“Ever wonder why fund managers can’t beat the S&P 500? ’Cause they’re sheep, and sheep get slaughtered.” –Gordon Gekko The “herd-mentality” is an all-too-common phenomena in modern financial markets. The majority of retail investors and speculators are driven by fear…
The term investing has a certain tone of seriousness and long term financial planning in the minds of most people. People invest for retirement, to send a child to college, or to save up to buy a home. The psychology of…
There are enough things to worry about in life without adding the day to day market volatility risks. Protection for your most valuable assets, life, home and auto goes without saying is a smart investment. The cost of the insurance…
Stock screeners are invaluable because traders can scan an entire market for stocks that have specific characteristics, so that potential trading opportunities crop up, all within seconds. In other words, it’ll cut your research time, leaving you more room to…
If there was a tool to practically ensure you have trading success, would you want to try it out? It’s not some new gadget or a big secret. In fact, this underrated tool for trading success, one that can withstand…
The art of becoming a good trader is the ability to trade consistently and profitably. Many traders focus too much time on chart patterns and research and miss the bigger picture of creating a consistent trading ritual. What is a…
In an earlier post, “Anticipating Turning Points,” I mentioned that it is far better to anticipate the reversion to the mean using oscillator indicators rather than waiting for confirmation. There will always be lag in computing the indicator, and it is…
There’s clearly no shortage of trading advice in out there. Just on Investing Shortcuts alone, there are hundreds. While it’s great that there’s no shortage of free resources to learn about trading, where do you start? As a newbie…
