November
2007 | Issue #50
|
Changing
your parameters to
fit the trend you are trading
Using
different parameters with Stochastics to identify the short
and long term trend of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
 Read
Full Article
|
| Article |
The
Dow, Your Portfolio, and Aliens
There are two extremely good
reasons why your portfolio may not be "performing" (whatever that means) either as
well as you would like or as well as your buddies say that
they have been doing... since last May anyway. But let's
define our terms before digging any deeper. Most of the
time, investors are content to observe the steady growth
of their portfolio capital, as income and trading gains
add to their asset base, while the ebb and flow of the
markets remains in a relatively boring "trading range".
They can see the steady progress being made toward the
goals that they established for their portfolios. And most
investment portfolios do have both a set of reasonable
goals and a plan for moving in their direction. Performance
is a measure of this movement toward our objectives and
it is generally considered a long-term, personal proposition.
Income securities are expected only to produce dependable
income, and equities are expected to produce growth in
the form of realized capital gains. Unfortunately, Wall
Street has created its own definition of performance, one
that has nothing to do with the structure and design of
your portfolio.
Read
Full Article
Need
to learn more about Technical Analysis?
A
great place to start! An introduction to technical
analysis with a focus on understanding trend, trend
indicators and setting up a trading system plus three
other valuable books.
GO
|
