Archive for the ‘Beginner's Series’ Category
Monday, May 1st, 2006
Google, who's always adding something, recently added an interesting service that is similar to Yahoo Finance, but takes a slightly different take on things. Google integrated Google Finance right in with their results, so typing in a stock symbol in the search button will return the page from Google ...
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Tuesday, April 25th, 2006
Warren Buffett is the most noted of the Fat Pitch theorists, and with good reason. He's currently the second richest man in the world, and the richest one who did sheerly through investing. One of the main concepts he always espoused was waiting on the "fat pitch" before ...
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Monday, April 24th, 2006
The great thing about excellent advice is that it lasts for a long time. In the case of Jesse Livermore, his gift to the financial world was a wonderful book called "Reminiscences of a Stock Market Operator." Written under the pen name of Edwin Lefevre, it goes into great detail ...
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Friday, April 21st, 2006
For people interested in investing in stocks who are also avid book readers, I'd like to mention some books that that give you a good understanding of how investing works and do so in an easy to read manner.
The first series of books is by noted form Fidelity Magellan manager ...
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Thursday, April 20th, 2006
One of the biggest keys to look for when choosing a stock is to see how companies in the same sector are doing. Generally, companies in the same sector will move in lockstep. It's not hard to understand why. If business conditions are favorable for one company in a sector, ...
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Wednesday, April 19th, 2006
If you're new to investing, and you're looking for information about investing online, I caution you to be aware that a lot of the information you get could be biased. In fact, much of what you read may be produced for the simple reason of getting you to buy the ...
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Tuesday, April 18th, 2006
Big trouble can arise when you trade stock. The biggest problem of all is your emotions. You're not alone, all people have emotions, and many people have trouble controlling theirs, especially when they're risking capital. No one likes to lose money, so sometimes the fear of losing prevents people from ...
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Monday, April 17th, 2006
One of the most common questions asked in stock market forums appears to be: "how can I get started investing in stocks?". It's not hard to get set up, but you still need to know what you're doing in order to have much chance of success. Here are the absolute ...
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