THE GREAT STOCK MARKET SECRET

Written by Al Thomas


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it starts down he jumps off looking for another equity that is going up. The wise trader knows he can’t buyrepparttar bottom and sellrepparttar 112164 top. What he wants is a big bite out ofrepparttar 112165 middle. When you make a sandwich most ofrepparttar 112166 meat is inrepparttar 112167 center and a professional trader doesrepparttar 112168 same with his trading. He wants to take a bite out ofrepparttar 112169 middle ofrepparttar 112170 move. You can do this too by looking for stocks, mutual funds or Exchange Traded Funds that have a nice upward pattern. As I said before buying is notrepparttar 112171 secret. Then what is? You must learn to sell - for two reasons.First to protect your equity after your initial purchase and second to keep from giving back profits you have made asrepparttar 112172 equity advances. The great Wall Street secret is an exit strategy: knowing when to sell. Unless you learn to sell will not be successful inrepparttar 112173 market. Brokerage companies do not want you to sell and rarely issue sell signals. You must decide how much you are willing to risk before you buy. The simplest way is with a percentage stop loss order of 5%, 7%, 10%, 12%, whatever you can live with. Instruct your broker to place a trialing stop or you can change it yourself every week. Do not lower a stop. Selling isrepparttar 112174 great secret you will never hear from your broker.

F*R*E*E investment letter www.mutualfundmagic.com Author of best seller "IF IT DOESN'T GO UP,DON'T BUY IT!" Never lose money in the market.Copyright 2004 Albert W. Thomas All rights reserved.Former 17-year exchange member,floor trader and brokerage company owner.


Conservative Investors Are Losers

Written by William Cate


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You can benefit fromrepparttar Government borrowing tactic by seeking loans that are belowrepparttar 112163 inflation rate. Whenrepparttar 112164 thirty-year mortgage rates drop below 6%, refinance your home or other real estate assets. If you buy nonperishable goods that you'll need inrepparttar 112165 future, you are earning 6%/year tax-free interest on your risk capital. If you haverepparttar 112166 storage space, this tactic may make sense to you. There are many other self-reliant tactics that are worth considering in your battle to maintain your lifestyle againstrepparttar 112167 Government's Inflation Gremlin.

The alternative to conservative investment isn't speculation. You will lose your risk capital if you gamble it. If you speculate in a startup business,repparttar 112168 U.S. Small Business Administration will tell you that your odds of losing your risk capital are about 85%. If you gamble your money on speculative stocks, your odds of losing your money are about 98%. You may beatrepparttar 112169 speculation odds once or twice, but over time, you will lose your money. Anytime you gamble againstrepparttar 112170 House, over time,repparttar 112171 House will always win, becauserepparttar 112172 odds favorrepparttar 112173 House. It's way Las Vegas Casinos prosper in good times and bad.

You should seek returns over 10% with a risk of capital loss of 6% or less. My advice is always ask how likely you are to lose your risk capital, before you ask aboutrepparttar 112174 potential return on your money. I'm aware of two strategies that meet these requirements. Both require pro-active investors. It's like buying nonperishable goods to preserve their risk capital. You have to do something to benefit fromrepparttar 112175 strategies. I'm willing to supply information on these two strategies to any reader who can suggest other investment strategies that beatrepparttar 112176 Government Inflation Gremlin.

You can contact William Cate at: Beowulfinvestments@Yahoo.com

He has been the Managing Director of Beowulf Investments [http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/] since 1981 and is the Executive Director of the Global Village Investment Club [http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/globalvillageinvestmentclubwelcome/]


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