Analysis Topic: Investor & Trader Education
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Understanding Market Cycles to Improve Stock Market Trading / InvestorEducation / Cycles Analysis
By: Sam_Chee_Kong
A cycle is a chain of events that repeats over time. The outcome might not be the same each time but the characteristics are quite similar. Take for example the four season weather. Each year we have spring, summer, autumn and winter. After winter we have spring again and the cycle of weather will begin anew itself again. However this year’s summer will not be the same as last summer as the temperature varies every year.
Cycle frequencies can both be short and long, it can last from minutes until thousands of years. Understanding long term cycles in stock market helps you determine the overall market trend and similarly short term cycles helps you determine your timing in the entry and exit points in the stock market. The following chart shows some short and long term cycles.
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Monday, May 13, 2013
How to Profit from Insider Stock Transactions / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: DailyGainsLetter
Moe Zulfiqar writes: If an executive of a publicly traded company buys or sells shares of their own firm, should this be taken as a signal by investors about what might happen to the stock prices? This question has taken center stage these days, as the markets are reaching new highs on a regular basis and insiders—those who hold some of the key positions in a company—are selling their shares.
Wednesday, May 08, 2013
One Man's Devastating Loss... and How to Avoid It Yourself / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
By: DailyWealth
Dan Ferris writes: Tubs of Fun is a simple carnival game.
You throw a softball into a plastic tub from a few feet away. The object is to make the ball stay in the tub.
It sounds easy, but it's not. The ball is too bouncy, and the tub is too hard. It's difficult to keep the ball from bouncing out of the tub. The player has the illusion he's throwing a ball into a container. But he's really just throwing it at a solid wall.
Monday, May 06, 2013
Trading Using the Moving Average Convergence Divergence MACD Technical Tool - Video / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
By: EWI
"Guessing or going by gut instinct won't work over the long run. If you don't have a defined trading methodology, then you don't have a way to know what constitutes a buy or sell signal. Moreover, you can't even consistently correctly identify the trend." -Jeffrey Kennedy
Jeffrey Kennedy is an accomplished teacher and a Senior Analyst here at EWI. Yet he often says that the Wave Principle alone is not a trading methodology. It does not tell you how much trading capital you can afford to risk, or specific guidance about which entry or exit levels are best suited for your trading style or where to set your protective stop.
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Thursday, May 02, 2013
Are Billionaires Smarter Than You? / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Investment_U
Carl Delfeld writes: Do you have to be a genius to be a billionaire?
I certainly hope not.
But a recent study by Jonathan Wai of Duke University suggests a strong link between brains and billions. The study says “the top 1% in wealth highly overlaps with the top 1% in brains.”
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Thursday, May 02, 2013
How to Profit as Stock Prices Plummet - High Risk, High Return / InvestorEducation / Options & Warrants
By: DailyGainsLetter
Moe Zulfiqar writes: It’s not uncommon for a company to get in trouble and suffer for many quarters, or even years, before there are some improvements. As a result, when a company’s conditions deteriorate, the stock prices follow in the same direction—they decline.
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Wednesday, May 01, 2013
How to Use MACD With Other Technical Trading Tools - Video / InvestorEducation / Technical Analysis
By: EWI
"Guessing or going by gut instinct won't work over the long run. If you don't have a defined trading methodology, then you don't have a way to know what constitutes a buy or sell signal. Moreover, you can't even consistently correctly identify the trend." -Jeffrey Kennedy
Monday, April 29, 2013
Top 10 Secrets of Successful Investing / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Money_Morning
Steve Christ writes: For Sir John Marks Templeton, the road not taken really did make all the difference in the world.
A true contrarian, the legendary investor became a billionaire by "avoiding the herd".
He bought low, sold high, and was always working against the grains of extreme bullish and bearish sentiment.
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Saturday, April 27, 2013
Stocks When to Buy a “Buy” / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Don_Miller
Buy, sell, hold, or pass altogether? This is the dilemma we face as investors, particularly if we subscribe to one or more investment newsletters. If a company was recommended in a previous issue, are we too late? Did the price escalate rapidly, or is it still a good choice? I subscribe to many newsletters myself, so it's an issue I deal with often. Fortunately, the answer is likely the same no matter how many different publications you read.
Thursday, April 25, 2013
How to Beat the Market / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Investment_U
Marc Lichtenfeld writes: As I write this, we have a house full of my daughter’s friends for a sleepover birthday party. Despite the nonstop chattering (and shrieking), I still have no idea what 9-year-old girls talk about. I assume the main topics were puppies and Justin Bieber.
All I know is I have two jobs for the party. 1) Make my famous baked ziti. 2) Go upstairs and remain unseen for the rest of the evening.
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Thursday, April 25, 2013
How to Trade Using the RSI Relative Strength Index - Video / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
By: EWI
Trader and technical analyst Jeffrey Kennedy has more than 25 years of experience using with the Elliott Wave Principle. To support his Elliott wave analysis, Jeffrey says that his 3 favorite technical tools are Relative Strength Index (RSI), MACD, and Japanese candlesticks.
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Monday, April 22, 2013
Robert Prechters Video on How Market Losers Think / InvestorEducation / Trader Psychology
By: EWI
Dear Investor,
To become an independent investor, you have to crawl before you walk and walk before you run.
Even after you're on your feet, the first step isn't easy: A nudge in the right direction can help.
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Saturday, April 13, 2013
How to Trade with Japanese Candlesticks / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
By: EWI
I recently asked Elliott Wave International analyst Jeffrey Kennedy to name his 3 favorite technical tools (besides the Wave Principle). He told me that Japanese candlesticks, RSI, and MACD Indicators are currently his top methods to support trade setups.
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Tuesday, April 09, 2013
The Confidence Game / InvestorEducation / Trader Psychology
By: David_Petch
Last night I was staring at a computer screen with numerous bullet points for this article and was wondering how to weave them together and what to call it. After sleeping on it, the perfect title for this came to me...”The Confidence Game”. In human psychology, there are many different levels of human emotion or behaviour, from which other forms of behaviours stem. This might seem like a pointless exercise, but follow the flow chart below with a background thought about relating this to money, the banking system and precious metals.
Friday, April 05, 2013
Investor Wall Street Q&A - Everything You Wanted to Know And Weren't Afraid to Ask / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Money_Morning
William Patalon III writes: We'll have a Q&A session today, covering everything from precious metals to reserve banking to the derivatives markets.
Let's start with a very interesting question about gold and silver.
Q: Advisors frequently tell us not to be invested in gold/silver exchange traded funds (ETFs) as they could collapse and leave the investor with nothing but paper. Can that happen when one is invested in ETFs which are backed 98% by gold and/or silver bullion, such as the Sprott Physical Gold and Silver funds)? ~ Virginia R.
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Friday, April 05, 2013
Stock Market Investors Beware of Deadly Dollar Cost Averaging / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: DailyGainsLetter
Moe Zulfiqar writes: If the price of a stock or any other financial instrument is headed downward, should you buy more or sell? Investors are faced with this question every single day when they see their holdings decline in value. In situations like these, investors sometimes make a mistake of buying more of something when they should have been selling it—this is often referred to as dollar cost averaging.
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Wednesday, April 03, 2013
Robert Prechter on How Market Losers Think and How to Stop Doing It / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
By: EWI
Some of the greatest problem solvers in history -- Albert Einstein, for example -- know that the secret to solving complex problems requires simplicity.
Einstein's simple equation (E = mc2) revolutionized math and science because it offered a single simple solution to so many of the world's mysteries.
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Tuesday, April 02, 2013
Three Critical Mistakes Investors Make / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: DailyGainsLetter
Moe Zulfiqar writes: When it comes to investing for the long run, investors must make sure that they make their investment decisions based on extensive analysis—not buy on rumors or “inside information.” Through thorough analysis, an investor can gain peace of mind.
If you avoid these following common investor mistakes when investing, you can be a better investor over the long run and can witness your portfolio grow.
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Saturday, March 30, 2013
The Mythical Magical Bullish Rising Wedge Technical Chart Pattern / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
By: Rambus_Chartology
In today’s Chartology Report I would like to clear up a misconception about rising wedges and flags. I have gotten more negative e mails from folks that assure me there is no such thing as a bullish rising wedge or flag. I’m repeatedly told to go back to charting school to learn my lesson. These type patterns are missed by 95% of chartists because they supposedly don’t exits and if they do exist they can’t be trusted. Keeping an open mind in the stock markets is the first lesson to learn. That means anything is possible regardless of what is taught by the so called experts. I’ve been following these two types of patterns for many years and find that are just as reliable as any another consolidation or reversal pattern.
Friday, March 29, 2013
Golfers Make This Tragic Mistake… And So Do Investors / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Investment_U
Alexander Green writes: Watch an amateur golfer miss a putt and you will see two frequent errors.
The first is that the putt will finish on the low side of the hole. (That’s golf slang for saying the ball broke more than the putter was anticipating.) Statisticians say it’s the reason for nearly two-thirds of amateur golfers’ missed putts.
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