Plunging Dollar vs. Rising Dollar-Denominated Indices

Over the last week or so I’ve been shaking my head incredulously at most of the comments I’ve heard about the falling dollar. It seems that the talking heads have nothing negative to say about the weakening dollar. (I wonder why?) Well I was glad to hear what Don Harrold had to say in this [...]

Does Dow 13,000 Mean Everybody is Richer?

I just saw some comments about “everybody” being richer these days with the Dow in all-time high territory. We can just look at all the mortgage defaults to know that’s not the case! And don’t even get me started on drawing conclusions based on the Dow. No doubt there are many who are richer now. [...]

Crazy Glue*

Michelle B submits: Daytraders are often criticized by investors. Apparently, daytraders dabble in the risky business of speculation, while investors do not, despite the generally accepted perspective is that anyone buying or selling a stock is speculating. Daytraders are often described by the investor bunch as being forever glued to their screens, watching every tick. [...]

Jim Cramer’s 25 Investing Rules

Jim Cramer’s posting his ’25 Investing Rules’ as part of a promo for his new book ‘Jim Cramer’s Real Money: Sane Investing in an Insane World’. So far 13 of the rules are up and he’ll be adding one more each day. The rules aren’t anything earth shattering but it never hurts to take a [...]

Trading 101: Recommended Reading – ‘How to Make Money in Stocks’

Whenever anybody asks me for advice on learning about the stock market I immediately ask if they’ve read How to Make Money in Stocks by William O’Neil. In my opinion, if you read only one book on investing it should be this one. I credit this book with changing my whole approach to investing. Before [...]