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Author :: Pleeds  |
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| Article Title :: Beyond the Brink |
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| Penny stocks represent an excellent investment vehicle for producing gains, while the risks are equally as high. When you finally decide to get involved in penny stocks, to go 'Beyond the Brink,' there are some things you need to know.
In fact, whether you have been burned by penny stocks in the past, or have never even invested, the following theories are designed to give you an instant and significant advantage over all those inexperienced and uninformed traders. After all, to make money in stocks someone usually has to be losing money. Which side of the fence do you want to fall on?
Glass Jaw
Lots of people have made lots of money from trading pen (read full article) |
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| Category :: Stock Market Articles |
Author :: Azouz Gmach |
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| Article Title :: Profitable Trading System |
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| After you have found a profitable trading system that you already back-tested, how can you be sure that this system will produce the same gains in future?
Nobody can predict the future, your system can easily make losses in next years or can be no tradable.
There are some tests you must do before accepting a trading system, these tests swill show the robustness of your system and when passing these tests, it will be more likely to show gain in future.
Test 1 : Make sure that you put liquidity rule, that your entry and exit prices are realizable.
Test 2: Examine again your trading systems and your rules (This is very important).
I made dozen of trad (read full article) |
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| Category :: Stock Market Articles |
Author :: Hari Wibowo |
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| Article Title :: How to Use Annual Report |
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| There are many steps in calculating the fair value of a company. However, before we even do that, it is imperative to know how a company earns its profit. Does it do that by selling to consumers? licensing its technology to other companies? or extracting natural resources from the ground?
The sensible way to do it is by reading the company's annual report. What is an annual report? Annual report is yearly publication by public companies to better inform investor about the company's line of business. Annual report gives investors a glance of the company's line of business, financial health as well as management's strategies for doing business.
Let's look at CNET Netw (read full article) |
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| Category :: Stock Market Articles |
Author :: Hari Wibowo |
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| Article Title :: Fair Value of A Common Stock |
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| A lot of discussions have been devoted towards finding fair value of an investment. The goal of every investors is to find undervalued investment and sell it when it reaches fair value. Admittedly, this is the hardest part of investing. So, what is fair value? Fair value is a point where the price of an investment reflect its earning power.
Fair value is relative and it depends on other factors beyond the investors' control. In here, we will discuss on calculating fair value within our own boundary of control. In short, calculating fair value of an investment depends on the rate of return expected and the risk taken to achieve that return. Higher risk needs higher reward. It is (read full article) |
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| Category :: Stock Market Articles |
Author :: Hari Wibowo |
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| Article Title :: The Difference Between Down and Out |
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| As turnaround investors, I prefer to invest in companies that are down but not out. This is important because a lot of times, investors misunderstood the two. Often times, these two types of companies are trading near or at their 52 week low. But the similarity ends there.
Company that is Down. This is the company that experiences problem and it seems like it can weather the problem. It just needs time to right the ship and get back on track. How can we be certain that the company can weather the storm? The ultimate guideline is to look at the company's balance sheet and income statement. Does the company have a positive net cash? Is the company expected to post a profit? (read full article) |
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| Category :: Stock Market Articles |
Author :: Hari Wibowo |
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| Article Title :: Volatility, So What? |
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| Earning Season is always volatile to stock prices. Traders jerk in and out depending on the outcome of the report. For example, Texas Instrument (TXN) reported that its third quarter earning of 2005 rising 12% year over year. And yet, TXN fell after hour due to weak forecast. The game now is the expectation game. If the company beats, share price normally rise. If it doesn't, share price plunge.
There are ways to beat the expectation game and reduce volatility to your portfolio. You do not have to wait for the press release and wait nervously whether your company beat or miss expectation. One way is to buy company with a modest expectation. The definition of modest varies among (read full article) |
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| Category :: Stock Market Articles |
Author :: Hari Wibowo |
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| Article Title :: Chasing Value Versus Growth |
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| A lot of opinions had been thrown regarding the benefit of value investing versus growth investing. The proponents of each styles of investing insists that their method is superior over the other.
I believe that each has its own merit. Being a proponent of value investing, let me state the case for value investing. First, value investors buy companies in a mature industry. That said, it is easier to predict earning of such company. This is why I lean towards value investing. I am in favor of reducing risk instead of chasing return. Anybody can make an estimate that a small biotech company A will rake in X amount of profit after several years. But, if your prediction is not accur (read full article) |
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| Category :: Stock Market Articles |
Author :: Hari Wibowo |
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| Article Title :: Quelling Your Investment Fear |
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| Investing can be dangerous yet profitable endeavor. Many people have been burnt and decide not to ever invest again. This is the primary fear for investing in anything. They may give you excuse such as 'I don't have enough money' or 'I don't know where to invest'. But the number one fear is always the fear of losing money. If a novice investor knows that he won't lose money, he must have used all means necessary (such as loan) to buy as much investment opportunity possible.
Investing here can mean a lot of things from buying gold coin to real estate. However, common stock is the most popular form of investing since more than 50% of the US household invest in it. There are severa (read full article) |
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| Category :: Stock Market Articles |
Author :: Joel Noah |
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| Article Title :: Understanding The Stock Market |
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| Watching the numbers roll by on the bottom of your screen during a news cast might seem like nonsense to you. Those numbers are very important to many people because they make their fortune with stocks. They steadfastly watch the stock markets wanting to see how their investment is doing.
To understand the stock market you first need to understand what stocks are. Stocks are the capital raised by a company when they sell shares. Shares are offered through the stock market and the money taken in from those becomes the companyÂ’s stocks.
There are several major stock exchanges in the world where shares are traded. CompanyÂ’s stocks are increased and decreased (read full article) |
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| Category :: Stock Market Articles |
Author :: Trading Framework |
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| Article Title :: A Disciplined and Organized Approach to Trading in the Stock Market |
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| A Winning Approach to Trading in the Stock Market
Many traders lose simply out of ignorance. They base their trades on hunches, news, or tips from friends, and do not define specific risk and profit objectives before placing trades. Others have the merit of educating themselves but fall victims of their emotions. They hold on to losing positions hoping they will turn into winners and sell winners by fear of losing a small gain. They overtrade to fulfill a need for action or by fear of missing out.
The consistent winners follow a winning approach: They have a strategy to enter and exit trades They use good money ma (read full article) |
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