Strategies

There is a crucial component of the investment process that gets surprisingly little attention: our investment default settings. We can use them when we aren’t sure what to do, when we’re deciding what to do, when our circumstances have changed but our plan hasn’t (yet), or when we’re just starting out. Here they are.

Most “home run” investments evolve over time. Rarely do they happen overnight. Investors have to put themselves in the right position to “get home” by getting off to a good start with the investment to begin with. This, along with a little luck, dramatically increases the chance of a big winner. Here are 7 recurring themes to such “home run” style investing. Words: 640

There are many indicators available that provide information on stock and index movement to help you time the market and make money. Market strength and volatility are two such categories of indicators and a description of six of them are described in this "cut and save" article. Read on!

Here’s my list of the most common errors investors make and some related maxims.

Yes, you can time the market! Assessing the relative levels of greed and fear in the market at any given point in time is an effective way of doing so and this article outlines the 6 most popular momentum indicators and explains how, why and where they should be used.

Which types of investment behavior are most associated with negative returns and to what degree? This article isolates 2 specific bad behaviors that hurt investor returns most and recommends how such shortcomings can easily be avoided.

The trend is your friend and this article reviews the 7 most popular trend indicators to help you make an extensive and in-depth assessment of whether you should be buying or selling. If ever there was a “cut and save” investment advisory this article is it.

A tightening cycle by the Fed does one thing every time: slow our economy and end up in a stock market crash. History tells us this and if you haven't taken action yet, you may be running out of time. Here's what you can do to protect yourself:

According to RBS, the global financial markets are already showing signs of significant stress and the conditions are similar to those of the months before the Lehman crisis in 2008. Their advice is to ‘Sell everything’ and brace for a ‘cataclysmic year’!

Most every shopper, except most common stock shoppers, are excited and appreciative when they see merchandise they want selling at a bargain price. Why is it that common stock investors seem to hate it when their stocks go on sale?