Before we start buying stocks, we first have to learn everything there is about them. We have to master the theory that’s behind buying stocks. Moreover, we have to practice until we learn how to avoid mistakes and profit from our trading career. So where can we buy or sell shares? The answer is — at a stock exchange. In the USA, we have three major stock exchanges. They are: AMEX — American Stock Exchange NASDAQ — National Association of…
Overseas Foreign money Change (Foreign exchange) Buying and selling includes figuring out whether or not a sure nations foreign money will go up or down in comparison with one other main foreign money. While you commerce within the Foreign exchange, you commerce foreign money pairs: Pairs of nationwide currencies which go up or down relative to one another. While you commerce Commodities (something discovered naturally in nature or planted) you establish if the worth of a sure commodity will go…
Unlike long-term trading strategies, active trading relies on short-term movements. Active traders need to quickly buy and sell securities in order to profit from the price changes. Meanwhile, the long-term strategies require you to have a different kind of mentality. Most investors who use buy-and-hold strategies expect the price changes to have a more significant long-term meaning. In contrast, active traders believe that the only way you could profit is by using those short-term price changes. There are many active…
Achieving success in stock trading is impossible without some kind of a trading system or strategy. Money management and risk management play a role, of course, but without a trading system, you really wouldn’t have anything to do. So what, exactly, is a trading system? In essence, a trading system is a set of rules that tell you when and how to trade. Today, you can easily find many different black box trading systems. Browse through any trading forum or…
Last week I went a little crazy and made 4 new purchases for my dividend growth stock portfolio. On a day when the market was down, I took advantage to make my buys using my monthly capital contribution plus some additional savings that I decided would be put to better use buying some shares of some solid quality dividend growth companies. The monthly income savings and my additional savings allowed me to buy 4 new companies to include in my…
When it comes to investing, the first thing I consider about a company is dividend growth. I prefer to invest in companies that have at least a 5 year history of annually increasing their dividend payment to shareholders. For me, a company that is able to grow it’s dividend over a period of time is usually a successful company. Also, management is showing their faith in the future performance of a company by committing to pay out a higher and…
The following is a guest post written by Mike from The Dividend Guy Blog and Dividend Stock Analysis. Mike has an MBA in financial services and writes about dividend investing since 2010. His goal is to use dividend growth power to retire early. When I was a kid, I always wanted to work in the investment industry. I had a grand perception of the financial industry and thought it would be so cool to be able to buy shares of…
When it comes to buying stocks, one of the most important pieces of advice is to not overpay. The price you pay for the companies you buy can make or break your investment. Even a bad company could turn out to be a great investment if you buy it at a great price while even the greatest of companies may turn out to be an awful investment if you invest when it is priced way too high. Typically I have…
How to develop an exit strategy before you enter a trade on the Dow, Nasdaq, S&P or any other stock exchange is one of the most important steps to making money in the stock market. Not only should investors know your investment style and match it to meet your end goals, but every trader must have an answer to the “what if” question. Failing to plan an exit strategy before you enter a trade can lead to clinging to a falling…
This will seem weird… however in market timing, timing is the whole thing. Winning market investors are tolerant. They know how to monitor their impulses and to take action decisively while the stock market timing alert is given. Rather than acting on impulse, successful (profitable) stock market investors make use of a tested strategy of market timing, which has obvious entry & exit techniques, and strictly tracked. Delaying Gratification Discipline is the key for stock market timing success. Although discipline…