Published documents by Nelson

2009

The gold prices have clearly decoupled from that of other commodities, which continue to see weakening trend in 2009. What is the reason for gold price in India to buck the trend? Flight to safety. Just in the beginning of the year, giant losses at major global banks have reminded that the financial crisis will not be confined to just 2008. Souring loans from deepening recession are slamming...

Latest News Published on 01/06/2009

The recession tornado engulfing the complete world under its sway is history repeating itself. A similar situation hit the world market several times. Markets going up steadily have to fall one day or the other and the steep rise witnessed for years together saw its greatest fall in the last quarter of the year 2008. India is still far behind in the downslide and India market news reveal the...

Setting Up Your Trading Room Published on 01/06/2009

A trading room is an area that is specifically set aside and equipped for your trading. This article is about how you can setup your own trading room. One day I went inside a bank’s trading room. They had specially designed desks to hold trading screens. They had special telephone systems and direct data feeds. Everything was designed to make it as easy as possible for the traders to work....

Winning Traders Vs Losing Traders Published on 01/06/2009

There are only two types of traders - winners and losers. Most traders are losers. In fact government studies of traders show that between 90 and 95% end up losing their money. What are the differences between the winners and the losers? Here are some of them: Mindset Mindset is the primary definer of winners and losers. Mindset encompasses independence, decisiveness, ability to...

Trading System Scams - Don’t Be Conned Published on 01/06/2009

If you have a look for trading systems on the Internet, there are plenty of them for sale - all promising to make you millions. When something seems too good to be true, it usually is. Many of the trading systems for sale are unprofitable. As well as wasting your money, you could lose your trading capital. Check these points when looking at a trading system to avoid becoming another...

Automated Trading - Money Machine Published on 01/06/2009

One major constraint for many traders is the time required to watch the market and execute trades. It can be difficult to be active in the market if you work and have a family. Watching the screen day and night is tiring even for professional traders. You could leave the screen for a moment, and miss a market move. Also, it is difficult to stay objective and keep trading emotionless when it...

Bullet Advisory Indian Stocks Weekly Markets Soar Up From Oversold Territory... Published on 01/06/2009

BSE Sensex(9424.24) and Nifty(2874.80) closed 8.6% and 7.3% up respectively last week. Inflation was at 5.64 v/s 5.60 last week. Crude oil was at 42$.Markets soar up from oversold territory on the news of $819 billion stimulus package being passed by U.S.House of Representatives. L&T expressed their interest to buy Satyam to Government of India. Fiedility bought 1.71 Cr. shares of Satyam from...

React To Technical Analysis Indicators To Trade The Rise And Drop In Stock... Published on 01/06/2009

There are trading strategies where a time horizon is established and a profit target is set. The analysis, both fundamental and technical, will indicate the right conditions and the recommendation will proceed to tell you that it is a good investment with a stated profit target expectation. If this sounds familiar, you may have read similar stock trading reports as I have. If that kind of...

You Need To Know Your Mutual Fund Published on 01/06/2009

There are some basic things you should know about mutual funds in general and about the specific fund in which you are about to invest. Mutual funds with a bad track record are dissolved. The fund assets are absorbed by another fund and the fund manager is given a new fund to manage. Also, an average fund manager has limited experience. A mutual fund company does not want to keep a poorly...

From Long-term Investing To Short-term Trading - How To Profit On The Stock... Published on 01/06/2009

In my early days of learning the stock market, I came across expert advice from various sources that said \"you cannot time the market\" and \"it is best to buy-and-hold for the long term\". I researched and consulted expert commentary to understand the fundamentals of companies whose stocks I would be investing in. It was a ton of preparation followed by a buy action on the stock. Then it...