ne of the biggest mistakes I see investors continually making is to focus on implementation details while completely ignoring the overall strategy. Some actually think they have an investing strategy when in fact they’re really inventing strategies on the fly in a never ending attempt to fit their “strategies” to the things they’re implementing. That’s [...]

ust four decades ago, most people had never heard of a computer. The internet was just a flicker in some engineer’s eye and the stock market was the exclusive domain of the rich. The current situation has turned all that on its head. Today, everyone and their child has a computer, the internet is ubiquitous [...]

re you an investing junkie? Do you read every book, listen to every investing show and attend seminars that promise to make you millions of dollars by this time next month? Are you glued to your desk following the ticker for hours at a time? Honestly, that’s not the way to make money in the [...]

o you invest for yourself? If you don’t, you’re not maximizing your investing potential. Unfortunately, the majority of people are still being sucked in by the old conventional wisdom that says, “save your money and then turn it over to a mutual fund manager and everything will work out.” You don’t have to be a [...]

f you would like to make lots of money investing in the stock market with a minimum of risk, then this article is for you. As you know, there are literally thousands of stock market systems bombarding you with ideas of getting rich quickly and living the Hollywood lifestyle. However the majority of them don’t [...]

n Options Trading part one of this two-part series on options trading we discussed the strategy of writing covered calls. This time I’m going to introduce another relatively safe options trading strategy that fits so well with Value Investing techniques that Warren Buffett uses it. And that strategy is selling puts. Normally options traders sell [...]

ptions trading can be confusing and risky. Fortunately it can also be safe and profitable. Like most things in the investment realm, there are bad options trading strategies and good options trading strategies. The main idea to remember when using an options strategy is it’s meant to increase your returns and/or lower your risk. Therefore [...]

n my previous article we discussed the need for stock market software and who actually needs it. This time around we’ll delve into the details of selecting a profitable investment software package. The sad fact is, most people buy investing software the wrong way. As a result, their investments suffer, they become discouraged and their [...]

tock market software sounds like something designed for financial wizards who flip stocks and get tips on a daily basis, but stock software, just like the stock market itself, is really for everyone. The stock market is all about buying and selling stocks in order to grow your money and make a profit. Today, everyone [...]

ost people know that in today’s environment they need to invest properly but don’t know how to do it correctly. Which stocks to buy? What to sell? How much to invest in each stock? Listening to CNBC or Jim Cramer seems to do nothing but confuse the issue. When it comes to investing money in [...]