Personal Investing Rules | #8 Undecided? Sell half.

Undecided? Sell half – Indecision is usually the enemy of the personal investor. Often you find yourself in situations where you’re not sure whether to sell or not. Your stock has advanced strongly but you feel it will continue to advance. Your stock has declined but...

Personal Investing Rules | #7 Add Market Rules

As part of your investment plan, don’t forget to include Market Rules. Earlier, I stated that you must have both upside targets and downside stop loss rules in place before buying a stock. The same holds true for market rules. Your stock analysis was made with...

Personal Investing Rules | #5 Study the charts

Study the charts – Years ago when I started investing, I used to think that charts were just hocus pocus. Determining a stock’s underlying value in relation to its current price was my only focus. I soon learned that this approach ignored a very important part of...

Personal Investing Rules | #2 Concentrate on EPS

Concentrate on EPS – As a personal investor there are so many variables to study when analyzing stocks. Lots of things are important. It’s overwhelming. But one metric is always more important and is usually the most important. That’s EPS – Earnings per share. Every...

Personal Investing Rules | #1 Have a plan

Have a plan – Most personal investors go into the market without a solid investment plan. They are doomed to failure before they begin. Why is a plan important? It’s simple. Investors face two obstacles in making money in the markets – Fear and Greed. Fear creates a...