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 ‘stock market training’

The Stockscores Story

21st February 2009 by Simon Comments Off

you can look at the stockscores of any company by going to www.stockscores.com and typing in the ticker.
In recent months I have devoted many of the weekly newsletters to discussion of trading psychology, risk management and trading strategies. But Stockscores was created in 1999 to simplify the market for investors. I created the Stockscores indicators [...]

Dow 3931?

18th February 2009 by Simon Comments Off

Today I’m here to tell you that the market can, and probably will, trade another 30% to 50% lower before the next bull market starts. (NOT “BEAR MARKET RALLY”, BUT “BULL MARKET”). As this happens, you can make huge profits by taking bearish positions. But I want to make sure you TOTALLYGETwhat I was saying [...]

Join An IBD Meetup Group In Your Area To Learn CANSLIM

11th February 2009 by Simon Comments Off

I just attended a great Investor’s Business Daily meetup group yesterday where Tim Reazor from IBD gave a great presentation and overview, along with significant discounts on IBD products. Click on www.ibd.meetup.comand do a search for your city to see if you can find an IBD meetup near you. They are usually FREE.
For those who [...]

How To Develop a Successful Trading Strategy

10th February 2009 by Simon Comments Off

Excerpt:
The market is always changing and yet the more it changes, the more it stays the same. Market participants are still guided by fear and greed, some people still get better information than others and emotion still causes prices to behave irrationally…
Original Newsletter
Enjoy!

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.

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 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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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 [...]

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
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Enjoy!

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!

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…”
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Enjoy!

The Importance of Price when Trading Stocks

25th January 2009 by Simon Comments Off

Here is a very interesting article from Tyler at www.stockscores.com about the importance of stock prices, v.s. just using technical indicators. It also includes a couple of pics, one of which (Silver Wheaton) that i have some call options on right now.
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Enjoy!

The ‘Knowledge’

24th January 2009 by Simon Comments Off

Here is an interesting perspective from our friends at Taipan. Like a previous post I did about 10000 hours to mastery, this article talks about a similar ideas.
Excerpt :
“So heres the bad news: If you havent poured 10 or 15 years of your life into a passion for markets, and you arent currently in position [...]

Are you fearing your missing out?

23rd January 2009 by Simon Comments Off

Most trading mistakes come down to one of three things:

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lack of trading knowledge
succumbing to fear
succumbing to greed
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Enjoy!