KISS Formula There are formulas for just about everything,
but it has been shown that the simpler the
formula or method of doing a particular task
the better it works. It has evolved down to
KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid.
Why Investors Use Financial Planners Do you have a financial planner? Does one of
your friends have a financial planner? Maybe you
take your advice from your broker. As I have
said countless times before a broker will make
you broker. And a financial planner won't do any
better. I know. You thought they would.
Series 7 Exam The Series 7 Exam is the licensing exam that is required by most firms for people looking to be investment brokers. It is a comprehensive exam, but not overly difficult and it can be your path to success in the industry.
A Stock Market Investment Plan that Never Lets You Down Prepare a stock market investment plan that assures you gains every year. With rich dividend returns, serious investors can actually create a lot of wealth for themselves.
Is Active Trading The Answer? One of the main reasons many of us get into investing is to become financially independent. Who isn't trying to amass a portfolio with enough income to ensure that we don't have to work when we should be playing golf or traveling the world. While there are several strategies to invest, is active trading one of the ways to become a millionaire?
The Exclusive Club of Large Caps Picture one of those clubs where only the real heavyweights need apply. In the library the old aristocrats, General Motors and JP Morgan, are dozing in their leather chairs. On the terrace, a late luncheon is underway for those who have only improved their standing through marriage. ExxonMobil and Citigroup are part of the party. At the bar, a number of the"nouveau riche" have gathered - Microsoft seems to be buying for Intel and Hewlett Packard. Welcome to the world of the Large Cap Stock Club, the biggest of the worlds publicly traded companies.
Small-Cap Stocks: The Beginning of the Journey When an individual investor wants to roll up his sleeves and do some research in the pursuit of the next big winner in the stock market, the place many start is in the small cap sector.
Dividend Reinvestment Plans: Investing on Automatic Pilot If you're like many investors who squander those small dividend checks from your stock portfolio, a Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRP) might be just what you need. Just as its name implies, a Dividend Reinvestment Plan allows you to reinvest some or all of those dividends into more stock of the issuing company. Unlike purchases made through traditional means, partial or fractional shares, as well as whole shares, are available.
Mid-Cap Stocks: Asset Class with an Identity Crisis Much like the middle child, mid-cap stocks have long struggled to find their identity. Carved out from the upper echelons of the small caps and the lower end of the large caps, the mid-cap sector has a rough definition of stock with a market capitalization of greater than $2 billion, but less than $10 billion. Taking components from both worlds, some analysts argue that mid-cap stocks can offer growth opportunities found in the small caps and the relative stability found in the large caps.
Market Frustrations "I bought that stock a month ago and it hasn't done anything. My broker said it was going to take off." Yes, and pigs can fly.
Investment Speed Bumps Maybe you have done the same thing as I have. Been driving down an unfamiliar street at a good pace and suddenly...
Speculator or Investor? Talked to your broker or financial planner lately? Probably. The slowdown in the economy is causing the stock market to go down. Of more than 5,000 stocks on the Nasdaq over 1,000 have lost 90% of their value and more than 200 have lost 99%. The Index is off 58% from its highs. Pretty scary for 'Buy and Hold' believers.
Shift Happens Did I spell that right? What I mean is change happens. Like what we are seeing now in the stock market. In the Spring everything was headed down. For most of the Summer stocks were going sideways with few exceptions. The down-movers had made their lows and a few stocks were beginning to head up. The sideways pattern is over and we are now in the next bull leg up...
Sideways Market Last year you could have used a dart, thrown it at a stock page in the newspaper and bought that stock. By the end of the year you probably would have had a nice profit. This year you can retrieve your dart, throw it again, and there is about a 90% chance that any stock you hit will be down from its previous highs. What's going on?
How to Place Stop Loss Orders We have established why a stop loss order is a requirement for the successful investor. Now let's look at some of the simpler methods.
Stops Think about this one. Has your broker EVER recommended that you place a stop-loss order on a stock after you have bought it? Ninety-nine percent of the brokers never think about helping you protect your capital. In fact these brokers are not taught this very important technique. The brokerage companies don't realize that by...
Vanishing Funds No, not the money you have in your brokerage account, but mutual funds. This year so far more than 600 mutual funds have vanished. Where did they go and what happened to the money in those funds that belongs to the investors? The mutual funds were either liquidated or merged out of existence...
Tell Me What to Do Because almost everyone has been baffled by Wall Street baloney they have accepted the conventional wisdom that every investor needs a stock broker or financial planner if they are going to invest in the stock market...
Assessing Managers for International Competence How do you select staff for international assignments? It's an important question because, no matter how effective and successful your employees may be at home,...
What is Going On With Pharmacies in Canada There is a large amount of talk lately in regard to Canadian pharmacies, and why not? pharmacies in Canada provide the same identical perscription drugs you wou...
Why Do Music Lovers Still Prefer to Buy Records? More than twenty years after the introduction of the compact disc, the 50-year-old long play record album is still thriving. Why do music lovers still buy reco...
Selling - Always Go for Top Money Many sales and business people feel the pressure to be competitive and initially offer their cheapest product or service to the customer or client. It then beco...
Eating Healthy in a Time-Starved World Americans are literally running out of time. Achieving a work-life balance, which is still a luxury for tens of millions of working parents, has been overtaken ...
Persistence Lack of persistence is one of the biggest reasons for failure. People simply give up and, in the history of the world, no one has ever been defeated until defea...
No Follow Illustrates Need For Good Linking Plan Recent happenings on the blog spam front and pending widespread implementation of "nofollow" clearly illustrate the need for webmasters to seek out effective ne...
How Your Business Can Pick A Software Developer Eventually, your business is going to need to have some software development. Your business is unique - you can't rely on a huge, faceless corporation to handle...
Learning to See by Traveling with a Teddy Bear Often in the hustle and bustle of daily life, we lose sight of compassion and the value of a moment. This special story shows how much we can gain when we take ...
Child ADHD - Deciding Where to Draw the Line Parents and teachers often complain, "He won't sit in one place and is always distracted. I doubt he is an ADHD child!" This article tries to shed some light on...
Romantic Tips - Keeping Romance Alive You've been in a relationship for quite some time and you notice that the romance that was so abundant in the early days is fading fast. You know that you've go...
Starting Seedlings Indoors For those that have a short growing season, you may want to start your seedlings indoors. But be careful...this will definately ignite spring fever!
Sleep, Dreams, and a Poem In this article, we find an essay on Sleep and Dreams the author weaves into the process of creating a poem.
