Archives: 2008 October

Several of people I know are dropping money in the stock market these days and don’t know why they are losing. Well in the very short term it’s been difficult to make money with the markets the way they have been, but I hope people don’t let that get them down. The stock market is the thing that makes our world. I’ve been investing since I was 23 years old (over 25 years ago) and in these modern times it’s easier then ever to earn a profit in the markets.

Do I know some big secret? No, of course not. If there was a solution where you never lot money then everyone would be doing it. Can I tell you how to earn money more easily and consistently? Well there truly is a way. That’s what I’m going to speak about now. Something that can help every investor our, regardless of their skill level is stock trading software. I remember the old days when I had to sit down for hours and hours (as did other agents at my firm) and do computations every day. I hated it. Going through the stock market entirely was imposable for one person, heck, it was hard for hundreds of us. It was hard, boring work and I’m glad that it’s not something we have to do in today’s times.

Since the creation of stock market software like worden telechart all you need to do is look up the stock you are interested in and you can find out basically any parameters you want. There is even software that does a full market scan daily and will tell you what stocks fall within the threshold you set. This saves organizations literally hundreds of thousands of hours yearly. I can only imagine the time I would have saved up over my lifetime with a pencil and piece of paper on my desk figuring out how much price to earnings ratios had changed.

It was another scary day for most online stock trading.

Most of the bail out or rescue plans broadcast around the world have not worked. Financial stocks are doing very poorly, and the majority of other sectors are as well.

Online stock trading is still the best way to try to make the most of the situation going on. At least you can have your portfolio close at hand.

Today, short selling was lifted, and I have to admit I went to look for positions, but found that most of the puts were priced too high for closer expirations.

The tech sector fell heavily, with the exception of Apple. I did purchase some here. I do believe that Apple does still have a variety of goods that consumers will pay a premium for. Hopefully, there won’t be a “war” of sorts, where the Window based computer companies start lowereing prices so much that Apple’s premium pricing will seem totally out of the ballpark.

There is much worry and discussion all over the place about what to do. Honestly, it looks like nobody has the overall answer. There may not be a solution. Things may just have to crash and burn and the bloody mess cascade out into the Wall Street and Main Street before things get better.

Only time will tell. Nobody can predict the capitulation.

I’ll be happy when this week ends. It’s been bloody for me, but it would have been worse had I not had the power of online stock trading [spin]at my fingertips|at hand{/spin].

These are the best and the worst of times for any investor. It depends on how you see. Fortunes can be made or lost. online trading means a lot more now than it did even two years ago, but only if you are serious.

Online stock trading and options and all its assets can mean survival of your portfolio or can mean extreme gains. You have to use the tools at your fingertips.

First, like an stock broker, you need an understanding of the market conditions.

I don’t think there is a soul alive today who can tell you how this will all play out. These are most unusual times.

Banks and financial institutions all across the world are struggling. Not all, of course. But enough where the grease of the modern financial and business sectors — credit– is not being applied freely enough. The parts are starting to grate against each other, creating –not heat, in this case– a chill.

A big chill.

Unlike the first part of the 20 Century, where many business were smaller and supported their growth through their own revenue, we in the 21 Century have come to rely on credit as the catalyst for not only starting the concern but for stoking the engines of expansion.

With credit at a premium, only the resilient are surviving. Few are thriving.

Some of the strong are the national governments and their central banks, but even those face challenges. Iceland, for instance, is in a national crisis right now, with a run on its currency.

There are those who believe that markets should be pure, and those businesses and companies and banks that made poor choices should be allowed to fail.

Others will argue that some institutions are too large to fail.

Both arguments have value.

Ultimately, the choices made now are going to effect online stock trading and investing for some time to come.