http://www.ezinearticles.bizSearch hundreds of free ezine articles from reputed authorsen-uscopyright 2004 ezinearticles.bizhttp://www.ezinearticles.biz/rssinfo@hostdude.netwebmaster@ezinead.netSteve Selengut One of the great things about being a professional investor is the opportunity one has to apply his or her long-term experience to the investment environment that is unfolding (or coming unglued) in the present. If nothing else, most successful...http://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/Crisis-Investing-Three-Pronged-WCM-Strategy/19229Wed, 28 Jan 2009 01:00:00 ESThttp://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/Crisis-Investing-Three-Pronged-WCM-Strategy/19229#1922919229Steve Selengut The Working Capital Model (WCM) is an historically new methodology, but with roots deeply imbedded in the building blocks of capitalism, and financial psychology--- if there actually is such a thing. The earliest forms of capitalism sprung from ancient Roman...http://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/The-Investment-Gods-Are-Angry/19230Wed, 28 Jan 2009 01:00:00 ESThttp://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/The-Investment-Gods-Are-Angry/19230#1923019230Martin Straith We have seen a huge deflation of wealth in both the real estate and stock markets and we feel that on the macro level, the duration of this economic downturn has quite a ways to go yet. This situation is...http://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/Its-Deflation/16554Tue, 11 Nov 2008 01:00:00 ESThttp://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/Its-Deflation/16554#1655416554Alton Hill History of Stock Tips Stock tips are as old as the market itself. I guarantee you during the tulip bubble during the 1600's there was some guy passing out leaflets in every market he could find pushing tulips. Stock tips are...http://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/Stock-Tips-Why-You-Should-Avoid-Them/7795Sun, 23 Sep 2007 14:30:00 EDThttp://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/Stock-Tips-Why-You-Should-Avoid-Them/7795#77957795Al Hill Penny stocks are low-priced securities that are currently trading below $5 per share. Often times these stocks have fallen from much higher prices and now trade thinly with low volume. Penny stocks are no longer listed on the...http://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/Penny-Stocks-are-they-worth-trading-/7796Sun, 23 Sep 2007 14:30:00 EDThttp://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/Penny-Stocks-are-they-worth-trading-/7796#77967796Christopher W Smith Most people these days know the definition of a mutual fund, however many do not know what mutual fund ratings are. Mutual fund ratings are the numerical scale that is placed on funds to determine the history of their performance....http://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/Mutual-Fund-Ratings-And-How-We-Benefit/7797Sun, 23 Sep 2007 14:30:00 EDThttp://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/Mutual-Fund-Ratings-And-How-We-Benefit/7797#77977797Al Jacobs During this past month the nation learned of the collapse-in-progress of the sub-prime mortgage market, which it appears will be promoted as this seasons spectator sport. Each day we view another victim in this saga: a former sub-prime loan processor...http://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/The-Hows-and-Whys-of-the-Sub-Prime-Mortgage-Meltdown/7698Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:30:00 EDThttp://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/The-Hows-and-Whys-of-the-Sub-Prime-Mortgage-Meltdown/7698#76987698Al Jacobs For more than four decades Ive involved myself in investments, including stocks and bonds, real estate, mortgage lending, and variety of enterprises, some of them hard to describe. However, there is one endeavor that Ive systematically avoided. It is the...http://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/Why-I-Don't-Invest-in-Mutual-Funds/7699Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:30:00 EDThttp://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/Why-I-Don't-Invest-in-Mutual-Funds/7699#76997699Craig Sipe For ten years or more, U.S. investors in increasing numbers have depended on mutual funds to save for their retirement plans, creating wealth and other financial objectives. Mutual funds offer the benefit of diversification along with professional management. Diversification is...http://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/Creating-Wealth-With-Mutual-Funds-/7700Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:30:00 EDThttp://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/Creating-Wealth-With-Mutual-Funds-/7700#77007700Zheng Fang Picking good stocks is only the first step to become a consistently profitable trader. Those of you that track the performances of stock picks I post on http://www.cisiova.com/analysis.asp know that it is impossible to determine if a stock is good...http://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/Learn-Stock-Trading-From-Playing-Poker/7701Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:30:00 EDThttp://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/Learn-Stock-Trading-From-Playing-Poker/7701#77017701Zheng Fang Stock picking is a very complicated process and investors have different approaches. However, it is wise to follow general steps to minimize the risk of the investments. This article will outline these basic steps for picking high performance stocks. Step 1....http://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/3-Steps-To-Low-Risk-Stock-Picking/6857Fri, 10 Aug 2007 14:30:00 EDThttp://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/3-Steps-To-Low-Risk-Stock-Picking/6857#68576857Mark Crisp Charts are visual representations of stock prices over time, and you can familiarize yourself with them in the financial pages of your local news paper. Think back to algebra, and plotting curves the vertical axis is the price, and...http://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/Stock-Trading-Systems-The-Lexicon/6409Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:30:00 EDThttp://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/Stock-Trading-Systems-The-Lexicon/6409#64096409Amit Malhotra A crowded and clumsy market full of people, running and writing some scores on sheets, yelling on phones and carrying the unusual gestures on their faces - that's the way a stock market looks like. A stock exchange has always...http://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/Stock-Market/6408Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:30:00 EDThttp://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/Stock-Market/6408#64086408Mark Crisp However, there's still a learning curve, and as it's investing with your money, making that learning curve easier to deal with is important. Getting up to speed quickly helps improve your return on time invested in investing. First, decide what time...http://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/Online-Stock-Trading,-The-Basics/6407Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:30:00 EDThttp://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/Online-Stock-Trading,-The-Basics/6407#64076407123WealthQuest.com Big caps. Mid-caps. Small caps. Market capitalization. You've heard these terms tossed about by the media and at cocktail parties. As an investor, here is what you need to know about them: First, don't be intimidated by the term "market capitalization." It's...http://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/All-About-Market-Capitalization/6403Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:30:00 EDThttp://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/All-About-Market-Capitalization/6403#64036403123WealthQuest.com Trading or investing can be so exciting that it often makes amateurs feel high. Nobody can get high and make money at the same time. Emotional trading is your own worst enemy. Greed and fear are bound to destroy any...http://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/Mind-Over-Markets/6404Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:30:00 EDThttp://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/Mind-Over-Markets/6404#64046404Steve Selengut Most people never forget their first love. I'll never forget my first trading profit! But the $600 (1970 ) I pocketed on Royal Dutch Petroleum was not nearly as significant as the conceptual realization it signaled! I was amazed that...http://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/Dealing-With-Market's-Mood/6405Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:30:00 EDThttp://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/Dealing-With-Market's-Mood/6405#64056405Steve Selengut It's likely that either curiosity or skepticism led you to this article, and I would agree that, for most individual investors, trading is approached in a totally speculative manner. Stock trading, in its more popular forms (Day...http://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/Stock-and-Bond-Trading-as-a-Conservative-Investment-Strategy/6406Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:30:00 EDThttp://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/Stock-and-Bond-Trading-as-a-Conservative-Investment-Strategy/6406#64066406Melanie Following last issue's article, here are more great ways to blow your hard-earned savings. As we said last issue, to make money, sometimes it's better to first concentrate on not losing it. With that in mind, here's the second part of...http://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/Golden-rules-for-losing-money-2/5999Mon, 02 Jul 2007 14:30:00 EDThttp://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/Golden-rules-for-losing-money-2/5999#59995999Henry Lu (1) Stock Market is Tough Place to Make Any Money Consistently NASDAQ or SP&500 averaged about -6% per year for 5 years between 1999 and 2003. Many individual investors who made killing in the internet bubble period got wiped out...http://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/How-to-Make-Big-Money-Safely-In-Stock-Market/5924Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:30:00 EDThttp://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/How-to-Make-Big-Money-Safely-In-Stock-Market/5924#59245924Mostafa Soleimanzadeh Mutual Funds Definition Mutual funds enable investors to pool their money and place it under professional investment management. The portfolio manager trades the fund's underlying securities, realizing a gain or loss, and collects the dividend or interest income. The investment proceeds...http://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/Investing-in-Mutual-Funds/5931Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:30:00 EDThttp://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/Investing-in-Mutual-Funds/5931#59315931Dr Steven Lee 1. CUT YOUR LOSSES. LET YOUR PROFIT RUN. Always remember to set stop loss point. 2. LEARN FROM YOUR LOSSES. Make each loss as a lesson to enrich your investment experience. 3. DONT BE GREEDY. People always turn their large profits into losses because of...http://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/Ten-Tips-to-Succeed-in-Stock-Market/5880Sun, 24 Jun 2007 14:30:00 EDThttp://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/Ten-Tips-to-Succeed-in-Stock-Market/5880#58805880Steve Selengut A correction is a beautiful thing, simply the flip side of a rally, big or small. Theoretically, even technically I'm told, corrections adjust equity prices to their actual value or "support levels". In reality, it's much easier than that. Prices go...http://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/Dealing-With-Stock-Market-Corrections-Ten-Dos-and-Donts/5165Wed, 25 Apr 2007 14:30:00 EDThttp://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/Dealing-With-Stock-Market-Corrections-Ten-Dos-and-Donts/5165#51655165Steve Selengut How much financial bloodshed is necessary before we realize that there is no safe and easy shortcut to investment success? When do we learn that most of our mistakes involve greed, fear, or unrealistic expectations about what we own?...http://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/In-Value-Stock-Investing,-Quality-is-Job-One/5166Wed, 25 Apr 2007 14:30:00 EDThttp://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/In-Value-Stock-Investing,-Quality-is-Job-One/5166#51665166Dr Steven Lee The 12 Rules of How to Avoid Losing and Start Making Money from the Stock Market RULE 1: WHY DO YOU INVEST? Make more money, this is the answer to most people. If your reason is to make more money, then ask...http://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/Creating-Wealth-In-Stock-Market/4556Wed, 28 Feb 2007 13:30:00 ESThttp://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/Creating-Wealth-In-Stock-Market/4556#45564556Tim Morrison Fantasy stock markets and stock market simulators - why spend time playing games when you can go to any broker online and spend your money investing in what you really want to invest in? There must be a reason why...http://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/The-Fascination-with-Fantasy-Stock-Markets/2906Mon, 16 Oct 2006 01:00:00 EDThttp://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/The-Fascination-with-Fantasy-Stock-Markets/2906#29062906Peter Leeds So You've Raked It In Once you've had a big success with a penny stock, you may want to think logically about cashing out so that you maximize your advantages and benefits. For example, taking all the money off of...http://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/Cashing-Out/2135Wed, 09 Aug 2006 01:00:00 EDThttp://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/Cashing-Out/2135#21352135Jason Brook Many people have been susceptible to penny stocks scams. They hear about the next great hot penny stock in message boards, emails, faxes, and from other people who claim that such and such penny stock will go through the...http://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/How-To-Protect-Yourself-Against-Penny-Stock-Scams/1903Fri, 07 Jul 2006 01:00:00 EDThttp://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/How-To-Protect-Yourself-Against-Penny-Stock-Scams/1903#19031903Jason Brook People usually fear what they do not know. You cannot judge or label something until you get to know it. First impressions are a perfect example. One person may have preconceived notions about somebody who they don’t know...http://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/Clearing-Up-Myths-About-Penny-Stocks/1324Sun, 12 Mar 2006 01:00:00 ESThttp://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/Clearing-Up-Myths-About-Penny-Stocks/1324#13241324Peter Leeds The Nature of Stocks and Their Markets Stock Brokers Besides money, the only thing you need to start investing is a stock broker. Your broker will be the individual or organization that have execute your buy and sell orders. They...http://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/The-New-Investor-Special-Report/1250Mon, 27 Feb 2006 01:00:00 ESThttp://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/The-New-Investor-Special-Report/1250#12501250Jason Brook Penny stocks. What’s the automatic reaction when people hear these two words? “Don’t invest in them.” I agree. Do not invest in them. What I mean by investing is buying shares of a penny stock and holding them for...http://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/The-Secret-To-Making-Money-From-Penny-Stocks/1231Fri, 24 Feb 2006 01:00:00 ESThttp://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/The-Secret-To-Making-Money-From-Penny-Stocks/1231#12311231Peter Leeds Before the Brink 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...http://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/Beyond-the-Brink/899Mon, 12 Dec 2005 01:00:00 ESThttp://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/Beyond-the-Brink/899#899899Peter Leeds Financial statements are a useful tool for judging the health of a company, and for comparing it to its competitors. They show what the company owes and owns, the profits or loses it has made over a given period, and...http://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/How-to-Interpret-and-Profit-from-Financial-Statements/760Wed, 16 Nov 2005 01:00:00 ESThttp://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/How-to-Interpret-and-Profit-from-Financial-Statements/760#760760Peter Leeds The Nature of Penny Stocks For anyone new to investing in penny stocks, you should first be made aware of the differences between these micro-cap stocks and the more conventional blue-chip and mid-cap investments. Unlike buying shares in a large,...http://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/Penny-Stock-Investing/256Tue, 21 Jun 2005 01:00:00 EDThttp://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/Penny-Stock-Investing/256#256256Kim Proulx There are many good penny stock investments available, which could turn a small amount of capital into a small fortune very quickly. However, to discover these you need to know what to look for and what to avoid. When searching...http://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/8-Penny-Stocks-to-Avoid/213Wed, 01 Jun 2005 01:00:00 EDThttp://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/8-Penny-Stocks-to-Avoid/213#213213Stan Seecrets Over 80% of all individual investors lose money in any given span of ten years. This figure is likely to be higher, given most people’s reluctance to reveal their losses. This article provides a broad outline of this financial landscape....http://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/Seecrets-on-Investment-Tired-of-making-huge-losses-in-the-stock-market-–-Part-1/198Wed, 25 May 2005 01:00:00 EDThttp://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/Seecrets-on-Investment-Tired-of-making-huge-losses-in-the-stock-market-–-Part-1/198#198198Stan Seecrets Fundamental analysis. Fundamentals analysis says the best way to predict the future trends of a stock is to understand the financial figures of the underlying company. The fundamental analyst would calculate a theoretical value of the company using cash flow analysis,...http://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/Seecrets-on-Investment-Tired-of-making-huge-losses-in-the-stock-market-–-Part-2/199Wed, 25 May 2005 01:00:00 EDThttp://www.ezinearticles.biz/article/Seecrets-on-Investment-Tired-of-making-huge-losses-in-the-stock-market-–-Part-2/199#199199