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  • The advance from paper trading to real time is like night and day. The psychology is completely different once you have your own money on the line. The same goes for you Las Vegas shooters. With a paper and pen in hand watching the prices slide by is entirely different when those numbers represent you’re your money.

    Paper Trading Vs. Real Time

    Posted on July 31, 2011 | No Comments
    The advance from paper trading to real time is like night and day. The psychology is completely different once you have your own money on the line. The same goes for you Las Vegas shooters. With a paper and pen in hand watching the prices slide by is entirely different when those numbers represent you’re your money.

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  • Water may be held back by a dam, but if it breaks through the dam, you would know that it would continue downward until it reaches another dam, or some obstruction or resistance which would stop it. Therefore, it is very important to watch old levels of stocks or commodities. The longer the time that elapses between the breaking into new territory, the greater the move you can expect because the accumulative energy over a long period will naturally produce larger movements than if it only accumulated during a short period of time.

    Breaking Out

    Posted on April 19, 2011 | No Comments
    Water may be held back by a dam, but if it breaks through the dam, you would know that it would continue downward until it reaches another dam, or some obstruction or resistance which would stop it. Therefore, it is very important to watch old levels of stocks or commodities. The longer the time that elapses between the breaking into new territory, the greater the move you can expect because the accumulative energy over a long period will naturally produce larger movements than if it only accumulated during a short period of time.

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  • About 99% of people who buy stock think about how much it is going to go up. Very few ask their broker where to sell if it goes down. Furthermore when it does go up how do you take you profit? How do you protect that hummer if it has been bought at $10 and starts up steadily going to 40 or higher? Has your broker ever mentioned a trailing stop loss? Probably not. The same technique applies to mutual funds.

    The Best Thing I Ever Learned About Investing

    Posted on April 19, 2011 | No Comments
    About 99% of people who buy stock think about how much it is going to go up. Very few ask their broker where to sell if it goes down. Furthermore when it does go up how do you take you profit? How do you protect that hummer if it has been bought at $10 and starts up steadily going to 40 or higher? Has your broker ever mentioned a trailing stop loss? Probably not. The same technique applies to mutual funds.

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  • Not only does debt have to be repaid, but interest must be paid on it every year. The governments, local, state and federal, levy taxes. There is a limit how high taxes can go as people will stop working at productive jobs if their take home pay shrinks to the point where they do not feel compensated for their effort.

    Borrowed Money?

    Posted on March 24, 2011 | No Comments
    Not only does debt have to be repaid, but interest must be paid on it every year. The governments, local, state and federal, levy taxes. There is a limit how high taxes can go as people will stop working at productive jobs if their take home pay shrinks to the point where they do not feel compensated for their effort.

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  • How about looking in your stock portfolio? Are there some stocks or funds that have been in there gathering dust, giving no return and tying up money that could be earning an investment return elsewhere? Isn’t it time to take your own “mark down” to clean out space for new stocks that will make you some money?

    Filene Plan For Stocks

    Posted on February 27, 2011 | No Comments
    How about looking in your stock portfolio? Are there some stocks or funds that have been in there gathering dust, giving no return and tying up money that could be earning an investment return elsewhere? Isn’t it time to take your own “mark down” to clean out space for new stocks that will make you some money?

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  • Investors and brokers believe you have been taught that you have to “buy it right”. Any fool can buy. Without the added five words he will go broke. Anyone who has been successfully trading, any professional floor trader will tell you the five key words that go along with every trade which is the secret of financial success prior to every transaction.

    Winning Five Words

    Posted on February 15, 2011 | No Comments
    Investors and brokers believe you have been taught that you have to “buy it right”. Any fool can buy. Without the added five words he will go broke. Anyone who has been successfully trading, any professional floor trader will tell you the five key words that go along with every trade which is the secret of financial success prior to every transaction.

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  • The famous $3.00 dividend of Microsoft saw the stock price at $30 on Monday and $27 on Tuesday. The stock didn’t go down. The company gave back to stockholders part of their own money. It was capital distribution. Furthermore the investor had to pay tax of 15%. Capital distributions should not be taxed like this. Go tell the IRS.

    The Fallacy of Dividends 2

    Posted on December 28, 2010 | No Comments
    The famous $3.00 dividend of Microsoft saw the stock price at $30 on Monday and $27 on Tuesday. The stock didn’t go down. The company gave back to stockholders part of their own money. It was capital distribution. Furthermore the investor had to pay tax of 15%. Capital distributions should not be taxed like this. Go tell the IRS.

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  • Just because a cartoon can explain QE and POMO better than the mainstream media and blogosphere combined, here is all you needed to know about making money. In short: "Buy the fucking dip." And, h.m.m.m., this is not PG-13.

    The “Buy The Dip” Scheme Explained

    Posted on December 10, 2010 | No Comments
    Just because a cartoon can explain QE and POMO better than the mainstream media and blogosphere combined, here is all you needed to know about making money. In short: "Buy the fucking dip." And, h.m.m.m., this is not PG-13.

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  • A stock holding represents ownership in a company. As a stockholder, you are entitled to a share of the company’s profits. Some companies pay out these profits in dividends, while others reinvest the money in their firm to increase profits in the future. Either way, stock prices tend to increase as companies improve their profitability.

    Introduction to Stocks – Video

    Posted on November 22, 2010 | 1 Comment
    A stock holding represents ownership in a company. As a stockholder, you are entitled to a share of the company’s profits. Some companies pay out these profits in dividends, while others reinvest the money in their firm to increase profits in the future. Either way, stock prices tend to increase as companies improve their profitability.

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  • When listening to those market mavens on TV they say stocks are cheap now. It seems to me they have been saying that for months and months. All those folks talk about valuation. If stocks are such a great value why do they keep going down? What does “cheap” mean?

    What Diversification Really Means

    Posted on September 27, 2010 | No Comments
    When listening to those market mavens on TV they say stocks are cheap now. It seems to me they have been saying that for months and months. All those folks talk about valuation. If stocks are such a great value why do they keep going down? What does “cheap” mean?

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