The current market conditions have set some stocks up to be the perfect short sell candidates. When overall market weakness is combined with already suffering stocks, it’s the ideal time to short. We have identified 3 struggling stocks that have set up to be textbook perfect shorts within the present market weakness. First, let’s take a look at how to profit from the overall market weakness. Buying weakness and selling strength is the mantra of professional traders. In fact, we have written about this fact many times over the years. Following this mantra has created tremendous we...
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What You Need To Know About Bear Markets
Talk about a rough start to the 2016 stock market investing year! Investors are afraid that a bear market is upon us. Truth is that there is no reason to be afraid, even if a bear market appears. This article will explain exactly what a bear market is and what you need to know not only to survive but to profit from it. First, let’s take a look at what has happened so far this year for perspective. The stock market ended the first 2 and a half trading weeks of 2016 with a steep sell-off. All three major stock indexes - the Dow, the Nasdaq composite and the Standard & Poor's...
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Investors are scrambling to find income in today’s ultra-low yielding environment. The low interest rates as well as fewer and fewer solid stocks paying consistently high dividends have forced the savviest investors into more esoteric ways to earn income from their portfolios. Add in the fact that it appears that the stock market has reached a short term high, at the very least, and it paints a difficult picture for traditional income seeking investors. One of the most popular ways to ramp up income from the market is selling options. Also known as writing options, this is a proactive ...
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How would you like to guarantee that you will purchase stock at whatever discount you want, or get paid for making the attempt? Sound like a cannot lose situation? It certainly does! When I was first exposed to this idea, it seemed too good to be true. A nearly magical technique for finally being able to name your price for nearly any stock or get paid for doing so. While nothing in the stock market is a cannot lose situation, this tactic comes close and is used primarily by professional traders seeking to obtain shares at a steep discount while earning a handsome income for taking ...
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Buying weakness and selling strength is the hallmark of the professional investor. Successful investors follow this mantra religiously, while their less successful brethren rarely ever buy weakness and sell strength in the stock market. In fact, consistently struggling investors often do the opposite of the rules followed habitually by winning investors. The reason for this fact is simple. It is because it is difficult to buy weak stocks. It is much easier to buy stocks that are “hot” at the moment and moving higher. This is despite research and real life evidence making it very c...
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