August 28, 2013: Today we’re going to go over an important stock market investment strategy – learning how to invest by using price gaps. First we’ll go over the strategy and then we’ll look at placing an actual stock trade. PRICE GAPS Let’s talk a bit about price gaps in stock price charts. This is something I… Read more »
August 14, 2013: Volatility and the Stock Market: Big Moves, Strong Emotions. Let’s talk today about volatility and the stock market, and how to use the VIX Index. The last few weeks have seen most companies making their quarterly earnings announcements. Emotions have been running high, and these emotions show up as big moves in… Read more »
July 15, 2013: I’d like to write a bit today about opportunities. One of the problems an investor faces is choosing the best investments with a finite amount of funds. Unless you are Warren Buffett or another billionaire investor with almost unlimited funds, you only have so much money to invest. And once you invest… Read more »
July 10, 2013: In recent days interest rates have started to rise from the extremely low levels of the last 5 years. The Fed recently announced that it will begin “tapering” it’s $85 billion bond purchases sooner than the 2015 target date it had previously announced. The Fed has been purchasing huge amounts of bonds since the… Read more »
June 28, 2013 I thought I would follow up on a trade that I placed in February 2013. I bought shares of Ruckus Wireless (RKUS) on February 13, 2013 and was stopped out the following day on February 14, 2013. I wanted to followup on this trade and show the importance of using stop-loss orders…. Read more »
