Do Commodities Belong In Your Portfolio? (01 Jun 2006) Copyright 2006 Rafael Velez Although it may sound frightening and risky to many investors, if handled correctly, commodities could be the missing piece of an investor's portfolio. What exactly are commodities? Commodities are any mass goods traded on a.......
Do You Buy a Stock Because You Like Its Revenue? (21 Mar 2006) Many investors are interested in revenues that a Corporation generates. Yet if you really are concerned with performance, you will look at only the earnings. If you are especially savvy you only care about winning or profit, cash flow and on-going customer base.
Does Japan Matter? (21 Mar 2006) For the last 12 years we have seen the Japanese stock market slowly sinking from a high of 38,000 to about 8,000, more than a 75% loss and very close to the price of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Why should we care about their stock market?
Dollar Cost Averaging (21 Mar 2006) Dollar cost averaging is one of the most popular ideas in the investment community. Everyone seems to like it and it has become a watchword among stock and mutual fund brokers. If it is properly done you will make money, if not you will lose money or at best stay even. Let's examine the basic premise behind this method of investing.
Dont Ask Your Broker (21 Mar 2006) Unfortunately, most of you who are reading my column are suffering some substantial losses in the stock market. Whether it is mutual funds or individual stocks everything with mighty few exceptions is going down. Maybe you are just giving back some nice profits, but maybe it is beginning to bite into your original principal.
Dont Buy Stocks based on P/E Ratio alone (21 Mar 2006) Why you should use the P/E ratio as a secondary indicator and why you should never buy or sell based solely on the P/E ratio.
Dont Buy Worldcom! A Guide to Wise Bottom Fishing (21 Mar 2006) Over the past few months, several investment professionals have brought up the topic of the down-and-out company of the day and whether to buy now as a speculation. Last year, K-Mart was the big news, and everyone wanted to know whether this was a good stock play. Today the news is focused on WorldCom and its downfall. Thus, some people are pondering this stock for quick profit potential.
Dont Fight The Fed (21 Mar 2006) One of the great truisms of Wall Street is "Don't fight the Fed". For the long term investors this has resulted in greater profits. When the Federal Reserve Board hikes interest rates look out and when the do it 3 times in a row it is called "3 jumps and a stumble". We have just gone through the stumble and it has been costly.
Dont Lose All Your Money (21 Mar 2006) Do you know the number one rule that most investors ignore? Instantly improve your chances to be a successful investor by doing just one thing.
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