Stock Capitalist

Les and Simon are a couple of “Stock Capitalists” that scour thru literally hundreds of stock market related sites, newsletters, e-mails, blogs, etc… and “siphon” out great ideas, quotes, recommendations, and stock market related information. They have been trading the stock market for more than 20 years and offer some of their insight and best articles of interest.

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Investigate before you invest

7th July 2009 by Simon Comments Off

Last week I caused a bit of a controversy on Fox News when I suggested that Bernie Madoff might do more good than harm in the long run – there are some good investing lessons for everyone to note….
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Enjoy!

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How to understand market cycles with “The Market Quadrant”

30th January 2009 by Simon Comments Off

Here is a very interesting article written by Justice Litle, Editorial Director ofTaipan Publishing Group that explains the relationship between “credit flow” and “risk appetite” as it applies to “Booms and Busts” like I have never seen before!
Original Article
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Is Crude Oil Set To Rise?

30th January 2009 by Simon Comments Off

Here is an iteresting article from our friends at www.investmentu.com(don’t forget to sign up for the FREE newsletter)
Excerpt:
“…the same manager that runs the USO fund runs another exchange traded security thats custom designed to benefit from situations like the crude oil contango. Its called the United States 12 Month Oil Fund (NYSE: USL). It uses [...]

Options Training

12th January 2009 by Simon Comments Off

Lot’s of great FREE options training at this site:
http://www.optionetics.com/education/

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A summary of predictions: Harry S. Dent Jr’s, Great Depression Ahead!

8th January 2009 by Simon Comments Off

Now that Harry S. Dent’s book “The great Depression Ahead” is available… we suggest you read it. We will be doing more extensive coverage in the future, but for now here is a summary of some of his predictions. We also posted 2 short videos at
http://stockcapitalist.com/?p=1026
PREDICTION SUMMARY
The economy appears to recover from the subprime [...]

Outlook for 2009 – Investment and Economic

8th January 2009 by Simon Comments Off

“One thing appears clear: 2009 is likely to be another wild year in the markets. So, what is an investor to do? Remain in cash and earn little or no

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return, or jump back into equities and risk losing even more money if the market retests the November lows as some analysts expect? I [...]

Winners and Losers of the Email Stock Teasers we get!

29th December 2008 by Simon Comments Off

… mostly losers.
Stock gumshoe has spent a tonne of time tracking all of these stock market investment teasers, and displays their performance. I am just as

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unimpressed by 2007 as I was with 2008.
Check it out… and don’t forget to sign up for their FREE newsletter.
http://www.stockgumshoe.com/2008/12/the-year-in-teasers.html
Spreadsheets of results can be found here:
http://www.stockgumshoe.com/tracking

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Know it, Breath it, Live it…

29th December 2008 by Simon Comments Off

Here is the latest www.stockscores.com newsletter (sign up their to recieve it FREE) entitled:
10 New Year’s Resolutions for Every Stock Trader
Stockscores.com Perspectives for the week ending December 28, 2008
I can’t stress enough how important all these points are. A couple of excerpts that stand out to me:
I Will Remember that Public Information is Useless Information
If [...]

URGENT…. YOU NEED TO WATCH THESE VIDEOS!!

18th December 2008 by Simon Comments Off

For the first time i am giving you a link to another article in this website. I am doing that so it doesn’t get lost in the shuffle.
click the link, scroll down to the bottom and watch Harry Dent’s 2 youtube videos. Then read the article.

THIS IS URGENT INFORMATION
http://stockcapitalist.com/?p=1026

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Semi-Annual U.S. Economic Outlook: Collapsing On Schedule

16th December 2008 by Simon Comments Off

Here is an article at John Mauldin’s Outside the box newsletter. (sign up for FREE at www.investorsinsight.com)
“This week I am really delighted to be able to give you a condensed version of Gary Shilling’s latest INSIGHT newsletter for your Outside the Box. Each month I really look forward to getting Gary’s latest thoughts on the [...]

All the Elements of the Trade

15th December 2008 by Simon 1 Comment

very interesting excerpt from stockscores perspectives. so true.
(sign up for the newsletter for FREE at www.stockscores.com)
enjoy!
Have you ever thought about breaking your trading decision down the way a doctor looks at a problem? Imagine if a doctor made decisions on your health using the same process as you use to make trading decision. I am [...]

Mastering your emotions while trading

15th December 2008 by Simon Comments Off

Here is and excerpt from the latest www.stockscores.com perspectives newsletter for the week ending Dec 14/08. (sign up to recieve for FREE)
Powerful stuff. Enjoy.
Excerpt:
“The human mind is amazingly powerful. It has put a man on the moon, created pieces of silicone that can do billions of calculations a second, organized millions of people to follow [...]

10,000 hours to become a master

15th December 2008 by Simon Comments Off

Here is a great newsletter (subscribe for free at www.iitm.com) on the amount of time required to master a task… particularily trading. Kind of reminds me of some of the lessons in George Leonard’s book called “Mastery”. I suggest reading that as well.
enjoy!
Excerpt: ” It turns out that really successful people seem to have a [...]

Some CRITICAL Ideas for this Economy…URGENT TO READ

4th December 2008 by Simon 2 Comments

The last 2 articles from Van K. Tharp have been excellent. So much so, that I would like to pull a couple ideas out and post them here for your viewing…justbecause I think they are so important to consider. (To sign up for his FREE newsletter go to www.iitm.com)
CRITICAL POINT #1…Tharp’s Thoughts Weekly Newsletter (EXCERPT)

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November Market Condition: Still a Volatile Bear

4th December 2008 by Simon Comments Off

Here is the latest newsletter from Van K. Tharp at www.iitm.com (sign up to the newsletter for FREE)
This is a really interesting one. A great market commentary, list of retailers in huge trouble, and ideas to possibly short specific companies (or use PUT option strategies). Check it out!
http://www.iitm.com/Weekly_update/Weekly_401_Dec_03_2008.htm

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