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investment tools

iPad-owning investors, take note of the Wall Street Journal’s new MarketWatch Market Data iPad App – you have it on your iPhone, you might as well get it on your iPad now, too – You’ll get the same information you see on the iPhone app, only much clearer and easier to read and navigate.
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Many investors are familiar with the phrase “sell in May and go away.”  This has certainly been true in May 2010: Greece debt problems, the sinking Euro, the downgrade of Spain’s credit rating and the BP oil spill debacle have taken their toll on markets worldwide.  Oh, and then there was the mysterious May 6th [...]

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I’m sure you’ve heard some version of the phrase “it’s the bottom-line that counts.”  The bottom-line refers to what you get to keep of your income after all your expenses and bills are paid.
Earnings and Bottom-Line Growth
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In business terms, the bottom-line represents earnings.  Earnings are arguably the ultimate measure of growth of a business because [...]

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I’ve been an individual stock investor for almost a decade now (starting out very small, while still an undergrad), but it’s taken me some time to revise my methods and learn what’s most important in terms of record keeping.  When I first started out, all I cared about was the excitement of the purchase itself [...]

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If you’ve never paid attention to Beta (β) (or “B”) before, listen up.  Even if you don’t consider yourself a technical analyst or a seasoned investor, or if you are just getting into stocks now, beta is fairly easy to understand and can help you with your stock picking decisions.
Beta is a mathematical measurement of [...]

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There are many different types of options, and they’re not all equally risky.  Some options investing strategies are highly risky, whereas others have a much lower level of risk.  If you’re still new to options investing, you might want to first read my post on learning the basics of options trading.
Before you can get into [...]

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There was a time when I first learned about DRIPs when I had some idea that I would eventually own some shares in every one, or almost every one.  Over the years as I’ve learned more about investing in general, I’ve realized that (1) I don’t need a portfolio that big and (2) not all [...]

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