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In this article, Canada Goose Outlet discusses two stock picks for the 2008 – 2009 cold and flu season: MTXX and RAD. SpeculatingStocks.com discusses two stock picks for this cold and flu season. SpeculatingStocks.com has picked hundreds of stock picks in the past and regularly comments on stock picks, penny stocks, hot stocks and small cap stocks on SpeculatingStocks.com and in their stock newsletter. Now, is the time to be looking at stocks again, particularly the cold and flu sector as the stock market begins to find a market bottom and investors research key, timely sectors. MTXX is the developer and marketer of the Zicam cold and flu remedy brand with a distribution network that includes Wal-Mart, Walgreens, and CVS. SpeculatingStocks.com’s second stock pick for the cold and flu season, RAD (Rite Aid), a drugstore retail chain with prescription and over-the-counter medication for cold and flu and other ailments. SpeculatingStocks.com Stock Pick: Matrixx Initiatives, Inc. (MTXX) Stock Price: $14.77 Matrixx Initiatives, Inc. is engaged in the development and marketing of over-the-counter healthcare products that utilize the company’s drug delivery systems. Its wholly-owned subsidiary, Zicam, LLC, markets and sells Zicam® and Nasal Comfort(TM) products in the cough and cold category. MTXX also offers Zicam Multi-Symptom Cold and Flu Relief products, which utilize a spoon dosing delivery to provide relief of cold and flu symptoms. MTXX is a perennial cold and flu season stock play and well known for that fact. MTXX dropped the last four trading days creating a buying opportunity to play this year’s cold and flu season. MTXX’s over-the-counter cold and flu products are sold at several large national retailers including Wal-Mart, Walgreens, and CVS. Zicam is one of the top three cough, cold and allergy growth brands and its multi-symptom cold and flu products account for 45% of the company’s retail sales growth. MTXX has an attractive brand and sold distribution network in place. We believe MTXX will have another cold and flu season move. SpeculatingStocks.com Stock Pick: Rite Aid Corporation (RAD) Stock Price: $0.31 Rite Aid Corporation is a drugstore chain with more than 4,900 stores in 31 states and the District of Columbia. The company’s fiscal 2008 annual sales totaled more than $24.3 billion. Rite Aid is a major brand that continues to expand. Patients fill their prescriptions at Rite Aid for various ailments and shop for over-the-counter medication for cold and flu and other illnesses. RAD has been down significantly this year, but we see the potential for a major turn around in the future for RAD. Three independent proxy advisory firms have recommended RAD stockholders support RAD’s Board of Directors’ plan for a reverse split. The reverse stock split could be approved on December 2nd. Reverse stock split is never a good phrase to investors, but in this case it looks like it must be done and we believe most of the negativity is already priced into RAD. After the reverse split, we expect investors to look at RAD in a new, refreshing light. We believe RAD will receive major attention as a cold and flu season play over the next 1 – 2 months. Also, we expect RAD to begin its turn around. At SpeculatingStocks.com, we believe it is important to find the right small cap stocks and penny stocks at the right time in their stock chart and business cycle. With MTXX and RAD, we believe we have found two stocks that have a great chance at becoming hot stocks in the short-term. About SpeculatingStocks.com: SpeculatingStocks.com releases penny stocks, penny stock picks, small cap stock picks and discusses hot stocks in the stock market on a daily basis. We are focused on value stocks and finding the best stocks and investment opportunities. We provide a market update each day on market trends and scour the market for undervalued stocks and growth stocks to release to our stock membership group and stock market newsletter. We use our proprietary stock research for choosing our stock picks. SpeculatingStocks.com also discusses pink sheets and OTCBB stocks. For more stock information, go to SpeculatingStocks.com for day trading alerts, momentum stocks and stock market articles. Join our stock newsletter. This article is the opinion of SpeculatingStocks.com, Inc. SpeculatingStocks.com, Inc. is not a registered investment advisor and nothing contained in any materials released by us should be construed as a recommendation to buy or sell any securities. Please read our legal disclaimer.

In this article, SpeculatingStocks.com discusses two stock picks for the 2008 – 2009 cold and flu season: MTXX and RAD. SpeculatingStocks.com discusses two stock picks for this cold and flu season. SpeculatingStocks.com has picked hundreds of stock picks in the past and regularly comments on stock picks, penny stocks, hot stocks and small cap stocks on SpeculatingStocks.com and in their stock newsletter. Now, is the time to be looking at stocks again, particularly the cold and flu sector as the stock market begins to find a market bottom and investors research key, timely sectors. MTXX is the developer and marketer of the Zicam cold and flu remedy brand with a distribution network that includes Wal-Mart, Walgreens, and CVS. SpeculatingStocks.com’s second stock pick for the cold and flu season, RAD (Rite Aid), a drugstore retail chain with prescription and over-the-counter medication for cold and flu and other ailments. SpeculatingStocks.com Stock Pick: Matrixx Initiatives, Inc. (MTXX) Stock Price: $14.77 Matrixx Initiatives, Inc. is engaged in the development and marketing of over-the-counter healthcare products that utilize the company’s drug delivery systems. Its wholly-owned subsidiary, Zicam, LLC, markets and sells Zicam® and Nasal Comfort(TM) products in the cough and cold category. MTXX also offers Zicam Multi-Symptom Cold and Flu Relief products, which utilize a spoon dosing delivery to provide relief of cold and flu symptoms. MTXX is a perennial cold and flu season stock play and well known for that fact. MTXX dropped the last four trading days creating a buying opportunity to play this year’s cold and flu season. MTXX’s over-the-counter cold and flu products are sold at several large national retailers including Wal-Mart, Walgreens, and CVS. Zicam is one of the top three cough, cold and allergy growth brands and its multi-symptom cold and flu products account for 45% of the company’s retail sales growth. MTXX has an attractive brand and sold distribution network in place. We believe MTXX will have another cold and flu season move. SpeculatingStocks.com Stock Pick: Rite Aid Corporation (RAD) Stock Price: $0.31 Rite Aid Corporation is a drugstore chain with more than 4,900 stores in 31 states and the District of Columbia. The company’s fiscal 2008 annual sales totaled more than $24.3 billion. Rite Aid is a major brand that continues to expand. Patients fill their prescriptions at Rite Aid for various ailments and shop for over-the-counter medication for cold and flu and other illnesses. RAD has been down significantly this year, but we see the potential for a major turn around in the future for RAD. Three independent proxy advisory firms have recommended RAD stockholders support RAD’s Board of Directors’ plan for a reverse split. The reverse stock split could be approved on December 2nd. Reverse stock split is never a good phrase to investors, but in this case it looks like it must be done and we believe most of the negativity is already priced into RAD. After the reverse split, we expect investors to look at RAD in a new, refreshing light. We believe RAD will receive major attention as a cold and flu season play over the next 1 – 2 months. Also, we expect RAD to begin its turn around. At SpeculatingStocks.com, we believe it is important to find the right small cap stocks and penny stocks at the right time in their stock chart and business cycle. With MTXX and RAD, we believe we have found two stocks that have a great chance at becoming hot stocks in the short-term. About SpeculatingStocks.com: SpeculatingStocks.com releases penny stocks, penny stock picks, small cap stock picks and discusses hot stocks in the stock market on a daily basis. We are focused on value stocks and finding the best stocks and investment opportunities. We provide a market update each day on market trends and scour the market for undervalued stocks and growth stocks to release to our stock membership group and stock market newsletter. We use our proprietary stock research for choosing our stock picks. SpeculatingStocks.com also discusses pink sheets and OTCBB stocks. For more stock information, go to SpeculatingStocks.com for day trading alerts, momentum stocks and stock market articles. Join our stock newsletter. This article is the opinion of SpeculatingStocks.com, Inc. SpeculatingStocks.com, Inc. is not a registered investment advisor and nothing contained in any materials released by us should be construed as a recommendation to buy or sell any securities. Please read our legal disclaimer

Daily Market Commentary for November 26, 2008 from Millennium-Traders.Com

Ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday, the trading session and the trading floors on Wall Street remained quiet with low trading volume, which was to be expected. (read more)

Economic data released today:
Jobless Claims:
U.S. Jobless Claims fell 14K to 529K for week of November 22 compared to survey of a drop by 12K; U.S. Continuing Claims for week of November 15 Week fell 54K to 3,962,000; U.S. Jobless Claims Revised for week of November 15 to 543K from 542K.

Durable Goods:
U.S. October Durable Goods Orders fell 6.2 percent compared to consensus of a drop by 3.0 percent; U.S. October Durable Goods Orders, Excluding-Transportation fell 4.4 percent; U.S. October Durable Goods Orders, Excluding-Defense fell 4.6 percent; U.S. September Durable Goods Orders Revised to drop by 0.2 percent from increase by 0.9 percent.

Personal Income and Outlays:
U.S. Personal Income rose 0.3 percent in October compared to consensus of an increase by 0.1 percent; U.S. Personal Spending fell 1.0 percent in October compared to consensus of a drop by 1.2 percent; U.S. September Personal Income Revised to increase by 0.1 percent from increase by 0.2 percent; U.S. September Spending Unrevised at drop by 0.3 percent; U.S. October PCE Core Price Index Unchanged Percentage Rate on the month; U.S. October PCE Core Price Index increase by 2.1 percent on the year; U.S. October PCE Price Index fell 0.6 Percentage Rate on the month; U.S. October PCE Price Index rose 3.2 percent on the year.

National Association Purchasing Management (NAPM):
U.S. Chicago Purchasing Management adjusted November Index came in at 33.8 versus October reading of 37.8; U.S. Chicago Purchasing Management November Prices Paid Index came in at 50.7 versus October reading of 53.7; U.S. Chicago Purchasing Management November Supplier Deliveries came in at 48.4; October reading of 47.5; U.S. Chicago Purchasing Management November Employment Index came in at 33.4 versus October reading of 41.5; U.S. Chicago Purchasing Management November New Orders Index came in at 27.2 versus October reading of 32.5.

Consumer Sentiment:
University of Michigan End-November Current Index came in at 57.5 as compared to October reading at 58.4; University of Michigan End-November Expectations came in at 53.9 as compared to October reading at 57.0; University of Michigan Preliminary November Sentiment reading was 57.9; University of Michigan 12-Month Inflation Forecast rose by 2.9 percent as compared to October increase by 3.9 percent; University of Michigan 5-Year Inflation Forecast rose 2.9 percent as compared to October increase by 2.9 percent; University of Michigan End-November Sentiment came in at 55.3 as compared to October reading at 57.6.

New Home Sales:
U.S. October New Home Sales fell 5.3 percent to 433,000 as compared to consensus of 450,000; U.S. September New Home Sales Revised to 457,000 from 464,000.

Energy Information Administration (EIA) Petroleum Status Report:
U.S. Crude Oil Stockpiles rose by 7.28 Million Barrels at 320.828 Million Barrels; U.S. Gasoline Stockpiles rose by 1.842 Million Barrels at 200.476 Million Barrels; U.S. Distillate Stockpiles fell 0.186 Million Barrels at 126.694 Million Barrels; U.S. Refineries ran at 86.2 percent versus 84.9 percent week ago; U.S. Crude Oil Stockpiles rose by 7.3 Million Barrels in the week compared to expectations of an increase by 900,000;  U.S. Gasoline Stockpiles rose by 1.8 Million Barrels in the week compared to expectations of an increase by 100,000.

At the NYSE closing bell on the New York Stock Exchange, here is how the major world indices and major U.S. stock indices ended the trading session on the world markets as well as the emerging markets including the stock market closing bell price:
DOW (Dow Jones Industrial Average) triple digit gain of 247.14 points to end the trading session at 8,726.61
NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) triple digit gain of 171.97 points to end the trading session at 5,547.33
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) gain of 67.37 points to end the trading session at 1,532.10
S&P 500 (SPX) gain of 30.28 points to end the trading session at 887.67
FTSE All-World Index data excluding U.S. (AW01UK) gain of 1.70 points to end the trading session at 140.86
FTSE RAFI 1000 triple digit gain of 110.62 points to end the trading session at 3,372.08
BEL 20 (BEL20) loss of 39.63 points to end the trading session at 1,809.26
CAC 40 (CAC40) loss of 39.71 points to end the trading session at 3,169.85
FTSE100 (UKX100) loss of 18.56 points to end the trading session at 4,152.69
NIKKEI 225 (NIK/O) triple digit loss of 110.71 points to end the trading session at 8,213.22

New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 2,648, declined stock prices 522; unchanged stock prices 75; stock prices hitting new highs 7 and stock prices hitting new lows 44. NYSE quotes for volatile stocks and market trends, as well as stock quotes, stock prices and stock symbols of Day Trading Stock Picks on the New York Stock Exchange stock market for Day Trading online and active Day Trading for those who are or would like to be Day Trading for a living: McCormick & Company Incorporated (NYSE: MKC) stock price shed 0.62 points on the trading session, high on the trading session $29.93, low on the trading session $28.50 with a closing stock price at $29.68.

National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 2,239; declined stock prices 633; unchanged stock prices 121; stock prices hitting new highs 6 and stock prices hitting new lows 125. NASDAQ quotes, volatile stocks and market trends, as well as stock quotes, stock prices and stock symbols of Day Trading Stock Picks on the NASDAQ stock market for Day Trading online and active Day Trading for those who are or would like to be Day Trading for a living: Baidu.com Incorporated (NasdaqGS: BIDU) stock price gained 18.72 points on the trading session, high on the trading session $144.91, low on the trading session $120.97 with a closing stock price at $142.75.

Market trends on the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) and stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 382; declined stock prices 239; unchanged stock prices 69; stock prices hitting new highs n/a and stock prices hitting new lows 20.

Chicago Board of Trade Futures Market activity for the day, at time of this posting for December 2008 Contracts:
E-mini S&P 500 (ES) – End of trading session price 887.50; Change for the trading session 34.25
E-mini NASDAQ-100 (NQ) – End of trading session price 1,193.00; Change for the trading session 57.50
E-mini DOW $5 (YM) – End of trading session price 8,712; Change for the trading session 267
E-mini S&P MidCap 400 (MF) – End of trading session price 507.60; Change for the trading session 29.60
E-mini S&P Small Cap 600 (HS) – End of trading session price 250.70; Change for the trading session 15.00

World Currencies for the Forex Market, for Forex Trading by active Forex Traders, at time of this posting:
Euro 0.7754 to U.S. Dollars 1.2897
Japanese Yen 95.570 to U.S. Dollars 0.0105
British Pound 0.6518 to U.S. Dollars 1.5341
Canadian Dollar 1.2306 to U.S. Dollars 0.8126
Swiss Franc 1.2036 to U.S. Dollars 0.8308

COMMODITY MARKETS:
Energy Sector – Nymex:
Light Crude (January 09) gained $3.67 on the trading session for a closing price of $54.44 barrel ($US per barrel)
Heating Oil (January 09) gained $0.05 on the trading session for a closing price of $1.76 a gallon ($US per gallon)
Natural Gas (January 09) gained $0.49 on the trading session for a closing price of $6.88 per million BTU ($US per mmbtu.)
Unleaded Gas (December 08) shed $0.08 on the trading session for a closing price of $1.18 a gallon ($US per gallon)

Metals Markets – Comex:
Gold (February 09) shed $9.20 on the trading session for a closing price of $811.30 ($US per Troy ounce)
Silver (March 09) shed $0.04 on the trading session for a closing price of $10.27 ($US per Troy ounce)
Platinum (January 09) shed $1.90 on the trading session for a closing price of $869.70 ($US per Troy ounce)
Copper (March 09) gained $0.04 on the trading session for a closing price of $1.69 ($US per pound)

Livestock and Meat Markets – Chicago Mercantile Exchange (cents per lb.):
Lean Hogs (October 09) gained 1.18 on the trading session for a closing price of 65.78
Pork Bellies (February 09) gained 1.45 on the trading session for a closing price of 93.505
Live Cattle (February 09) gained 0.83 on the trading session for a closing price of 88.15
Feeder Cattle (January 09) gained 0.85 on the trading session for a closing price of 92.20

Other Commodities – Chicago Board of Trade (cents per bushel):
Corn (March 09) gained 0.50 on the trading session for a closing price of 371.00
Soybeans (January 09) gained 3.00 on the trading session for a closing price of 886.00

BOND MARKET:
2 year Bond closing price 100 8/32, +4/32,  Yield 1.11, Yield change -0.06
5 year Bond closing price of 99 29/32, +14/32, Yield 2.01, Yield change -0.01
10 year Bond closing price 106 16/32, + 31/32, Yield 2.98, Yield change -0.12
30 year Bond closing price 117 2/32, +1 3/32, Yield 3.56, Yield change -0.05

If you are in day trading, then you must be alert and have a keen ear to what is happening around in stock markets. Day trading involves selling and buying of stocks in a given day. You have to close all your positions in the same trading day. Since decisions have to be made quickly and on the spur of the moment, you need to follow certain day trading stock tips to be able to sail through day trading more smoothly.

What should you do to maximize your profits in day trading stock tips and avoid losses. The answer is very simple – follow day trading tips. First thing that you need to do is to take the services of a broker who is well conversant with what is happening in the stock markets. But just do not blindly approach any broker. Make sure that you reach a broker who has a strong previous track record in day trading. Inquire about the broker you want to consult.

If you are a new comer, then buy some books on day trading. There is a plethora of books on stocks and day trading. You can really benefit from them as there are some beginners guide for new day trading enthusiasts. Plus you will also experience great pleasure reading these books if you are a bookworm and like to read books on financial markets and stocks. You can also start watching business news channels that offer invaluable inputs about the market. The business news channels offer direct information on the minute to minute happenings.

Information is the key to success in day trading. Try to gather as much information as you can because if you have the latest updates on the stock prices, then you will be able to take right decisions on which stock to buy and which stock to sell. You will have ample knowledge on which stock is rising and which is falling.

If you can religiously follow the above-mentioned day trading stock tips, then you will really be able to reap its benefits. Stock market is a volatile place and you have to be street smart if you really want to remain floating in this market and do not want to get drowned.

What is the most important thing that you need if you are into day trading stock business? Well, you need nothing more than some day trading stock tips. You need to know whether day trading is giving you enough money.

So, you want to know some day trading stock tips? Day trading is a risky business but some important tips can really help you minimize the risks involved. If you are a new comer, then what you need to do is to read a lot on day trading, especially the stocks. This process will give you a great exposure on day trading. This is the most easiest thing to do and you will also have a pleasurable experience. Plus, you can obtain enough information from the search engines. This information comes completely free and all you need to do is to extract the right knowledge.
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You can also get ample day trading stock tips from numerous stock trading communities. If you become member of these stock trading communities, you will get hold of the much needed information on day trading. These communities also have experts who can offer tips on day trading. They have vast experience in day trading. They can provide you invaluable tips that will help you sail through day trading smoothly.

Since in day trading, you have to close all your positions in a day, it becomes extremely necessary to take right and quick decisions to avoid losses and maximize your profits.

If you join these day trading online communities, you will be able to make use of facilities like chat rooms, conferencing, forums and blogs. These are the tools of communication with which comments can be shared with one another and invaluable information can be gathered concerning day trading.
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Other most important day trading stock tip is to make use of message boards. These boards can give you sound day trading stock tips. Thus, you will be able aware of the latest happenings in day trading. These message boards will make you aware of where you are standing in the day trading stock market. If you are able to follow these day trading stock tips, you will never falter in your day trading endeavor.

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Many questions are important in life. If these questions are related to the financial matters then it becomes important that you get the answers of these questions at the right time. If you do trading or if you have just started online trading then you might be thinking where to invest, how much to invest, for how long to invest or if such stock option is good or not. If you do not get the right answer then things would become confusing. In such a case you can rely on the Internet. These days World Wide Web is full of investment related knowledge and you can get such knowledge through online based trading communities. Stock trading community is one such community.

If you are going to pour your hard earned money in share and want to know if such share would provide benefit or not then stock trading community is the right place for you to be. This is true that you are required to do a lot of grave discussions before choosing a particular investment decision. Trading communities can help you in fulfilling this purpose in a nice manner. In the field of investment open discussions help a lot and on the online communities you can be involved in a lot of open discussions. If you have some queries regarding the business credibility of one stock option, then discussions provide great assistance. A stock trading community facilitates open discussions and makes your decision taking easier.

Interaction becomes easy among different investors through stock trading community. You can post a question and seek answers and if you are a novice then to get the right information at the right time you can switch to such communities. It is essential for you to know the basics of stock trading otherwise the repercussions would be not so fruitful. Such a community also provide an opportunity for you to network with other people in the business of online trading. Through interacting with them you can learn the trading secrets and take wise financial decisions.

Therefore, go online and try stock trading community if you want to be free of bad investment options and take good decisions.

October 2008 has raised interest in the stock market due to widespread news coverage on the banks closing and therefore stocks falling. So to supplement your interest here are 28 very interesting stock market statistics for you!

$36.6 trillion – the estimated size of the world stock market at the beginning of October 2008.

22.6% – the biggest fall of the Dow Jones in 1 day! (1987)

15.34% – the biggest gain of the Dow Jones in 1 day! (1933)

30% drop in the market – Would mean the NYSE would close trading there and then for the day.

80% – the amount of capitalisation represented by the FTSE 100 on the whole London Stock Exchange.

400-1 – The leverage given to you by some FOREX companies!

$2000 – the initial deposit you must legally have in the US to open a margin account.

£0 – the amount of tax you have to pay on a spread betting account in the UK as its classed as gambling.

86.3% – the amount of FOREX traders that trade the USD

500% – The amount the stock market grew between 1982 and 1993 in terms of capitalisation.

1602 – the year the first shares were issued on the Amsterdam stock exchange

$11 million – the amount a company must have earned over the last 3 years to gain a listing on the NASDAQ stock exchange

83% – The percentage of wealth given away by famous investor Warren Buffet to the Bill % Melinda Gates charitable foundation

$26 trillion – The current value of mutual funds

1790 – The date of the oldest stock exchange in the US opened (Philadelphia)

143,646,198 – The volume of the most traded ETF on the US markets, SPY.

0.5% – The agreed worldwide interest rate drop in October 2008 to counteract the huge drops in shares.

GRRR – The symbol of Lion Country Safari (ok not technically a stat but worth knowing!)

24.39% – The amount lost on the Dow Jones index due the effects of World War I.

£9,600 – The amount you can earn (UK) before paying capital gains tax of 18% on stocks, better than the £5,600 income tax allowance!

0 – The amount of capital gains tax paid in Mexico, Malaysia and Barbados to name a few.

50% – A rough estimate of the rise in the share price of Apple in the aftermath of the iPhone.

1984 – The year the FTSE 100 index was introduced with a staring value of 1000.00 (6950.60, the highest value reached to date, 1999)

1 – The position of Royal Dutch Shell as the most capitalised share in the UK (Oil company, 31 Dec 2007)

1993 – The year the first ETF was introduced tracking the S&P 500

89% – The amount wiped off stocks between 1929-1932, during the great depression.

2 – The position of the Tokyo stock exchange in terms of most capitalised stock exchanges.

2008 – The year oil reached $100 a barrel

14.68% – The drop in the Dow Jones in the first half of 2008.

I hope these stock market statistics have quenched your stock market interest for now, good luck with the trading guys! Don’t forget to check out my website for more information on the stock market!

Have you ever wondered why the result of your stock market trading efforts have been miniscule, and far below set target in spite of all positive signal generated from our stock analysis indices? The tip revealed below will no doubt impact on our stock trading efforts if well understood and practiced.

The reason why most investors make poor harvest in their stock trading efforts is because of the failure to investigate or visit the companies they intend buying into for “inside information”. The fundamental and technical analysis gives information about the past and projected future performance of an organization.The missing link is the failure to realize that the published report of the company performance is the result of her yesterday’s effort. The result of her actions today will reflect in her future performance result. Inside information gives us first hand information regarding the present health of a growing concern. It tells us what the company is up to now, what they are doing, and what they will do in the future. It’s what a company is doing presently that reflects in her quarterly and audited end of year result. The saying goes: “What you are today is the product of your decision yesterday”. Conversely, what you will be tomorrow is also a product of your decision today. This is a statement of truth that also applies to the stock trading business.

There are basically two ways to get inside information about a firm. First, do Search engine research for all current news about the firm we intend adding to our Portfolio in the press, look out for issues pertaining to new contract signed or revoked, creditors rating of the firm, litigation and etc. The second approach is to visit the firm, listen to conversation at the reception, pick the brain of the workers. Ask questions. Is the company retrenching? Watch out for new renovation works in progress, new fleet of cars and equipment purchased. Is the firm introducing new products? Are the Employees happy and motivated? Answers to these questions can give us a clue as to the direction the company is going. The result of such visit could be quite revealing and it will help to confirm our decision to invest in that organization or not.

But, before you ask me why all these? My simple answer to that question is a big “YES”.The additional effort you put for such investigation can not be compared to the attendant consequences of a failed investment. To buttress my argument, hear this: There was a firm that was once listed in the stock exchange and was doing well in the market.

Every day people bought and sold this shares. But a day came, an intelligent investor visited the company and discovered to his chagrin, that the company’s gate was under lock with over grown weeds for the past few months. Before the regulators got to know about it, many of the investors have suffered various degree of losses. It’s what a firm does now that finds expression in her end of year financial report. Be a smart investor and do your stock investing wisely.

Have you ever wondered why the result of your stock market trading efforts have been miniscule, and far below set target in spite of all positive signal generated from our stock analysis indices? The tip revealed below will no doubt impact on our stock trading efforts if well understood and practiced.

The reason why most investors make poor harvest in their stock trading efforts is because of the failure to investigate or visit the companies they intend buying into for “inside information”. The fundamental and technical analysis gives information about the past and projected future performance of an organization.The missing link is the failure to realize that the published report of the company performance is the result of her yesterday’s effort. The result of her actions today will reflect in her future performance result. Inside information gives us first hand information regarding the present health of a growing concern. It tells us what the company is up to now, what they are doing, and what they will do in the future. It’s what a company is doing presently that reflects in her quarterly and audited end of year result. The saying goes: “What you are today is the product of your decision yesterday”. Conversely, what you will be tomorrow is also a product of your decision today. This is a statement of truth that also applies to the stock trading business.

There are basically two ways to get inside information about a firm. First, do Search engine research for all current news about the firm we intend adding to our Portfolio in the press, look out for issues pertaining to new contract signed or revoked, creditors rating of the firm, litigation and etc. The second approach is to visit the firm, listen to conversation at the reception, pick the brain of the workers. Ask questions. Is the company retrenching? Watch out for new renovation works in progress, new fleet of cars and equipment purchased. Is the firm introducing new products? Are the Employees happy and motivated? Answers to these questions can give us a clue as to the direction the company is going. The result of such visit could be quite revealing and it will help to confirm our decision to invest in that organization or not.

But, before you ask me why all these? My simple answer to that question is a big “YES”.The additional effort you put for such investigation can not be compared to the attendant consequences of a failed investment. To buttress my argument, hear this: There was a firm that was once listed in the stock exchange and was doing well in the market.

Every day people bought and sold this shares. But a day came, an intelligent investor visited the company and discovered to his chagrin, that the company’s gate was under lock with over grown weeds for the past few months. Before the regulators got to know about it, many of the investors have suffered various degree of losses. It’s what a firm does now that finds expression in her end of year financial report. Be a smart investor and do your stock investing wisely.

Recently, it is clear for everyone to see that huge losses have been inflicted upon the stock market. This has resulted in an increase in a number of people (novice traders) opening brokerage accounts, with the aim of taking advantage of stocks whilst they are low. However this could lead to these people making CRITICAL novice errors.

If you are a novice trader or just want to be aware of the 10 CRITICAL errors beginners make then read on…

1. Lack of stop loss awareness – this means that when they enter a trade, and further losses are inflicted to the stock, it is unlikely they will be able to cut these losses short. If you are a novice trader, find out what stop losses are and use them!

2. Its easy for beginner traders to accidentally execute trades incorrectly – because they are new to ordering a stock, it is easy to mistype information/numbers or click on the wrong box (yes I have shorted a trade when meaning to go long before!). Making a few practice trades first is highly recommended.

3. No strategies – as they are new to the stock market, they are unlikely to have developed, let alone tested, any successful strategies. If they are planning to buy multiple stocks frequently, this could end up in them losing a lot of money quickly.

4. Little knowledge about stock market psychology – meaning that they are unaware of the ridiculous/senseless/greedy/fearful actions that a losing trades can make traders do! Remember ‘traders that lose cut their winnings short and let their losses run!’ this is an easy psychological state to get into after having a few losing trades.

5. Little knowledge about stock liquidity – meaning that traders could buy a cheap share and not realise that liquidity is low, which could result in them suffering from sharp price movements and not being able to get rid of the stock when they want to!

6. Not knowing the difference between limit & market orders – in volatile times like the last few weeks, depending on how much capital is invested, a the difference between a limit and market order could mean you start the trade with a significant loss.

7. Many people who invest for the first time do not know when to exit a trade – and more importantly do not know ho much money they want to make from a trade. This could result in the investor getting impatient and exiting a trade at completely the wrong time.

8. New traders on the stock market often follow tips from their mates or tips from people who they think have stock market knowledge – this can so easily lead to disaster, do you own research or seek professional advice! How many times have you taken a tip on the horses and lost? (I know I’ve done it!)

9. Novice traders do not research a companies key financial information, they often just go on big company names they know – this means they do not know how much a company is forecasted to grow, how much debt its in etc. This stuff is worth knowing if you want to make a trade on which way the share price is going to go!

10. New traders will often sign up to any brokerage account – this means they will not have taken into account if a broker charges inactivity fees for not trading, not ideal if their plan is to buy and hold a small number of stock for months and months!

So there you go guys, take all these points into account when entering the stock market and I would definitely recommend going on a stock market course to develop some strategies.

NB. I don’t want to put you off trading but I do want to put you off losing your hard earned money!