Smart investors use smart diversification

Smart investors use smart diversification to lower risk and increase exposure to investment opportunities. It places the individual circumstances of each investor at the center of their portfolio building. With that approach, investors can consider how to fit assets like cash, stocks, bonds, property, ETFs, or private equity, into the process. That means, thinking about …

Unlock market patterns with chart reading

… inclined to use chart patterns as general information, dismiss technical analysis as mumbo-jumbo nonsense.
Common Chart Patterns
Stock chart patterns appear on the price charts of stocks or other financial instruments, such as indices or currencies. The movements of the prices over time create patterns used by technical analysts to forecast future price movements …

Investors never average down

Investors never average down. They say yes to buying dips but no to averaging down stocks! The lesson discusses how and why investors never average down but build wealth by selling losers to buy more winners. Successful investors do buy price dips but only average down in a rare limited circumstance. The opposite strategy, averaging …

Stock market trading halts explained

… investors, and news media to receive and interpret the impact of the news on the stock price. Other reasons for a halt in one or a few stocks can be excessive volatility or regulatory/compliance issues due to late filings. In rare circumstances, market-wide halts may help quell panic in plummeting markets.
What triggers …

Dangerous dividend warning signs

… Questions about Dangerous dividend warning signs
What is a good dividend yield?
Investors use two dividend benchmarks when evaluating yields: the average yield of all dividend-paying stocks and the ten-year U.S. Treasury note. Any yields below that standard are poor; above 2% is fair, but 10% plus is excessive. While 4-6 …

3 basic stock market strategies

… put in the most time and effort.Income investing thrives in all market conditions, trading flourishes in favorable markets, and speculation works best in strong bull markets.
What strategies should investors learn?
Investors should know about these five basic investment strategies:
1. Value investing: buys stocks trading under fundamental value. 2. Growth investing: buys company

FAQs about stock scams

… or use false information to drive prices down.The bad guys’ tools include aggressive boiler room sales operations and offshore crooks promoting fake companies or worthless penny stocks. Other schemers use phishing, malware, or social engineering to access and trade brokerage accounts without the owner’s knowledge.Investors can protect themselves by researching before investing …

Thinking investors grow money!

… markets, investing, and money-making interrelates.
How does the stock market grow investor money
money?
Stock markets grow investor money in three ways:

Income from dividend-paying stocks
Capital gains from rising stock prices
Short-selling overvalued stocks

Income investors collect dividends in all markets and ride capital gains higher in favorable markets.
Traders seek …

Best stock scam tips

… 11. Manage emotions with the emotional intelligence of a wise investor.12. Use an Investor Mind to think, feel, and act as a successful investor.
Are all stocks scams?
Stock market challenges confront all investors, but technically the market is not rigged. While stocks are not scams, there are scams in the stock market. So …

Stock scam awareness defense

… or use false information to drive prices down.The bad guys’ tools include aggressive boiler room sales operations and offshore crooks promoting fake companies or worthless penny stocks. Other schemers use phishing, malware, or social engineering to access and trade brokerage accounts without the owner’s knowledge.Investors can protect themselves by researching before investing …