A few months ago a book was recommended that shows many connections between natural disasters and market crashes; and how the US treats Israel. Since i like to study the markets and am also a fan of controversies and conspiracy theories it caught my attention. The book is As America has done to Israel by John McTernan. He starts out by showing how we supported Israel in the earlier days of the new nation. But later during the reigns of four or five recent presidents we have been methodically telling Israel to give back land and settlements. Often on the same day or day after we do this bad things such as tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, and market crashes happen! Is it just an interesting coincidence or is God really trying to get our attention? Perhaps monitoring this type of news can help the decision to go long or short the markets.
Showing posts with label investing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label investing. Show all posts
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Friday, October 22, 2010
Trade Mark
That's the name an uncle called me years ago when i was a little kid. Then i would see it on many different things when learning to read. So that has been in my subconscious mind for a loong time.
My dad did a lot of trading in the stock market and brought me along downtown to visit his broker from time to time. Dad worked for the phone company and was always reading articles about new ideas and products like the transistor and studied companies for new trading ideas. Maybe i should have paid more attention. He sure would have loved the computer and charts that we have today along with unlimited, endless information.
That was back in the 50's and 60's.
In 1970 i moved to Alaska. I was poor and sold any stocks i had left to build a house for Lois Ann and me. In 1976 i got a great job at the huge ammonia/urea plant. Anyone who works these types of jobs knows that you see LOTS of charts for pressures, temperatures, flows, levels etc. Eventually that kind of job; all tied in together with personal computers and discount brokers and 401k's and savings got me back into being 'Trade Mark' again. That was the 80's and 90's. Also, a gradual shift was taking place where more responsibility was given to each person to take care of their own retirement instead of the company or government doing it all for you.
We all had to learn about investments or trading, whether we wanted to or not. When you trade using charts it called technical analysis. This comes sort of natural because of 30+ years of looking at charts every two hours and more at work.
Below are 4 great websites that i check out almost every day when it is good to be in the market:
1. http://www.stockmarketmentor.com/ is a good pay site that taught me a lot about using Bollinger Bands to trade. Dan Fitzpatrick also trains you to use stops and become a risk manager. There is free info on this site also.
2. Richard Lehman at http://stockcharts.com/def/servlet/Favorites.CServlet?obj=ID1399335 uses 5 min, hourly, and longer term charts with channels on many indexes to show you where the market is going. It is amazing how often these channel lines contain the price. The last chapters of his book explain this channel system. See his other website www.Channelist.com for more information.
3. Another great one from the public chartlist on stockcharts is Joanne Klein's "Above the Green Line" http://stockcharts.com/def/servlet/Favorites.CServlet?obj=ID3387040 The Green line is a 250 day moving average and page 1 has the highest momentum ETF's and page 2 has the highest momentum stocks. The Relative Strengths are above 90. It is worthwhile to study her trading method!
4. http://blog.kimblechartingsolutions.com/ is a site you must see!! Every chart has a picture for us art fans. You learn about bullish falling wedges and bearish rising wedges, ascending triangles, support, resistance... and above all else, the best times to HARVEST!!!
During hockey season i do a lot of trading. Not so much in the summer. Just trying to make enough to stay retired and comfortable. Hope this helps anyone who thinks the stock market is a mystery.
My dad did a lot of trading in the stock market and brought me along downtown to visit his broker from time to time. Dad worked for the phone company and was always reading articles about new ideas and products like the transistor and studied companies for new trading ideas. Maybe i should have paid more attention. He sure would have loved the computer and charts that we have today along with unlimited, endless information.
That was back in the 50's and 60's.
In 1970 i moved to Alaska. I was poor and sold any stocks i had left to build a house for Lois Ann and me. In 1976 i got a great job at the huge ammonia/urea plant. Anyone who works these types of jobs knows that you see LOTS of charts for pressures, temperatures, flows, levels etc. Eventually that kind of job; all tied in together with personal computers and discount brokers and 401k's and savings got me back into being 'Trade Mark' again. That was the 80's and 90's. Also, a gradual shift was taking place where more responsibility was given to each person to take care of their own retirement instead of the company or government doing it all for you.
We all had to learn about investments or trading, whether we wanted to or not. When you trade using charts it called technical analysis. This comes sort of natural because of 30+ years of looking at charts every two hours and more at work.
Below are 4 great websites that i check out almost every day when it is good to be in the market:
1. http://www.stockmarketmentor.com/ is a good pay site that taught me a lot about using Bollinger Bands to trade. Dan Fitzpatrick also trains you to use stops and become a risk manager. There is free info on this site also.
2. Richard Lehman at http://stockcharts.com/def/servlet/Favorites.CServlet?obj=ID1399335 uses 5 min, hourly, and longer term charts with channels on many indexes to show you where the market is going. It is amazing how often these channel lines contain the price. The last chapters of his book explain this channel system. See his other website www.Channelist.com for more information.
3. Another great one from the public chartlist on stockcharts is Joanne Klein's "Above the Green Line" http://stockcharts.com/def/servlet/Favorites.CServlet?obj=ID3387040 The Green line is a 250 day moving average and page 1 has the highest momentum ETF's and page 2 has the highest momentum stocks. The Relative Strengths are above 90. It is worthwhile to study her trading method!
4. http://blog.kimblechartingsolutions.com/ is a site you must see!! Every chart has a picture for us art fans. You learn about bullish falling wedges and bearish rising wedges, ascending triangles, support, resistance... and above all else, the best times to HARVEST!!!
During hockey season i do a lot of trading. Not so much in the summer. Just trying to make enough to stay retired and comfortable. Hope this helps anyone who thinks the stock market is a mystery.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Survival Strategies for Tough Times
Here is how one person tripled his income by having the dog and cat helping out. (Also, the dog and cat income is tax free.)
Monday, April 21, 2008
Cycles
This is actually an article about stock cycles. If you want to find out about motorcycles go to my good friend, Kickstands, blog for the Nobody Motorcycle Club.
Stocks always cycle up and down and i am trying to remind myself to sell a third or so in positions that have gone up for a while and if they are hitting the top of the channel they are in. There is the annual hockey season cycle that is now coming to an end. For the past 50 years or so if you were fully invested during hockey season you have done much better than if you were only investing during the summer. Another name for this is seasonality. Folks are just too lazy to trade in the summer. Gold stocks usually follow this same "Hockey Cycle".
Here is another cycle website that is worth reading. There is a 30 page free PDF file that explains the Kondratieff wave or cycle. He also talks about the Federal Reserve. The US debt and the sinking dollar are things to be aware of when investing.
My favorite newsletter that covers many markets: stocks, bonds, commodities, currencies for the world is The Aden Forecast. It is worth the small amount it costs per year to stay informed plus get picks that go up.
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Stock websites
Here are some of the websites that i look at most days. 1st i like Jim Sinclair on http://jsmineset.com/ He has taught me a lot about charts. 2nd i like looking at some of the articles on http://321gold.com/ it shows charts of gold, silver, and the us dollar. Gold and silver go up when the dollar goes down. 3rd http://www.321energy.com/index.php has articles about the energy markets, oil, uranium, solar, etc.
4th http://stockcharts.com/ has the charts that everyone uses on the internet. You can learn about charting by clicking on chart school at the bottom of the page. Also you could click on Public Chart Lists on the side of the page to see how others chart the markets. A couple of my favorites there are Jack Chan with JC's buy and sell signals, also
DADDY'S watch list by Rodney L Carry shows some interesting stocks that have been going up quite fast.
That is a lot of stuff to look at. And of course not everyone is right, but maybe these will give you a feel for what to expect or not expect when you finally buy some stocks. Right now the whole market is quite high and if the Dow and Nasdaq and S&P 500 all go down; all stocks tend to go down with them. If you make 10% a year (which is average), your money will double in 7 years. If you make 15% a year, your money will double in less than 5 years. Do you see why banks charge interest on loans?
4th http://stockcharts.com/ has the charts that everyone uses on the internet. You can learn about charting by clicking on chart school at the bottom of the page. Also you could click on Public Chart Lists on the side of the page to see how others chart the markets. A couple of my favorites there are Jack Chan with JC's buy and sell signals, also
DADDY'S watch list by Rodney L Carry shows some interesting stocks that have been going up quite fast.
That is a lot of stuff to look at. And of course not everyone is right, but maybe these will give you a feel for what to expect or not expect when you finally buy some stocks. Right now the whole market is quite high and if the Dow and Nasdaq and S&P 500 all go down; all stocks tend to go down with them. If you make 10% a year (which is average), your money will double in 7 years. If you make 15% a year, your money will double in less than 5 years. Do you see why banks charge interest on loans?
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