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Five Simple Ways To Help Make Sure You Buy Stocks Low and Sell Them Higher

January 14, 2010 · 7 comments

in behavioral finance, discipline, emotions, financial education, investing, market timing, psychology, stocks, technical analysis, time in the market

The stock markets are ultimately unpredictable, but that doesn’t mean they are mysterious or without guiding trends and principles that anyone can learn.
As long as you’re not day trading and hoping to turn profits within minutes or by 5pm, there are a number of ways you can help ensure that you buy your shares low [...]

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Stock Market Correlations With Moon Cycles – Should You Buy Stocks On a Full Moon?

November 17, 2009 · 17 comments

in investing, market timing, seasonal investing, special dates, stocks, theories

I’ve heard some of the crazier stock market indicators before – the lipstick theory, the shorter skirts theory (are they all sexist?!) – for the directions that the markets and the broader economy are considered to be headed in.  Some technical analysis sounds no less arcane – “triple tops” and “double bottoms” as signs of [...]

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Full of Bull? The Most Bullish Call Yet For Stock Markets in 2009-2010

October 30, 2009 · 3 comments

in GDP, US economy, bull market, earnings, economy, investing, market timing

Yesterday, U.S. GDP numbers came in better than expected at 3.5% – causing analysts to “unofficially officially” call the end of the U.S. recession (Canada, Australia and a few other countries had already come out of the recession).  The National Bureau of Economic Research is expected to date the end of the recession to a [...]

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