Analysis Topic: Investor & Trader Education
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Learn to Trade with Bollinger Bands - Video / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
By: EWI
As a technical trader, are you able to view financial market fluctuations clearly and reliably?
At Elliott Wave International, we hold that the Elliott Wave Principle is the most effective tool for analysis. Yet the Wave Principle works well with other technical tools. If you are ready to trade with Elliott, our educational subscription editor Jeffrey Kennedy can teach you how to integrate ancillary technical indicators -- such as Bollinger bands -- to build high-confidence setups in the markets you trade.
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Friday, March 22, 2013
How to Miss the Biggest Investment Opportunities of Your Lifetime / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Investment_U
Alexander Green writes: At our 15th Annual Investment U Conference in St. Petersburg last week, I spoke to the few hundred people in attendance about “How to Lose Money and Miss Opportunities.” For some reason, I was the only presenter who chose to speak on this topic. So I had the field all to myself.
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Thursday, March 07, 2013
Bollinger Band Technical Trading Basics - Video / InvestorEducation / Technical Analysis
By: EWI
As a technical trader, are you able to view financial market fluctuations clearly and reliably?
At Elliott Wave International, we hold that the Elliott Wave Principle is the most effective tool for analysis. Yet the Wave Principle works well with other technical tools. If you are ready to trade with Elliott, our educational subscription editor Jeffrey Kennedy can teach you how to integrate ancillary technical indicators -- such as Bollinger bands -- to build high-confidence setups in the markets you trade.
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Thursday, February 28, 2013
Swing Trading Stocks with the ABC Gap Fill / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
By: David_Banister
One of my favorite “Crowd Behavioral” patterns is the ABC Gap fill pattern. This is a normal correction pattern in the stock market that works off overbought sentiment. You can apply this to liquid individual stocks in most cases, and look ahead to spot potential entries on your watch list for trading.
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Should You Buy Stocks at New Lows? Or New Highs? / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: DailyWealth
Dr. Steve Sjuggerud writes: You might not agree with today's lesson... But it's based on numbers going back nearly 100 years.
Last month, I told you even though stocks are way up and hitting levels that have preceded major corrections in the past, it is NOT time to sell.
Monday, February 25, 2013
The Biggest Stock Market Investing That You Actually Believe / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: DailyWealth
Steve Sjuggerud writes: You hear it all the time... but it's completely wrong.
I know, I know... It sounds so right and sensible, it must be true. But it's completely false.
It drives me nuts.
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Are You An Investor Who Suffers From Hyperopia? / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Investment_U
Alexander Green writes:
During the housing boom a few years ago – while home equity values were climbing – American consumers went on a world-class spending spree. The personal savings rate dropped to zero, then went negative. Consumers were actually spending more than they were earning.
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Trading Binary Options - Putting Knowledge into Good Use / InvestorEducation / Options & Warrants
By: Submissions
Brentt Taylor writes: When it comes to binary options it is not a gamble. It is important to have good knowledge, take a good attitude and learn skills to be consistently successful. Knowledge in binary options comes in several forms. We will take a look at a few below:
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Monday, February 11, 2013
Petrobras a Timeless Lesson on Investing With the Government / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: GrowthStockWire
Brian Hunt writes: Sometime in the past decade, Americans who should know better embraced a horrible investment idea...
If you've ever bought a stock because an investment guru told you it was "state owned" and backed by the government, chances are good you fell for a common mistake... And chances are good you lost money on the deal.
In today's essay, I'll show you why this is the case... and why you should always be leery of investing with "state owned" companies.
Friday, February 08, 2013
The Key to Investing Success / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Money_Morning
Shah Gilani writes: If there's one single, indispensable key to successful investing, it's to go with the flow.
That's my distillation of well-worn market mantras that you're probably familiar with.
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Friday, February 08, 2013
Why Many Newsletter Writers Will Steer You The Wrong Way / InvestorEducation / Stock Markets 2013
By: GrowthStockWire
Brian Hunt writes: It's time for traders to take caution... the "dirty secret of the investment advisory business" is flashing a warning sign.
This dirty secret helped traders make big, low-risk gains by going long stocks in June. And it's a timeless piece of wisdom that will always help lead you to great trading opportunities. The "dirty secret" is simple...
Wednesday, February 06, 2013
QE for Dummies, Understanding the Most Outlandish Monetary Experiment Ever Conducted - Part1 / InvestorEducation / Quantitative Easing
By: Dr_Martenson
A PeakProsperity.com reader recently lamented:
Read full article... Read full article...I have been trying to get my head around the mechanism of QE. Not being an economist or experienced investor I don't really understand a lot of the jargon. The usual simple definition of QE as "thin air money printing" does not satisfy my need for understanding either. Have hunted for a description of QE for dummies that leaves me feeling like I get it, but with no luck. My difficulty is in understanding how thin air money gets into circulation.
Monday, January 28, 2013
Trading Opportunities - Understanding How Moving Averages Work / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
By: EWI
Moving averages are a popular tool for technical traders because they can "smooth" price fluctuations in any chart. EWI Senior Analyst Jeffrey Kennedy gives a clear definition:
Read full article... Read full article..."A moving average is simply the average value of data over a specified time period, and it is used to figure out whether the price of a stock or commodity is trending up or down... one way to think of a moving average is that it's an automated trend line."
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Trading Chaos Theory Market Fractals - Video / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
By: Nadeem_Walayat
How Chaos Theory Fractals can help you identify high probability market turning points.
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
The 12 Rules to Follow for Buying Dividend Stocks / InvestorEducation / Dividends
By: Don_Miller
Many of you have probably filled out one of the "retirement planner" forms available online. Plenty of tax and accounting programs also have "Lifetime Planner" sections for folks to determine if they can afford to retire.
These sorts of programs plug certain assumptions into a formula, such as projected inflation rate, retirement income, anticipated spending levels, and portfolio growth rate. After you add your personal information, it projects how much money you'll be able to produce annually during retirement, and how long it will last.
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Monday, January 21, 2013
The Most Amazing Business and Investment Story of Our Time / InvestorEducation / Money Making
By: Investment_U
Alexander Green writes: If your son dropped out of college before getting a degree and without taking a single business class, joined a far-left commune dedicated to progressive ideals, and made no secret of his heartfelt belief that business is all about greed, selfishness and exploitation, what would you say the odds are that he would found and run a Fortune 500 company with $12 billion in annual sales and gross yearly profit of more than $4 billion?
Sunday, January 20, 2013
Chaos Theory Market Fractals - Nadeem Walayat's Real Secrets for Successful Trading / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
By: Nadeem_Walayat
This is a continuation of my series on how to interpret and trade the Financial Markets (as opposed to forecast), specifically building upon my last article that summarised the key elements of trading in terms of reacting to price movements in real time (Stock Market Crash Investing Lessons and the Real Secrets of Successful Trading ). This article seeks to expand on one key component which is the role chaos theory plays in interpreting triggers for action. A trigger is an immediate call to action, and not a wishy washy signal to suggest action.
Monday, January 14, 2013
Risk Management for Technical Traders / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
By: EWI
Tips from EWI Senior Analyst Jeffrey Kennedy's Stocks and Commodities interview
By Elliott Wave International
If you trade with Elliott wave analysis, your trading decisions
are all about the difference between where the market is vs.
where it will be. According to Jeffrey Kennedy, editor of
our Elliott Wave Junctures service, risk management
skills are vital to being a successful technical trader.
Monday, January 07, 2013
Technical Analysis - ‘Linear Weighted Moving Average’ (LWMA) / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
By: Submissions
Marcus Holland writes: The LWMA is a technical indicator which responds faster than the ‘Simple Moving Average’ (SMA) to new price developments because its latest readings are emphasized more than its older ones. However, the LWMA is not as popular as the (SMA) and the ‘Exponential Moving Average’ (EMA). The LWMA was designed to counter the lagging problems identified with the SMA in a similar way as the EMA.
Saturday, January 05, 2013
The Single Greatest Stock Investing Secret Ever! / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: DailyWealth
Porter Stansberry writes: Let's make a fundamental point about investing...
Most investors obsess about growth. They want a story about a company that's poised to experience massive growth. And yes, growth is very good. But you can't forget that the point of growth is to generate capital for shareholders.