Analysis Topic: Investor & Trader Education
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Friday, January 09, 2015
How a Simple Line Can Improve Your Trading Success / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
By: EWI
Elliott Wave International's Jeffrey Kennedy explains many ways to use this basic tool
The following trading lesson has been adapted from Jeffrey Kennedy's eBook, Trading the Line -- 5 Ways You Can Use Trendlines to Improve Your Trading Decisions. You can download the 14-page eBook here.
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Thursday, January 08, 2015
The Unanticipated Consequences of Purposive Social Action / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
By: John_Mauldin
Pretend you are a corn trader. As such, you have two choices: have a position in corn futures or own physical corn.
It may seem silly to even consider owning physical corn, because corn futures are easy to trade—just click a button on your screen. But assume you have a grain elevator, and whether you own futures or physical corn is all the same to you. How do you decide which you prefer?
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Thursday, January 08, 2015
Trading Markets - 3 Ways to Identify Support and Resistance - 5 Chart Examples / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
By: EWI
Today's lesson considers three ways to identify price support and resistance in the markets you trade.
- Previous highs and lows
- Trendline support
- Fibonacci Ratios
Saturday, December 27, 2014
What to Do When Your Stock Is Crashing / InvestorEducation / Financial Crash
By: DailyWealth
Dr. Steve Sjuggerud writes: Right now, one of my stocks is crashing...
What should I do?
What do you do in that situation? You know you will face this situation sometime with one of your stocks, if you haven't faced it already.
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Wednesday, December 17, 2014
The Real Reason It's Tough to Beat the Stock Market / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Money_Morning
Keith Fitz-Gerald writes: The latest research from DALBAR is very graphic…
Over the past 20 years, individual investors averaged a measly 2.53% a year, versus the S&P 500, which chalked up 9.02%. In other words, your average annual return was 6.49% less than what it could have been each year. Ouch.
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Friday, December 12, 2014
Central Banks and Government Policies Control the Markets Myth / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: EWI
Don't Get Ruined by These 10 Popular Investment Myths (Part X)
Interest rates, oil prices, earnings, GDP, wars, peace, terrorism, inflation, monetary policy, etc. -- NONE have a reliable effect on the stock market
You may remember that after the 2008-2009 crash, many called into question traditional economic models. Why did they fail?
And more importantly, will they warn us of a new approaching doomsday, should there be one?
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Wednesday, December 10, 2014
The Stock Market Timing Secret I Wish Everyone Knew / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Money_Morning
Keith Fitz-Gerald writes: Many investors are trying to time the markets, especially lately with concerns over low oil prices, global woes, and Chinese growth in the headlines.
I totally get where they’re coming from. The idea of picking market tops and bottoms is very seductive.
But they may as well try to catch falling knives…
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Friday, December 05, 2014
Shareholder Value Maximization - The World’s Dumbest Idea? / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: John_Mauldin
In today’s Outside the Box the redoubtable James Montier of GMO lifts his lance to prick the underbelly of the Mighty SVM. (That’s Shareholder Value Maximization, for you newbies.) “The world’s dumbest idea” (among many candidates in the world of finance), says James, citing none other than “Neutron Jack” Welch in support.
After noting that taking on SVM “is a little like criticizing motherhood and apple pie,” James sets right to work, tracing the monster’s birth to an editorial by Milton Friedman in 1970, in which Saint Milton wrote, “There is one and only one social responsibility of business – to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits...”
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Tuesday, December 02, 2014
Dangerous Nonsense: Trading the Equity Curve and Market Timing / InvestorEducation / Risk Analysis
By: Submissions
Anthony Garner writes:
Using a simple system it is said to be possible to achieve a better risk adjusted return than would be achieved by buy and hold. Maximum drawdown may be less severe and standard deviation may be lower.
Much is made by the retail investment community (and indeed others who should know better) of the advantages of algorithmic market timing based on limited testing over limited timeframes and over an even more limited number of instruments.
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
The Free Trade Stock Investment Strategy / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Money_Morning
A big grin lit up my face when I opened my trading screens recently.
I was looking at the chart for Ekso Bionics Holdings Inc. (OTCBB: EKSO). The company was trading at right around $1.81 per share at midday on Monday.
That means it was close to a double from where I initially recommended it as our first human augmentation target to members of my Total Wealth research service.
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Friday, November 14, 2014
The Most Valuable Stock Market Investment Secret of All / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: DailyWealth
Porter Stansberry writes: Today, I'm going to show you one of the most advanced investment skills you could ever master...
But I don't want to tell you upfront what today's lesson is about. I want to see if you can figure it out yourself. So don't skip ahead.
Think of today's essay as a test. As I always say... there is no such thing as teaching, there is only learning. And there's a hugely valuable investment lesson – the most valuable secret of all – below...
Saturday, November 08, 2014
The Most Important Trade You'll Ever Make / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Money_Morning
Shah Gilani writes: Seasoned investors know there are ways a trade can go wrong for you – that's why thorough research and tight investing discipline are so important.
But, the truth is, there's only one surefire way to lose your shirt, only one move that's absolutely, positively guaranteed to cost you money.
And it's a shockingly easy play to make. In fact, as of 2014, more than 52% of Americans have made this fatal trading mistake.
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Tuesday, November 04, 2014
The Universal Truth of Trading / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
By: Money_Morning
Shah Gilani writes: Last week I asked you to send me your top five questions about money and investing.
Thank you, all, for the many queries you sent in.
However, today I’m going to answer only one question.
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Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Don't Get Ruined by These 10 Popular Investment Myths (Part VIII) / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: EWI
Interest rates, oil prices, earnings, GDP, wars, peace, terrorism, inflation, monetary policy, etc. -- NONE have a reliable effect on the stock market
You may remember that after the 2008-2009 crash, many called into question traditional economic models. Why did they fail?
And more importantly, will they warn us of a new approaching doomsday, should there be one?
This series gives you a well-researched answer. Here is Part VIII; come back soon for Part IX.
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Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Risk Management - Why I Run “Ultimate Trailing Stops” on All My Investments / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Money_Morning
You’ve spotted an unstoppable, trillion-dollar trend. You’ve identified the stock that’s set to benefit most and made a trade using the tactics that will squeeze the most profit out of it.
Nicely done.
Now it’s time for the final piece of the Total Wealth strategy.
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Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Don't Get Ruined by These 10 Popular Investment Myths (Part VII) / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: EWI
Interest rates, oil prices, earnings, GDP, wars, peace, terrorism, inflation, monetary policy, etc. -- NONE have a reliable effect on the stock market
You may remember that after the 2008-2009 crash, many called into question traditional economic models. Why did they fail?
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Tuesday, October 07, 2014
Why Shareholders Should Fear the Hasty Corporate Marriage / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Don_Miller
I never understood why Sears bought Kmart. Sears was a giant retailer, the dominant tenant in shopping malls throughout the US. Kmart was the spawn of S. S. Kresge’s dime stores. They served different consumer groups—different strata. When they came together, they combined a lot of the same merchandise in their stores, and they both lost their identities. I don’t see either surviving much longer.
Thursday, September 18, 2014
Here's Why Trendlines are Your New Trading Best Friend / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
By: EWI
See how trendlines help you make calculated trading decisions
Have you ever seen Donald Duck play pool? Trust us, it isn't pretty.
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Wednesday, September 17, 2014
How to Find Trading Opportunities in ANY Market Using Fibonacci Analysis / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
By: EWI
In this article, Elliott Wave International's Jeffrey Kennedy demonstrates ways to spot trading opportunities across any market and timeframe.
Elliott Wave International's Senior Analyst Jeffrey Kennedy is the editor of our Elliott Wave Trader's Classroom and one of our most popular instructors. Jeffrey's primary analytical method is the Elliott Wave Principle, but he also uses several other technical tools to supplement his analysis.
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Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Economic GDP Drives Stock Prices Inestment Myth / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
By: EWI
Don't Get Ruined by These 10 Popular Investment Myths (Part V)
Interest rates, oil prices, earnings, GDP, wars, terrorist attacks, inflation, monetary policy, etc. -- NONE have a reliable effect on the stock market
You may remember that during the 2008-2009 financial crisis, many called into question traditional economic models.
Why did the traditional financial models fail? And more importantly, will they warn us of a new approaching doomsday, should there be one?
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