By jamesw on April 7, 2009
It’s not abnormal for companies listed on the stock market to have sizeable debts. After all they usually need to borrow money to expand their business. However from an investment point of view, you have to be very careful about investing in companies that have excessive debts. This is particularly the case at the moment [...]
Posted in Investing
By jamesw on April 7, 2009
There are a lot of investors who make very healthy profits from applying technical analysis to various stocks. However this generally only works when you apply it to mid or large-cap stocks. If you trade small-cap stocks using nothing but technical analysis, then you will probably end up losing money. The reason it works so [...]
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By jamesw on March 26, 2009
Many forex traders like to incorporate forex breakouts into their overall trading strategy because they can be extremely profitable. When a price finally breaks out of a tight trading range, many traders tend to jump on board and carry the price further away from this trading range, which is why this strategy is so effective. [...]
Posted in Currency Trading
By jamesw on March 25, 2009
People who have just discovered forex trading for the first time often believe that there are lots of profitable trading strategies out there, after all there are lots of them being sold online and they all look fantastic. However the reality is often somewhat different. The fact is that despite all the thousands of forex [...]
Posted in Currency Trading
By jamesw on March 24, 2009
Many people have tried their hand at both stock market investing and forex trading but few people manage to become profitable at both. This is probably because they require completely different sets of skills. When you invest in shares it doesn’t matter so much where you actually enter a position because you normally aren’t intending [...]
Posted in Currency Trading
By jamesw on March 18, 2009
The Donchian breakout system (originally created by Richard Donchian) is a tried and tested system that has been used by traders for many years now. It was originally designed to be used on commodities, but it can also be just as effective when used to trade the major currency pairs as well. Donchian breakouts basically [...]
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By jamesw on March 13, 2009
Contrarian investing is one of the more traditional methods of investing in shares. It’s basically where you go against the crowd. For instance if everyone is buying tech shares, you might prefer to buy utility shares that are currently being largely ignored, and therefore grossly undervalued. The trouble is that this style of investing can [...]
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By jamesw on March 12, 2009
Backtesting plays a very important role in forex trading because whenever you want to test out a new forex system or strategy, you will obviously want to test it out and see how it performs. This will involve going back over weeks, months, or even years of data, and can be quite labour intensive. So [...]
Posted in Currency Trading
By jamesw on March 5, 2009
There are lots of forex martingale strategies that people use to trade the currency markets. Some are designed to be used on an intraday basis while some are very much long-term systems. However can they really be profitable in the long run or are they destined to fail? Well in my opinion all martingale systems [...]
Posted in Develop Your Skill
By jamesw on March 4, 2009
Investing in small cap stocks is not something that I particularly like to do myself because it is extremely risky, particularly in today’s economic climate. However if you do want to buy some of these small cap stocks, there are a few things you should look out for. The first of these is basically newsflow. [...]
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