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Important Questions for potential Stock Trend Investors
Submitted by Van Beek on December 17, 2009 - 08:22What would be the ideal product or service for you? What would be most valuable to you and helping you solving the biggest problem or question that you have about investing in the stock market or about making money with your savings?
I really like to know that. Of course, I know what it was for me, but I want to understand as well what it is for you. In that way I can use my experience to provide most value to you. Therefore, I have here a list of short questions that I like to ask you. It will only take a minute or two. See the questions below or click here to respond to the questions in a survey.
Here we go:
1) What is the biggest problem or question that you have about investing in the stock market or about making more money with your savings?
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Submitted by Van Beek on December 2, 2009 - 13:56Which stock market indices increased during November despite Dubai
Submitted by Van Beek on December 1, 2009 - 16:10Do you know if the whole Dubai issue has made the stock markets close lower or higher at the end of November compared to a month ago? With all the fuss around Dubai, one could easily forget that most stock market indices actually closed higher at the end of November than at the end of October. What does this mean for the Stock Trend Investing investor?
In the beginning of 2010, Stock Trend Investing will launch its membership service. Members will receive on a monthly basis recommendations how to capitalize on the trends in the stock market indices around the world. Till that time, we provide you already with some free insights. Sign up for our free newsletter in case you want to be notified when our new service will be availble exactly.
Now, let’s look at what the Stock Trend Investing system tells us about what happened to the trends in the stock market indices during November.
US Markets
For the US markets, the Dow gives a buy signal but the other indices (Nasdaq, NYSE, S&P 500) tell us to hold. For the Nasdaq and NYSE we still get a very minuscule correction warning. If you want to increase your holdings in the US markets, look first at index funds that follow the Dow Jones.
Gold and India
The Mumbai based BSE (Bombay Stock Exchange) tells us at this moment that there is still a fair chance on a short-term correction. This would be caused by a too high growth in the index during the last 6 months.
Gold is on a roll the last months and actually the whole last decade. We see no indication that this momentum would change. However, the prices have gone above the normal expected trend lines.
European Markets
The three main European markets (FTSE, DAX, CAC 40) tell us to hold our positions. If we see a positive result during December, we will get a buying signal here again.
East Asian Markets
The Hong Kong Hang Seng Index keeps giving positive buying signals and so is the Shanghai Composite Index. Since the Hong Kong index has increased so considerable during the last half year, we still see some short-term correction risk.
The Japanese Nikkei declined again during November as one of the few indices in the world. Our system gives still the benefit of the doubt and tells us to wait and see for another month. However, trend investors who are confident that the Nikkei index will also drop during December, can just as well sell their Nikkei related holdings now.
Overall, for investors who would like to increase their stock market investment, we recommend to look at China indices and the Dow Jones Industrials Index at this moment.
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Six reasons why we love trend investing
Submitted by Van Beek on November 17, 2009 - 16:28Are you aware of all the advantages that trend investing offers to people like you and me? We have money to invest. But we do not have (or do not want to spend) a lot of time on studying boring quarterly financial reports.
We also know that you can loose a lot of money when you just buy and keep mutual funds. But what is the alternative?
In this article, we will share why we love trend investing. In summary, it is because of the following. Trend investing offers all of us the opportunity to capitalize on stock market trends and to start or continue our journey to financial independence without having to spend a lot of time on it. Let’s go into the different reason behind this.
1) Trend investing offers much better returns than just buy and hold.
What is the best stock market strategy for you?
Submitted by Van Beek on November 11, 2009 - 15:21Are you the general who has a sound stock market strategy and who is allocating its assets towards the winning direction? Or have you been more an explorer who has been searching and attempting many roads, consuming your assets to see if you can find one road that leads to El Dorado?
Explorers sometimes struck gold, if they are lucky. But most don’t. When I invest my savings, my assets, I do not want to be dependent on being lucky. I want to be like the general with a strategy who knows where to go and how to get there.
So, what is the best stock market strategy? This depends. I know what it is for me. But every person will have to decide what the best strategy is for them. Let’s have a look at what factors play a role in making this decision.
Three factors to consider when choosing a stock market strategy
In your choice for the stock market strategy that fits you best, the following three factors are to be considered:
- Your understanding of the terrain of the stock market
- Your resources like knowledge and time
- Your enemies to rational decisions: fear and greed
The first question to ask yourself is if the terrain of the stock market is actually a terrain that you want to enter. Do you know this terrain well enough to understand its pitfalls and do you recognize the natural advantages that this hilly terrain can offer?The second question to ask yourself is how you want to enter this terrain. This has to do with the level of risk you can and want to accept and the resources you have. Do you want to put everything down to one move or do you want to spread your resources over multiple approaches? Do you have the time and relevant professional knowledge to plan and manage very detailed and complex operations, or do you want to keep your approach simple, straightforward and easy to control.
Fear and greed
Thirdly, you ask yourself how much influence emotions like fear and greed have on you when the pressure is mounting and how you avoid to fall victim to them.
Stock Trend Investing is the stock market strategy that is best for me. The trends in the market are like the hills in a terrain. They offer the natural opportunity to make solid gains. Mutual funds and ETF’s offer the possibility to spread resources without having to spend too much time on getting detailed knowledge of individual companies. And the buy indications and sell warnings from the Stock Trend Investing system provide a framework to keep a check on fear and greed while still giving room for individual judgment.
What is the best stock market strategy for you and why is that? Please share your comments with us.
