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.

Posts Tagged ‘investment’

Caution moving forward – NYSE BPI has reversed to “O’s”

29th October 2009 by Simon Comments Off

Just a quick market caution… i received a report that as of yesterday morning the New York stock exchange bullish percent index has reversed to “O’s”, meaning that the sediment has changed from a “bullish” stance to a “bearish” stance and the bears have taken control of the market.
The last time this happened was in [...]

Market overview and some day trading basics

5th March 2009 by Simon Comments Off

Here is a great article from Tyler at www.stockscores.com. Make sure to sign up for his free newsletter.
I am getting a lot of email these days from people looking to be long Oil. I think their interest is motivated by the fact that Oil is scarce, it used to trade at $145 and is now [...]

5 non-stock investments for this market

2nd March 2009 by Simon Comments Off

Here is a very interesting article by Catherine Holahan on MSN money central. One of the investments they talk about are hi yield corporate bonds, and I know that right now there are some Canadian bank bonds available yielding between 6 and 8%.
Interesting thing about the Canadian banks, is even though they have sufferred share [...]

Jeff’s weekly watchlist from 17 Feb 09

19th February 2009 by Simon Comments Off

youtube commentary on this one… with pattern analysis of several pics at Option Addict site.
Click Here
Check it out.

Technorati Tags: Investing, investment, market, Markets, Options, options addict, stock, stock patterns, Stock Picks, Stock Trends, Stocks, stocks-bear, Trading

Pattern Charting at Financial Visualizations

6th February 2009 by Simon Comments Off

go to www.finviz.com and type in a symbol… let’s say QQQQ.
You will see that it displayes a chart of the index with any obvious chart patterns that apply.

Technorati Tags: chart-patterns, Investing, investment, market, market timing, Markets, stock, stock market, stock market training, Stock Trends, stock-charts, Trading

The oldest technical indicator in the book is telling us to sell

6th February 2009 by Simon Comments Off

Very interesting article by Adam Lass at www.taipanpublishinggroup.com
I really like the six market commandments he talks about. Click for the full article!
Original Article
Enjoy!!

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The P/E of the market is still too high… It may trade LOWER YET

3rd February 2009 by Simon Comments Off

A VERY IMPORTANT article by Chris at The Tycoon Report. Read this and take appropriate action. If he’s right, you can be defensive by playing BOTH sides of the market with strategic option strategies.
Excerpt:
The market will most likely break new lows and scare the daylights out of most of us once again. Today I’ll give [...]

How Do You Feel About Your Trading?

30th January 2009 by Simon Comments Off

Great article by R.J. Hixson in the latest www.iitm.com newsletter with Van K. Tharp.
Excerpt:
My emotions used to be driven by what the market was doing. Volatility was good and smooth periods were bad (it meant waiting patiently or impatiently). By trying to call market turning points, I would be elated when I caught them or [...]

Use StockTwits to chat with other traders

30th January 2009 by Simon Comments Off

If you have a www.twitter.com account (or easily sign up for it for FREE), you can sign into
www.stocktwits.com
andcomment with other traders all over the world about different ideas… see what they are doing… etc.
Check it out!

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GorillaTrades Doors Are Wide Open to ALL for the Next Week!

28th January 2009 by Simon Comments Off

Go thru their tutorial, it’s an interesting system using CANSLIM style principles for their pics. I also like their ‘confirm’ concept as well.
you can also download their entire history and see how the system provided entry’s and exits.
Click here
Enjoy!

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How a pro trader cut’s his losses!

27th January 2009 by Simon Comments Off

One of the most important articles you will ever read as a trader. Sometimes you have to learn the hard way, but maybe you will be smarter than me… read the article and take the lesson… without having to learn… THE HARD WAY!! lol
Click Here for Article
Enjoy!

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Can you trust a ‘teaser’?

27th January 2009 by Simon Comments Off

Probably obvious… but still a good article from Travis at www.stockgumshoe.com
Click here
Enjoy!

Technorati Tags: international investing, Investing, investment, market, Markets, Stock Education, stock market, stock market teasers, stock market training, Stock Picks, stockgumshoe, stockmarket, Trading

The Con’s of a Buy-and-Hold Investment Strategy

27th January 2009 by Simon Comments Off

A great article from Gary D. halbert on some of the downfalls to a buy and hold strategy!
“In light of a second bear market within eight years that has (again!) decimated the retirement savings of the Baby Boom generation, it’s not much of a stretch to think the investment strategy that allowed the whims of [...]

How to avoid a Ponzi Scheme

27th January 2009 by Simon Comments Off

Great article by Gary D. Halbert
“What follows is a brief review of our due diligence process when we consider a money manager…”
Click Here
Enjoy!

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3D stock sector map

26th January 2009 by Simon Comments Off

At www.finviz.comthere is a 3D stock sector map (among other great chartingtools) that you really have to see to believe. Very unique… and an excellent tool for quickly determining the gap ups for the day.
Click for 3D map
Check it out… and check out the rest of the site!

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