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Step by Step Guide Through Greek Default
Hat Tip: Barry Ritholtz @ The Big Picture
A cool interactive graphic consequences of a Greek Default – click on the picture to visit FT.com.
Source: FT.com
Stock market enters downtrend – May 4th 2012
That’s right; the US stock markets went from a yellow light to a red light on Friday (May 4th), and entered another correction as of the market close. Although trading subsided in the afternoon, the markets ended the week with a total of 3 heavy volume selling days each.
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April Technical Analysis – DRN, EDC, ERX, FAS, and TMF
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Trading verses Investing
If you’re going to invest, you have to make trades. It is the only way to get into the market. But traders do not necessarily invest. It all comes down to the length of time you want your money in the market. Interested in another take on the difference between investing and trading? Read This: Trading vs Investing (and Today’s Bounce) (The Big Picture).
1. Make sure you understand what your holding period is before you establish any position.
2. Traders should NEVER let any losing trade turn into an investment.
3. Strong investments should be given the benefit of the doubt, rather than taking the quick profit.
4. Winning trades should be allowed to run, but require a new exit strategy.
Sources:
Trading vs Investing (and Today’s Bounce)
Barry Ritholtz – The Big Picture
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2012/04/bouncey/
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Will Unemployment Torpedo the Stock Market?
With the market in a correction, now is not the time to buy new positions. And the new employment numbers that came in on Good Friday made next week even more interesting.
Take a look at the above graphic. With the markets closed for Good Friday, traders get the entire weekend to stew.
Hopefully, the markets will recover by Monday. Unfortunately, there isn’t much you can do at this point. All you can do on Monday is try to minimize the damage. If you have a profit, consider taking it. If you have a loss, cut it ASAP.
A correcting market is not the place to buy and hold. When conditions do improve, you can always buy back into your “favorite” investment.
Market Insight from JP Morgan
It is that time of year again! Time for the quarterly market outlook from JP Morgan Asset Management (hat tip to B. Ritholtz for reminding me!).
Each quarter, you can find this little gem of a PDF on JP Morgan’s Asset management website; a downloadable “Guide to the Markets”. And if that isn’t enough, when you visit the site you can browse the guide AND listen to audio commentary.
Topics include US Equities, Economy and Fixed Income, along with an view of the International landscape and Asset Class performance.
Sources:
JP Morgan Guide to the Markets: 2Q 2012
https://www.jpmorganfunds.com/cm/Satellite?UserFriendlyURL=diguidetomarkets&pagename=jpmfVanityWrapper
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