Are you a gambler, or an investor? Or, more importantly, do you think you are a gambler or an investor? Self-perception and actual truth may be different, as we often tend to look at ourselves differently than others see us.
Let’s take an objective look at a gambler’s portfolio and an investor’s portfolio by [...]
I am starting a new fad, and it is going to be me posting the best screenshots captured while you are working at your trading stations each day.
Today’s screenshot comes straight from myself at precisely 3:15 PM EST when the market was selling off heavily. Take note of the yellow highlighted boxes, they are all [...]
I see so many people get upset when the market invariably drops 300 points in a single day. We live in an age where people want instant gratification—we have microwave popcorn that takes only minutes, a VCR (or Tivo) so you never have to wait for a TV show, and the internet makes information [...]
Today is the big day, the Fed will be announcing another rate cut. The question is though, how big?
Most speculate it will be a quarter point, but from what we’ve seen earlier this year a half point cut cannot be ruled out completely.
What decision do you think is coming?
As I sit in my igloo eating my reindeer pie and watching the hockey game, I often reflect on how great it is to be Canadian. We have electricity, running water, and my town even has access to a computer, thus enabling me to write this blog post. Actually, the picture I paint is [...]
The spot price of uranium had a spectacular run over the last few years, heading from a price of around $20 per pound in 2005 to a peak of almost $140 per pound only two years later. Many uranium companies stock prices mirrored this trend, exploding up in price over the past 24 months [...]
When it comes to investing in the stock market, losing money can be an easy task.
Here are five guaranteed ways to screw up your portfolio, cause stress, and most importantly, not make any money. Avoid these and you are on your way to some quality long-term returns:
1) Continually trade [...]
Found a great article on the newest company to be going public that falls under the ‘green’ category of energy conservation.
As most investors should know last year was all about ethanol, and this year it seems that solar is the #1 choice as stocks like First Solar (FSLR) have had fantastic runs in 2007. Are [...]