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Dogs of the Dow: The Simple Stock Picking Strategy that Works

Levi Rasmussen — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 17:55:24 +0000

Meet the Dogs No question about it, investing is a dog-eat-dog world. Traders are constantly developing and revising strategies in order to make the most money in the stock market. Throughout time many strategies have come and gone, few sustaining any significant longevity. However, over the past decades, Michael O’Higgins’ strategy coined “Dogs of the Read More...

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How To Pick Stocks

Kevin Smith — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 15:30:30 +0000

How To Pick Stocks – The Basics The most challenging aspect of starting to invest in the stock market is deciding what stocks to buy. Every experienced investor has his/her own techniques and strategies that they believe in. But when you are just getting started, learning how to pick stocks can be very challenging. Read More...

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Basic Investing Strategies

Kevin Smith — Thu, 15 Jun 2017 15:42:03 +0000

An “Investing Strategy” is a plan for how to save money to help it grow. Sometimes an “investing strategy” can just mean “plan for trading stocks”, but it really means a lot more. Liquidity, Risk, and Potential Returns All investments balance liquidity (how easily it can be converted into cash for other use), risk (the Read More...

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Stop and Limit Orders

Phil Simard — Tue, 01 Sep 2015 20:44:54 +0000

Definition A Stop (or stop loss) order and limit order are orders that try to execute (meaning become a market order) when a certain price threshold is reached. Limit and stop orders are mirrors of each other; they have the same mechanics, but have opposite triggers. When creating a limit or stop order, you will select Read More...

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Investment Strategy

Phil Simard — Wed, 12 Aug 2015 21:14:04 +0000

An investment strategy is the set of rules and behaviors that you can adopt to reach your financial and investing goals. Choosing an investing strategy can be a daunting task when you are starting to learn about investments and finance. Here we will look at the larger overall strategies rather than very specific strategies. Given Read More...

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The Power of Supply and Demand on Stock Prices

HTMW Team — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 09:15:37 +0000

Stock prices are a direct result of supply and demand. All the other influences like debt, balance sheets, earnings and so on affect the desirability of owning (or selling) a stock.

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What Affects Stock Prices

HTMW Team — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 19:27:52 +0000

Stock market prices are affected by business fundamentals, company and world events, human psychology, and much more.

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Stocks To Buy?

HTMW Team — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 06:49:52 +0000

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Market Hours for Stocks and Mutual Funds

Phil Simard — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 16:28:45 +0000

Real-life and virtual trading hours for our site (all times Eastern).
Note: Stock Market trading is Monday-Friday, except on holidays.

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Order

Phil Simard — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 17:10:59 +0000

An investor's instructions to a broker or brokerage firm to purchase or sell a security. Orders are typically placed over the phone or online. Orders fall into different available types which allow investors to place restrictions on their orders affecting the price and time at which the order can be executed.

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Best Practices for New Investors

HTMW Team — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 15:58:17 +0000

If I've learned anything in my decades of trading, I've learned that the simple methods work best. Those who need to rely upon complex stochastics, linear weighted moving averages, smoothing techniques, Fibonacci numbers etc., usually find that they have so many things rolling around in their heads that they cannot make a rational decision. One technique says buy; another says sell. Another says sit tight while another says add to the trade. It sounds like a cliche, but simple methods work best.

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