12 Rules Of Stock Investing

There are many things that you need to know before you begin trading in the stock market. Here are 12 basic stock investing rules that you may follow for successful trading.

My Experiences Trading Gold and Silver Commodity Futures Contracts and Options

Sometimes, all that glitters is gold. What a great trading market! Here's some valuable hints and kinks taken from actual trading experiences.

Trading Stocks Online Provides Options For Investors

Recent years have seen a change in the traditional broker-client relationship, and the advent of the Internet has spawned a new group of investors who eschew the help of brokers and try to make their fortunes trading stocks online.

Options Stock Trading - An Attractive Investment Proposition

Using options as an investment strategy can really boost your rate of return, but there are some differences to stock investing. A solid knowledge of the market is an essential requirement if the investor hopes to profit with trading options. One of the biggest advantages option trading has to stocks is that the risk is limited for buyers. That's right I implied lower risk, find out the other advantages in the article.

How To Tame The Big Bad Bear

Is the next Bear Market just around the corner? Was the recent market correction a harbinger of things to come?

Investing & Online Trading - 7 Trading Approaches for Handling Current Volatility

In the late night business report on Tuesday we heard of the Chinese market's biggest one-day fall in a decade (of 9 per cent) which had sparked the exodus of cash from global indices. The following morning we woke early and watched live as the DOW quickly plummeted over 500 points to its low of the day before making a small recovery. For those with funds invested in the market recently we look at 7 approaches to handle the current volatility.

Trading After A Stock Market Crash - How To Find Stocks That Will Outperform In The Rebound

Is technical analysis still relevant after a stock market crash or stock market collapse? Can you use both fundamental analysis and technical analysis to select great potential stocks that will rebound after a stock market crash? Learn how a university professor in investment discovered a practical stock selection method that identified stocks that rallied well into the rebound soon after a stock market crash.

Trading After A Stock Market Crash - Knowing The Next Trend And Switching To Defensive Stocks

Your personal financial plan needs to be fine tuned and monitored along the way especially in the light of a market crash where stock market returns is one of the major income streams within your financial plan. Switching into defensive stocks might be good, but it is knowing the timing of the next trend when stock prices have bottomed that you can then perform the switching to lead to maximum profits. We will discuss how you can know the next trend to capitalize on the rebound after a stock market crash.

Taking Penny Stock Risks

Despite the risks involved, penny stocks are attractive to new investors because of the low initial price and the possibility of quick payouts of up to 100 percent in some circumstances. Just as there is the potential of high profits, that potential comes with the risk of substantial losses. There is plenty of reward trading penny stocks, but it is not without its risk.

Trading Commodity Futures - Intuitively Day Trading The S&P 500 and E-Mini - PART 2

Every trading market has its own special patterns and oddities that will communicate its intentions. Patterns don't always work every time of course, but even that can be a clue of underlying extreme weakness or strength. Just like knowing a spouse well, learning to read your special market can pay dividends. Read on to learn more...

A Financial Analysis of American States Water Co

The utility sector is a typically unheard one. With only one company, Aqua America Inc, over one billion in terms of market capitalization, there may be some risk involved in purchasing some of these short-cap equities. Nevertheless, along with the likes of California Water Service Group and SJW Corp, one company, American States Water Co (AWR), has the solid fundamental base and business strategy to produce capital gains for your portfolio.

Real Estate – Location - Stocks – Rotation

There is a time to change horses, but it will be when the horse gets to the other side.

March Investment Madness - The Financial Final Four

Revered Blue Chips (and Blue Devils) fall from grace on the financial hardwood and unknown Cinderellas gain fame and financial fortune with upset victories in both venues. In basketball and in finance, the road to the final four is paved with four principles. If you recognize the importance of the Financial Final Four, you can insure that your investing experience will get you to The Big Dance in style...

Confident Investors Boost Penny Stock Index

Penny stocks, those little gems of companies that can deliver startlingly good returns regardless of what their large cap peers are doing, have been performing exceptionally well these past few years.

And a Happy Anniversary to Ben Bernanke

I like to think that penny stocks are lone marauders that buck long held stock market trends. They don't follow typical trading patterns, they don't care how much oil is trading at (unless it's an energy stock of course), they don't care what Bill Gates thinks, and for-the-most-part, their performance isn't based on what goes on overseas or here at home.