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My Best Ideas
17 June 2018 This is a list of companies that have a very nice estimated one year return on invested capital based on the sum of the delta of the one year estimated price target plus the calculated one year dividend yield. (Full List) |
New Highs
17 June 2018 This is a list of companies that are currently hitting new highs plus have an estimated 5 year earnings growth rate in excess of 25%. As this growth is recognized, these shares are pushed higher and become good swing trades. (Full List) |
Dividend Increases
18-22 June 2018 This is a list of companies that have recently increased their dividends. The list includes the amount plus the per cent increase, the forward dividend yield, and the ExDividend, Record and Payment dates. (Full List) |
Watching the MACD
17 June 2018 The MACD is one of my favorite momentum indicators and often one of the most accurate indicators of direction. The MACD on the daily chart is currently falling while the MACD on the weekly chart is currently rising. That's divergence on two timeframes and it will always grabs my attention because I review daily charts for timing my buys and weekly charts for determining the overall trend. So before investing any funds this week I'll be looking for a better entry but at the same time I'm also becoming more assured that the bull trend remains intact. Monday Close: China added additional tariffs on American goods, so to no one's surprise the markets fell at the opening. Ten minutes late the recovery started but the damage had already been done. At the close the DJIA was down 103 points. With futures flat tonight, no one is sure how the markets will open but this pullback should subside soon. Tuesday Close: Upping the ante on tariffs continues to weigh on the markets as the DJIA fell once again at the open and stayed down all day. At the close, the DJIA was down 287 points. Wednesday Close: Turbulence and Volatility continued today as the strength or weakness in the markets depended on which sectors invested in. Technology did best, small cap next best, and large cap the worse. At the close, the DJIA was down 42 points at 24,657. 
Using the Past to Predict the Future
21 June 2018 Finding great companies whose stock has done well in the past is a relatively easy exercise. Just find an easy and friendly screener, pick out the parameters you're interested in, and hit the sort button. It's that easy. I do it all the time, and most serious investors do too. It's how we find candidates for accumulation. (Full Article) Share Buybacks Don't Benefit Investors
18 June 2018 Great companies generate more money that they currently need to execute their business. When that occurs companies need to make the decision as to what they will do with those excess profits. When the decision is made to buy back its own stock on the open market it signals that the company has no better productive use for that money. (Full Article) Two Companies Trying to Head Higher
17 June 2018 I've been watching and investing in these two companies because based on just looking at their charts they look like they want to go higher. Perceptron has been moving higher while bouncing off its 40 wma whereas the MACD on the chart of Exellixis's is about to move higher from below the zero line. Both are usually indicators of higher moves.
Using Puts to Go Long
4 June 2018 I get a lot of questions on how the use of Puts fits into my strategy of "Buy, Write, Collect" so here's a little information on just one aspect of my multifaceted approach to investing. The overall approach is fairly simple, but the corollary offshoots can, at times, often become a little more complicated. Hopefully this explanation will help those interested in one more way I approach investing. (Full Article)
Learning to Read the Market
16 May 2018 Learning to be a good investor is learning how to read the market. It’s learning how to look at a chart and understand what the chart is trying to show you. A good investor doesn’t predict where the market is headed, he simply learns to visually read the chart and react to its movements. (Full Article) Best Candidates for Selling Options
15 May 2018 Sometimes the trade is buying and selling shares of a company, and sometimes the trade is selling the options associated with a company's stock. When its the options, shares of the company become the insurance for calls and cash becomes the insurance for puts. All of this is the reverse of scanning companies' stock charts for great options. (Full Article) Interesting Charts I'm Watching
14 May 2018 Scanning the markets for companies that are pretty sound financially as well as having pretty good forward estimates produces a number of companies worth considering. It's the fundamentals and forward estimates that direct me toward those companies that are doing well. But timing is everything. And that's where the charts come in. (Full Article) Nine Companies Channeling Higher
8 May 2018 Shares of companies that move higher on increased volume tend to bring in more volume that often pushes the shares even higher. It's an example of crowd behavior and the illusion that someone knows something more than someone else and therefore needs to be followed. (Full Article) The Fallacy of the B-School Degree
7 May 2018 Stock charts are historical records of human behavior and are beautiful works of art to someone who has studied human behavior (I have my Master’s Degree in Social Psychology from NC State University). Those charts are the visual end result of the human decision making process. If we can discover the reasoning behind those decisions and act upon that knowledge in a timely fashion, the American Dream is within our grasp. (Full Article)
Sell in May and Go Away?
1 May 2018 We’ll all be hearing this phrase a lot over this next month as well as throughout the entire summer if the market retreats during this period. It’s a well-known trading adage attributed to that famous author “Anonymous”. The entire quote is actually “Sell in May and go away, don’t come back 'til St. Leger day”. (Full Article)
Options as a Strategy
18 April 2018 Options are hardly ever the primary focus of investors as they begin their investing career. In fact, they’re totally ignored for the most part. Only later in their investing career do they realize that was a mistake. An error of innocence. A missed opportunity. (Full Article)
Buy Highs, Sell Higher Highs
11 March 2018 The price you pay for a stock is never as important as the direction the stock will take after you buy it. That may be obvious to experienced investors but beginners don’t always understand this basic concept. The’ve been indoctrinated with the idea of buying low. That’s why they’re often drawn to shares that are falling. (Full Article) Retirement is a Waste of Time
6 March 2018 The most popular articles on the net these days are articles on retiring at 50, 40 or even 30. The idea is as soon as an investor can accumulate the minimum income (usually in the form of dividends) to support a minimal lifestyle, he should drop out and live a self centered, self absorbed life of laziness and consumption. Basically a bum. (Full Article)
Always Have an Exit Strategy
The exit strategy is always a mandatory precondition for any trade I enter. All other strategies will have disaster embedded at their core. All other strategies are simply an emotional reaction to events external to the markets. All other strategies will accentuate a reward while ignoring the damage that's incurred by accepting such an extensive implied risk. These are the strategies that I personally refuse to implement into my trading strategy. (Full Article)
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