Making A Volatile Stock Market Your Very Best Friend

Tue Sep 13, 2011 2:59 PM EDT

Most people neverforget their first love. I'll never forget my first trading profit --- but the600 (1970) dollars I pocketed on Royal Dutch Petroleum was not nearly assignificant as the conceptual realization it signaled.

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Five Filters For More Effective Stock Selection

Mon Apr 25, 2011 2:41 PM EDT

How much financial bloodshed is necessary before we realize that there is no safe and easy shortcut to investment success? When do we learn that most of our mistakes involve our very own greed, fear, and unrealistic expectations? How should an investor determine what …

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Wall Street Most Wanted: A New Blue Chip Market Indicator

Tue Apr 12, 2011 3:16 PM EDT

The Dow, Investment Grade Value Stocks, and Alternative Investments

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Investment Guru Interview - Money Matters Radio

Sun Mar 13, 2011 9:45 AM EDT

Stu Taylor's Twenty Questions of Professional Investor Steve Selengut

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How Much Longer Can This Wall Street Toga Party Last?

Tue Mar 8, 2011 9:52 AM EST

About a year ago this week, just before the one-year anniversary of this market rally, there were about 45 IGVSs priced 15% or more below their 52-week highs. The market seemed to be entering a corrective phase, but it just never happened.

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The Dow Jones Industrials --- A Blue Chip Average No More

Thu Feb 24, 2011 9:46 AM EST

In addition to a well thought out investment plan, successful equity investing requires a feel for what is going on in the real world we refer to as "the market".

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Income Investing: News, Mis-Information, and Opportunities

Mon Dec 13, 2010 8:33 AM EST

Whoa! Stop! Hang on a minute. There is absolutely nothing unusual going on in the income securities markets. There is nothing to be particularly concerned about or afraid of. Relax, take a few deep breaths, and read on.

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Market Cycle Investment Management Portfolios Rally To Three Year High Levels

Mon Dec 13, 2010 8:29 AM EST

MCIM Portfolios Rally To Three-Year High Levels Powered By IGVSI Stocks and Income CEFs --- S & P 500 Still Down 19% From September '07 High. What's In Your Portfolio?

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Stock Selection - Tools and Rules

Tue Dec 7, 2010 2:29 PM EST

At least ten hands shoot into the air as the discussion turns to stock selection.

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IGVSI Rally Continues - Profit Taking Opportunities Take the Spotlight!

Wed Nov 10, 2010 2:53 PM EST

Investment Market Numbers: S & P 500 +8%; IGVSI +13%; MCIM +20%

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Ten Investment Risk Minimization Strategies

Wed Aug 25, 2010 1:55 PM EDT

In the recent financial crisis, a very small percentage of (I-bought-my-home-to-live-in) mortgagors stopped making their payments.

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Basics of Investing: Cruise Control Hedging

Thu Aug 19, 2010 9:51 AM EDT

Most people enter the investment arena thinking that "Risk" is a board game they played in college. Today, I would guess that the majority of investors have never owned an individual share of common stock or a Municipal Bond.

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Risk, The Essence Of Investing

Wed Aug 4, 2010 3:33 PM EDT

Most investors incorrectly think of "risk" as the possibility that the market value of a financial asset might fall below the amount that he or she has invested in the asset. OMG, how could this be happening!

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Managed CEFs --- Solid Income Investments in Liquid Form

Wed Jun 16, 2010 8:20 AM EDT

A Closed End Fund (CEF) is a publicly traded investment company that invests in a variety of securities such as stocks, bonds, preferred stocks, real estate, mortgages, oil and gas royalties, etc.

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Managed Asset Allocation - Working Capital Model Part One

Thu Apr 8, 2010 11:13 AM EDT

Asset Allocation is an investment-planning tool, not an investment strategy --- few investment professionals understand the distinction. Fewer still have discovered the power of The Working Capital Model.

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Wall Street Wisdom And Market Cycle Investment Management

Tue Mar 2, 2010 2:45 PM EST

Wall Street Wisdom And Market Cycle Investment Management

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Income Investing And What You Really Know About It - Survey Results

Thu Feb 18, 2010 2:09 PM EST

The results are in! Roughly 260 people took the time to respond to the first income investing survey and I thank y'all very much for being so generous with your time. First, the generalizations:

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IGVSI Bargain Stock Monitor - February 2010

Mon Feb 1, 2010 1:01 PM EST

The Investment Grade Value Stock Index "Bargain Stock Monitor" clearly reflects the profit taking that hit the market late in January--- you and I have been harvesting our gains all along though. Right?

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A Dismal Decade? No Way With Market Cycle Investing

Tue Jan 19, 2010 12:22 PM EST

From the end of 1999 through the end of 2009, all of the popular Wall Street market performance measurement tools were in the red. The average bloodletting level of the DJIA, the S & P 500, and the NASDAQ was a disturbing-to-some minus nineteen percent.

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The Market Cycle Investment Management (MCIM) Program

Tue Dec 29, 2009 11:49 AM EST

During the past sixty years, most economic, market, and interest rate cycles have lasted from two to five years, peak-to-peak. Rarely have any of the cycle-tracking market indices moved in tandem, and none of the cycles are considered to be particularly predictable.

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Exceptional Business Service Awards – Pay It Forward

Thu Dec 10, 2009 1:44 PM EST

Maybe it's the holiday season, or maybe it's just the rare sense of appreciation I felt when I noticed the missing number on the monthly invoice. An epiphany even! This company actually wanted, appreciated, and knew how to retain my business.

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Jobs - Permanent Jobs - Millions Of 'Em

Thu Nov 19, 2009 2:05 PM EST

Communist China, 1995--- the dawn of capitalism.

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Investment Retrospective – A Preemptive Portfolio Protection Strategy

Thu Oct 22, 2009 7:50 PM EDT

A participant in the morning Working Capital Model (WCM) investment workshop observed: I've noticed that my account balances are returning to their (June 2007) levels. People are talking down the economy and the dollar. Is there any preemptive action I need to take?

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