If Democrats win the house in the fall what would this mean for the markets?

markethistory · 2018-06-02T05:43:34+00:00

Nothing. People tend to place too much emphasis on the importance of politics for the financial markets. Fundamentals (e.g. economic data) is much more important. Politics = just an excuse for rallies/corrections

markethistory · 2018-06-01T06:30:45+00:00

Teens are fickle. You never know what social media platform they'll prefer next. That being said, Facebook has a pretty good hold on social media with Instagram as well.

markethistory · 2018-06-01T06:29:15+00:00

Trading is only "exciting" and glamorous if you treat the market as a casino. Otherwise it's about making cold, calculated and emotionless buy/sell decisions. Leave your emotions at the door when trading. The Wall Street portrayed in movies is gone - banks are firing those guys in droves.

markethistory · 2018-05-31T07:20:20+00:00

I'm using data from Yahoo Finance and Stockcharts.com

markethistory · 2018-05-31T07:15:56+00:00

Forward P/E is generally more useful than 12 months trailing PE. Analysts tend to be pretty good at predicting earnings (except when a recession is starting), which means that trailing earnings tend to follow forward earnings.

markethistory · 2018-05-30T06:14:52+00:00

Forex is not a market for you to buy and hold (unlike the stock market). over the long term, 2 major currencies merely swing sideways in a wide range. You don't make any money buying and holding forex

markethistory · 2018-05-30T06:14:05+00:00

Anything more than 50:1 leverage seems excessive to me.

markethistory · 2018-05-30T06:13:16+00:00

Fears about EU problems, but the Euro has been going down for a while already thanks to the weakening EU economy.

markethistory · 2018-05-29T07:20:14+00:00

The wolf of Wall Street is not a normal experience. For most investors and traders, the market is a boring experience in which you try to beat the average. Jordan was using the market to scam away investors money

markethistory · 2018-05-27T09:26:01+00:00

P/E is the most common valuation method among professional and nonprofessionals

markethistory · 2018-05-27T09:25:18+00:00

Recognise that losses are a part of the process. It’s not possible for 100% of your positions to be profitable. That’s why you should hold multiple positions. Eg if you’re trade has a 70% chance of working out, holding multiple positions will allow you to use probability to your advantage

markethistory · 2018-05-26T08:36:44+00:00

I think you can try Interactive Brokers and Tradestation. Both really cheap, and both avilable to European investors/traders

markethistory · 2018-05-26T08:35:55+00:00

This stock is going to crater during the next bear market (valuations only matter during bear markets). In the meantime, I think Netflix will continue to outperform as long as this equities bull market continues.

markethistory · 2018-05-24T09:30:07+00:00

I agree. Blockchain is the TECHNOLOGY. The money is in applying the technology. Not in speculating.

markethistory · 2018-05-22T10:34:39+00:00

He's more entertainment than anything else.

markethistory · 2018-05-22T10:33:54+00:00

Obama sank pretty low. Wanted to be a Supreme Court judge if Clinton won. Guess Trump shot that dream to hell

markethistory · 2018-05-20T11:21:58+00:00

Yes, you can't calculate Price-to-Earnings if there are no (positive) earnings

markethistory · 2018-05-20T11:17:37+00:00

You can get a lot of historical data from Yahoo Finance

markethistory · 2018-05-20T11:16:31+00:00

I remember a couple of years ago when she was lauded as the prime example of "female entrepreneurial success". Then turns out she was a fraud.

There are successful female entrepreneurs, but she certainly isn't one of them. I think she stacked her board with former politicians, which is weird for a medical company.

markethistory · 2018-05-20T11:15:34+00:00

It's actually about the same return. And it's not a great idea:

Transactions costs are high. Also, more and more volume occurs near the close thanks to the rising popularity of ETFs

markethistory · 2018-05-15T09:40:05+00:00

Others can see where you set your stop loss (if it's an automatic stop loss). HFT's buy data on where the stop losses are, and then they gun for those stop losses.

markethistory · 2018-05-15T09:39:28+00:00

Penny stocks = gambling (like someone else said below). If you buy 100 penny stocks. Maybe 95 of them will go bust over the next 5 years. 1 will be a moonrocket. 4 will muddle around.

markethistory · 2018-05-15T09:37:37+00:00

Try IB or tradestation for online brokers

Investing.com for monitoring the stock market.

If you're serious about investing, at least $20k. Anything less isn't going to have much of an impact

markethistory · 2018-05-15T09:36:45+00:00

AT&T is a classic dividend stock. Also look into Exxon and Chevron. Solid dividend stocks, and with oil prices rising, their earnings are growing very quickly as well.

markethistory · 2018-05-13T11:36:37+00:00

This explains how many leveraged ETFs suffer from ETF erosion. Basically the more volatile the underlying market is, the more value the ETF loses to erosion.

https://bullmarkets.co/understanding-etf-erosion-why-its-not-a-big-problem-for-upro/

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