Stock Categories Based on Performance

Stocks are influenced by several different factors. One of the most important factors, for many companies, is the time of year. The season will often influence how well a particular company does based on the product or service it sells.

Do You Want to Invest Like Warren Buffett?

Warren Buffett is the most famous of the buy and hold investors. We look at his recent record to see if his buy and hold approach is still performing well.

Stock Investing: Buy-and-Hold vs. Timing

This article compares and contrasts buy-and-hold with timing. It suggests that timing, used properly, can be a valid risk-control technique, and that buy-and-hold is not always the best strategy in stock investing.

Chevron: Will the Drop in the Price of Oil Hurt Earnings?

As Chevron (CVX) will report earnings this week, you may be wondering if it will be beneficial to purchase shares of this company in attempt of earning higher capital gains. You may also be wondering why I am endorsing the purchase of this equity at a time when oil prices are at its lowest point for this year. While such is a valid claim, there is a more profound reason to the success that Chevron will post this week which will surprise many investors throughout Wall Street.

Buy and Sell Rules from a Professional Investor

An brief look at buy and sell rules for investing in the stock market. Includes some of the most important lessons a stock investor should use for capital growth, capital preservation and choice of investments.

How To Successfully Get Started In The Stock Market

Most all of us have hear stories of someone who has made some money by investing in stock. So we all know that it can be done. You may have even heard someone say that it is easy, and anyone can do it.

Beginner Day Online Trading

Day trading is the practice of buying or selling throughout the day, but completely out of the market by the close of the trading day.

Common Misconceptions of New Traders

Why is it then that there is such a large number of traders failing? It is not because they are stupid; but lack trading education. Education on the correct psychological approach to the market! The way you approach the market psychologically has as much to do with your success as any trading plan.

Is it Viable to Buy Shares of Viacom?

With earnings results just a little more than a week away, many traders are anxiously awaiting how the television giant, Viacom (VIA), will perform. Recently put into the publicly exchanged market, Viacom has not done that well relative to many of its competitors, year to date. However, if there is any indication of how powerful earnings are this recent quarter, there may be a surprise for fellow Viacom owners awaiting a strong result to boost shares of this company to a more respectable level.

Can You Invest On Your Own

There are many people that spend their lives studying the stock market. After all, stocks are a complicated investment and the market seems to actually be alive as it is constantly changing.

How Trading Works & Common Terms

How a system that can facilitate one billion shares trading in a single day works is a mystery to me, so I thought I’d do a little digging and see if I could come up with the general process on how stock trading works. Here is what I found.

Stock Market Basics

Stock markets represent and portray the commercial and economical strength of a country. The economy of a country relies on the stock market to a great extent, since they trade in the stocks of major companies.

Mutual Fund Investing Basics

Do you want to learn more about investing in mutual funds? Are you unsure how mutual funds work and what they are? The following article will help you better understand the world of mutual fund investing.