A crummy week for the markets but a great week for the site as we hit a new high of subscribers by both a reader and by email. Also, the stock forum had a great week adding over 100 posts and numerous members from across the globe (register for free here).
Let’s take a look back [...]

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Now that we are officially in a bear market the opportunity to make money comes distinctly on the downside with shorting or options. For average investors though that don’t have margin accounts and can only trade long, sitting in 100% cash is arguably the best path to success.
Why? It is a fact that last [...]

With so many online stock brokers to choose from it can be tough to sort through all the advertisements you see throughout the web. It seems that the bigger the stock broker the more money they have to spend on a variety of different advertisements targeted at investors.

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“Even though [most investors] are going to be net buyers of stocks for many years to come, they are elated when stock prices rise and depressed when they fall. Only those who will be sellers of equities in the near future should be happy at seeing stocks rise. Prospective purchasers should much prefer sinking [...]

I am not talking about stocks that have just “sold off lightly” or are “experiencing a pull back”. No, I am talking about stocks that have gotten hammered in the last month and are down atleast 40% from their 50 day moving averages. The correct phrase would be, “look out below!”
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