How
Sales and Earnings Growth can affects a Stock's Performance If you go back through the history of the stock market there is a recurring theme among those stocks which have
had some of the strongest price appreciation and it's
related to their Sales and Earnings Growth. Let's look
at two companies over the past few years and compare their
Sales and Earnings Growth. Read
this Article>>
Shorting
Strategy Shorting a stock is the exact opposite of buying a
stock. When you short a stock you are hedging your bets
that the stock will go down in price unlike when you buy
a stock and believe the price will go up. In order to
short a stock you must have a margin account with your
brokerage firm. Read this
Article>>
An
Analysis of Secular Bear Markets and Secular Bull Markets
since 1900 From a historical perspective since 1900 there have
been 3 Secular Bull Markets and 3 Secular Bear Markets.
Thus the long term Buy and Hold strategy that worked well
in the 1980's and 1990's for investors may have not worked
very well during the Secular Bear Markets of 1906-1921,
1929-1949 and 1966-1982. Read this Article>>
When
Investors should Short a Stock - Shorting a
stock is the exact opposite of buying a stock. When you
short a stock you are hedging your bets that the stock
will go down in price unlike when you buy a stock and
believe the price will go up. Read this
Article>>
An
Analysis of the Volatility Index (VIX) over the past 15
Years Many
investors have wondered whether extremely low or high
readings in the Volatility Index (VIX) have always given
a strong signal as to when the market may be nearing a
bottom or top. A plot of the VIX versus the S&P 500
back to 1986 is shown below. Read this Article>>
The
Importance of Industry Group Relative Strength- Knowing
which Industry Groups the Institutional Money is flowing
into and out of is very important to recognize. If your invested in Stocks that reside in low Relative
Strength Industry Groups then they may remain poor performers
until that Industry Group shows signs of increasing Relative
Strength. Read
this Article>>
Trading
Symmetric Triangles Although some of the more well know chart patterns
to trade off of include the Cup and Handle, Double Bottom
and Flat Base another chart pattern to look for is the
Symmetric Triangle.
The Symmetric Triangle pattern usually occurs after a
stock makes a significant move over a short period of
time and then pulls back for a few weeks before making
another significant move upward. Read
this Article>>
Stock Target Price One of the hardest things for investors is to determine
a stock target price. There are a few things as an investor
that you can look at to determine a stock target price.
These include previous resistance zones, longer term moving
averages and Fibonancci Retracement Levels. Read
this Article>>
How
Sales and Earnings Growth is related to a Stock's Performance If you go back through the history of the stock market
there is a recurring theme among those stocks trades which have
had some of the strongest price appreciation and it's
related to their Sales and Earnings Growth. If you plot
a chart of Sales and Earnings Growth versus a companies
Stock Price there is a usually a strong relationship between
the two. Read
this Article>>
Importance
of Stock Market Leadership relating to a stocks performance- Over the past few years many investors have given up
on the market especially when another round of selling
has occurred. However this is exactly the wrong time to
give up on the market because when the market reverses
to the upside those stocks which had been acting well
during the sell off may become the next big winners. Read
this Article>>
