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  • Anyone who is currently speculation/investing in stocks, thought wrong that current stock market is a free market. The market is setup mainly for the big boys and not ants (the rest of us). Sometimes some ants wins but they (the big boys) will make sure that the winning ants is small just to paint a picture into the other unsuspecting ants that the market is still a free market that anyone can win. It is a confidence game. When confidence in a financial system fails, the whole system collapse. The big boys would not allow that to happen. They need the masses/ants to continue to use the system so that their own wealth in the system is maintain. Once in a while, the big boys will pull out some of their wealth and convert it into hard asset like gold, property, painting, antics cars, etc but they will not pull out all of their wealth all at once since they still the system up and running and they need ants to run it.

    News – ‘Buy on speculation, sell on news’ the way to go for now?

    Posted on August 29, 2012 | No Comments
    Anyone who is currently speculation/investing in stocks, thought wrong that current stock market is a free market. The market is setup mainly for the big boys and not ants (the rest of us). Sometimes some ants wins but they (the big boys) will make sure that the winning ants is small just to paint a picture into the other unsuspecting ants that the market is still a free market that anyone can win. It is a confidence game. When confidence in a financial system fails, the whole system collapse. The big boys would not allow that to happen. They need the masses/ants to continue to use the system so that their own wealth in the system is maintain. Once in a while, the big boys will pull out some of their wealth and convert it into hard asset like gold, property, painting, antics cars, etc but they will not pull out all of their wealth all at once since they still the system up and running and they need ants to run it.

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  • The smart investor can’t sit around with his finger up his nose waiting for them to come back. A 50% loss means it has to gain 100% to get back to even. If Mr. Smart Investor had taken a small 10% hit he would be money ahead. He could even consider the difference between the 50% loss and the 10% loss as a reverse profit. One loss he didn’t have to take. The money stayed in his portfolio.

    How Stop Loss Orders Make Money

    Posted on August 1, 2012 | No Comments
    The smart investor can’t sit around with his finger up his nose waiting for them to come back. A 50% loss means it has to gain 100% to get back to even. If Mr. Smart Investor had taken a small 10% hit he would be money ahead. He could even consider the difference between the 50% loss and the 10% loss as a reverse profit. One loss he didn’t have to take. The money stayed in his portfolio.

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  • Because the only protection against a bear market is to be in cash on the sidelines or actually invested in bear market funds. And don’t let any of these index proponents tell you any different—when the markets head south, index funds with will join the crowd.

    Avoiding Tragedies

    Posted on July 28, 2012 | No Comments
    Because the only protection against a bear market is to be in cash on the sidelines or actually invested in bear market funds. And don’t let any of these index proponents tell you any different—when the markets head south, index funds with will join the crowd.

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  • Why? It's easy money! Accountants and tax professionals have a great business base. They are in a unique position of trust, because of the information their clients disclose to them. Whether they are employed by a company or they maintain an individual practice, there is probably no other person (other than your spouse) who knows as many intimate details of your financial life as your accountant/tax preparer. To abuse this trust for personal gain-no matter how noble the motive may appear-is a total conflict of interest and a huge betrayal.

    How (NOT) to Buy Mutual Funds

    Posted on July 26, 2012 | No Comments
    Why? It's easy money! Accountants and tax professionals have a great business base. They are in a unique position of trust, because of the information their clients disclose to them. Whether they are employed by a company or they maintain an individual practice, there is probably no other person (other than your spouse) who knows as many intimate details of your financial life as your accountant/tax preparer. To abuse this trust for personal gain-no matter how noble the motive may appear-is a total conflict of interest and a huge betrayal.

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  • Any fool can buy. It is the smart investor that knows when to sell. Bear markets are usually 3 times faster going down than bull markets going up. Being out of the market in cash is a position. No broker will ever say that. A slow but reliable method for exiting stock market positions is called the DEATH CROSS. When that signal is shown it means the market is headed lower. There will be times when using this strategy the client will lose money, but over the long run it has an excellent profit record. He will always be out during 30, 40, 50% declines.

    The Death Cross

    Posted on July 25, 2012 | No Comments
    Any fool can buy. It is the smart investor that knows when to sell. Bear markets are usually 3 times faster going down than bull markets going up. Being out of the market in cash is a position. No broker will ever say that. A slow but reliable method for exiting stock market positions is called the DEATH CROSS. When that signal is shown it means the market is headed lower. There will be times when using this strategy the client will lose money, but over the long run it has an excellent profit record. He will always be out during 30, 40, 50% declines.

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  • Don't believe anything anyone tells you about the market, not even me. Every day I see in the financial section of newspapers how to forecast what the market will do in 6 months, 12 months, several years. "Ten stocks that will double in the next 6 months." Right! I have trouble trying to forecast what it will do tomorrow. Do not trust anyone who claims he knows what the future will be for the market.

    Forecasting the Market

    Posted on July 9, 2012 | No Comments
    Don't believe anything anyone tells you about the market, not even me. Every day I see in the financial section of newspapers how to forecast what the market will do in 6 months, 12 months, several years. "Ten stocks that will double in the next 6 months." Right! I have trouble trying to forecast what it will do tomorrow. Do not trust anyone who claims he knows what the future will be for the market.

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  • For my thinking readers it is time to examine world cultures. Every country has its culture built on the same mindless system as the monkeys. The cry is, “We have always done it that way”. And they are so imbued with the culture, system, methods, whatever, that it is almost impossible to change unless there is some type of catastrophe – natural or man made.

    Five Monkeys as a Financial Lesson

    Posted on June 25, 2012 | No Comments
    For my thinking readers it is time to examine world cultures. Every country has its culture built on the same mindless system as the monkeys. The cry is, “We have always done it that way”. And they are so imbued with the culture, system, methods, whatever, that it is almost impossible to change unless there is some type of catastrophe – natural or man made.

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  • But as it says on the bottom of every prospectus, past performance is no guarantee of future results. And in these days of cockeyed cooked books, past performance is barely a guarantee of past results! So you need to decide not only what to buy, but you have to be darn sure you know when to sell it when future results of an investment don't match your expectations.

    The Demise of Buy and Hold

    Posted on June 14, 2012 | No Comments
    But as it says on the bottom of every prospectus, past performance is no guarantee of future results. And in these days of cockeyed cooked books, past performance is barely a guarantee of past results! So you need to decide not only what to buy, but you have to be darn sure you know when to sell it when future results of an investment don't match your expectations.

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  • I have received countless e-mails and phone calls from individuals who have been led astray by brokers, financial planners and others using buy-and-hold and dollar cost averaging. Stories abound of retirees having to go back to work just because someone told them that "the market can't go any lower" or "let's dollar cost average."

    Buy and Hold: How to Perpetuate Your Investment Losses

    Posted on February 7, 2012 | 1 Comment
    I have received countless e-mails and phone calls from individuals who have been led astray by brokers, financial planners and others using buy-and-hold and dollar cost averaging. Stories abound of retirees having to go back to work just because someone told them that "the market can't go any lower" or "let's dollar cost average."

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  • Be careful of financial planners, but a good one who charges only a fee will be easier to find than a broker. Some are CFPs, Certified Financial Planners. That doesn’t mean they know how to make money. Most have the same training as brokers – all bad. You definitely don’t want one with ties to any financial organization or brokerage company.

    Changing Brokers/Financial Planners

    Posted on March 10, 2011 | No Comments
    Be careful of financial planners, but a good one who charges only a fee will be easier to find than a broker. Some are CFPs, Certified Financial Planners. That doesn’t mean they know how to make money. Most have the same training as brokers – all bad. You definitely don’t want one with ties to any financial organization or brokerage company.

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