Archive for May, 2009

In today’s dollars, a barrel of crude oil collected from America’s seeps in 1859 cost more than $350. It was something of a bargain.

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Is Oil Spent or About to Geyser? (source: Smart Money)

Even if you’ve lost a bundle, don’t be too quick to dump your financial counselor.

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Does Your Adviser Make the Grade? (source: Kiplinger)

Mad as hell over losses? You can go to arbitration, but the deck will be stacked against you

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Why It’s Hard to Fight Brokers (source: Kiplinger)

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5 Lessons from the Morningstar Conference (source: Kiplinger)

The Great Corporate Profit Rebound of 2009 is looking, well, not so great. In November, this column warned readers to view skeptically Wall Street’s forecasts for 2009. Analysts at the time expected profits underlying the S&P 500 index to finish the y…

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5 Stocks With Rising Profit Estimates (source: Smart Money)

Every trader will experience storms during their trading career. You might have days or even weeks without any storms, but they will come. Violent movements, large losses, markets that react opposite than your strategy tells you will happen and so much more.

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You Need To Learn How To Dance In The Rain

Practically, whatever your trading strategy is, market rarely goes exactly as planed. And exit point should be known to the trader, before they do enter the market

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Part 6: Exit point

Ever notice how your trading is going along very nicely and then, like somebody threw a switch, you start having equity draw downs for no obvious reason? What I am about to discuss will most likely answer some of your questions. By being aware of the three barriers I will discuss in this article, I believe you can understand why we seem to hit the wall in our trading sometimes.

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Three Barriers to Prosperity to Be Aware of

For many of you, your trading and investing career is just beginning, and for others like me, it has been going on for a long time. My career began during the greatest bull market of all time, from 1990 – 2001

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Understanding Trending and Range Bound Markets

Last week, I wrote a piece that explained the importance of being aware of the psychological traps that lead to poor trading and investing decisions.

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Governing Dynamics