Aeropostale, Inc. (ARO) and AeroVironment, Inc. (AVAV) could top expectations. Staples, Inc. (SPLS) and Smithfield Foods, Inc. (SFD) could disappoint.
As we enter the lull between fourth-quarter and first-quarter earnings, wildcard events will influence trader sentiment. In particular, threats of corporate bankruptcies, initiatives from the Obama administration, credit rating downgrades and...
Stocks highlighted in this article include: Alaska Air Group (ALK), Eastern Insurance Holdings, Inc (EIHI), and Health Net, Inc (HNT)
More and more investors are finding comfort in cash these days, fueling sell-offs and pouring salt in the wounds of equity investors. However, companies that are doing the same could turn out to be the best equity bet in the long run.
The Rational
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You may have read the notion that personality plays a role in how a person views the world in the sense of the glass half-full, glass half-empty saying. A pessimistic person has a tendency to think the market is heading lower while an optimistic person has a tendency to think the market is heading higher.
Assuming a person knows ones own personality traits, that person would be well advised...
Feb 23, 2009 copyright David S.Y. Wong, published in ArticleDashboard.com
Do you ever wonder about the trust worthiness of stock market information you read on the Internet? Do you wonder about the qualifications of the company, web site or people providing gratuitous advice on stocks? Do you wonder what their motives are? In basic terms, do you wonder about the integrity and quality of the...
For all kinds of business you need talent and experience. It is easy to sell products in a shop where the amount is fixed earlier, but it is difficult to do trading with stock market as the prices rise and fall unexpectedly. Option trading is the only alternative which helps you to save earned money. It provided good outcome and also we can reduce the risk of having the stock with ourselves....
A person is learning about stock market trading and using a virtual stock exchange program called Stock Trak. She is excited about having the opportunity to take a $1300 profit on THI (Tim Hortons, Inc. listed on the TSX and NYSE). She asks me if she should sell. I looked up the reasons for why THI had taken a pop on February 20, 2009. As it turns out, it was the markets reaction to the...
I was presented with the following question from a visitor to my site.
I like to trade the overall market (QQQQ). Is there a rule of thumb on how much loss to take before I sell a losing position? I’m always scared if I pull the trigger and bite the bullet, as soon as I get out, the market will rally but if I don’t, I’ll sit on it until I have lost a few thousand dollars. It’s...
Feb 22, 2009 copyright David S.Y. Wong, published in ArticleDashboard.com
There are many candlestick patterns in the entire spectrum of the Japanese candlesticks literature in print and on the Internet. It is an enormous task to learn to recognize the candlestick patterns and to interpret the candlestick signals to translate into trading decisions. It is a time-consuming task, or a...
Believe it or not, young people have a big advantage over older, more experienced investors. The problem is few of them are aware of it. Its a tragic fact of modern life that young people aren’t generally taught about money other than how to spend it. That’s a shame.
Here we are in the land of Capitalism and young people aren’t taught in detail what Capitalism is and why it is so...
If you’re new to forex, you’re going to need forex charts. As you develop your forex trading system, use the demo accounts that many trade brokers provide. They’ll generally provide free forex charts as part of their demo forex trading system.
Forex training is available via online courses, advanced trading workshops and one on one mentoring. Forex training is a process which requires...