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Saifun -- Is It The Little Flash Company That Could?
NASDAQ: SFUN 26.88Do you think the market for smart phones, digital audio (MP3) players, consumer solid state drives (SSDs), portable media players, digital video cameras, GPS devices, multimedia and music handsets, memory cards and USB flash drives are growing? All these products provided a disruptive position taking away market share from their predecessors.Read more…Good Stock Buys Are The Ones That Make You More Money Than Leaving It In The Savings Account!
You don't have to be a financial wizard to know that your money isn't going to earn a very high return sitting nice and safely in your local bank or credit union. Of course, there's a lot to be said for not having to worry about if your money will be waiting for you as banks are notoriously risk adverse. There is also the issue of the federal governments guarantee that you money will be waiting.Read more…Recap of the Enron Debacle
It has been over four years since Arthur Anderson was indicted for destroying Enron-related documents in order to deter investigators. Anderson’s indictment on March 14th, 2003 set off a string of events that would forever change the face of corporate America. Once Anderson was convicted on June 15th, 2002, the indictments and convictions in the Enron case quickly grew.Read more…Turning Points
Identifying important Turning Points in the markets, as early as possible, is as much art as science.Studying charts of the markets that one is interested in can provide useful information, however, charts become dangerous when they become interesting.That being said, a disciplined systematic approach to the problem might prove helpful.Read more…SPX & USD Relationship
The FOMC has raised the Fed Funds Rate 25 basis points (or 1/4%) at every meeting, since mid-2004, from an accommodative 1% to a possibly neutral 5%. It's widely expected the FOMC will tighten again on June 29th and there's uncertainty if further tightening will take place this year.The first chart is a five-year weekly chart of SPX to USD (red line and right scale) and SPX (blue line and left scale).Read more…Trade Selection
Trade Selection: Choosing what stock to trade and when to trade it is key to consistent trading success.What to trade: Stick with market leaders.Trade Selection suggests components of the S&P 500 index.Read more…Penny Stocks - Risky Investment Or High Payoff, You be The Judge
Penny stocks are stocks that normally hold a face value of less than $5. Many small companies offer these low-priced stocks to be traded on the Over-The-Counter-Bulletin-Board (OTCBB) and the Pink Sheets. This is mainly because neither the OTCBB nor the Pink Sheets require the same minimum requirements as the NASDAQ or the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), set by the Securities and Exchange Commission.Read more…Understand Bear Markets
A bear market is when the stock market falls for an extended period of time. The fall is usually around 20% and is the opposite of a bull market. A bear market is caused by the decline in stock prices which are directly influenced by a decrease in company profits.Read more…How To Make It Big In The Stock Market!
Want to get rich quick. Then you need to be wise and plan accordingly. Trading in stock is an option to make money fast.Read more…Market Timing
Market Timing: Everywhere we turn, we are "advised" to "Buy and Hold", rather than try to "time the market".We are told that the only way we are assured of fully participating in all the spectacular market rises is to remain fully invested at all times.That is precisely the same technique to ensure that we also fully participate in all the spectacular market crashes.Read more…High Return Investments – The Simple Ones Are The Best!
Do you want a simple high return investment that you can understand, can invest in easily, pay no management fees and have the chance over the next 6 months to make 50 – 100%?Then this article is for you.This investment is one a commodity where demand is set to increase dramatically and the commodity is natural gas which we covered here in an article at the weekend.Read more…Diversification: No one Ever Diversified Themselves into Wealth
We've all heard the "buzz" word, diversification. "Diversify your portfolio, spread your risks", are the mantra of financial planners, financial consultants, securities sales persons, et al. Nonsense!Read more…The Perfect Investment
The perfect investment would be a permanent medium that guarantees safety of principal, steadily increasing income, steady growth, instant liquidity, and protection of purchasing power. Good luck with that.In the world we inhabit, nothing is safe.Read more…How To Pick The Right Shares
This is one of the questions that I’m asked the most and it’s an answer that I like to answer in two ways.The more technical or objective way to answer it is to compare your performance to something concrete. For example the market average in your own country.Read more…Relax, A Volatile Stock Market Is Your Dearest Friend
Most people never forget their first love. I'll never forget my first trading profit! But the $600 (1970 dollars) I pocketed on Royal Dutch Petroleum was not nearly as significant as the conceptual realization it signaled!Read more…Operating Mutual Funds - How These Profit Exploding Money Makers Actually Work
Although investing in mutual funds isn't the type of subject associated with wild parties and celebrations - it is something the serious investor should consider as a way of increasing their total worth."But what EXACTLY is a mutual fund" I hear you ask - "how does it work, who does what and how much do they cost?"Hang on, slow down - one question at a time please.Read more…Kelly Criteria: Risk vs Capital
Kelly Criteria is a money management system used by gamblers that relates, or "sizes", ones' bets to ones' risk capital.Like all good ideas, Kelly Criteria stands out because, not only is it easy to understand and apply, it is fundamentally sound.This money management method allows you to stay in the game longer by conserving capital during periods of loss and also increases your positions during periods of profitability.Read more…My Simple Penny Stock Picking System
Before investing your hard-earned cash into penny stocks, it is important to research the penny stocks you want to invest in before committing any cash.. You want to find profitable penny stocks. To do this, you’ll need penny stock leads.Read more…Cohen Research Report Bullish on Pacific Asia China Energy
A recent report published by the Cohen Independent Research Group positively rated Pacific Asia China Energy. The firm's 68-page research report set three wide-ranging valuation levels as price targets for this company's shares because of its coalbed methane concessions in China. Considerations such as the wide range of the Guizhou’s abundant gas reserves, expected prices of natural gas during the research firm’s forecast period, and discounting factors, such as the stock price’s high volatility, were included in their price targets.Read more…The Put Option: Flexibility on Steroids
What is a Put Option?In stocks, it's a standardized exchange-traded contract that gives the buyer the right, but not the obligation, to sell a specified amount of stock (quantity), at a specified price (strike price), by a specified date (expiration date), for which the buyer pays a price (premium) to the seller.Options trade just like stocks until the last trading day which is always the third Friday of the expiration month.Read more…
Most Recent Articles in Stocks Mutual Funds category
- Using Technical Analysis To Manage Risk And Maintain Top Quartile Performance - By: Dwayne Strocen
To manage an effective risk management solution requires more than the calculation of VaR. Ultimately a successful risk management program requires the execution of an effective hedge. Technical analysis is a vital element of this strategy. - To Sell a Stock or Hold--When Is it Time? - By: Dr. Winton Felt
Should you use the strategy of the long-term buy-and-hold investor or the short-term sell tactics of the trader in order to lock in small gains? Let us look at a few alternatives and possibly a strategy. - The Probability of a Stop Loss Being Triggered - By: Dr. Winton Felt
Sometimes there are no obvious regions of price support that can be used as a reference for placing a stop loss. However, by using a volatility-based stop loss, you can set your stop so that it is statistically improbable that it will be triggered by a stock's normal fluctuation within a given holding period. This can give a stock enough "wiggle room" to continue its climb without a high risk of a premature sale because of a non-significant lurch of the stock. - Trading Veteran Reveals Must Have Hints and Tips on Trading that Every Trader Should Know - By: Philip Birchley
Your trading system is a set of rules that you have built up that should be met before you enter a trade. The more ways that a trade is confirmed- the better and the more money you're likely to make.You might wait for a certain pattern to emerge on the charts that indicates that you should trade- so you might find a buy signal for example. - Should You Step into Foot Locker? - By: Dennis Biray
With the NBA and other sport seasons flaring up this autumn, you may be wondering if now is the perfect opportunity to purchase shares of Foot Locker (FL), especially since they will be releasing earnings shortly (November 19, 2006). While such may be said as a good deduction, there are other, more profound reasons and answers to this question which, may, unfortunately, delay or even abort your decision to carry on your purchasing intentions. While all the economic and fundamental analysis may signal a strong run for this company, the technical analysis side of these indicators weighs much more heavily in a stock like Foot Locker. - 7 Stock Market Tips You Can't Live Without - By: Joseph Harris
Every day there are a dozen new HOT stock market tips that guarantee your financial success. Every day there are hundreds if not thousands of people that jump on the bandwagon, and every day, each of those people are disappointed.When it comes to popular stock market tips, there is no golden ticket to striking it rich. - The Basics of Investing in Stocks and Shares - By: Joseph Kenny
Stocks can be considered a tool for building wealth, as they are a part of almost every investment portfolio. They represent the ownership of a company and are bought in the form of shares. Shares refer to the stock of a particular company. - The Beauty of Stocks - By: Y. Ng
Stock markets are wonderful. Stocks markets are nightmares. Should we love them or hate them? - Ideas on Telecommunications Stocks - Still a Good Investment? - By: Y. Ng
Having been a finance person in the telecommunications industry for seven years, I would like to share my thoughts on this very dynamic industry. Are they a good buy now? If not, when, if at all? - Stock Investing: Why the Individual Often Has an Advantage Over the "Pros" - By: David Van Knapp
Famed investor Peter Lynch said, “...the amateur investor has numerous built-in advantages that, if exploited, should result in his or her outperforming the experts, and also the market in general.”Many people believe that an individual cannot beat the market.