Should you time the market? There’s an easy, short answer and there’s the longer one. The short reply is “no”, a stance which many financial experts will advocate, especially for regular (small) investors. But then again, you think about all the pain caused by the recent stock market implosion and you’d argue that “yes”, market timing would have saved you more than a bundle if you could have done it right.
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Stock Market Timing: Advice For Investors
Thoughts on the Dow Jones over the 9,000 mark. Stock Market Performance: Any Cause To Rejoice? At the beginning of this month, I wrote an article inquiring whether the economic downturn was over . I wrote about the use of an interesting economic indicator that could herald the end of the slump if you take stock of what some economic analysts are saying. That indicator is the jobless claims number — once it peaks, then falls, it’s supposed to signal the bottom of the recession — and as they say, there’s nowhere to go but up! But that article attracted a lot of cautious responses. People told me to “listen to my spouse” who continues to be skeptical about all this talk of recovery, and who still believes that we’ve got a ways to go with this recession. His view
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Great Stock Market Performance, But Will Dow 9,200 Hold?
Thoughts on the Dow Jones over the 9,000 mark. Stock Market Performance: Any Cause To Rejoice? At the beginning of this month, I wrote an article inquiring whether the economic downturn was over . I wrote about the use of an interesting economic indicator that could herald the end of the slump if you take stock of what some economic analysts are saying. That indicator is the jobless claims number — once it peaks, then falls, it’s supposed to signal the bottom of the recession — and as they say, there’s nowhere to go but up! But that article attracted a lot of cautious responses. People told me to “listen to my spouse” who continues to be skeptical about all this talk of recovery, and who still believes that we’ve got a ways to go with this recession. His view? Got to wring out all the negativity that’s still weighing upon the fundamentals: massive deficit, foreclosures and bad loans, loan defaults, tottering banks, unemployment
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Great Stock Market Performace, But Will Dow 9,200 Hold?
Manshu from OneMint has written this intriguing guest post about an aspect of social psychology called “groupthink”. Sounds like another term for “herd mentality”. While there are many applications of this concept, it appears to have some interesting implications for the world of investing
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Joining An Investment Club? Watch Out For Groupthink
We’ve reviewed a few online brokers here before, and this time, we’re taking a look at another popular online brokerage: Sharebuilder . This broker is the investment arm of ING Direct, the online bank known for its Electric Orange and Orange Savings Accounts , and of course, it’s one that has the backing of the solid ING Group, a well-known financial institution that offers services in the insurance, banking, lending and asset management areas. So what sets ShareBuilder apart from other brokers
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ShareBuilder Review: Discount Broker For Buy and Hold Investors
