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The Host of Mad Money, Jim Cramer has been helping the average person learn about the stock market for a long time. He’s written several books on investing, as well as being the Chairman on TheStreet.com. I for one have made quite a bit of money listening to Jim Cramer.

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Another Day In The Stock Market

With the economy the way it is right now along with the volatility in the stock market, If you have the ability to trade stocks on a daily basis (day trader) or even holding for a day or so, you can make some money without really trying.
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You will still have to do your homework and research on the companies that you want to invest in, but if you have a list of stocks that you’re very familiar with, playing the volatility is quite profitable.
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Yesterday I spoke about building position in the companies that you want to invest in. When the markets were at their lows, I started to do so. I actually picked up some at good prices, even though I would have like them to come down some more. I told you in the past to buy in increments, not all at once. If the price did continue to fall yesterday, I would have bought more later on.
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I bought Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) @ $134.75, Joy Global (NASDAQ:JOYG) @ $34, Research In Motion (NASDAQ:RIMM) @ $76.25 and last, but not least, Sirius Satellite Radio (NASDAQ:SIRI) @ $0.325. I expected prices to bounce back up yesterday as well as a little bit more of a gain today. I was right only three of the four trades I did. This morning I waited for the opening to see what I was going to sell. At the opening bell, Sirius was up to $0.43 per share and after the negative news about their downgrade, I expected it to drop down below $0.40. I put in a limit sell order for $0.425 and it sold shortly afterward. A gain of 30% over night. To be honest I was planning to hold on the Sirius for the long term (until their next earnings report ), but when I was up that much, I sold it and will continue on the next dip.
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As for Apple, I was also able to sell my shares at $138, for a gain of 2.5%. I know that isn’t much to boast about, but if you think that you can’t even get that on a basic 12 month CD these days. Take into consideration that I did buy large amounts of share that help offset the fees that were charged to me. Joy Global was the last on I sold this morning. I sold it at $36.50 per share, for another gain of 7.3%.
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As for RIMM, I didn’t get the action I wanted, but that’s OK since I do expect that to run into the $100 range in the coming months. I will continue to hold on to the share and add to my position.
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You need to take advantage of the opportunities when they present themselves, so if you are able to trade on a daily basis, good luck.

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How Does The Stock Market Work?

One of the top three questions that I hear from friends, family and other people that know that I deal with the stock market on a daily basis is, “how does the stock market work?”. There is no way to really tell you everything there is to know about the stock market in just one post. To understand the stock market totally would take you a few years to do.
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I’ve been dealing with the stock market for quite some time and I have to admit that I still don’t know everything to beat the markets all the time. The stock market are always changing and what may have worked in the past won’t necessarily help you in the future. Of course the basics will stay the same.
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I get my information from many different sources to keep a breast of the situation at hand that will effect the markets. Relying on only one or two sources is not enough to be truly informed.
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That leads me to talk about one of the sources I use on a daily basis. That source is Jim Cramer from Mad Money on CNBC. While his show is some-what informing (I find it more entertaining than informative), I’m referring to his Action Alerts subscription that he offers at TheStreet.com. His Action Alert is a way to get a good look at how he trades stocks as well as his criteria in picking stocks to invest in. He can’t trade stocks for his personal gains, instead he has a portfolio that all the proceeds go to charity. In the subscription he allows you to see what he holds in the portfolio along with daily e-mails (a few of them each day), as to why he is building more or less of a position in a particular stock. He doesn’t buy or sell anything in the portfolio until he has sent out an e-mail to his subscribers informing them of his next move.
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I do have to say that I’ve taken his advice many times over the past few years and have made money following him. The best gains I’ve made following his advice was during a bull market. His portfolio has beaten out the S&P 500 each year I’ve been involved with the Action Alerts, more so during a bull market.
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Action alerts is also an affiliate of Beating The Stock Market and has offered my readers a two week FREE Trial of the program. What could you possibly lose with a free trial? In the past two months of the stock market climbing I’ve watched the Action Alert portfolio grow more than the major indicies. As a matter of fact, one of his picks gained over 80% in the weeks following his recommendation of the stock.
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Investing Mistakes To Watch In 2009

Hello everyone. Are you ready for 2009? Now that we can put 2008 behind us and hopefully all the issues that went along with it, let’s get to some good trading for the new year. Like last year we want to limit the investing mistakes that can easily happen if you’re not careful. So let’s look at what we can avoid to help us in the new year.

The number one mistake that people make and if you were one of the millions that lost money last year, you just might be thinking of doing this. The biggest mistake that you can do is to not invest at all. Sitting on the sidelines watching it happen while no investing is number one mistake. Even if you can invest $20 a week, it’s better than nothing at all.

The longer you put off investing, the less you’ll have when it’s time to retire. Of course you have to have your current financial situation in order, but once that’s done, you have no excuse not to be investing.

Another mistake that people make when investing is they try to get rich quick. Let’s get one thing straight, trying to get rich quick is not investing, it’s gambling. If you want to gamble, go to Vegas. Investing is a long time strategy not a quick fix approach to financial security.

Mistake number three is putting all of your eggs in one basket. If you want to invest, you need to spread the capital around in different areas of the markets as well as different vehicles (i.e. stocks, bonds, CDs etc.). Doing so will help keep you from losing any of you money in one big sweep. Stocks and other types of investment vehicles will go up and down, but not all of them will go in the same direction at once.

Collectibles are not investments. Yes, the first issue of Spiderman is worth a lot of money, but it won’t grow all that much in the future. Don’t expect to sell it to help your kids through college.

I hope that these tips will help you in the coming year. Be patient and happy trading.

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Online Trading Tools

Throughout the years of trading stocks I’ve found many different trading tools that have come in handy in helping me make the most of my trades. Some of those tools include software, membership subscriptions as well as message boards that I part-take in.
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One that I’ve recently found is a web site that allows you to join for FREE to get access to their site. You will have to register, but it won’t cost you anything to be a basic member of the site. I say basic member because they do have part of the site that require you to pay for the service, but in this post I’ll just talk about what you get for joining the site for FREE.
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The site is ADVFN. It is a site dedicated to the stock markets and FOREX trading. I don’t know how long the site has been around, but from the looks of it, it has been around for many years.
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With your FREE membership you will be able to access the different indicies within the markets as well as markets in different countries. Check your investments real-time with ADVFN’s FREE stock charts .
You also are able to access their comprehensive range of tools to help with your trading decisions, including in-depth research, news, stock streaming tools and not one but two message boards. One board has over 450,000 members with over 25 million posts that cover mid and large cap companies. The other board has more than 100,000 members and has over 15 million posts that cover micro and small cap companies.
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If you’re new to trading foreign currencies, this site will also benefit you in regards to what you need to know and help follow the FOREX more closely than any other FREE site out there.
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If you are looking to broaden your knowledge by learning more about the stock market, I insist you give this site a try. It has so much to offer. How can you go wrong when it won’t cost you anything to join?
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Again the site is ADVFN.com and it offers a FREE membership, so just click on the banner below or the one in our sidebar and sign up today.