Archive for November, 2011

While explaining the wonderful world of stock trading to one of my friends, he asked me the following question, what is the difference between a stock broker and a stock trader. My answer was "Just Google it!". And he did, and then he came back to me, and...

As a stock trader, you must have read the term "Book Value" at one point or the other. The book value of a stock is simply how much the stock of a company is worth purely from an accounting perspective, and thus, when a stock is trading below its book...

Usually, whenever I talk to someone (who doesn't trade stocks and who hasn't traded stocks in his life) and he discovers that I trade stocks, he expresses to me that he thinks that stock trading is fun (well, it is fun, but not if you're losing money) and...

November 28, 2011 | In: General

What Is a Lockup Period?

A friend asked me the other day: "What is a lockup period?" He told me that he heard of the term lockup period while reading an article about the LinkedIn IPO. I thought I write an article to explain, in details, what is a lockup period. Definition...

November 18, 2011 | In: Opinion

Will Apple Stock Split?

I have correctly predicted that IRE will reverse split three months before it did (by the way, I think that for IRE another reverse split will happen or even a complete delisting from the stock market - at least the US market), so this time I will discuss...

November 17, 2011 | In: General

Stock Market Best Kept Secrets

Like any other profession, trading in the stock market has its best kept secrets that will make you money. Here they are: The January Effect: Rare are those who know about the January Effect, when stocks go down in December and then go up until mid...

If you don't have time to read the rest of the article then here's the answer: "The best time to invest in the stock market is the middle of December of any year". Now, let me explain to you if you have the time to read on... There are many small...

November 14, 2011 | In: Opinion

Will Nintendo Go Bankrupt?

I used to love Nintendo. I remember I had a few Nintendo games when I was a kid (you know, these games that consisted of two screens, such as "Donkey Kong", "Green House", "Mickey and Donald", "Octopus" - now I remember, these games were called "Game and...

November 11, 2011 | In: General

Stocks To Own in a Recession

I have traded many stocks throughout the years, and I have to realize that some stocks are just resilient to a recession. In no order of importance, here are these stocks: MCD: McDonald's is the best stock for a recession. Think about it this way,...

Every investor wants to invest in a stock that is undervalued, because every investor knows that an undervalued stock will pop at one point. But how can we know that a stock is really undervalued, are there some signs? Well, there are several signs...

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