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Don’t be held hostage by a falling stock market – 3 actions you can take to ease the pain!

Are you tired of watching your share values declining, with no control over the outcome? Sure, this is the risk you take by investing in stocks, however, just ‘holding’ stock while prices are falling is probably the riskiest approach you can take.  The wise investor knows that there are actions you can take that will

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First Korea, now Cyprus – Ground Control to Major Tom – what the heck is going on?

The recent series of global headlines have acted as a catalyst for action, for many an investor.  Given the progress and trading profits we have seen the markets make over the last 6 months, it stands to reason that a pause for breath is far more likely to happen, especially on knee jerk news headlines.

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Mini Options make trading high priced stocks more accessible

The International Securities Exchange (ISE) released Mini Options Trading on Monday 18th March. This is the first exchange to provide such a product, which is hoped to entice more investors into high priced stocks such as Apple Computers (AAPL), Amazon (AMZN), Google (GOOG) as well as Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) such as Gold Trust (GLD)

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How long can the DOW Jones Industrial Index keep pushing into long-term highs?

The Boy who Cried Wolf! How long can the DOW Jones Industrial Index keep pushing into long-term highs? Global stock markets are rallying like never before, bewildering analysts and leaving investors stuck on the sidelines with the DOW Jones Industrial Index touching a high of 14,476 on the 12th March. This beats the previous long-term

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Return and risk in trading – What we actually want from our investing vs what we think we want

Return and Risk in Trading – What we actually want from our investing vs what we think we want Over the past week, I have had the opportunity to do a roadshow around the country. And meet a large number of fellow traders and investors. One thing that stood out, is that investors are looking

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