"Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting."George Orwell
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Halliburton Under Fire for Operations in Iran
The shareholders of Halliburton are trying to stopstate-sponsored terrorism, using the same economic leveragethat was effective against South African racism in the1970's. Back then, shareholders used corporate resolutionsto stop companies from doing ...
Series 7 Exam
What is the Series 7 Exam?If you are looking to become a licensed Stockbroker, you need to know about the Series 7.The Series 7 is a 250 question exam that when passed, licenses you to act as a Registered Representative. Persons who receive this license ...
Wealthy people became rich thanks to their assets
What is an asset ? An asset is simply something that brings money into your pocket.Liability is the opposite. It is something that takes money out of your pocket.Personal loan is a liability, your credit cards debt are liabilities. Your car, your everyday ...
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50% Of U.S. Households Invest In The Stock Market
Individuals invest in the stock market directly, through mutual funds, their pension plans, profit sharing plans, 401k's, IRA's, etc.
Mutual Funds Dominate The Market
It is mainly the mutual funds, buying and selling, who move the market and cause individual stocks to go up and down. Mutual funds are the 800-pound gorillas of the stock market; at the end of 2003, mutual funds held more than $3 trillion dollars worth of stocks.
The Dow Jones Average Is Not The Stock Market
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is comprised of only 30 selected stocks. In reality, there are more than 7,000 different stocks listed on the 3 major U.S. stock exchanges. That makes it quite possible that, in a given time frame, the Dow Jones Average may be flat or down but many individual stocks may actually be up.
Most Individual Investors Fail
Over time, most individual investors fail to achieve the stock market success they would love to have. This is due to many factors, including lack of knowledge, lack of time and effort, lack of a good strategy that works, and emotional decision making.
Can You Beat The Market?
Investing in stocks can be a very rewarding experience, financially and emotionally. If you do it right. With the right effort, the right knowledge, and the right strategy, an individual investor can do extremely well in today's stock market, and, as a result, realize a brighter and richer financial future.
Alan Korber is a private investor and the creator of the Korber Strategy, a simple and easy stock market strategy that uses certain parameters to identify stocks that have the highest potential return with the lowest acceptable risk. As an individual investor he uses his own strategy and the stocks he buys normally generate up to 50% or more annualized return. For more info go to http://akorber.com
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8 Stocks Soaring on Big VolumeTheStreet.com(Stockpickr) -- Professional traders running mutual funds and hedge funds don't just look at a stock's price moves; they also track big changes in volume activity. Many times when above average volume moves into equity it precedes a large spike in ...and more » |
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