d all be jillionaires. So what do you do now while stocks are going down and stealing away your money every day?

Wall Street Paradigm by Al Thomas

In 1960 an engineer working for a watch company in Switzerland discovered that a small crystal would vibrate at a constant rate. He found this was so accurate that it could be used to calibrate time so he took it to company management and said it would make an entirely new kind of watch that had no springs and no gears. They could not imagine who would want such a thing. Swiss watches dominated world commerce. They did not even bother to patent it...

Time Out by Al Thomas

Are you paying any attention to your retirement savings? Do you have it in cash or an account with a broker? Maybe you have a professional manager who is investing your money as you add to it every month...

The 10 Commandments by Al Thomas

Wall Street has been preaching for years and years to investors how and where to put their money. The “experts” have put forth these ideas for so long that they seem to be carved in stone just like Moses did with God’s 10 Commandments. The only difference is that what Wall Street preaches is lies that will make you broke...

Your Job by Al Thomas

There are so many kinds of work that needs to be done and you are doing one of those jobs right now – unless you are one of those two and a half million that have been laid off during the past 3 years. The press continues to blame China and India for stealing away all these forms of employment, but they don’t have it right...

Why Change Funds? by Al Thomas

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..