You can’t row the boat without “making waves” and if you are not rowing the boat you are likely only drifting where the currents take you. ~ Jerry Nix
In this article it is my intent to share some money management techniques you can employ to protect your investments from taking severe losses during normal and abnormal market downturns. You've often heard that having an investment plan is important. Unfortunately, most believe in an investment plan when it comes to buying a security ... …
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There is not much that I like better than putting together a watch list of stocks that I can track and eventually come up with some good investment ideas that I can take advantage of. Before going much further it is important that you understand the following facts: Hindsight is 20/20. There is no guarantee …
The short answer is YES. The long answer is below: Here's an example. I don't personally like Facebook as a company. It's original intent, I believe was good, but it has moved far away from it's original intent. It was developed, I believe, as a communication tool to allow "friends" to stay in touch even …
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02/11/2020 @ 1:22 PM Central Time You look at graph and see that Tesla Motors (TSLA) has increased dramatically in the past few months from about $231.43 per share on 10/02/2019 to a high of $968.99 on 02/04/2020 and settling now at $775.02 at the time you first saw the graph. This means if you …
While relaxing last night watching TV with my wife I came across this idea. One of our favorite weekly TV shows to watch is one called "Station 19." This is a show about a fire station in Seattle Washington. This show is actually a spin-off from another popular weekly show called "Gray's Anatomy." Grey's Anatomy …
Some people are interested in getting in on the ground floor of a company that has value to add to society in hopes that the stock of that company – of course – will take off like a rocket. There is a new company that recently has hit my radar that you may want to …
During time of war it seems that Aerospace and Defense stocks perform reasonably well. Are we at war? Some say we are and some say we aren't yet. I'd say with the killing of Gen. Qasem Soleimani, recently -- if we are not at war with Iran, we could be soon. Instead of pulling our …
No, we are not really talking about REAL DOGS here ... just Investment Dogs. It has been stated that if a person simply purchased the "Dogs of the Dow" at the beginning of each year and sold them at the end of the year (a year and a day so that you get long-term capital …
Uncle J, asked his nephew, "Why Isn't Everybody Doing This?" Most people don't understand how a person can make more money in options rather than in purchasing stock. The purpose of this article is simply to show how options values are affected by the underlying stock values. It all seems complicated - though it really …
I just had a phone conversation with a distant relative. A young man at the age of 16 that sounds much older than his age. He is going to school (high school) and working at McDonalds. He wants to start saving money. He indicated that he would like to save as much as possible. This …