Posts Tagged ‘Stock market’
Make Your 2022 Trading Resolution & Keep At It
2022 New Year Trading Resolution Several people would’ve retrogressed by the end of January regarding new year’s resolutions. Most memberships of fitness clubs will skyrocket around the first week of the year, yet several people would’ve stopped frequently attending within a month or two of the new year. Unfortunately it’s a sad but accurate fact…
Read MoreTo Be Among The Best 5% Of Traders, Do What The Bottom 95% Won’t
A friend of mine and I had a conversation about money and wealth, why some people are wealthy, and why others are not. My friend asked why a small percentage of people in this world end up wealthy. The answer to that loaded question is that MOST people are not mentally prepared to do what…
Read MoreWhat Do I Use: Market vs. Limit Trades
Throughout my investing career, I have made hundreds to thousands of trades. During the course of that long time frame, you begin to pick up on a few “do’s and don’ts” in executing various trading strategies. What I found out is that very rarely will I use market orders, but now I’d rather use limit…
Read MoreWho Is Mr. Market?
Mr. Market is the affectionate term for the general crazy reactions of the stock market as a whole. It is a term invented by master value investor Benjamin Graham, in his 1949 masterpiece, The Intelligent Investor. Mister Market is an erratic, idiosyncratic personality, which reacts to market news with quick trades that oftentimes go against…
Read MoreWhat Is The Dow Jones Industrial Average (Aka The Dow)?
What is The Dow Jones Industrial Average (aka The Dow)? The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), more commonly referred to as “The Dow”, is a collection of 30 stocks that are traded on the stock exchanges. When one asks, “What is the Dow doing today?”, they are wondering how this collection of 30 stocks are…
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