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Have someone else manage your money or be in for a HUGE learning curve for personal investing. Or as others have said, invest in mutual funds and/or index funds. If you want to make a higher return, look into Exchange Traded Funds (Just as the name implies, they are funds traded on an...

Buy and hold is an old idea that doesn't pertain to today's markets. Even the king of buy and hold, Warren Buffet, doesn't really support the idea in today's markets. Read the book, "Trend Following: how great traders make millions in up or down markets". -E

so many ideas. I think we're going to visit the Bok Sanctuary, that place looks pretty relaxing. We may also stop by Edison's Winter home on the way back from the airport when we first get down there since we are flying into Ft. Myers. If anyone else has more ideas, let me know by Wednesday...

ebisky, I've been resiting this response but your continued defense of your "investment strategy", your youth and investment naivete finally got the best of me. You can think of my experience in years trading or in # of trades. I've made over 1000 buy/sell trades in the last year. Probably more...

Not sure if you guys have seen this, but it is pretty cool: http://www.theinterviewwithgod.com/ Lifts the spirits. -E

I'll check it out. Has good reviews on the Zon. -E

Ask them Monday and see what they say. Report back to us. Ask them what criteria they use to trade. Ask them if they take TA into consideration with other analysis they do. Also, TA can't be automated for the reason that it only gives clues as to what will happen. But it is very accurate. It...

Thanks for all the advice everyone. Just a side note. I did a huge research paper in my history of religion class on scientology. I knew nothing of the religion until I did my paper. Very interesting religion. I'm not a scientologist, but if you guys have questions or was wondering something...

Now you are just talking nonsense. The graphs don't lie. Show me where I'm wrong. Find a stock from the top 20 NYSE US 100 that does not react to the 200 day MA. Notice the huge spike in volume on those dates that crossed the 200 day MA..I can show you graphs all day of the 200 day MA and its...

Find me one stock out of the top 20 in the NYSE US 100 that does not react to the 200 day MA. You cant. My point exactly. Just one BIG example(GE has the biggest stake in the NYSE US 100 with 5.76%): http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=GE&p=D&yr=3&mn=4&dy=0&id=p57029046932 The stock follows the...

What is it that you do for the financial institution? Do you make investment decisions for the company? The 200 day moving average is a huge market resistance and support line. Major mutual funds and money managers use it almost religiously. Also, I don't have a "system" and if I used that term...

I understand where you are coming from and realize I might sound a little hypocritical. I am a momentum investor, so I trade symbols, not companies. I use almost all technical analysis. TA is dependable because almost everyone else uses it, especially the big investment firms. For example, if a...

It's been a while since I've been to Florida and I'm hearing stories of towns not to go into and roads to stay off of. Has Florida really gotten that bad over the last 6 years??

I've been investing for a little over a year, but don't let my inexperience fool you into thinking I don't know the markets. I've read many books and continue to educate myself about the market. I also trade almost every day and surround myself with professionals. The strategy I am suggesting...

Check out the 1 year returns of the Vanguard energy and real estate ETFs. No chasing here. Investing. These are also not hot markets. They have been stable markets in a long term uptrend(at least they have been in the past, as I said real estate is a it iffy at this point).

Just because you have freedom doesn't mean you'll be happy. Freedom is about not having restrictions, not happiness. "Freedom is more tied to truth, inner peace and contentment than it is to money" Apply your theory to any people or group of people who have been enslaved. I'm sure they would...

For swing or day trading these principles hold true, yet investing in industries is an easy way to invest with minimal risk and beat the market that does not require much, if any active management of the funds. This is all I'm trying to get at. I'm talking about ETFs or any other fund that...

Stocks will go up and down based on greed and fear. This is normal. People get greedy, the stocks go up, people have fear they go down. What you want to watch for is the trend. A stock in an uptrend (higher highs and higher lows) is a good thing, a stock in a downtrend (lower highs and lower...

Using technical analysis and understanding trends. Hopefully it was obvious to most that when the internet bubble burst, they should get out of tech stocks. I actively manage my money, but the idea I'm presenting is to ride the stock up, through a the usual ups and downs, but if the stock is in...

Money is nothing other than freedom. The freedom to do what you want and when you want. You work to not gain money, you work to gain more freedoms either for yourself or the ones you love. You might even work to give freedom to strangers(donations). To be rich is to want freedom. Anyone who...

True, yet $10,00 in 1986 was about $7,000 compared to 1996. And in 1976, was worth only $3500. Also, buy and hold isn't the best option. Maybe back in the day when commision rates were insane, but today selling and buying doesn't cost much and is easy to do. No sense in keeping your $$ in a...

Invest wisely. Even investing in an index fund/mutual fund requires a sense of what's going on in the market. Invest in industries. Find out what industries are doing well and invest in an index fund corresponding to it. Once that industry is not gaining as much, invest in another. For...

Wow, great information everyone! :) Truly appreciate the information/advice. I'm looking forward to this trip! If anyone can think of some more suggestions, that'd be great. -E

Hello All: I will be going on vacation with some relatives for a week in the seminole/clearwater area of Florida in middle March. I wanted opinions on the "musts" while we are down there. The places we must go or must eat, must do etc... I have been to Florida many times in the past, but was...

Great advice everyone! I will think more on this and reply with any additional questions. Really appreciate the help. Much of my questions were answered. Thanks! -E