Investors can easily become stuck in a rut.  A rut means doing the same thing over and over again despite the results.  Stock investors, for example, often just trade the sector or niche that they always have.  It doesn’t matter if there is another market sector that has set up to create outsized profits or not, they just keep on doing the same thing over and over again.No place is this “investing rut” more evident than stock investors who refuse to look outsized of their home country for profitable stock investments.  There is a tremendous number of investors stuck in ...
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Let me let you in on a secret.  There is a key to long-term investing success.  It is nothing complicated and is actually quite simple.  In fact, it is so simple that many investors disregard or ignore it entirelyThe  key  is to be able to consistently determine the trend of the stock and when that trend may change.  In other words, knowing what direction the stock is moving in and when that direction will likely change is all you need to know to be a successful investor!I know this simple secret sounds very easy and some of you may be ...
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Many long-term stock market investors are afraid right now, who's to blame them?We are entering a very contentious election summer and the globe seems to be sitting on a powder keg.News of likely “Trump Riots”, Russian planes buzzing U.S. warships, and a host of other tensions have investors extremely nervous about the future.Time has confirmed that the best way to deal with uncertainty is to get back to the basics when it comes to the stock market.  Buying proven, long term, steady dividend stocks is one tactic that has been proven to work overtime no matter what happens in the ...
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I have a major complaint with most trading and investing education services.  My issue extends beyond just online courses and web sites, it goes deep into the very core of how stock market investing is presented by the so-called experts.My grievance can spell the difference between profits and losses, not to mention why some are successful in the stock market while the vast majority simply break even or lose over the long term.The complaint focuses on the fact that very little education or advice revolves around the most critical aspect of investing.  In fact, without this aspect, it would not ...
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It was shocking for many people to see gasoline prices plunge below $2.00 per gallon.  Gasoline, a prime derivative of oil, had been riding a one-way ticket higher in price on the back of ever climbing oil prices.Fears that the earth would soon run out of oil were widespread under the “peak oil” theory causing tremendous fear that prices would never decline.  Add in the never-ending middle east tension and a very bleak picture emerged that oil would ever decline in price.Well, things changed and they changed fast!To the dismay and surprise of “peak oil” theorists, oil prices plunged during ...
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There are literally 100’s of different technical analysis indicators available to financial market traders.  Most every indicator has its adherents and detractors in the market.  The reason for this is that every indicator works some of the time.  Based on the way indicators are devised, they are fitted to a certain market condition.  This is why they sometimes work and sometimes do not work as expected. As you probably have figured out by now, indicators that only work in certain market conditions are not feasible in the real world of investing.  This means that most every indicator is a crap shoot ...
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We are in the final months of the hotly contested Presidential race.  This historic election is different than any other that has come before it.  Social media and the connected generation has driven the hyperbole to feverish levels.   Throw in the wild card of showman extraordinaire and potential Republican nominee Donald Trump and it signals the most exciting and societal altering U.S. election of our lifetime.Investors need to be prepared for whatever happens in the election.  According to the rhetoric of all the candidates, significant changes no matter who wins the election are on the way.We have already dug deep ...
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One of the primary truths in the stock market and in life is that the simple way is often the most effective.  This rule can be applied across nearly every endeavor that one may encounter during a lifetime of exploration.The stock market represents an ideal example of the simple is better rule.  Investors are constantly seeking more and more complicated ways to create profits in the stock market.  Some of these complicated methods actually work.  Advanced strategies such as high-frequency trading have proven to be very effective profit creating strategies.  Even with all the success of high-frequency trading, there is ...
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