Trading and Investing Articles

Investing in the stock market is one of the most powerful strategies you can use to accelerate your wealth. Although, in my experience, a common theme among those who do invest is a firmly held belief that all they need to be successful is a "kick-ass" set of trading rules. If fact, ask anyone who trades the stock market if they know how to buy a stock and, chances are, 100 percent ...

Some time ago, I received an all too familiar phone call. It was a gentleman who had been investing in the stock market. Having made some money, he told me he was going to take six months’ long service leave and trade options in an effort to become a full-time trader so he would not have to go back to work.

Other than having read a couple of books, he had no education in the stock ...

Accepting the mantra that time in the market is more important than timing the market is probably the single greatest downfall of any investor wanting to beat the market average. The public is often cautioned through advertising slogans about the perils of market timing, but time in the market is probably the most perpetuated myth in the financial planning and managed fund ...