What I’m looking for

First off I would like to point everybody’s attention to the friendly little competition that was held at Stock Trading to Go where we were to see who could guess the closing of Nasdaq one week in advance. Yours truly was the winner, with a submission of 2340.02 and the actual closing coming in at [...]

Link Mash-up 18

Here are some great articles I came across this week. Take a look at them. You won’t be disappointed. I am going to treat myself after the great week I experienced in the stock market.
See Jonathan comparing the actions of the fed to actions that didn’t happen in his past.
Better yet did you lose some [...]

Get to know CAT

With the strange market that we seem to be locked into, it is a good time to try and find those relatively “cheap” stocks. Stocks that are valued much higher then they currently are. Eventually these stocks will break back out, so why not try and get into them now while they are low. Bring [...]

What if

One of the hardest things I think all traders face is the ability to get over the “what if.”

What if I traded 2 days later?
What if I actually traded the stock instead of watching it?
If only I took out my position yesterday.

The list goes on and on, but, to be truly successful or at least [...]

No more Fed Cuts

So over the past week I have heard over and over that another Fed cut is imminent. That would be like the hundredth cut in less then a year right and obviously nothing is getting better. In fact it is just making the problem worse. I haven’t seen any boost from the other cuts, so [...]

Market Look Ahead

It will be interesting to see how the stock market reacts this coming week. With many big name tech companies (such as Apple and Microsoft) ready to report this week, will they bring:

good news with good gains
bad news with more horrible losses
good news with more horrible losses

If stocks perform positively this week, then I [...]