Weekly stock picks clobbered the market yet again! Even so, the set of Base Stocks lagged the market a bit and as a result I am dropping two of my Base Stocks: IBM and GE. I am replacing these two dropped stocks with Shopify (SHOP). The following chart summarizes the Monthly Base Stock performance. April… Continue reading April 2017 Stock Pick Perfomance
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Stock Traders and Stock Investors
The difference between stock market traders and stock market investors is often confusing. Here are some brief definitions and examples of each type of trader. According to Ian Harvey at Investopedia (downloaded on 4/10/2017), Stock traders tend to have a short-term time horizon and buy or sell stock based on the market and its characteristics… Continue reading Stock Traders and Stock Investors
April 2017 Stock Picks and Market Strategy
Trading range, consolidation, pull-back to 200 day support line are all possibilities to look forward to in the near term. The market tends toward risk-on with good news about fundamentals such as the ADP hiring report this Wednesday. By contrast, political uncertainty “noise” has a strong, or even stronger, negative effect pushing investors into the… Continue reading April 2017 Stock Picks and Market Strategy
Discover February’s Weekly Top Stock Picks — All Free
Building a stock portfolio is like putting together a really great sled dog team. Many investors tend to take profits from their good stocks (i.e., let their good dogs go) and keep their poorly performing stocks (i.e., their sick dogs) which means they will get nowhere. That said, if a stock gets too rich (a… Continue reading Discover February’s Weekly Top Stock Picks — All Free