The Stop-Loss and Its Importance at Earnings Season

Stocks can rise on hope, but a bad earnings report can do a Hindenburg on an individual stock.
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10-Word Stock Market Timing

Here it is, in just 10 words: Market goes up, get in. Market goes down, get out.
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Why Invest Internationally?

Many experts says 30% of your equity portfolio should be invested internationally.
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On Choosing Growth Stocks: 13 Week Uptrends

Look for stocks that have been in uptrends for at least 13 weeks—there is a momentum component to investing strategy.
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Dates of past Blastoff Indicators: 2/6/91 11/5/98 5/2/03 1/12/04 4/29/09 8/3/09 10/5/10 10/24/11 1/4/13 .
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Dividend Stocks

Dividend stocks aren’t going to make you rich overnight. They can significantly build up your nest egg if you buy and hold them for years, or even decades.
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Retirement Stocks

One in three Americans will run out of money in retirement. A good way to avoid that trap is to invest in retirement stocks.
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Emerging Markets Stocks

Emerging markets stocks are among the fastest-growing investments in the global marketplace. The rapid growth of emerging markets is what makes their stocks so appealing.
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Options Trading

The first—and perhaps biggest—challenge of options trading is understanding what an option is. The rest is profit.
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Investment Newsletters

The stock market can be a scary place to try and navigate on your own. That’s where we come in.
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Stock Market Investing

Stock market investing has always been an effective way to build wealth. In a world of low interest rates, it has become a necessity.
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Small-Cap Investing, 10 Rules for Success

Chief Analyst Tyler Laundon walks you through his winning 10-rule methodology for small-cap investing.
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Why Dividends are Important

History shows that dividend income is an important part of your total return when investing in common stocks.
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Winning Stock Strategies

There are several general strategies you can use to manage your winning stocks. Here is a range of possibilities to consider.
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Eight Tips Based on How the Stock Market Actually Works

Mike Cintolo shares tips based on how the market actually works...as opposed to how many investors think it works.
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Crocs: Romance, Transition and Reality

Stock prices are determined by people. People who drive stocks to irrational heights and sell them to irrational depths. Take Crocs for example.
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Value Investing and Market Fluctuations

The stock market and the individual stocks that make up the stock market have always bounced back and forth from overvalued to undervalued to overvalued.
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Year-End Portfolio Review Helps Set Goals for Next Year

Each year end, I review my investing strengths and weaknesses, examining stock charts of previous buys and sells, comparing them to market action, and so on.
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How to Manage Risk During Bear Markets

A bear market is not tolerant of aggressive behavior. The effects of your mistakes are magnified—the secret to surviving the bear market is adapting.
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