SPX: Completing the Intermediate-Term Uptrend

SPX short-term and intermediate-term forecast.

The Best Financial Planners Put You In Long-Term Stuff And Act Like A Security Guard

Most people look for stockbrokers and financial planners who are in on every fast moving stock and make them money on everything that comes along. However that is truly the way to get burned, pay the most in commissions and over time lose all your money. Although it is not popular the truth really is that the Best Financial Planners put you in long-term stuff and act like a Security Guard.

Predicting Activity After Stock Price Declines

An analysis of how stocks react to large decreases in price of varying degrees. The objective is to determine if there are patterns that can be predicted for investors and traders.

Valuing Stocks Using Valuation Ratios

One of the necessities for stock investment success is to avoid paying ''too much'' for a stock. But how does one determine that price? Valuation ratios are one way, and this article explains how they work.

Tracking Daily Stock Price Volatility

Stock price volatility is one of the most important aspects of studying the market. This article starts a series that will examine theories and assumptions about price volatility.

Short Selling Losses can be Hedged by Call Options

Article discusses the use of call options as a hedge when shorting.

Dow Flirts With New High Six Years On

As the Dow flirts with a new high (and the financial media tests everyone's patience), it's worth remembering how far the average investor has fallen and why.

Put Your Stock To The Test Before You Invest - Part 2

In our last segment we introduced several types of stock market research. In this segment we will follow up our discussion of technical analysis and then continue on to fundamental analysis.

Caterpillar: A Buy or Sell?

With the primary purpose of selling products dedicated to mining or digging, Caterpillar (CAT) might not be too favorable to investors with the decrease in price of commodities. However, such a situation may not be that unfavorable to this company.

How To Make Money On The Stock Exchange

The stock exchange is a difficult and competitive environment to make money in. Not everyone will succeed. If you plan to make long term profits, it is important that you get all the basics right. In the following article, Stuart Langridge discusses how you can go about doing some of these things.

Active Investing in the Stock Market

Active investing is a strategy used in the stock market. People who are actively investing will buy and sell stocks regularly. They monitor the stock market and find way to make quick money. Most people are passive investors.

Intro to the Stock Market

The stock market is full of stress and anxiety for almost everyone who has a fairly decent amount of money invested in it. It can be a very emotional roller coster ride as you watch your investments jump one day just to drop the next.

Is Disney a Magical Purchase?

With the NHL, NFL, and NBA seasons ready for a new year, the large conglomeration of Disney (DIS) looks to boost guidance for its many enterprises during the fall to winter seasons. As a Dow component, Disney has helped propel the recent rally by recently reaching a 52 week high in aims of a very favorable market according to recent trends. However, with a recession looming should you be involved in such a company who basis a lot of its products on consumer expenditures?

Selling Stocks

When is it appropriate to sell stocks?. One need not keep a stock for ever. It is always wise to sell a portion of the investment when there is a reasonable profit. Otherwise it may be too late in case it falls for some reason or other.

Building a Stock Portfolio

How to maintain a good stock portfolio: Beginners in stock trading may note that small amounts may be invested in different stocks instead of putting all eggs in one basket. That is, different types of stocks may be selected and few stocks or shares may be ...