Stock Investing Strategies Index

Below are a variety of articles on stock market investing.

Can You Trust Your Broker? - from the Investing: Canada website I managed from 1997-1999 - this article looks at how even recognized brokers can steer a client wrong. The upshot - know at least enough about investing to evaluate your broker.

Home Made Butter - from our June 19, 2005 issue, a study by two California University profs shows that over-trading is detrimental to your portfolio.

Why Harry Missed Sally - from our July 16, 2006 issue, I review Harry Dent's The Next Great Bubble Boom and explain why he's out to lunch on his predictions of a 40,000 Dow and a 10,000 NASDAQ by 2010.

How High Can Oil Prices Go? - Julian Simon, noted slayer of doom and gloomism, showed that over the long run, commodity prices will fall. In this article from the August 15, 2004 Break Out Report, Marco explains the analysis with reference to today's economy.

Why Do We Read Investment Newsletters? - three articles look at investment newsletters, the claims made by them, how they are analyzed by the Hulbert Financial Digest and how our newsletter, The Break Out Report, compares.

Acute vs. Chronic Problems - from the February and March 2005 issues of the Break Out Report - A one time acute problem that drives down a stock's price may prove to be a buying opportunity.

Spam 'n' Eggs - from the January 2007 Rich by Thirty newsletter - Beware of pump and dump schemes! Marco blows the lid off of stock spam.

Beware the Ides of October - from August 20, 2006 - discusses the difference between a regular bull or bear market and a secular bull or bear market.

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