Certainly, there are just so many factors affecting share prices. For example, high oil prices, interest rates, GDP and CPI to name few. However, many beginners are focusing too much on the external factors than what can happen from the accounting perspective.

Many novice investors are not sure how to start their stock investing career. Often than not, due to their ignorance and arrogance, they start buying stocks without following the most basic and simple rules to be successful.

A description of a simple way to increase profits

The article descrebes the differences between stock brokers and stock analysts.

Like every successful discretionary trader, I've learned to recognize a group of high probability situations (or setups) that put the odds on my side.

Everyone trades a little differently. The trading method outlined below is MY personal approach to trading. This method has worked for me for the last 20 years, and has helped me to avoid big draw downs since the mid 1980's. My trading strategy has helped me to make a good living trading.

Most traders day trading don't know how to control the overall size of their losses. Learning how to do this is the most rational way of dealing with fear, greed, and other problems of day trading psychology.

Every stock trader must develop a set of trading rules to be successful. Here are a few of mine.

Bonds and preferred stocks are essentially defensive investments. They aim to protect the invested funds, but they are not designed to advance or to expand in value.

I should begin this by saying that stock brokers are expensive. However, if you are new to the world of investing and find the terminology, expenses, fees, and process the least bit confusing it is best to utilize the services of a stock broker that is going to work with you every step of the way and explain the way things work at least for the first several trades you make.