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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.

The Media has dubbed it “The Dismal Decade”.

Most of the investment community is either open-mouthed in shock or strident in blame about the somethings or someones who must be responsible for such horrific performance. Never again they swear to their clients— without ever a hint that they might themselves be the problem.

It won’t be long before the Wizards of Wall Street announce that they have studied the situation, and readied their sales minions to switch the shattered investment public into yet another fail proof (fool-magnet?) portfolio of hedges, gimmicks, signal responders, and panaceas for whatever the new decade brings. Continue reading ‘A Dismal Decade? No Way – Market Cycle Investing’ »

We are proud to feature top performing “Aggressive Growth” equity mutual funds, which primarily invest in aggressive growth equity securities of companies.

Investors can come across such funds by looking at the entire list of the Zacks #1 Rank Aggressive Growth Equity Funds.

3 Great Examples of Aggressive Growth

ProFunds UltraBull Fund Inv (ULPIX) seeks daily investment results that correspond, prior to fees and expenses, to 200% of the performance of the S&P 500 Index. It was incepted in November 1997.

The fund uses a leverage to seek to double the daily performance of the benchmark index. Leverage is borrowing money or using credit to potentially earn higher returns. But along with the potential for higher returns, leverage also increases the risk of an investment. This aggressive growth fund usually invests a substantial portion of its assets in stock index futures contracts, options on stock index futures contracts and options on securities and stock indexes. It may also invest in securities that are expected to track the S&P 500. Continue reading ‘Top Aggressive Growth Funds’ »

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Analysts find it useful to group stocks by their market capitalization, because stocks of the same size tend to have similar characteristics and performance. Market cap is found by multiplying a stock’s share price by the number of shares outstanding – i.e. if IBM was trading at $100 per share, and it had 100 million shares outstanding, its market capitalization would be $10 billion.

In this article, we will examine micro cap stocks. These are companies with market caps below $300 million.

Micro cap stocks take the advantages and disadvantages of small cap stocks to an extreme:

1. High potential growth rates – Like small caps, micro caps are either selling a new product or service, or else they are well-established in a certain region and are looking to expand geographically. Unlike small caps, most micros haven’t started to enjoy fast growth rates. They are still plodding along before they hit critical mass and take off. This means that investors willing to take more of a risk have a chance to jump on-board early, and catch the full move. Continue reading ‘Stock Market Cap Analysis, Part IV – Micro Cap Stocks’ »

The stock market is all about speculation. About understanding trends and interpreting them to your own benefit. If you understand the way the market rolls then you can maybe predict the fortunes of the market and make your money out of it. So to be a trader in the stock exchange, the first prerequisite is to study the trends of the market in previous years and then be able to apply them to current trends.

For a trader, an educated guess can go a long way in profit making. Say the trader wants to invest in a particular stock. The first thing that trader will have to do is study the past trends of the stock, its ups and downs and then guess if buying that stock is a lucrative option or not. The easiest method of doing this is by studying something called the chart history of a stock. Continue reading ‘Financial Charts – Understanding The Chart History Of The Stock Market’ »

You’ve saved some money and you want to invest it in the stock market. You’ll first need to understand some stock market investing basics.

1) First and foremost the stock market is just a vehicle for achieving your financial dreams. You can use it to create an income to live on (great for those with no job such as the unemployed and retired), or you can use it to grow your money for some future expense such as your child’s college, your dream home, or even for your retirement.

2) Whichever way you choose to invest you’ll need a basic understanding of how stock market investing works. In the rawest sense, you are basically buying an ownership interest in a company. If that company does well so do you (and vice versa). When you buy a share you become a shareholder and are entitled to share in the profits (through dividends if the company pays them) and attend shareholder meetings where you can vote on company matters and be heard. Continue reading ‘Top 5 Stock Market Investing Basics’ »

For those who lost money in the stock market over the last two years in the aftermath of the banking and real estate debacles, the prospect of investing again can be somewhat frightening. Of course this assumes that we have money left to invest! For the sake of argument, we will assume you do.

In addition to their homes, most Americans have increasingly invested in the stock market. While many of them may have researched in detail the companies they selected, the reality is that most did not and that many individuals did little more than invest in a piece of paper labeled stock. That being said, why not invest in something tangible that has passed the test of time and been used in countless cultures and eras? Continue reading ‘Investing in Silver’ »

Investing money in the stock market is a very large risk. With such a great risk, your emotions are probably on edge. There are so many things that could go wrong and you quickly become overwhelmed. By taking the time and reviewing yearly charts of separate sectors, you will be able to notice a pattern to all the madness. Here are some sectors that have some reliable patterns to them, the healthcare sectors, retail, and energy.

The healthcare sector, especially the research and development section in particular has a very noticeable pattern. Early spring time is typically the time that research companies will start to release information about their products that are in development. These press releases will usually be about the different phases of trials the drug is in and the extent of the success, or failure. It is very risky to try and play the news before hand. This is called speculative trading. Speculative trading is when you have a hunch that a company has a good drug and you buy in low before the news comes out in hopes that the news is good. Continue reading ‘The Patterns to Stock Sectors’ »

The first thing you must learn as a trader is that you have to realize that there is no such thing as a sure thing when you are trading in the stock market.

Secondly you must also accept the fact that the stock market can do anything at anytime.

Thirdly share trading is not about trying to predict the future because it just cannot be done. Continue reading ‘How to Put the Odds in Your Favor When Share Trading’ »