Posts Tagged ‘ Investing Strategies ’
“Futures.” The very word has been known to make stock investors shudder.
That’s an understandable reaction. Futures are volatile, and they’re fraught with hypothetically unlimited risk. Futures have been known to wipe out multi-millionaire professional traders... so, it’s no surprise amateur investors prefer to keep their distance from them. But they’re ...read more
The Beginning of the End for Netflix?
Jul 13th, 2011 | By Greg Guenthner | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies, Investor Education
Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) has been a reliable market leader for several years. It has shown investors returns of nearly 700% since early 2009.
But an announced price raise in the company's cheapest content streaming and disc-by-mail package has attracted harsh criticism from users across the internet. Many customers are even threatening ...read more
Don’t Get Caught In An Emotional Market
Jul 6th, 2011 | By Greg Guenthner | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies, Penny stocks
When I last wrote to you two weeks ago, the market was on the brink of a potentially long and drawn out correction. Major indexes were flirting with support – and most investors were expecting the worst.
How quickly attitudes change...
Above is the updated weekly chart of the Russell 2000 – ...read more
33,500 Reasons to Like Aircraft Suppliers
Jun 29th, 2011 | By Chris Mayer | Category: Featured, High Growth, Investing Strategies
“The center of aviation has now moved officially from Europe and North America to the Asian markets. It’s the biggest market today and it’s going to grow at the fastest rate, and unless something very unusual happens, it will continue to be the largest market.” –Vice President of Marketing for ...read more
How to Play Small Momentum Stocks
Mar 23rd, 2011 | By Greg Guenthner | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies, Penny stocks
For the active small-cap trader, momentum stocks are a great way to make fast gains. But when you’re flipping the market’s strongest stocks, there are a few rules you need to follow to maximize your gains— and protect your profits…
Do your homework. The more charts you look at on a ...read more
Choppy Market Trading Strategies: Play the Pullback
Feb 2nd, 2011 | By Greg Guenthner | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies
During a roaring bull market, you can sometimes get away with buying less-than-ideal set-ups. The rising tide will usually bail you out of any imperfect trades. Yet so far in 2011, the choppy market isn’t handing out free money. You simply cannot afford to be sloppy in your trading.
Over the ...read more
Benchmarks for Global Markets
Mar 23rd, 2007 | By Christopher Hancock | Category: Investing Strategies
How much money are you really making if your portfolio "beats the market?"
When you break down the one, three and five-year returns of the 53 most established world markets, the results are appalling:
Again, I ask: How much money are you really making if your portfolio "beats" the market?
Take the S&P...the ...read more
Successful Small-Cap Investment Strategies
Feb 1st, 2007 | By Chris Mayer | Category: Investing Strategies
It was half-past five before Holmes returned. He was bright, eager and in excellent spirits, a mood which in his case alternated with fits of the blackest depression.
"There is no great mystery in this matter," he said, taking the cup of tea which I had poured out for him; "the ...read more
Small-Cap vs. Large-Cap Returns in 2007
Jan 19th, 2007 | By Christopher Hancock | Category: Investing Strategies
Your typical red Hong Kong taxi took Ted and me back to our flat in midlevels late one Thursday night. We had spent the night barhopping from Lawn Qua Fong down the hill with the post 2:00am crowd to find ourselves among the shady streets of Wan Chai.
Our routine was ...read more
Investment Strategies of Famous Investors
Oct 26th, 2006 | By Penny Sleuth Contributor | Category: Investing Strategies
Using this investment strategy, Thomas Rowe Price Jr. discovered companies such as Black & Decker, Merck, Avon and Xerox. Back in the '40s, '50s and '60s, these were speculative stocks that no one, except Price, had the guts to buy.
They all went on to rise between 6,184-23,666%. And today, Price's ...read more
