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.
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02, 2019
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01, 2019
The New Master Retirement WatchList
Why use WatchLists? One of the best analogies I’ve heard is that it’s like buying groceries. Have you ever been to the supermarket without a shopping list?
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01, 2019
HOW TO HEDGE WITH INVERSE ETFs
So much for the Santa Claus rally. Yes, we did have a couple of huge up days near the end of the month, most notably a 385-point gain December 27th, and still our Canadian market is on track for its worst December since 2008. By far.
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12, 2018
Lessons Learned from the ASPC Challenge
Congratulations to the three prize winners in the Regional (Canada) division of our All-Subscriber Portfolio Challenge, and really, congratulations to everyone who participated in the competition. It was a lot of fun and a valuable learning experience.
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12, 2018
THE EMOTIONAL MARKET CYCLE
Open your web browser and type, “Graphs of The Emotional Market Cycle”. At a minimum you’ll get over 100 unique graph images and words describing investor emotions as the market moves from an oversold bottom to a rounding, overbought top, and then back down again to establish a new bottom.
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11, 2018
Will Gold Shine Again?
Gold is commonly believed to be a safe haven in times of financial or political uncertainty, mainly because it is not at risk of becoming worthless unlike currencies or other assets bearing credit risk. Well, we’ve had bucket loads of uncertainty the past two years, but gold and gold miners have gone nowhere except in fits and starts. So, what’s going on?
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11, 2018
Trading: Understand What You Can’t Control
I was pleased and grateful last weekend to receive an essay topic idea from subscriber Dr. Gord Nixon. Dr. Nixon, you will recall, was a keynote presenter along with Mike Simonato, to our September 2nd, 2017 International Online User Group Forum on the topic, “Strategic Investing with VectorVest’s High CI Indicator.” His essay idea was essentially a retweet of some sage wisdom by popular investing book author Steve Burns.
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10, 2018
Five Steps for More Consistent Profits
If you’re like most investors, you’ve probably seen your long-term retirement portfolio drop a bit since VectorVest issued its Confirmed Down call, C/Dn, on August 10th, or maybe a lot if you don’t consistently “weed your portfolio” of the weakest stocks or take other defensive measures such as options, for example.
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10, 2018
Who Are the Winners in New USMCA Deal?
The new NAFTA, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement or USMCA, was settled at the 11th hour Saturday, just before time was about to run out on an artificial deadline set by President Trump.
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10, 2018
How Swing Trading Can Help You Become a Better Investor
More and more, investors have turned to shorter term investing with a portion of their accounts, or swing trading. Swing Trading is a strategy that focuses on taking smaller gains in short term trends and cutting losses quickly.