Archive for the ‘Stock Investing Principles’ Category
Tuesday, May 9th, 2006
It can happen to any company. A former high-flyer starts stumbling. This is what seems to be happening to Dell Lately as the warn again on earnings. The global market is highly competitive, and no company can take market share for granted. As investors, a ...
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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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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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Saturday, April 15th, 2006
You spent time researching a stock. You're sure this stock will rise and you decide to get in. As you watch from your brokerage account, you see the price rising. You're not sure what to do, but you know you don't want to pay a price that's much higher. Reluctantly, ...
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