Asian stocks, dollar pause as Fed meeting looms

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Asian stocks edged lower on Tuesday and the dollar hovered above a record low against a basket of major currencies as investors held their fire ahead of a U.S. Federal Reserve po...Full Article

Stocks face earnings and "Black Monday"

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Just as earnings season hits full swing next week and investors get their first full taste of how the housing meltdown affected corporate profits, Wall Street will take a moment t...Full Article

Dont Spend Another Dollar on Business Opportunities Until You Read This

With an insecure job market, overworked employees,insufficient retirement savings and parents wanting theoption to stay home with their kids, it is notsurprising that many individuals are taking the l...Full Article

Market Timing

Every broker and financial planner will tell you that you cannot time the stock market. I saw John Bogle, the great seer of Vanguard, on CNBC saying it cant be done. Of course, it is easy to understan...Full Article

Market Globalization

Just 30 years ago the stock market was a shadow of what it is today. There were many fewer shareholders and the daily volume was a fraction of what it is at present. No one thought you would every be ...Full Article

Its Better

Question: How does it get better when it gets worse?Last week we had a jobs report from Washington that there were fewer jobs created than they had anticipated, but the stock market took that as good ...Full Article

Its A Duck

If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck and looks like a duck it must be a duck.In the stock market if there are more buyers than sellers, more stocks are going up than down and the trend of the g...Full Article

Is Your Garage Full Of Junk?

I have a 2-car garage. There are nice shelves on one side and a good practical workbench with a vice on the other side. Plenty of room for 2 cars yet I have to be careful when I pull in so I wont run ...Full Article

Intervention

Intervention. Now dont let that big word scare you. The talking heads on TV have been discussing it all week because the major banks of the world are going to prop up the Euro.What the heck is the eur...Full Article

Its A Bull, Its A Bear, Its Suptertrader!

The higher the market goes the more confusing are the experts. In the September 14 issue of Investors Business Daily newspaper we find the great prognosticators such as:Sheldon Jacobs, editor of No-Lo...Full Article

Stock Market Insanity

Lets first define insanity. It is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. And that is what most investors do and they cant understand why they are not able to make money i...Full Article

It Cant Be Done

Wouldnt it be nice if you were only in the stock market when it was going up and have everything transferred to cash while it is going down? It is called market timing and your broker or financial pla...Full Article

Investment Clubs

Because you dont feel too sure about which stock or mutual fund to buy you decide to become a member of an investment club. Each of the members contribute a certain amount of money each month and then...Full Article

Inverted Interest Rates

Inverted interest rates? Whats that? Who cares? Even if you dont understand what Mr. Greenspan is saying (and almost nobody does) it is important to you because it could mean you might lose you job ne...Full Article

Keep Your Profits

It looks like we have now entered a new bull phase in the stock market and I have a question for you. Will you give back the profits that you make this time as you did in 2000? You sure dont want to, ...Full Article

Eternal Sunshine

There is a current movie entitled "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind". It is about a man who has had a painful love affair and will do anything to rid his mind of those pain thoughts of ...Full Article

Emotional Trading

The single most expensive stock market trades are those made with emotions, but, of course, you are not an emotional trader are you?Before you bought that stock, mutual fund or Exchange Traded Fund (E...Full Article

The Elephant

Four blind men were asked to give a description of an elephant. They had not seen one or ever encountered such a beast.One grabbed hold of its tail. Another put his arms around a leg. The third grippe...Full Article

Evaluation II

As I said in Part I everyone in the insane asylum looks normal, but at least the doctors are sane. Unfortunately, in the insane asylum known as the stock market all the doctors (brokers) are also insa...Full Article

Enronization

Even if you dont own any of their stock or any stock at all you will want to read this.What Enron corporate officers did with their accounting firm is nothing new. It has been going on for years, but ...Full Article