Have you heard about value investing? If not, have you heard about the famous American investor Warren Edward Buffett? Value investing is the investment philosophy that Buffett adheres to. However, this value investing philosophy is not established by Buffett but his teacher Benjamin Graham.
Intrinsic value of a company is what value investors focus on. According to this value investing philosophy, there is a specific intrinsic value of a company at a specific moment of time. This intrinsic is highly affected by the company’s own competitiveness. That implies the higher the competitiveness, the higher is the intrinsic value. You may also get an approximate intrinsic value from the stock price. If the market price of the stock is lower than the stock price less your margin of safety, the investment is worth holding.
Looking at the people around you and you may notice that many people buy the stock when its price is low. For a value investor, he or she may not be attracted by the low stock price alone. As…
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Currency/stock trading and personal finance compliment each other very well. Even those who don’t trade their own money are most likely having it traded by a big company if it’s in a retirement fund.
Stock trading has been around for a while, and it has defined the lives of many people over the years. Many people have gained fortunes in stock trading, and many people have lost fortunes in stock trading.
I actually used to think I wanted to be a stock broker. I used to watch Jim Cramer all the time on tv and would pretend that I was trading stocks myself with fake money. There’s something fascinating about gambling your money into companies and hoping that their company does well over the next few months.
There’s a misconception that trading stocks is just as bad as gambling, but this is simply not true. I will say that it is just as bad as gambling to most people, but this is because most people are not educated in stocks enough to make…
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It would seem that the closer a trader is to 100% winning trades, the better trader they are. On the flip side it would seem that the closer they are to 0%, the worse they are. While it is certainly true that you would like to win the most trades possible, there is more to it than that. I would argue that a 95% win rate is infinitely worse than a 65% win rate. Hopefully this article will help to tell you why.
Our first look will be at those traders with a low win rate, say those with a classification within the 0% to 40% range. If the trader falls closer to the 0% rate one would think him to be a genuine loser. In truth, most in this category are losing traders. But you will sometimes see a trader trying to snag really large moves with really tight stops. This guy may show an extremely low win percentage but could still be a very successful player.
Lets look at the…
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Equity market was higher this week with S&P 500 up around 3.55%, and finished the week above resistance line connected from May 11th, 2010. At the same time the prices moved and closed above the 50 day SMA, for the first time since early May when S&P was falling from its highs. Technically the stocks market is now headed higher, towards the 1140 region, as we also pointed out in one of our past newsletters. In fact, markets now have a reason to move higher as the European Street tests results were positive, and only 7 of 91 banks failed the test, less than analysts expected. But the next question is how high can the market go and how investors see the European Stress tests results. Was the stress test too easy, and markets may react negatively?! Well, I am not fundamental analyst, so all I can say that time will tell if banks have enough of capital or not. Anyway, let’s see what the Elliott Waves are telling us.
Technical…
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29 July 2010
Forex Trading
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Forex trading is a vast and complex subject, and people without any forex training don’t know where to start. It’s possible to make tons of money on the forex market, just as it is to lose it. It’s hardly necessary to learn the hard way, when there so many ways to learn and gain confidence.
Basics & Demo Account: Forex trading is not just about broad currency movements. There’s a system in pace to keep track of it and buy and sell currencies, which has its own concepts like pips and spreads and currency pairs. It’s also necessary to know about general financial products and concepts like futures contracts and leveraging.
It’s hard to gain confidence about forex trading without some first-hand experience. Given that no one wants to lose money learning on the real market, it’s a good idea to begin training with a demo account. It mirrors the real forex market and will keep track of the gains and losses on each trade.
Trading Tools & Signals: Knowledge or experience is…
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