Summer stock market duldrums

It's no coincidence that the market suffers quite a bit in the summer.  Especially this summer with a little event going on in Brazil. I've recently come from a talk that put some logic behind market actions as a consequence of the World Cup.  What is the other big item that goes hand...

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The TSI indicator

In Technical Analysis, one of my favorite indicators in an oscillator called a true strength indicator or the TSI for short. One of the most taught subjects in Technical Analysis is something called oscillator divergence, where price makes a lower low in a down moving market and the price oscillator...

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Adding a little gula in your kopi never hurts

Ever notice that your favorite candy bar is going up in price?  Maybe a little extra 30 sen charge for drinks and your local kopi tiam?  I know, I am quite angry we are getting little benefit for our hard earned money and seeing it deteriorate due to inflation. Inflation hurts, but as...

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Dividends and Beta, putting it together

A lot of people pooh pooh dividends.  But I'm going to stick up for companies which pay it out regularly.  The purest form of return on investment is dividends because this the the hard money which investors see.  Take for example a well known tech company, Apple.  As profitable...

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What kind of investor are you?

Risk adverse vs. risk seeking.  We'v heard this statement from many investment advisors.  If you are young, you should generally be risk-seeking and go for more volatile investments.  If you are older, you should go for more risk-adverse investments. Human nature says we are most...

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Much ado about dividends

Now we have our Betas down pat. Lets summarize: High beta stocks' movement are exaggerated by the market index, in the same direction. Low beta stocks' movement are not as affected by the market index, gains are not as strong, as well as losses. A beta of 1 means the stock moves pretty much in...

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