June 2011
Which US Market Index to Follow
Submitted by Van Beek on June 29, 2011 - 04:39
Following just a single US Market Index is not enough.
To know the overall direction of the US stock market and to invest your savings wisely, you want to follow a US market index. However, there are a few different US market indices. How do you know which US market index to follow?
Here we answer that question for you, taking into account what you want to do with the answer.
When you want to know the long-term direction of the US stock market, we suggest that you do not focus on just one US market index.
Long-term US Trend Direction
At Stock Trend Investing, we follow the four most important indices.
Two of these four are indices for the two major stock exchanges in the US:
Coaching and Mentoring
Submitted by Van Beek on June 26, 2011 - 12:57When you are interested in a personal trend investing coaching and mentoring session with Van Beek, please contact us via the contact form.
Coaching sessions take place by phone or via Skype.
The length of a session is one hour.
The price of one session is $195.
The annual price for one session per quarter is $695.
Warning – Do You Work Too Hard and Forget Your Savings?
Submitted by Van Beek on June 21, 2011 - 10:09
Do you work too hard and are you too busy to make your savings work for you? There is no problem with working hard. I encourage that. But when you neglect your savings and what they can do for you, too long, you may not do yourself a favor. Here is a simple solution.
When you work hard and keep your expenses lower than your earnings, you save money. Every month, you see your savings growing. That is a great feeling.
You Lose Money on Your Savings Account
If you are like most people, you just keep your savings somewhere on a savings account. This nets you probably at this moment somewhere between the 2% and 3% interest per year.
No Stop Loss Orders for Long-term Investors
Submitted by Van Beek on June 14, 2011 - 12:26 
Can you think of a scenario in which a long-term investor needs a stop loss order?
Using a stop-loss order is highly recommended by and for most traders in the stock market. However, the Stock Trend Investing system does not have any stop-loss orders.
This is controversial. Why don’t I use them? We will explain here using a few different scenarios.
In summary, you can say that we do not use stop loss orders at Stock Trend Investing because we are long-term investors and not frequent traders. That requires some further explanation.
As long-term trend investors, we want to capitalize on trends that last many months or years. On average, we see that the long-term trend only changes direction once in the two or three years.
Here is Why You need Stock Trend Investing
Submitted by Van Beek on June 9, 2011 - 11:15|
Use a stock market investing strategy that has your interest as its priority.
Let’s have a look at three different groups of people and how they invest their savings. |
S&P 500 Index Investing - lost 1.35% during May 2011 - but what is it YTD and YoY?
Submitted by SP 500 on June 1, 2011 - 12:34
The S&P 500 has been growing your savings in dollars over the last year.
During the month of May 2011, the S&P 500 lost 1.35%. By the end of May, however, the S&P 500 gained 7% so far this year.
Year-on-year, compared to end of May 2010, the S&p 500 is up 23%.
Click here to see the S&P 500 history chart.
We publish every month the updated long-term trend indicators for the S&P 500 on this website.
