Check market direction trends

Investors check market direction trends by learning to read economic and market signals. Those signals expose key economic and market forces that play a big role in determining market direction.
Economic trends give stock market direction. Up trends equal rising stock markets; down trends produce falling stock markets. Buy up trends sell down trends.
Digging …

Investors deal with high frequency trading

… when prices spike down, the next sale can be well below the price you want. As a result, you end up with a very low price or alternately, your acceptable price gets jumped, leaving you high and dry. And well behind the market.
Advisors recommending stop-loss orders are only helping themselves. Such orders are …

Laws and ethics beat investors

… own firm’s client orders.
3. Time to run circles around investors
SEC time standard of 1 second became the world norm in a world of connected markets when HFT began. As discussed in Lesson 7, millisecond trading ran well ahead of an outdated SEC time standard. They have now set a new standard of …

Buying ETFs accelerates returns

… And more are coming all the time. As a result, for investors ETFs present two major and important differences:

Public Listing: ETF shares or units trade on stock exchanges

Management Expense: ETFs have exceptionally low costs

1. Public Listing
Being listed means that ETF shares trade like any stock on a stock exchange. That makes …

FAQs about financial advisors, analysts, and investor's profits

FAQs Investors asked about financial advisors, analysts, and investors’ profits with these brief answers each linked to a related detailed lesson and more FAQs related to stock market investing topics. The listed questions and answers are all from lessons in the White Top Investor course, Investment Choices of Superior Investors.
FAQs about financial and investment …

5 Star market compass

5 Star market compass Stock market direction pointers give a fast read on where markets are going. Get your quick market direction read from jobs, cars and housing statistics. Using them gives reliable and useful information. You can use it to profitably invest.
Get the most likely stock market direction with some easy observations and …

Managing speculation risks, returns, and failures!

… monitor markets so they are aware when market direction and circumstances favor money making speculating trades. As well, the industry that interests the speculator, must be in favor. And finally, the specific stock selected must be among the speculation winners before they put any speculative capital to work.
And most times, in most markets …

Investor Mind: Understanding the No-Worry Investor market-mind

… your unique wealth-building self.
You can use this article for touring your mind, emotions, investment knowledge, and attitudes. Doing so can help you put together the stock market self that is best for you.
Knowing your stock market self helps you build wealth, and as you grow to understand, you will know when you …