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Author :: Larry Potter  |
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| Article Title :: When Are You Entitled to Stock and Cash Dividends |
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| Have you ever bought a stock only to find out later that you were not entitled to the next cash or stock dividend paid by the company? To determine whether you should get cash and most stock dividends, you need to look at two important dates. They are the "record date" or "date of record" and the "ex-dividend date" or "ex-date."When a company declares a dividend, it sets a record date when you must be on the company's books as a shareholder to receive the dividend. Companies also use this date to determine who is sent proxy statements, financial reports, and other information.Once the company sets the record date, the stock exchanges or the National Association of Securities (read full article) |
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| Category :: Mutual Funds Articles |
Author :: Larry Potter |
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| Article Title :: Using Margin |
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| MarginWe realize that as the market improves more people will use margin and borrow from their brokers. Margin increases their buying power and when all is right with the world it literally doubles profit potential. But if they make a lousy play, they have to pay back double. That’s why we have preached for years against using margin. There’s already enough risk in the market.Let’s suppose you like XYZ at 50 and wanted to buy a bunch of it, but you didn't have the cash. So you decide to “margin” it, which simply means you borrowed 50% of the money to buy XYZ from your brokerage. If the trade goes well and XYZ moves higher, you can sell with a very nice profit. (read full article) |
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| Category :: Mutual Funds Articles |
Author :: Matt Fox |
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| Article Title :: Stock Picking Tips -- Six Months in Advance |
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| Consider for a moment what the greatest investor in history has averaged for decades. Warren Buffet has averaged around 20%. This 20% has made him the greatest of all time. A fund manager, Peter Lynch, has also averaged a number around 20%. About 75% of all fund managers can not beat the market which can be tied by simply buying into an index fund. A superstar fund manager with many researchers on the payroll is considered a genius if they can beat the market by any amount.With this in mind, what can an average investor do to beat these superstars? Find and use better research.
I have found the newspaper Investors Business Daily (IBD) to be a supreme research tool for stock inves (read full article) |
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| Category :: Mutual Funds Articles |
Author :: Larry Potter |
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| Article Title :: Finding A Company About To Be Scooped Up |
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| So, how does one find a company that is going to be scooped up? Usually by the time a company announces that they have hired an investment advisor, the stock has already moved a gazillion points as the news leaks. So, you can’t wait that long. If you have to put your hat in the ring, you are going to have to be a detective.What are the most attractive reasons that a company would want to acquire someone? Most of the time it’s growth in a sector that is compatible with the existing companies business model. There has to be some form of synergy.I think that the way to find take over candidates is to look at growth possibilities in niche markets that could enhance a larger (read full article) |
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| Category :: Mutual Funds Articles |
Author :: Larry Potter |
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| Article Title :: One-Fund Investing |
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| You may have a portion, perhaps all of your assets in a stock mutual fund when market conditions are favorable. We want a mutual fund rather than a basket of individual stocks because …1) Many retirement accounts do not offer access to stocks.2) We want the broad diversification available in a fund. A particular stock may miss most or all of a general market advance, but a fund with wide market exposure is likely to get a piece of the action.3) You’ll save on commissions, fees and other costs associated with jumping in and out of stocks. Most retirement accounts do not charge to move among stock funds, cash, bonds, etc.4) Time. Investors tend to monitor the (read full article) |
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| Category :: Mutual Funds Articles |
Author :: James Flanagan |
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| Article Title :: Could an Oil Slick Trip Up Stock Investors in 2006? |
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| After generally rallying for the last 2 or 3 months, stocks suddenly ran into an unexpected roadblock. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) had climbed to within about 6% of its all-time high and other indexes, while not as close to peak historical levels, had risen in tandem. Then some disquieting news from the Middle East rocked the markets and threatened to send energy prices spiraling out of control, hammering stocks sharply lower.Such was the situation in October 1973, at the beginning of the Arab oil embargo. The price of crude would quadruple over the next several months, plunging world economies into deep recession. The Dow got slammed for a 20% loss by early Decembe (read full article) |
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| Category :: Mutual Funds Articles |
Author :: Larry Potter |
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| Article Title :: Playing With ETFs |
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| Some time ago I commented on the ETF's, stating that in the future they would carry a lot more weight than most would have thought. I think that's come true enough. Back in 00 and 01, not a lot of people were playing with the ETF's, but since then, several major institutions have begun using them for their hedging practices. Volumes, once anemic across the board, has recently
exploded.The reason is really pretty simple. althought he ETF doesn't mirror the underlying basket perfectly because of carry costs, interest rates, etc, it's darned close enough, so if you have a "macro" view of something, the ETF's are often much easier to gauge than say a basket of four or five individual (read full article) |
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| Category :: Mutual Funds Articles |
Author :: Larry Potter |
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| Article Title :: Playing the Earnings Game |
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| Guess what time of the year it is? If you guessed tax season, you’d certainly be right, but we referring to earnings season and as usual we will do our little review of playing the earnings game.We tend to think that more people have been hurt during earnings season than at any other time of the year. Why? Well think about it, it makes sense. You see a stock moving higher and higher, you’re convinced because the analysts have told you that this company is the second best thing to sliced bread. They have raised their expectations several times, and so you go for it. You buy the stock, they announce earnings and “boom” the next morning you’re down 6 dollars a share, despite (read full article) |
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| Category :: Mutual Funds Articles |
Author :: Arthur Eckart |
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| Article Title :: SPX Intermediate-Term Range |
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| SPX closed the week at about 1,284, while oil closed at $67.76 a barrel. Two potential market catalysts next week are the FOMC and OPEC meetings, both on Tuesday. The FOMC is expected to raise the Fed Funds Rate 25 basis points, while OPEC is anticipated to leave oil output unchanged. However, it seems, the stock market partially discounted a FOMC tightening pause, since it rose on the report of much slower real GDP growth.The charts below are same period weekly charts of SPX, the NYSE Oscillator, and OIH (oil ETF). SPX major resistance levels are 1,288 (to close the gap), 1,295 (recent high), and 1,307 (upper line of Bollinger Band). Major support levels are 1,246 (a prior high an (read full article) |
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| Category :: Mutual Funds Articles |
Author :: Keith Guyette |
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| Article Title :: A Beginners Guide to Penny Stocks: Over The Counter Bulletin Board (OTCBB) and Pink Sheets |
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| Over The Counter Bulletin Board stocks (OTCBB) and the Pink Sheets are the two types of penny stocks you will encounter. The main difference between the two is that OTCBB stocks are required to file with the SEC and the pink sheet stocks are not. Some traders refuse to trade pink sheets because of this, those traders are missing out on some great opportunities. Even Warren Buffet has been known to look for undervalued companies in these markets.Beware, trading in the OTCBB and Pink Sheets is not for everyone. Often the stocks are illiquid and have a large spread between bid and ask. There are also a lot of companies that are completely worthless and will try and masquerade as great (read full article) |
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