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Stocks

Stock represents a share of ownership in a corporation. A bond is a security that represents a debt owed by the corporation to the bondholder, but does not include the ownership privileges of a stockholder. Stocks and bonds are the staples of many investment portfolios. As an investor, it is important to have a clear understanding of just what these securities can and cannot be expected to offe. . .

Is the Stock Market for you?

Many people would like to diversify their portfolios to expand their holdings. Making it big in the stock market has been a dream for many people who want to strike it rich. Many movies and books have been made portraying the ins and outs of the stock market, for some, dealing with the stock market can be very complex and complicated. There are many things needed to be understood and learned. I. . .

Finding false gold in penny stock

As far as traders go, many do not see the penny stock as a solid way to do business. Many believe that dealing with penny stock is a risky business. And it really is. Some traders think that the next Microsoft and Walmart stock is buried in a penny stock, which is why they stick around trading unknown stocks over the market.What is a penny stock? According to the Securities and Exchange Commiss. . .

5 Things To Know About The Stock Market

50% Of U.S. Households Invest In The Stock Market Individuals invest in the stock market directly, through mutual funds, their pension plans, profit sharing plans, 401k's, IRA's, etc. Mutual Funds Dominate The Market It is mainly the mutual funds, buying and selling, who move the market and cause individual stocks to go up and down. Mutual funds are the 800-pound gorillas of the stock market; a. . .

Forex Versus Stocks

Stocks have been a popular investment for hundreds of years. Companies issue stocks to raise capital for expansion and new projects, and each share of the stock represents a partial ownership in the company.When the company does well and makes a profit, the value of the stocks rise. Stock owners can sell their shares for a profit or hold on to the stock for even more gain in the future. Sometim. . .

Why Stock Is More Risky Than Options!

You probably realize by now that our trading preference is stock options.But you have probably also been told or read that options are risky. Even worse, that you can lose your shirt trading them!Well, what is the truth?Let's take a look at stock ownership. What can happen if you buy stock?The price can go up.The price can go down.The price can go sideways.In the first case, you can make mone. . .

Investing in FOREX or investing in Stocks? Understand the benefits and risks of each Market

So, you have the money to invest, but you don’t know whether to buy Stocks or try something new, like FOREX for example.StocksBefore we describe what are the benefits of FOREX, lets remember what are Stocks. Stocks have been a popular investment for hundreds of years. Companies issue stocks to raise capital for expansion and new projects, and each share of the stock represents a partial owners. . .

The POWER of a proven stock investment plan

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Making Thousands In The New York Stock Exchange - Hidden Ground Breaking Rules

Once you have decided to begin trading in the New York Stock Exchange, there is a bewildering variety of information and advice out there that will guarantee to put you on the way to success. A lot of the New York Stock Exchange advice is good, and some of it isn’t. So where do you start this difficult task? Here is a broad outline of what I consider some of the ground rules you need to cover . . .

Online Stock Trading: Freedom of Trade

I remember the first time I started to trade online. It was just before the tech bubble of the late 1990’s and the internet was still something new for most people. Purchasing the now forgotten company was easy, and I made a few dollars on that trade. It was so excitingly simple.Flash forward a couple of years and I have made and lost my share of money. While still ahead of the game, I learned . . .

8 Penny Stocks to Avoid

There are many good penny stock investments available, which could turn a small amount of capital into a small fortune very quickly. However, to discover these you need to know what to look for and what to avoid. When searching for that one big payoff, steer clear of the following examples. The Phone Salesman - Anyone who is attempting to sell you investments over the phone should be considered. . .

Exploring the world of day trading

Are you looking into a career in day trading? In the past, the tools for day trading were available only to professionals. But thanks to the power of the Internet, everything you need to get started is now conveniently online. If you have a nose for business, guts and a sharp instinct for how the market shifts, the maybe day trading is the job for you.What is day trading? Basically it is daily,. . .

Why have Investment Plans for the Stock Market

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Facts of day trading

Are you thinking of entering the fast-paced world of day trading? Arm yourselves with the information from this fact sheet on day trading.What is day trading?Day trading is an investment tactic that does online daily stock trading with a relatively short investment. Those who do day trading usually buy and sell securities during the same market day and, as a general rule, do not hold stocks ove. . .

There are several factors an investor in the stock market should consider

1. Do not spread your money too thin.My friend has a little over $200,000 invested in the stock market through 27 different Mutual funds. In my opinion, 27 Mutual funds is 27 too many collecting load fees, management fees, commission fees, operating and advertising fees. Diversity is important, but just as important is over-diversification. Also, in my opinion, $200,000 should not be put into m. . .

Option Trading Tips - Covered Call Cashflow

Writing Covered Calls is a conservative strategy where you buy a stock that you would like to invest in and then write a call option against that stock.This is a cash generating strategy that not only offers downside protection that you otherwise wouldn't enjoy if you just bought the stock, but also gives you the ability to generate a consistent monthly income, for only minutes of your time.How. . .

Penny Stock Investing

The Nature of Penny Stocks For anyone new to investing in penny stocks, you should first be made aware of the differences between these micro-cap stocks and the more conventional blue-chip and mid-cap investments. Unlike buying shares in a large, stable company like Ford or IBM, you are dealing with speculative investments. Penny stocks literally trade for pennies per share, or for as much as a. . .

InvestorIdeas.com Launches New Portal for the Gaming Industry Sector: GamingIndustryStocks.com

Wednesday, April 27, 2005InvestorIdeas.com Launches New Portal for the Gaming Industry Sector: GamingIndustryStocks.com Keeping pace with Gaming Industry Stocks, Trends and Developments within the Gaming Sector POINT ROBERTS, WA, April 27, 2005 – InvestorIdeas.com is pleased to announce the opening of its newest industry portal www.GamingIndustryStocks.com (GIS), joining the InvestorIdeas umbre. . .

How to create wealth in the stock market

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HomelandDefenseStocks.com Launches new Homeland Security Portal for the Non-Lethal Sector: www.N...

For Immediate ReleaseJanuary 10, 2005 HomelandDefenseStocks.com Launches new Homeland Security Portal for the Non-Lethal Sector: www.NonlethalStocks.com, Featuring Public Companies Law Enforcement Associates (OTCBB: LENF) and MDM Group, Inc. (OTCPK: MDDM)POINT ROBERTS, WA-------------------------------, January 10, ---2005 - HomelandDefenseStocks.com (HDS), an investor news portal for the Home. . .

Option Trading Tips - Get Paid For A Promise!

Writing Naked Puts is simply selling a put option on a stock that you would be happy to own should the price come down to your desired buy price.When we write a naked put we are effectively 'promising' to buy someone else's shares in the future should the stock price fall below a certain level.For doing this we are instantly paid spendable cash for each share that we 'promise' to buy. If the st. . .

The Easy Secrets To Determine Stock Market Position Sizing

When trading in the stock market, position sizing is where all the tools of money management come together. It`s perhaps the most important part of your stock market money management rules. Position sizing is simply deciding how much you are going to put into any one stock market trade. You can calculate your position size using the other tools of stock market money management, your maximum los. . .

The National Homeland Security Knowledgebase Sponsors Upcoming Homeland Defense Stocks Online Con...

HomelandDefenseStocks.com Homeland Security Online Conference Update: Looking Back at the Progress and Obstacles; Tracking Trends in Technology & Funding Moving Forward POINT ROBERTS, WA; August 26, 2005, The National Homeland Security Knowledgebase, www.NationalHomelandSecurityKnowledgebase.com, (NHSK) is pleased to be a media sponsor for the upcoming online Homeland Security Investor Conferen. . .

A Candle Is Better Than a Bar Any Day

There are various ways that stock prices are represented on charts. The most common charts are what are known as:" line" bar" candlestick.Line charts are what you typically see on the TV or in newspapers. They represent price action by a single line.They only show the closing prices of the stock and are of little use to traders. Because they do not show what has happened during the day.Bar c. . .

How To Identify Explosive Stocks To Trade

Many traders often come to me with this question, " How can I know what stocks are going to break out in price?"Indeed, if you can identify what stocks are going to break out in an explosive move, you can jump on these stocks to trade them before they start to move. While it cannot be denied that this is a trading technique, and have elements of speculation, we can use technical analysis to hel. . .

The Convertible Craze Brightens The Future Of Equities

Convertibles are stealing the show with their safe investment image in today’s “protective” market. They seem to be overshadowing the stocks and bonds, and this holds true for the mediocre issuers.A convertible bond, as the name suggests, can be converted into a company's common stock. The bonds are a source of additional profit for the investors. Although investors are particular about short-t. . .

Risk and Stock Trading Fees: The Two Barriers To Overcome If You Want A Successful Trading Career.

You know the old joke:"How do you make a million in the stock market? Start with two million?"There is no way around it, risk and stock market fees are a part of trading that you can`t avoid. But, you can manage your risk. You can also manage the brokerage stock trading fees that eat away at your trading float. All it takes is some planning and making good choices. If you think you`re ready to . . .

Investor Portal “InternetSearchEngineStocks.com” For Search Engine Stocks: New Profiled Featured ...

For Immediate ReleaseFebruary 3rd, 2005Investor Portal “InternetSearchEngineStocks.com” For Search Engine Stocks: New Profiled Featured Company Rocketinfo Inc., A Supplier of Advanced Search Technologies POINT ROBERTS, WA, February 3, 2005 - www.InternetSearchEngineStocks.com, a global investor and industry news portal for search engine stocks, is pleased to announce its new featured search eng. . .

President

Should You Be Investing? Work vs. Investing Let's say "little capital" means something like $10,000. Suppose you invest that in the stock market. You pick your own stock by watching finance channels, reading financial statements online, and keeping ahead on the news events. You diligently work 2 extra hours per day on these investing activities. And you make 15% annually which is well above av. . .

WHAT THE SEC REALLY THINKS ABOUT MUTUAL FUNDS!

Let’s go into the details of why non-indexed mutual funds are such a bad deal. When Arthur Levitt became the head of the Security Exchange Commission in 1993 he had to sell off all of his individual stocks so that people would not claim that he was doing any dirty inside dealing. He decided to put the cash from selling off his stock portfolio into mutual funds. Mr. Levitt grew very angry wh. . .

How To Really Win Big In The Stock Market

Hi, Mark CrispEnjoy your long weekend. I am about to take a few days vacation my-self.Everyone seems to be worrying about what direction the stock market is going....in a word DON'T. Don't even concern your-self with the day to day "noise" There's absolutely nothing we can do about where the stock market is going to go..so don't waste your time on it.What-ever you do simply follow price and vol. . .

Option Trading Tips - Why Would Anyone Trade Options?

Beyond all the 'hype' what is it that makes option trading so good?This is a question that I wish more people would ask, but the thing is not too many people know they even exist!The main reason that I love option trading is that options provide the opportunity to turn a small or modest amount of money into a large amount of money quickly!How is this possible you might ask?Well before I get int. . .

Defining a long-term investment in the stock market.

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The Stock Market Explained!

Let’s briefly describe The Stock Market for those who are new to the financial world. What is The Stock Market?It is by definition a market in which shares of companies stocks are bought and sold. Let me explain this. When companies start growing they need to find investors willing to invest on the company. They need to rise money to keep buying machines and products and to expand their busines. . .

HOW TO RETIRE WEALTHY FROM A HOME BASED BUSINESS!

The retirement account I am going to tell you about is really neat if you work for a small company or own a family business that is home based or “brick and mortar.” A company-sponsored IRA can even be opened by the smallest of businesses known the “sole proprietor”. Under the SEP-IRA plan, an employer (your boss or any business entity you or your family owns that is recognized be the IRS) can. . .

China-AsiaStocks.com Reports on Recent IPO Success of Baidu.com – Growing Investor Interest in Ch...

Baidu.com Earns Position in Top 15 IPOs of all time.POINT ROBERTS, WA, August 9, 2005 - www.China-AsiaStocks.com (CAS) an investor and industry news portal for the China-Asia sector and www.InternetSearchEngineStocks.com (ISES), a news portal for search engine stocks, report on the recent IPO success of the Chinese search engine giant Baidu.com (NASDAQ: BIDU). The stock’s performance on its fir. . .

DON’T LET MUTUAL FUND NAMES FOOL YOU OUT OF YOUR RETIREMENT!

Mutual fund managers use fake fund names to part you from your money such that you cannot judge what a fund does by its name. Many funds have names that are outright misleading or even deceptive. In the late 1990’s, for instance, during the technology stock bubble, some portfolio managers took advantage of public’s desire to chase the latest fad by slapping “internet” in front of their fund n. . .

The Perfect Mutual Fund

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The Traders Secret Art of Setting Stop Losses - Guaranteed To Boost Profits

When traders first begin considering their stop losses, keep in mind this comment from Tom Baldwin, a leading day-trader. He said, “The best traders have no ego.” Successful traders are faced with losses constantly, and they swallow their pride and get out of the position when they have to. This allows traders to survive in the market long enough to be successful. Traders set their stop losses,. . .

Credit Spreads -- The Favorite Strategy of Successful Options Investors

Credit Spreads DefinedThe two most widely used credit spreads are the bull put spread and the bear call spread.Bull Put Spreads are used when the investor is neutral to slightly positive about the prospects for the underlying stock or index. They are constructed by purchasing one or more puts at a certain strike price and then immediately selling short an equal number of puts at a higher strike. . .

Designing a Trading System in MetaStock - Part 1

In this three article series, I`m going to guide you through the process I use to design a trading system using MetaStock. I’ll cover the four major components that every successful trading system has in common, and then I’ll show you how to code these components into the MetaStock program. Please note that this is by no means investment advice and any information I cover is purely for illustra. . .

NaturalGasStocks.com Features "Insiders Corner" By Michael Brush, Article on Natural Gas Stocks: ...

POINT ROBERTS, WA. January 14, 2005 - InvestorIdeas.com resource portal, NaturalGasStocks.com (NGS), a global investor website for the natural gas sector, is pleased to offer a new feature for investors to track trends in insider trading among small and micro-cap stocks. InvestorIdeas.com proudly introduces “The Insiders Corner”, a weekly feature by well-known financial writer and author Micha. . .

MUTUAL FUNDS SNARE THE PUBLIC IN A HIDDEN TAX TRAP!

One among many ways you lose money in non-indexed mutual funds is the tax trap. You may have to pay taxes even when your mutual fund loses money! To many people this is painfully unexpected. Here is how this counter intuitive event occurs. By law, mutual funds do not pay taxes. Instead, they pass on those taxes to you, the shareholder in the mutual fund. If the fund manager sells a stock. . .

HomelandDefenseStocks.com New Featured Profiled Company: FaceKey Corp. Access Control Patented Bi...

February 15, 2005HomelandDefenseStocks.com New Featured Profiled Company: FaceKey Corp. Access Control Patented Biometric Technologies Combining Face and Fingerprint Recognition POINT ROBERTS, Wash., February 15, 2005 - www.HomelandDefenseStocks.com (HDS) and www.BorderAndPortSecurity.com are pleased to announce that FaceKey Corporation: (OTC.PK: FEKY), an access control biometrics company comb. . .

HomelandDefenseStocks.com Features Markland Technologies, Inc. 2005 Integrated Security Solutions...

POINT ROBERTS, Wash.; February 04, 2005 www.HomelandDefenseStocks.com (HDS): a global investor and industry news and research portal for the homeland security sector is pleased to announce the online availability of featured company Markland Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: MRKL) updated 2005 PowerPoint. Markland Technologies is a defense and homeland security company transforming advanced laboratory. . .

Is Active Trading The Answer?

One of the main reasons many of us get into investing is to become financially independent. Who isn't trying to amass a portfolio with enough income to ensure that we don't have to work when we should be playing golf or traveling the world. While there are several strategies to invest, is active trading one of the ways to become a millionaire?For those investors who want to achieve that million. . .

12 Basic Stock Investing Rules Every Successful Investor Should Follow

There are many important things you need to know to trade and invest successfully in the stock market or any other market. 12 of the most important things that I can share with you based on many years of trading experience are enumerated below.1. Buy low-sell high. As simple as this concept appears to be, the vast majority of investors do the exact opposite. Your ability to consistently buy low. . .

401(k) Plans

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OilandGasStockNews.com Launches With New Featured Company, Eden Energy Corp.,

For Immediate ReleaseMay 3, 2005OilandGasStockNews.com Launches With New Featured Company, Eden Energy Corp., Focused On Large Scale Exploration Projects With Significant Resource Potential. POINT ROBERTS, WA-------------------------------, May 03, 2005 - InvestorIdeas.com, an investor news portal for the small cap stock market investor, announces the launch of a new portal within its content u. . .

THE BIG SECRET THE MUTUAL FUNDS DON’T WANT YOU TO KNOW: INDEXING!

Non-indexed mutual funds try to keep it secret that actively managed mutual very funds rarely do better stock market indexes. The higher fees of the managed funds really make it hard for these funds to out compete indexed funds. Smart financial journalists occasionally rat out fund managers for not educating the public in this regard. When this happens the mutual fund managers make a feeble a. . .

SECRET FEES MAKE MUTUAL FUNDS BILLIONS AT YOUR EXPENSE!

Many investors think that investing in mutual funds is free. What nonsense! Funds collect more than $50 billion a year in fees from investors. That is truly a ton of money. The first way you get hosed in a mutual fund is due to high fees charged. These fees can dramatically reduce your returns over time! The way that these fees are deducted automatically from a fund’s returns makes them i. . .

HomelandDefenseStocks.com Homeland Security Online Conference Sept 21, 2005 Announces the Additio...

POINT ROBERTS, Wash.; September 20th, 2005 - www.HomelandDefenseStocks.com (HDS), an investor and industry news portal for the homeland defense and security sector, is pleased to present keynote speaker Tom McMillen, one of the country’s foremost homeland security entrepreneurs, for participation in its third online Homeland Security Conference. The conference format will be an audio presentati. . .

Turning Away From The Basics

“The basics” are what turn:• A baby into a toddler• A young man or woman into an adult• Minor leaguers into major leaguers• Amateurs into professionals in every walk of lifeBabies see everyone around them walking and talking. They want to be just like the rest, so they try and try until they learn how to walk and talk Young men & women are taught that it’s the “right thing to do” to keep the. . .

BAD NEWS - WHY THE FINANCIAL NEWS MEDIA CAN COST YOU MONEY!

The communication innovations we have around us today like the internet, financial newspapers, and special interest television channels focused on investing like CNBC are a high speed pipeline of nonsensical chatter. All these sources of information mean that there is no shortage of media people trying to answer our questions about the stock market and specific stocks. You have to remember that. . .

An Interview With Nicoals Darvas 1975

The only interview with Nicolas Darvas in the WorldHi Nic. It’s a pleasure to meet you in person. Thank you for agreeing to do this interview. Welcome and please do feel comfortable.Nic: Thanks for having me and it’s always my pleasure to discuss stocks and the stock market.Nic would you mind if we get right down to talking about the stock markets? I can’t wait to pick your brains on this subje. . .

Gold-MiningStocks.com Reports – Industry Expert Forecasts for Gold Stock Investment Strategies

Economic Indicators for Gold Stock Investors to Consider: Currency Fluctuation, Production Costs, and Exploration Activity POINT ROBERTS, WA, Delta, B.C. April 4, 2005 – Gold-MiningStocks.com (GMS) is pleased to offer investors an exclusive report regarding the type of environment that market participants are forecasting for the gold industry. Industry experts discuss several economic and fina. . .

HomelandDefenseStocks.com Reports:

“Solar Technology, the Bright Spot in Homeland Security”.Homeland Security and the Department of Defense Initiatives Have Led to Further Innovations in the Renewable Energy SectorPOINT ROBERTS, Wash.; April 4th, 2005 – www.HomelandDefenseStocks.com (HDS), an investor news portal for the homeland defense and security sector is pleased to feature an exclusive article on the convergence of renewab. . .

Stock Investment Advice - Avoiding The Boiler Rooms

Stock investment advice is easy to find. Do you get cold called by brokers with the latest investment tip? I have, as have countless others around the globe. And many of us have lost a lot of money to these people. So, how can you avoid some of these pitfalls?In general, if you get cold called by anyone, the best stock investment advice that I can give you is to leave them alone, no matter how . . .

HOW THE INSIDERS HAVE STOLEN YOUR RETIREMENT: THE 401(K)!

Mutual funds were moderately successful in creating a presence in the stock market until the advent of the investment retirement account and in particular the 401(k). Corporate insiders persuaded the federal government to allow for the 401(k) in lieu of offering employees the traditional pension. When this happened the employees lost the protection of a specialized financial manager who coul. . .

Gold-MiningStocks.com Reports – Gold Price at Highest Point for 17 Years - Gold Stocks Populate L...

Concerns regarding inflation, state of the US economy following Hurricane Katrina, deterioration of global currencies, and rocketing oil prices create volatility and drive investors towards increased gold holdings. POINT ROBERTS, WA, Delta, B.C. September 19, 2005 – Gold-MiningStocks.com (GMS) reports that shares of gold mining companies rose sharply in late trading on Friday due to concerns r. . .

HomebuilderStocks.com Exclusive Article: Unified Building Codes Offer Nationwide Growth Opportuni...

News ReleaseNovember 17, 2004HomebuilderStocks.com Exclusive Article: Unified Building Codes Offer Nationwide Growth Opportunities for Homebuilding Sector POINT ROBERTS, WA. November 17th, 2004 - www.HomebuilderStocks.com (HBS), a global investment research portal for the homebuilder sector, is pleased to feature an exclusive article, "Unified Building Codes Offer Nationwide Growth Opportunitie. . .

RenewableEnergyStocks.com Reports – Renewable Energy Industry Sees Growing Public Support as Smar...

Consumer Driven Renewables Surge as Solar Technology Innovation Provides for Seamless Integration.POINT ROBERTS, Wash., August 11th, 2005 – www.RenewableEnergyStocks.com (RES), an investor and industry news portal for the renewable energy sector reports on factors driving the growth of renewables. As solar technology provides for seamless integration into people’s daily lives, providing cost e. . .

Press Releases Scams and Successes: Reading Between the Lines

Even novice investors are likely well acquainted with Press Releases, however it may serve all investors to review some important aspects of them. Press releases are a means through which companies can keep the public up to date regarding their recent affairs. It is the duty of every public company to keep its investors and indirectly potential investors aware of what is going on in the compa. . .

SAFELY SAVE FOR YOUR CHILD’S UNIVERSITY STUDIES USING AN EDUCATION IRA!

This investment retirement account (IRA) is useful to you as an investor to understand because it may be a good way for you to save for your kid’s education AND save on taxes. These plans are now called Coverdell Education Savings Accounts in honor of the late U.S. Sen. Paul Coverdell. Individuals can make annual contributions of up to $2,000 per child into an account that's exclusively for he. . .

How To Get Online Press Releases On Your Stocks Before Others Hear About Them

It is a fact of life that press releases influence the current price of a stock. People react emotionally and buy stocks on good press releases, and sell stocks on bad ones, regardless of the validity of the press release. If you can get the news first, you can be in a favorable position to take advantage and gain financially. This article describes how to obtain online stock press releases . . .

Tips for investing

Many people want to take advantage of the opportunity to invest as a way to supplement their income, but few people have the knowledge or the time to monitor stocks and they are reluctant to pay the high fees associated with full-service brokers.As well, most people know that a diversified portfolio is the best-performing portfolio, but few people have the huge capital it takes to properly dive. . .

Option Trading Tips - LEAP Into Future Profits!

A LEAP (Long-term Equity Anticipation Product) is simply a long-dated option.LEAP options that don't expire upto 2 years into the future give the buyer much more time to be right about the future direction of a stock and at the same time offer tremedous leverage.LEAP option trading has become quite popular in recent years because just like all options, LEAPs only cost a fraction of what it woul. . .

Option Trading Tips - Straddle Secrets

In basic terms there are only 2 types of options you can trade, Calls and Puts. As a buyer of options you always want the underlying stock to go up if you buy calls and down if you buy puts.Determining which way a stock is likely to go is the challenge. However if you know a stock is going to move strongly in one direction or another, then you might consider buying a straddle.To buy a straddle . . .

NaturalGasStocks.com and OilandGasStockNews.com Announce Upcoming Oil and Natural Gas Stocks Onli...

POINT ROBERTS, WA. June 16, 2005 - www.NaturalGasStocks.com (NGS), and www.OilandGasStockNews.com (OGSN), global investor websites for the natural gas, energy and oil industries, are pleased to host their third online investor conference in audio format, June 22, 2005. The online forum/conference will feature speakers from a cross section of small and large public companies in the natural gas s. . .

Investing in Dividend Paying Stocks

You have permission to this article either electronically or in print as long as the author bylines are included, with a live link and the article is not changed in any way. Please provide a courtesy emailto: charles@thestockopolyplan.com telling where the article was published. (Word Count 747) Investing in Dividend Paying StocksI was recently interviewed for a press release through a financi. . .

Top Ten Investment Mistakes

1. Lacking an investment plan a/k/a/ “Don't take a trip without packing the map”. A pre-planned asset allocation generates positive results and eliminates emotional panic selling.2. Buying cheap stocks a/k/a “Road crews erect "Dead End" signs for a reason”. Most stocks with low share prices also arrive at the bottom for a reason. There must be institutional interest to influence price, and many. . .

Have Analysts Gotten Honest?

It caught my attention when I heard an analyst on a popular financial news program tell investors to sell a stock because too many analysts liked the company, citing the fact that there were no sell ratings.It seemed perfectly logical to me that analysts wouldn’t be telling investors to sell 3M (MMM), which has one of the most consistent positive earnings records in the history of the stock mar. . .

Should You Get Out?

Pretend, for a moment, that you have a gut feeling the market will be falling. You think that oil, the hurricane, the economy, whatever, is going to ultimately bring down the market.Should you get out of the market entirely?Making a decision to “get out of the market” and sell all your stocks is an incredibly risky wager! You are essentially drawing a line in the sand and deciding the market . . .

Fools Rush In

A Need To Know Basis Too often investors buy shares in a stock armed with little more than the ticker symbol and a tip from a friend at work. Why not arm yourself with the best possible information, especially when it is all there at your fingertips for free? Here are the bare bones factors that are important to know about the company you are going to invest in, and how they can impact the pric. . .

NaturalGasStocks.com Features Energy Stocks Update: "Going With What Works: Another Energy Stock ...

POINT ROBERTS, WA. February 24, 2005 - www.NaturalGasStocks.com (NGS), a global investor website for the natural gas sector, is pleased to offer an updated exclusive commentary on energy stocks: "Going With What Works: Another Energy Stock With Solid Insider Buying”. The article is part of the ongoing "Insiders Corner” column, by well-known financial writer and author Michael Brush. Mr. Brush a. . .

HomelandDefenseStocks.com Homeland Security Online Conference Update: Looking Back at the Progres...

www.HomelandDefenseStocks.com Announces New Participants to its Online Homeland Security Investor and Industry Conference Being Hosted September 21st, 2005 POINT ROBERTS, Wash.; August 24, 2005 - www.HomelandDefenseStocks.com (HDS), an investor news portal for the homeland defense and security sector, is pleased to update the list of participants to its third online Homeland Security Investor . . .

The Strangest Investment Strategy Ever Created

"Asset rebalancing" may be the strangest investment strategy ever created and unfortunately, this a strategy we are seeing more frequently in 401k plans, 403b annuities, as well as in section 457 deferred compensation plans that we advise on for our clients. Don't use it!"Asset rebalancing" means setting your portfolio parameters…say you plan to have 15% each of your portfolio in certain areas…. . .

HomelandDefenseStocks.com Announces New Featured Profiled Company: Sniffex,

Unique Explosives Detection Technology Vastly Expands Range and Effectiveness Sniffex’s Affordable Handheld Device Services High Demand, Untapped Global Market POINT ROBERTS, Wash., June 7, 2005 - www.HomelandDefenseStocks.com, an investor news portal for the Homeland Defense sector reports that Sniffex, Inc. (OTC.PK: SNFX), a provider of affordable handheld explosive detection technologies is. . .

HomebuilderStocks.com Reports: Major Homebuilder Companies Report Record Quarterly Gains

For Immediate ReleaseThursday, March 24, 2005HomebuilderStocks.com Reports: Major Homebuilder Companies Report Record Quarterly GainsUS Department Of Commerce Report States That New Home Sales for February Increased By 9.4%POINT ROBERTS, WA. Monday, March 28, 2005 - www.HomebuilderStocks.com, (HBS) a global investment news and research portal for the homebuilder sector, reports upon the release. . .

HomebuilderStocks.com Reports “December Housing Starts Data Boosts Homebuilder Stocks”.

POINT ROBERTS, WA. January 19th, 2005 - www.HomebuilderStocks.com, (HBS) a global investment news and research portal for the homebuilder sector, reports that following the release of a Commerce Department report on US housing starts fort December, share prices of the sector’s major homebuilders increased. Both analysts and market participants remain firmly bullish in their forecasts for the c. . .