4 Stages Of A Bull Market
Sir John Templeton came up with the 4 stages of a bull market, reflected in the chart above. Source: Kimble Charting Solutions
Ignore Information, Listen to the Market!
Source: Stockscores.com Perspectives for the week ending January 23, 2013 This week’s Trading Lesson In theory, information should make the stock market’s world go round. Information about companies and their ability to make money in the future is what should determine share price. As the market learns of new information, price is adjusted up and…
Stock Market Insight- Stop Thinking!
Source: Stockscores.com Perspectives for the week ending February 18, 2013 This week’s Trading Lesson You cannot expect to do well in the market if you look at investing in a normal way. By definition, being average is doing what most other people do and since investing is largely a psychological game, doing what other people…
Overcome Your Emotional Attachment to Money
Source: Stockscores.com Perspectives for the week ending January 28, 2013 This week’s Trading Lesson Stock traders go through many different phases in their quest to be a master of the market. Initially, the focus is on learning how to pick good stocks to buy or short sell. Countless books may be read, classes attended, computer software…
Chart Reading- Basic Concepts
Here are some simple rules of chart reading that I think anyone analyzing charts should keep in mind. Prices That Fall in to Support Will Bounce at Support Support and resistance are important concepts of chart analysis. Support is a floor price that has been formed by the market over time, it is a low…
10 Ways To Control Your Emotions On Wall Street
Fear and greed drive investor decisions in destructive ways. People want to buy stocks that have been going up for some time because their market performance gives legitimacy to the story. A stock that is falling sharply brings out sellers eager to get out because of their fear that the stock will go lower. You…
Long Term Look At The U.S. Stock Market: 1900-2012 (Summer)
Long Sideways Patterns Are Normal For The Stock Market: This is one of my favorite charts because it clearly shows that we are in the middle of a long (12 yr) sideways pattern in the US stock market. These long sideways periods are “normal,” have happened before, and will happen again. …And So…
7 Ways to Take Emotion Out of Trading
I think that many traders have a hard time believing that they can make money by buying a stock and waiting. Most of us are not taught to make our money work for us but instead that we must work for our money. Go to a job, put in the time and you get a…
10 Ways To "Think" Like A Successful Investor
Think Less Source: Stockscores.com Perspectives for the week ending May 26, 2012 You cannot expect to do well in the market if you look at investing in a normal way. By definition, being average is doing what most other people do and since investing is largely a psychological game, doing what other people do is…
Hedge Fund Market Wizards— “Five Market Wizard Lessons” Jack Schwager
This book should be a good! My copy just arrived and I’m looking fwd to reading it over the long weekend! 1. Interview with Jack: http://hw.libsyn.com/p/e/e/1/ee17590e593cecee/TrendFollowingManifesto052212.mp3?sid=4613df5d6a9030ffbc1e05ccfd7340f7&l_sid=35470&l_eid=&l_mid=3017493&expiration=1337819551&hwt=c97a9cbe04029ff32705664d59ab4dff 2. “Five Market Wizard Lessons” after the jump Jack Schwager: “Five Market Wizard Lessons” Hedge Fund Market Wizards is ultimately a search for insights to be drawn from the most successful…