Analysis Topic: Investor & Trader Education
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Monday, April 23, 2012
General Thoughts About Luck / InvestorEducation / Risk Analysis
By: Ashvin_Pandurangi
As someone who plays poker regularly, I'd like to think that I have a good understanding of why luck is important in our lives. It's NOT because the world is completely random and we have no influence over what outcomes will materialize for us - actually, it is the very fact that we do make meaningful decisions in the face of uncertainty that generates luck. Let me try to explain what I mean with an analogy to the game of poker.
Poker is a game of skill, which means those players with superior skills (patience, discipline, memory, critical/logical thinking, mathematical analysis) have a long-term edge over the less skillful among them. It is a very simple game with simple rules governing what each player can do (fold, call, bet, raise), what order they can do it in, how much they can bet at any given time, which hands rank higher than others, etc.
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Monday, April 23, 2012
How to Spot High Profit Probability Trading Opportunities Using Moving Averages / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
By: EWI
Dear Trader,
Elliott Wave International (EWI) has released a free 10-page trading eBook: How You Can Find High-Probability Trading Opportunities Using Moving Averages, by Senior Analyst Jeffrey Kennedy.
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Friday, April 20, 2012
Investing Diversification: Is It All It's Cracked Up To Be? / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Charles_Carnevale
Investing Diversification: Is It All It's Cracked Up To Be?
There's an old cliché about real estate investing that states that the three cardinal rules are: location- location- location. Clever pundits have borrowed upon this refrain and glibly state that the three most important or cardinal rules of investing are: diversify- diversify- diversify. However, careful analysis will reveal that diversification is a multifaceted concept that has different meanings, benefits and even risks depending on how it's used and what its ultimate purpose is. Therefore, my goal is to examine this ubiquitous investing concept from various angles and perspectives.
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Are Share Rollbacks: Good or Bad for Investors / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Dudley_Baker
As a general rule, we hate to see an announcement of a share rollback, however, there exceptions which we cover below. Investors should always be aware that if a company has, say over 150 million shares outstanding, in our opinion, it is a potential candidate for a rollback and the announcement should not come as a surprise.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Trading Volatility, How to Beat the Stock Market at its Own Game / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
By: Money_Morning
Keith Fitz-Gerald writes:
Many investors are convinced the market is stacked against them.
It is.... but not for the reasons you might think.
Dismal returns actually have very little to do with super computers, research, insider information or access to the trading floor.
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Tuesday, April 17, 2012
A True Stock Investor’s Most Important Performance Measurement / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Charles_Carnevale
Although most people either fail to realize it, or simply refused to accept it, every stock portfolio has two separate and distinct performances. The first, and in my opinion, the least important, is stock price movement. If you buy a stock at $10 a share and it goes to $15 a share it’s a good stock. In contrast, if you buy a stock at $15 a share and it goes to$10 a share it’s a bad stock. Meanwhile, the operating performance (earnings results) is mostly ignored while often irrational price gyrations are excessively fixated upon. Of course, I understand why people behave this way, but I still can’t help but be very frustrated by this behavior.
Saturday, April 07, 2012
It's Time to Change the Way You Think About the Stock Market / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: DailyWealth
The Daily Crux: What does it mean to value a stock as a business? How does it differ from the way most investors think about investing?
Friday, April 06, 2012
Elliott Wave Diagonal Straight Shot to a Market Trading Opportunity / InvestorEducation / Elliott Wave Theory
By: EWI
Today we sit down with Elliott Wave International's Futures Junctures Editor and Senior Tutorial Instructor Jeffrey Kennedy to discuss his favorite wave pattern of all: the diagonal.
EWI: You say if you had to pick just ONE of all 13 known Elliott wave structures to spend the rest of your technical trading life with, it would be the diagonal. First, tell us what the diagonal is.
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Wednesday, April 04, 2012
How You Can Find High-Probability Trading Opportunities Using Moving Averages / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
By: EWI
Dear Trader,
Elliott Wave International (EWI) has released a free 10-page trading eBook: How You Can Find High-Probability Trading Opportunities Using Moving Averages, by Senior Analyst Jeffrey Kennedy.
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Tuesday, April 03, 2012
The Best Exit Strategy for Any Investment / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: DailyWealth
So... when do YOU sell?
What? You don't know? How could you not have any kind of plan?
Let's say you hold shares of Apple today at over $600 a share. You bought them a couple months ago below $400 a share. When is the right time to sell?
Monday, April 02, 2012
Stock Momentum Reversal Trading Method / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
By: David_Banister
After a few years of testing with both ETF’s and then individual stocks, we rolled out our MRM (momentum reversal method) platform at my ATP subscription service in November 2011. This is now beginning to get alot of attention in the trading community as in addition to the ATP service, I have shared some of the real time MRM type plays online with some very top notch traders.
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Why We Don’t Use The Stock Market Trading 7-8% Stop Loss Rule / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
By: David_Grandey
The recent action in SWI and notes in the chart below are why we don’t use the 7-8% rule.
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Thursday, March 29, 2012
Option Trading: A Basic Explanation of Debit Spreads / InvestorEducation / Options & Warrants
By: J_W_Jones
Welcome back to the world of options. My reality exists in three dimensions and far more combinations of potential positions than does the one-dimensional world of the stock trader.
The view from my turret is ruled by the three primal forces of options — time to expiration, price of the underlying, and implied volatility. Consider for a moment the fact that each of these factors can independently impact a given option.
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Thursday, March 29, 2012
ETFs: Do Investors Really Know What They Are Buying? / InvestorEducation / Exchange Traded Funds
By: Casey_Research
Vedran Vuk, Casey Research write: Exchange-traded funds have been all the rage in recent years – they are easy to buy, easy to sell, and often have lower expense ratios than index mutual funds. But the Casey Research team dug deep into the complex world of ETFs and found that in many cases, their names can be utterly deceptive.
Monday, March 26, 2012
How to Think Like a Mad Man, Find your Edge & Risk Little for Lots / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Aftab_Singh
The enigma that is eccentricity can be unravelled by grasping of this single statement; that which you perceive is both a matter of the object of your perception (in this case; the eccentric person) and your apparatus of perception. Eccentricity, then, is as much a quirk of the popular mind as it is of a particular person. So with the assumption that you seek creativeness and intrigue — here’s how to think eccentrically, find your edge and risk little for lots.
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Investing Philosophy Recommended Reading / InvestorEducation / Resources & Reviews
By: Casey_Research
Robert Ross, Casey Research : We at Casey Research are often asked, "What books have had the biggest impact on your investing philosophy?" To find out, we took a quick, informal poll of our most prominent economists, editors, and analysts to see which books helped form their unique economic outlooks. The books range from mainstays of the political economy, such as Thomas Sowell's A Conflict of Visions, to classics from antiquity, including Plato's The Republic. However, genres often overlooked – like our founder Doug Casey's longtime interest in science fiction – should give current and prospective subscribers a glimpse into the diverse influences that drive our publications.
Monday, March 12, 2012
The Three Phases of a Financial Market Trader's Education / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
By: EWI
You've probably heard talk about "market uncertainty" in the financial news recently. But when are the market trends ever certain? The constant uncertainties contribute to your frustrations as a trader, and you need to have a method for dealing with the ups and downs. Every successful trader has one.
Friday, March 09, 2012
Which Method Can Traders Use to Confirm an Elliott Wave Count? / InvestorEducation / Elliott Wave Theory
By: EWI
When you are watching a pattern develop on a chart, how can you be sure that your wave count is correct? The Elliott Wave Principle offers rules and guidelines that you can use to add confidence to your wave count.
Elliott Wave International's Senior Analyst Jeffrey Kennedy spent years designing his own technique to improve his accuracy. He came up with the Jeffrey Kennedy Channeling Technique, which he uses to confirm his wave counts. The following excerpt from Jeffrey's Trader's Classroom lessons, a regular feature of his Futures Junctures Service, offers an overview of his method.
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Monday, March 05, 2012
How Credit Put Spreads Can Boost Your Gains and Lower Your Risk / InvestorEducation / Options & Warrants
By: Money_Morning
Larry D. Spears writes:
Last month, Money Morning showed you how to use a technique called selling "cash-secured puts" to generate a steady flow of cash from a stock - even if you no longer own the shares.
It is a highly effective income strategy that can also be used to buy stocks at bargain prices.
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Friday, March 02, 2012
The Elliott Wave Principle Explained, Free 248 Page Ebook / InvestorEducation / Elliott Wave Theory
By: EWI
Classic Investment Book, Elliott Wave Principle, Now Available Free:
Robert Prechter has just released a complimentary online edition of Elliott Wave Principle: Key to Market Behavior. All 248-pages of this classic investment book can be on your screen in just minutes. Elliott Wave Principle will teach you the 13 waves that can occur in the charts of the financial markets, the basics of counting waves, and the simple rules and guidelines that will help you to apply Elliott Wave for yourself. You'll learn the method successful investors have used for decades. Access Your Free Copy of Elliott Wave Principle, Now.