The stock market is driven solely by human emotion. Nothing else
really matters. Human emotion is driven by perception, and
perception is jaded by expectations. If your expectations are
not met, than your perception is that this is bad. So if your
expectations are high, chances are you will be disappointed. The
trick then is to gauge the expectations that stock traders have
at any given moment. Unfortunately there is no reliable
measurement that I know of to gauge expectations.
Much of any ...
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Daily Market Commentary for November 25, 2008 from Millennium-Traders.ComIn an effort to try and ease lending constraints lenders have in place, the Federal Reserve introduced its new Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF), which will lend up to $200 billion to institutions involved in the issuance of consumer and small-business debt such as credit card loans, student debt and auto loans. (read more)
http://www.millennium-traders.com/news/newscommentary.aspxEconomic data ...
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Daily Market Commentary for November 24, 2008 from Millennium-Traders.ComA very important question from taxpayers is, should Citigroup still take $400M to have a baseball field named after them when the government/taxpayers gave them a loan? (read more)
http://www.millennium-traders.com/news/newscommentary.aspxEconomic data released today:Existing Home Sales:U.S. October Median Existing Home Price fell 11.3% on the year to $183,300; U.S. Inventory of Unsold U.S. Homes at 10.2 Months ...
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Daily Market Commentary for November 21, 2008 from Millennium-Traders.ComInto the final hour of trading, nice gains were seen across the board as news broke on President Elect Obama cabinet selections appeared to please investors. (read more)
http://www.millennium-traders.com/news/newscommentary.aspxEconomic data released today: n/aAt the NYSE closing bell on the New York Stock Exchange, here is how the major world indices and major U.S. stock indices ended the trading session on the ...
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The Bollinger Band is the closest thing to 'The Holy Grail' of
technical analysis there is. Especially for large cap stock
traders, it just cannot be beat for analyzing charts. Having
said that however, there is probably no other technical
indicator misused or misunderstood as often as the Bolinger Band
(BB). This article is to provide the technical analyst with the
basics needed to interpret the many faces of the BB.
Before we begin, let me explain the type of trading done ...
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Like many stock market investors/traders, I too, lost my shirt
in the nineties. High-tech stocks always seemed to offer such
huge returns, and when you analyzed the charts they looked like
can't miss opportunities. But as the decade wore on my stock
portfolio value went on a steady nose dive. Until it virtually
became non-existent.
At the time I was looking for stocks to hold for a few months,
and then sell. Stocks that were likely to increase in a short
time. I read all the books, learned ...
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The 80 - 20 rule is a simple rule that anyone trading currencies can learn and if you do understand it, it can lead you to bigger profits and Forex trading success. Let's take a look at it in more detail... The 80/20 rule was developed by Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto to describe the unequal wealth in his country. He saw that 20 percent of the people owned 80 percent of all the wealth. The 80 / 20 rule has been applied in other areas and is very applicable to profitability in business. It ...
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Here are some common novice Forex trading mistakes and if you make them you will end up in the majority of losers...Here are your common mistakes, there in no order of importance there all important!1. Forex Robots Make Money Anyone who believes this is going to be disappointed. A few hundred dollars and you get an income for life - get real, if only it were that simple to make money!2. Day Trading and Scalping Methods Work Know they don't long term because all short term volatility is random ...
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Whether you are a novice or veteran online forex trader, there's no doubt that you are aware of the literally hundreds of programs being sold that promise to make you millions of dollars trading forex!
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It's likely that either curiosity or skepticism led you to this article, and I would agree that, for most individual investors, trading is approached in a totally speculative manner. Stock trading, in its more popular forms (Day Trading, Swing Trading, Penny Stock Speculating, etc.) includes none of the elements that a conservative investment strategy would have at its very core: Little if any attention is given to the fundamental Quality of the equities selected. Any Diversification that ...
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