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LIKE THIS? SIGN UP FOR OUR FREE NEWSLETTER Attention is the brain’s currency. We all have a limited amount of it (scarce resource) and we are all free to use it anyway we like. Most people don’t think about how they “use” their attention and end up spending it, instead of investing it. Invest, Don’t Spend…

Separate Your Emotions From Your Decisions: Ron Johnson & Jon Corzine Lesson
Our longstanding readers and clients know that we are big fans of removing your emotions from the decision making process, in life and in the market. This is yet another lesson of what it is paramount for investors to remain objective, analyze the facts and always listen to what the market is saying (not someone’s…

How I Find Tops & Bottoms: Look For Time + Patterns
LIKE THIS? HELP SPREAD THE WORD & TELL Your FRIENDS ABOUT OUR SITE Look For Time AND Patterns: You probably know by now, that in uptrends, I prefer to step up and buying weakness, not just strength. Doing this requires patience and discipline. When a market (or stock) pulls back it is imperative to be…

Uncommon Market Sense: 10 Basic Thoughts & Rules on Trading:
This week, I share some basic thoughts and rules on trading: 1. Don’t apply logic to the stock market. So often I see people make decisions in the market on what makes sense to them. It makes sense to buy stocks when the company insiders are buying. It makes sense to buy stocks that are…

Focus on Probabilities, Not Possibilities
The Great Disconnect: Wall Street vs. Main Street The S&P 500 hit a new all-time high this week and topped the psychologically important 2,000 level for the first time ever. The S&P 500 is up approximately 8% for the year, after rallying a very impressive +29% in 2013! If you lived on another planet and…

Don't Chase Stocks
GET POWERFUL IDEAS DIRECTLY TO YOUR INBOX The Perils of Chasing Hot Stocks People love hot stocks, those names that are making big gains on strong volume and attracting a crowd of speculators which continue to drive it higher. Invariably what happens? They end up losign money in monster stock? Why because they made an emotional…

