Analysis Topic: Investor & Trader Education
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Why Are We Such Suckers For Prediction? / InvestorEducation / Trader Psychology
I keep CNBC on all day while I work. Perhaps I think I will miss something, or maybe it’s the background noise that’s appealing. In any event, what I always find amazing is the parade of experts making one prediction after another. I think I would fall out of my chair if I heard one of them say “Well, to tell you the truth Mark, I have no idea”.
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009
The Ultimate Technical Analysis 50 Page Handbook, Download Now / InvestorEducation / Technical Analysis
Today more and more investors are warming to the fact that psychology moves markets and therefore fundamental analysis, which fails to properly measure mass investor psychology, must be flawed.
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Tuesday, September 22, 2009
A Mindset Is A Terrible Thing To Waste / InvestorEducation / Trader Psychology
Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm - SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL
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Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Keep Your Options Open / InvestorEducation / Options & Warrants
While everyone has a right to his or her opinion, the people who are informed have more of a right - BILL DIXON
My experience is that most people who trade options do not do very well. A major reason is that most option traders don’t know how options are priced. Without having a basic understanding as to how they are priced, it’s difficult to understand how, and why, they will change in value. This makes formulating good trading strategies practically impossible.
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Saturday, September 19, 2009
Financial Crisis a Crime Story? / InvestorEducation / Resources & Reviews
Asks Danny Schechter in his new book THE CRIME OF OUR TIME, Was The Economic Collapse “Indeed, Criminal?” which reveals how an ongoing crime built up on pervasive subcrime mortgage fraud, predatory securitization, unchecked leveraging, and phony insurance scams that lost trillions, cost millions of families their homes, devastating financial markets and western economic security. Schechter argues “We need a jailout, not a bailout.”
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Friday, September 18, 2009
I Like My Information Sliced Thin / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
Painting can’t be taught, only found – PICASSO
I was watching the New England Patriot/Buffalo Bills game last night, and it dawned on me just how good professional football players are at adapting to unforeseen changes to their game plan. When necessary, professionals (in any game) will act out of instinct without hesitation. They know it’s crucial to trust yourself when your game plan is threatened, otherwise no decisions are made.
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Friday, September 18, 2009
Simple? Yes - Easy? No / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
Some will never learn anything because they understand everything too soon - THOMAS BLOUNT
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Thursday, September 17, 2009
Wealth Building and Wealth Preservation / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
Wealth building is one issue…and is hard to accomplish.
Wealth preservation in todays economy is probably much harder to accomplish.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Robert Prechter's Five Tips for How To Trade Successfully / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
Take it from the person who won the United States Trading Championship with profits of more than 440% in 1984 – there are five things that every successful trader needs to know how to do:
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Friday, September 11, 2009
What Rate of Investment Return Are You Seeking This Year? / InvestorEducation / Investing 2009
All too many investors have over estimated the rate of return they are looking for. Many times they take on way too much risk without realizing the implications. Risk and return is a double edged sword. The question I always ask or think…is how much risk do I need to put on or invest for x% rate of return.
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Thursday, September 10, 2009
How to Outsmart 75% of Other Investors / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
Keith Fitz-Gerald writes: Back in mid-June, more than 75% of the investors responding to a CNNMoney poll said they were planning to buy stocks - many of them aggressively.
Of the 41,572 people polled, it now looks like those 31,179 bullish investors kept their word.
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
How to Spot Financial Market Trading Opportunities Free Ebook / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
Elliott Wave International has just released a free 47-Page eBook, How to Spot Trading Opportunities. Created from the $129 two-volume set of the same name, it’s available free until September 23, 2009. Learn more.
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Thursday, September 03, 2009
How to Trade Growth vs. Value with ETFs / InvestorEducation / Exchange Traded Funds
Ron Rowland writes: Ever been to an investment conference or watched CNBC? If so, you’ve heard people talk about “growth stocks” and “value stocks.”
What do they mean by this? How does knowing the difference make money for you? Today I’ll tell you what these terms mean and give you some ways to take advantage of them with exchange traded funds (ETFs).
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Thursday, September 03, 2009
Get the Teachings that Hedge Funds Pay For / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
When major hedge funds need advice they turn to Dan Gramza for the help they need to turn their financial situation around. Today you have the same access to Dan that the big players pay money for... but you get it complimentary!
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Wednesday, September 02, 2009
Investment Performance Expectations And Broker Account Statements / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
As impossible as it is to predict the future of the markets, it's relatively easy to anticipate what you are going to experience when you view your next brokerage account statement.
Whether you go the discount route through Schwab, Ameritrade, Fidelity, etc., or enjoy a higher level of service through an independent like LMK Wealth Management, you should never be surprised by the market values reflected on your monthly statement.
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Tuesday, September 01, 2009
Two Brains Are Better Than One / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
I dream of painting, and then I paint my dream - Vincent Van Gogh
Even though my father would say on occasion that I didn’t have a brain in my head, I found out later that I actually have two.
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Golf and Investing: Optimism, Focus, and Education / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
You knew it the moment it left the club, that spark at contact when you catch it just right. You look up. It's just reaching the top of its climb--- and heading down right at the pin, a pin positioned left of center on the elevated green, much too close to the water.
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Why System Trading Is Ultimately Discretionary / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
Successful system trading, in spite of the financial rewards, can be frustrating. A quantified mechanical model will take many decisions off the table. Yet, various issues, particularly the psychological approach to the issues, will always be in play.
Ed Seykota in the book, “Market Wizards,” writes, “Systems trading is ultimately discretionary. The manager still has to decide how much risk to accept, which markets to play, and how aggressively to increase the trading base as a function of equity change. These decisions are quite important, often more important than trade timing.&
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Commodity and Futures Trading 1-2-3 / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
I would like to start with a simple yet very powerful concept. I am sure that over time we will elaborate much further on this simple concept but it seems appropriate to start here.
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Monday, August 24, 2009
Why Some Traders Are Successful And Most Are Not / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
I think successful traders realize a few important things that escape the failures. It doesn’t seem to matter if they trade discretionary or with systems, they all seem to know that the market is the boss. They are defensive and have a great deal of respect for risk. They all tend to manage risk and let reward take care of itself. The failures are for the most part completely focused on the reward, usually at the expense of risk.
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