Intelligent Investing
100 Years Ago
The Right Instincts
Do you have the instincts of a successful stock trader?
Answer two simple questions to find out.
Day Trading For A Living
Giving up the 9 to 5 in favor of day-trading from home is an attractive prospect for many of us. Unfortunately, day-trading is riskier than longer-term trading. Why should this be so?
Performance Fees
Watch out for performance fees charged by mutual funds and investment trusts. They are a drag on your investment performance.
Peter Lynch
Peter Lynch was an outstanding Fund Manager. What is his advice to people who wish to emulate his 29 percent annual return on capital?
Contrarian Investing and Mutual Funds
Chasing returns in mutual funds is likely to lose you money - but it's good business for the people who trade against you.
You could fill a small library with books about Warren Buffett's stock investing methods. Most people who try them are doomed to fail. Why?
Reading market sentiment correctly enabled investing giants like Joe Kennedy and John Templeton to make fortunes. How can you tell when a major change in sentiment is likely to be unleashed?
Simple trend-following is easy to understand and can help you to side-step stocks that will underperform. We also find evidence that Warren Buffett may be a long-term trend-follower in disguise.
Fundamental analysis is usually seen as the most down to earth method of picking stocks.
When To Sell
Many of us are obsessed with buying stocks at the right price. Professional traders know that its their ability to sell at the right price that gives them their greatest advantage.