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Why Diversification is So Important
You should never trust just one stock so much that you are willing to risk all you money in it and no other stock. A wise investor always spreads out their money among several different stocks so as to minimize the effect of a bad day in the stock market. It...
Author: Jon Elton, 03-04-08
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Understanding Investment Risks
Without a thorough understanding of the risk, investment planning is almost impossible. In an investment, there always exists a return / risk tradeoff. This means that, greater the acceptance of the risk, greater is the potential return as the reward for the...
Author: Jon Elton, 03-04-08
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Types of Investment
There are many types of investments. Mainly classified into four forms of assets:
1. Property
2. Short Term Deposits
3. Shares
4. Bonds
Each form of asset involves different investment that caters to different type of risk, return, liquidity, and maturi...
Author: Jon Elton, 03-04-08
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HOW TO MANAGE THE PASSION OF TRADING
Being a trader is more than just a day job. Traders will often find themselves studying the numbers on unrelated events. After taking the plunge into the world of technical investing, you might find yourself looking for trends and chart patterns on things as s...
Author: Leroy Rushing, 24-03-08
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Should You Buy Fidelity Investment Funds?
How do you choose the funds in your investment portfolio? Do you choose funds from many different families, or, for the sake of convenience, have you contained your investments to just one fund family? This article will examine some of the stock funds that F...
Author: Christopher W Smith, 24-03-08
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5 Reasons To Step Away From A Trade
Volatile markets can send your positions into the negative. Indeed, bad trades frequently happen to good traders. Regardless if you are a scalper or momentum trader, the most important part to any strategy is knowing when to intelligently and rationally walk a...
Author: Leroy Rushing, 24-03-08
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Learn to Love Your Losers
Ok, so no trader truly enjoys taking a losing trade. But if you want to succeed in this business of day trading, learning to love your losers (or at least accepting them) is one of the most important lessons you can learn. Psychologically, human beings are not...
Author: Leroy Rushing, 24-03-08
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How do I backtest the right way?
In my opinion backtesting can be a very powerful tool if used correctly. The problem is that many traders over-use the functions provided by the different backtesting software packages and think more is better. Many so-called system developers try to imp...
Author: Markus Heitkoetter, 18-03-08
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How start risk-free without risking a single penny
You can have the best daytrading plan but you'll never make any money if you don't take action and actually start trading. But how can you start without risking a single penny of your own money?After all, you are still new to trading and don't want to lose tho...
Author: Markus Heitkoetter, 18-03-08
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How to Day Trade for a Living – A Systematic Approach
“Is it really possible to make a living as a day trader?”This question is asked over and over and over again by normal, ordinary people. The answer is simple: “Yes, it is DEFINITELY possible! And, better yet, you yourself can do it!” Sometimes pe...
Author: Markus Heitkoetter, 18-03-08
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