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Part 1 of 4 in the White Top View, Market Direction series. The market has a predictive function, the trend is your friend, Up, go long, down go short or get out. Use those three stock market guidelines rather than endless expert reports. The market looks about 6 months ahead anticipating where the economy will be going during the next two quarters. Identify that trend, up or down and take positions that benefit from that direction. When the trend is up, play long. When the trend is down, play short or get out.
Read MoreInvestor homework grows profits
Investor homework piles up facts and profits. Series Part 7 of 7. Patience and homework, your two biggest investing tools, piles up facts and profits. Patience lets you wait for opportunity and enjoy the long ride to prosperity and financial security.
Read MoreStock market dip opportunities
How to play a stock price dip covers dips as excellent buying opportunities. Part 6 of the 7 Part Playing Market Odds series. Think of a stock price dip as either good or bad depending on the context. Buy the good, sell the bad. A good dip presents a gift of profit but a bad one vaporizes capital. So, yes, do buy good dips. It can be a very profitable strategy. We just need to buy the right dips and sell or avoid the wrong ones. To sort that out requires us to establish some guidelines. Price dip triggers: News – the facts change, Rumor – true or false, Opinion – analysts or large investor, Fatigue – shareholders tire or give up, Trading – indifferent, sloppy or emotional.
Read MoreHow investors buy dips
Investors buying dips on winners. Part 4 of the 7 Part, White Top View series: Playing Market Odds. Discussion of buying dips on winning investments and avoiding averaging down on losers. We cover two outstanding companies as examples that show profitable dip buying, AutoCanada and Cineplex. Than two examples of passing on bad news stories to avoid averaging down with losers, Wi-Lan and Potash Corp.
Read MoreDistracted investing misses profits
Misses, writeoffs, bad math and distracted investing. Last post discussed the first three of the 6 Sins of new investors: 1. News based investing = bad news! 2. No research and 3. The high cost of holding losers. In this post we discuss the next three sins: 4. Buying turnarounds or bankrupt companies can bankrupt you! 5. Averaging down sinks portfolio performance and 6. No distracted investing, keep eyes on the road to your financial future! This is Part 2 in the 7 Part White Top View series, Playing Market Odds.
Read MoreDaily buyer-seller battles
Buyers and sellers agree and disagree to make a market work. The stock market needs buyers and sellers as well as both agreement and disagreement. We also need significant numbers of buyers and sellers willing to trade significant numbers of shares.
Read MoreBenjamin Graham market mix
Benjamin Graham and a market myth: voting emotions or weighing facts plus discussion of the myth that small investor behavior causes market panics. Stock market volatility can startle investors and cause fear. However the ‘Small investor behavior causes market panics’, is self-righteous, self-serving nonsense promoted by some stock market professionals. When you know and understand the stock market, you can confidently watch markets without worry.
Read More4 Market direction drivers
Autos, jobs and the FED Part 2 of 2 in the White Top View series: Key Market Indicators. Part 1, 4 Signals cut through stock market noise introduced these key market indicators. This time auto sales, employment and the Fed or U.S. Federal Reserve funds rate are discussed.
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