Gold Has Lost Its Shine
With the price of gold falling steadily from its February 20th high, it seems that gold stocks may have finally lost their shine over the last three weeks or so.
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04, 2019
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04, 2019
How to Conquer Your Fear in the Market
Let’s talk about fear, one of the most difficult emotions to control. At the beginning of 2019, many investors missed the beginning of a strong market rally because they were fearful...
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04, 2019
The Best Sectors for Different Market Cycle Phases
Knowing which sectors are most likely to outperform the stock market at different phases of market cycles can give you an edge in your stock picking and timing.
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04, 2019
Need A Few Stock Ideas? Attend Saturday’s International Online Forum Or Watch On YouTube.
What's your favorite stock, and which indicators do you like to use for analysis? Join us for Saturday's VectorVest International Online Forum to learn which stocks investors like you are holding and trading. We’ll answer your questions and demonstrate best practices for analyzing stocks in VectorVest's Stock Viewer while using a variety of effective graph [...]
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03, 2019
How Your Objectives and Stages of Investing Should Factor Into Your Stop-Prices
One of the interesting discussions we have in our Investing for Retirement course is when we explain the importance of Stop-Prices, or Stop-Losses as they are often called. There is always a bit of pushback, and it’s understandable. We hear comments such as...
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03, 2019
How to Supercharge Your Portfolio
Does it feel like your portfolio isn’t making the gains it should? Do you have too many stocks that are underperforming the market or worse, costing you money? Is volatility causing you sleepless nights?
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03, 2019
Video: All About Thematic ETFs: The Wave of the Future
Ed Subak’s presentation to our VectorVest International User Group Forum Saturday titled, Thematic ETFs — An Update, was truly an eye-opener about how megatrends are driving the financial markets and how we can invest profitably in these trends.
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03, 2019
Why You Should Pay Attention to the Consumer Confidence Indicator
Interesting isn’t it how investor sentiment and consumer confidence can change and move the markets? Think back for a minute: How you were feeling about the markets last October through December? Sentiment was grim, wasn’t it? I recall Dr. DiLiddo writing about how “persistent pessimism” had driven the markets into a freefall even while corporate earnings and other economic indicators were performing reasonably well. He was right on the money, as usual.
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02, 2019
EIGHT TIPS TO MAXIMIZE PROFITS AND MINIMIZE LOSSES
Bear markets can be frustrating. However, when you manage them correctly, they create exceptional buying opportunities. The key is to know when to stop buying and raise cash by protecting profits, and, have the confidence to start buying again when the market is at or near a bottom.
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02, 2019
Selling Too Soon
So, sell when you must, but selling too soon can be costly when you own good quality companies that pay a nice dividend that is growing. One should never underestimate the power of compounding.