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Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Guiding Investing Newbies Through My Strategic Forecasting

By Carlene Lavalle

Since I just retired from being a head nurse in one of the small community hospitals in Virginia, I do have money to spare. But I was so wary about trying any type of investment for fear of being swindled or defrauded. As my son mentioned investing in the stock market, I was never moved to believe it even if I were given any investment research newsletter. I felt that nothing and no one would be able to convince me to invest in something that I do not understand.

My birthday came and my son visited me and eventually, we talked over about my retirement fund. He said that my money is not that big enough to support both myself and my medications as I step on my senescence age. Then he put forward and discussed again regarding investing in the stock market. In order to convince me, he showed me a website about strategic investing this time. He boasted that because he received investment research from My Strategic Investing, he was able to gain 20% of the money he invested in just a few weeks time. He said that what I should do is to invest just a small percentage of my money and go from there.

My son is a person who is good and calculating. I am aware that he cares about me and would love to see me travelling with my friends and enjoying the last years of my life on earth with pleasure. I checked on the website of My Strategic Investing and analyzed what is in it to offer. I liked the site as it does not offer get-rich schemes. They emphasize on long-term investment strategies providing modest but achievable earnings. It turns out like even if you do not possess investment know-hows, you can rely on their established and scientic investment research to come up with wise decisions in placing my money in.

Investment research from Strategic Investing provides data that is not only concentrated on ecomic trends as compared to others. They present technical analysis, historical research, geo-political studies, and even political conditions. I admire this kind of forecasting method because it looks at the big picture. Knowing that everything is interrelated is one thing I have learned from my nursing career. If a patient is experiencing headache, it does not always mean that the root of the problem is in his head. Digestive system problems can also cause headaches. Thus, I really appreciate that no stone is left unturned when it comes to the financial forecast from My Strategic Investing.

I understood my son and I am now an enthusiast of My Strategic Investing. I am delighted to say that I am achieving simple gains with the help of the investment research provided by My Strategic Investing and I am into stock market investing now. - 23217

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Santa Claus Rally

By Ahmad Hassam

Markets tend to react to the outside events. Markets react to the seasons. Markets react to holidays. Markets react to political crisis. Markets are what the people are thinking. The day before the President's day is the worst day and the day after the Easter is the worst day after. However, you should keep in mind that a lot of other factors also come into play and you have a lot of room for error. The next best holiday bets are the Labor Day and the Memorial Day because they fall before the first day of trading in September and June respectively.

Children love Santa Claus. Do the markets love Santa Claus? You must have heard about the Santa Claus Rally? Most of the folks usually feel fairly good about themselves around this time of the year. The best time of the year to own stocks is the Santa Claus rally which for all practical purposes is the 17 day stretch from December 21 to January 7. This is the best time of the year. People are happy and the markets are happy.

There is a low trading volume which tends to exaggerate the trend. If the economy is not doing good and is slowing down, FED tends to lower interest rates during holidays in order to go into the new year with less of a worry. However, when you are dealing with seasonality, you should keep these facts in your mind:

1) More and more people have real time access to information and larger amounts of capital than at any time in the past. The market is not longer static. The seasonal effect may get interrupted by other events.

2) End of the year is special. Companies want to show good performance at the end of the year. At the end of the year, institutional investors want to make their results look as good as possible to their shareholders and tend to buy the stocks and so on. Institutional investors like mutual funds, hedge funds and insurance companies have become important players in the markets. So in case of an event free environment, seasonal tendencies may hold up fairly well.

3) These are the times for day traders and swing traders. With fewer people willing to hold stocks for longer periods, it is very difficult to predict seasonality. The days of long term investing or what you call buy and hold are dead! Frequent market crashes have taught the investing public that investing for the long term is fairly risky. So there is more short term trading going on.

4) The recent market crash was the result of CMO and Default Swaps bringing down the banks and Insurance companies in ways that had not been anticipated or foreseen by the analysts. Many had assumed that derivate securities are safe. Infact they have highly unpredictable tendencies. Derivates and outside the market trading activities can result in highly unpredictable patterns.

Then there is a change in demographics also taking place. With the aging of the population, the overall trend will be towards more income producing investments. So with everyone talking about the seasonal tendencies in the market, it reliability becomes less diminished. - 23217

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Helping Your Property Manager with Property Management Software

By Layla Vanderbilt

If you're new to property management then you may wonder how you're going to tackle the task of keeping track of all of the paperwork. Luckily there's an easy solution to this. There is property management software that you can use which will become an essential part of your job. You may find yourself asking why you would want to use software rather than filing the papers yourself. The software can keep track of your tenant's payment histories and other important information. Not only will the software make your life easier however it will help ensure that there are fewer mistakes.

So what's so useful about the software? The advantage to owning property management software is that it will lower the overall cost of operating to the owner or manager. Many managers or owners will usually hire a company to keep track of all of the information when they have a lot of properties. However with the software this can all be done by one person in a fraction of the time. This allows for the data to be saved safely for quick accessing later on.

A property manager can also use the software to monitor the tenant's payment trends. A huge concern for many property managers is the type of people that live in the community and how good they are about making on time payments. If a tenant is late on rent you will have the knowledge of their past payments to see if it's a constant problem or if it's a onetime occurrence. This will allow you to make fast and easy decisions concerning your tenants. This also saves on the amount of papers that you have to go through.

Another great feature of the property management programs is that the manager won't have to calculate everything by hand. The system can save the time and headaches that come with errors by automatically adding up totals, averaging data, and just about any type of calculation you will need.

In some cases the software will also be able to get credit reports and background checks. If the manager is trying to find a new tenant for the property then this is a huge added benefit as he will be able to check what type of person he's allowing to move in. It also makes it easy as you won't have to go through a separate service just to get a credit check or a background check which would cost extra.

As if all of this wasn't enough, some management software will actually provide you with contact information for people you may need to know. This can include plumbers, electricians, contractors, and many others. If you have more than fifty residents under your control, having these software programs is almost a necessity.

Property managers that have a high volume of tenants know how important it is to keep information organized. Thus many of them rely on some type of software to help them do their job as they see the importance of it. You may have to keep some papers that are signed however for the most part you can avoid several file cabinets full of paper. The ability of the software to aid a manager is incredible as long as it's kept up to date with information. - 23217

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Introduction To EFT Trading Strategies

By Patrick Deaton

Once a person gets started in ETF trading they will find that there are many different ETF trading strategies. For the individuals that this strategies work for, a person will hear many positive reviews. But, it is important to remember that what works well for one person may not be the best strategy for another.

Some of the steps for successful EFT trading apply to any strategy that is selected. However, there are some strategies that are more appropriate for long-term EFT trading and some that are especially designed to make short-term or daily trading profitable. Deciding on which type of trading is to be done will help a person to decide which strategies to incorporate into their trading regimen.

The majority of individual trade EFTs on a weekly or monthly basis. Day trading on EFT does not show the gains and returns that other types of stocks show. Long-term, or Buy and hold trading is one of the most followed because it profits from broad indexes or sectors and has limited overall portfolio risk.

Once the type of trader a person is has been decided, it will be important to do the homework to find the most effective trading strategy. The key to successful ETF trading is to have a plan, a method, a strategy, and stick to it. The trick is to find the most successful method and strategy to meet one's needs.

Successful ETF trading strategies have some basic principles throughout each. An individual should have a diversified portfolio of at least two sectors. This is important when the market makes a sudden shift in one sector. Putting all of one's investment in one sector increases the risk to the investment. In addition, an individual must be able to take an analytical approach with their sectors. Some people have a personal interest in companies or industries within a basket and find it hard to sell when trends indicate they should.

Setting a buy and sell points is a trading strategy that is used by traders who are doing more technical investing. These individuals want to get in and get out with the most return for their investment. Setting buy and sell points is accomplished by analyzing patterns in the sector. It's historic price, moving average, trading volume, and historic high and low prices. By knowing what the patterns in an industry trend is, a person can sell or buy at the most opportune time. Trades are made based on technical indicators in the market trend and not on any fundamental factors about the industry, business, or sector.

If a person is going to do short-term ETF trading strategies will be different than for longer-term trading. When there are fluctuations in the market, they do not affect the value of ETFs to the same degree that stock on the day trade are affected. A person who is used to the values of regular stocks may thing an ETF has made a significant increase. But, it is important to remember that ETF value is based on the weighted average of all the stocks or bonds that are in that basket. In some cases, the value of an ETF may be calculated on the weighted average of the stocks and bonds for three or four hundred companies in a basket.

EFT trading strategies should be researched carefully before committing. There are many strategies, and variations of strategies, that can be extremely successful when used by a trader who is knowledgeable and has the skills necessary to implement all of the steps. Talking to an individual who is experienced and knowledgeable in EFT trading and the intricacies of trading strategies will help a person to select the strategy that will be best for them. - 23217

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Primary Chart Guides: Candlestick Patterns

By Brad Morgan

One of the traders accessories in developing methods of candlestick charts are the candlestick patterns. They are quite indispensable when one is engaged in the creation of basic systems that will indicate a trend formation so you can start trading.

The type of the candlesticks refer to the high, low, open and closing price of stocks, currencies or commodities during a specific period. This period can be picked by the trader.

The popular time period is 5 minutes but you may favor in particular situations to utilize 15 minutes. Mostly, longer periods are employed for longer term trading.

The difference between open and close points are designated by the candle body. If it?s a white or blue / green on charts with color, the lower body is the open and while you were considering it, the rate moved up. Should it be black or red in charts with color, the top extent indicates the opening value and during that period, the price descended down.

The wick is the label given to the vertical lines that customarily stick up from the top and down from the bottom of the candle body. The top of the upper part of wick is the highest spot that the price ever achieved during the period. The bottom of the lower wick is the low.

The boon of this kind of analysis is that the trader can right away see whether prices rose or fell over the period. A white or green candle manifests a rising price or bearish tendency and a black or red candle symbolizes a dropping price or bullish tendency.

Aside from this, the high and low compared to open and close prices are instantly clear. Then you may have an entirely concrete candle without a wick.

This is named as the Marubozu pattern. In this scenario the values never went lower or higher than their opening and closing points.

The high value as opening price and low value as closing price is designated by the red or black candle. On the other hand, green or white candle signifies the low was the opening price while the high was the closing price.

A long body indicates a fairly steady flow either downward or upward. A elongated wick either top or bottom denotes a reversal.

For accurate trend indice a candlestick must be examined in conjunction with the others that preceded it. Then you can fabricate more complex candlestick patterns demonstrating the anticipated trends to come. - 23217