Six Things To Do In A High Risk Market (21 Mar 2006) Did you know that 80% of the price movement in a stock or a mutual fund is determined by the overall market conditions and by the company's sector? This is the reason we use the top-down approach in managing your money. We look at the market conditions and at how the sector is performing before selecting individual names.
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.
Stock Trading - Daddy, Why Arent We Rich? (21 Mar 2006) One Saturday morning, while he was sitting at his computer studying the market, David's 7 year old daughter came up, tugged at his shirt sleeve, and said, "Daddy, why aren't we rich?" He looked his child in the eye, and thought to himself, what a great question - why aren't we rich?
Stock Trading Diversification (21 Mar 2006) This is the continuing story of our two imaginary traders, Peter and Paul.
Commoditizing the world (21 Mar 2006) Let's discuss commodities; with the latest Enron situation, it is important to understand the way things work. A commodity is anything useful, especially a transportable agricultural product or mining product. This comes from the Latin word "commoditas" meaning roughly advantage, convenience. So then what is a commodity? Well we consider Gold, Silver, wheat, corn, pork bellies, coffee, etc all commodities.
Trading Tips No 2: The Big Lie in the Stock Market (21 Mar 2006) It is commonly reported that the stock market averages about 10% per year return over the long term (decades). So the investor that buys and holds a diversified portfolio of stocks or mutual funds is led to believe that their portfolio will grow by 10% per year on average. You know the mantra, “Not to worry, I’m a long term investor. On average, I’m earning 10% per year.
