Earnings Excitement!

MONEY!!!!

It is boring when the U.S. markets are closed.  I am really excited for them to open up tomorrow!  A stock that I own shares of is reporting after the U.S. markets close tomorrow.  I can't wait, days like tomorrow are what makes investing and trading so great.  Besides sports what else can be this exciting?


Hopefully I am still excited after the companies earnings report tomorrow evening! 

Remain Cautious!

The party can always end.... Suddenly!!!

The market has been doing very well for the past few months.  That is great and everyone should be making money.  Earnings season has been good, unemployment numbers have been good and there has been a reasonably good news from Greece and Europe.  P/Es are expanding and going higher and higher as the averages trade higher.

There are some storms on the horizon though.  Iran and high gasoline prices, the U.S. Presidential elections, and any number of as yet unknown factors can move the market down sharply at any time.  Make sure to remain disciplined in good times.  Take profits, protect your unrealized gains and above all else remain wary and keep doing your homework!!!

Return on Equity

Misreading ROE can lead to frustration

Return on Equity or "ROE" tells investors how much profit a company is generating from the money that is given to it by its investors.  You can find the ROE for a company by dividing the net income by the average shareholder's equity.

It is important to compare a companies Return on Equity to other companies in its industry.  A companies ROE may be lower if it has a large investment in assets.  This investment may give the company a competitive advantage that will help it out perform other companies and register large returns.  Take ROE into account but do not rely on it solely when analyzing a stock.

Stockcharts.com

Using Stockcharts.com is like legal stealing!

I am not an expert at technical analysis, but I plan to be one or at least increase my knowledge of technical analysis in the years to come.  While learning about technical analysis I have found that it is essential to have Stockcharts.com pulled up on the computer so that I can use at it as a reference and learning tool.  Stockcharts.com is free and has detailed customizations that you can use when learning about technical analysis.  EMA, SMA, MACD, OHLC bars, Candlesticks, it is all here for the most part.  Of course you change the duration of the time periods that you want to view on the chart.

Stockcharts.com also has great articles and information on technical and fundamental analysis.  If you click on the 'Chart School' tab you are taken to a portal that will give you a multitude of articles about technical analysis.  I looked through these articles quickly and found that they have great illustrations to go along with the written content.

I have read some of the blogs from the 'Blogs' tab on Stockcharts.com and found that they were informative and had great chart illustrations.  I have enjoyed the content that I found in the blogs section of the site.

There are sparse advertisements on Stockcharts.com, a huge plus.  Nothing pops up on me when I am viewing the content on this site.  Ad pop ups on websites make me want to slap kittens in the face.

There is also content available for paying members that includes more customization options and a membership to the site.  I do not need these extra customizations at this time, but if I ever do need them, Stockcharts.com will be the first place that I sign up for these services on.  I feel like I should already be paying them for the content they provide for free anyway;  no one tell them that though!

Overall I give Stockcharts.com an A.  I can't think of any draw backs to this site.  It has great charts, chart information and technical analysis education, mostly for free.  I highly recommend visiting the site.  You would think that I was on the Stockcharts.com payroll.  I'm not though, the site is just that great!  I have supplied the link below. VISIT IT NOW!  If you need to view some stock charts that is.

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