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‘EARNINGS SEASON’ DEFINED Publicly traded companies report their earnings four times a year. Typically, this is done at the beginning of each quarter and the company tells shareholders what happened over the past three months. This period is also known as earnings season. Put simply, it describes a period time when the majority of companies…
Risk vs. Reward Last week I wrote an article titled Trading Math and received quite a bit of positive response from it. The article discussed the importance of keeping your losses small and letting your winners run. This week, I want to follow up with a brief introduction to risk and reward in capital markets….
How To Limit Your Losses There is an old maxim on Wall Street that says successful traders limit their losses and let their winners run. Simple enough, right? But knowing how to actually do that consistently is not easy. Why? Because it is counter-intuitive in nature and goes against what comes “natural” for most people. How…
Intro To ETF’s Whether you are a long-term investor or an active trader- every buy or sell decision you make in the market begins with an idea. Do you think this stock is under-valued? Do you think this is a growth stock? Is the economy going to expand or contract over the next 6-12 months? Does this stock…
There are only three ways a market can move: up, down, or sideways. Trending Markets: Up & Down Uptrends are known as bull markets. In the simplest sense uptrends occur when markets are moving up. The definition, of an uptrend varies depending on your time frame. A day trader tends to look at short intra-day…
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…
Learn How to Navigate The Stock Market “Never argue with the tape and always keep your losses small.”- -Adam Sarhan “Trade wisely” -Adam Sarhan “The market is just a reflection of collective psychology.” -Adam Sarhan “Time is the friend of a successful investor and the enemy of lousy investor.” -Adam Sarhan “There is always that one person…
I look at capital markets (stocks, bonds, currencies, and commodities) as the last economic frontier. For the purpose of this article, I’ll focus on Wall Street but the same concepts apply to other markets. It is the one place on earth where anyone can make (or loss) a fortune- regardless of their background, skill-set, formal…
Immediate Gratification: Profits are a function of time. By definition any trade that is exited with a profit requires a certain element of time. The problem is that most people have a natural tendency to seek immediate gratification at the expense of long term gratification. That is why most people lose money on Wall Street….
Market States & Cycles 04.29.14 The stock market is constantly changing but the one constant throughout history is (has always and will always be ) human nature. The stories, stocks, centuries, asset class, bubbles, busts, change, but people don’t. That is why it is important to understand market cycles not just from a technical level…