“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe.”― Albert Einstein Benjamin Graham had spent his life establishing his basic criterion for buying and selling stocks. In a nutshell, his rules for selling stocks are: 1. Sell after your stock has gone up 50 percent; or 2. Sell […]
Margin trading is burrowing funds to buy securities like stocks. It is an attractive instrument to amplify the return on investment. There is one sole advantage of using it. It increases profit. See the table below. Simply an increase of 3.4%. Not a bad deal. Risk The underline risk of trading in margin is somehow […]
It is hard to beat the market performance. There are very few investors who have actually achieved this feat over a long period of time. Despite the difficulty of this task, like so many other retail investors, I have a constant desire for better performance. When your capital is 100% deployed in the market and […]
You (assuming you are a long-term value investor) are going to hate me for this post! Among many other financial instruments, I have tried day stock trading for a while. And, still do once in a while. Overall, I must cautiously say, I did alright. I certainly didn’t make a fortune, but I made a […]
“Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.” – Warren Buffett. My intelligence was validated by my very first investment success (Check it out here). I certainly was on fire. I went off on finding my next mission. Yes, this time I am making a big bet (keep in mind this is a […]
“Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.” – Warren Buffett My intelligence was validated by my very first investment success (Check it out here). I certainly was on fire. I went off on finding my next mission. Yes, this time I am making a big bet (keep in mind this is […]
“The Stock market is a device for transfering money from the impatient to patient.” – Warren Buffett After just a decade long experience in investing (well, I really mean trading), I have decided to share my costly learning to the rest of the world. I must say that I am one of the […]