BON 2001 STOCKS & COMMODITIES Magazine

Article Archive For Bonus Issue 2001

Dare To Trade by Adrienne Laris Toghraie, MNLP, MCH

ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...The Making Of The Modern Trader Dare To Trade To understand how much courage it takes to be a trader, take the trader's journey. by Adrienne Laris Toghraie, MNLP, MCH The markets are not sympathetic to the meek. Few professions require as much courage as trading does. For the most part, traders do battle from the time they come into the profession until they retire. From the initial education phase, to fighting the negativity of significant others, to the challenge of finding a methodology that works, there always seems to be another hurdle to face. Then, the difficulties of environmental ...

AUTHOR: Adrienne Laris ToghraieDATE: Bonus Issue 2001SUBJECT: Trading Psychology

Market Breadth or Beta by Dennis D. Peterson

ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Market Breadth Or Beta? Breadth and beta both start with "b," but what else do they have in common? Maybe a way to help make trading decisions. by Dennis D. Peterson Market breadth is a measure of market momentum. When momentum is positive and increasing, the market is bullish, and when momentum is negative and decreasing, the market is bearish. Some stocks are highly correlated with market momentum; that is, when the market is bullish, the stocks are rising, and when it is bearish, the stocks are declining. The correlation that a stock has with a market is known as its beta value. Thus, kn...

AUTHOR: Dennis D. PetersonDATE: Bonus Issue 2001SUBJECT: Investing

AUTHOR: Jayanthi GopalakrishnanDATE: Bonus Issue 2001SUBJECT: Opening Position

AUTHOR: Technical Analysis, Inc.DATE: Bonus Issue 2001SUBJECT: Readers' Choice Awards

Traders' Resource: Software

ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Traders' Resource: Software In this day and age, the choice of software with which to analyze and interact with the markets is rich, with different packages offering different capabilities, methodologies, and price ranges to fit every style of trader. Are you interested in a basic software package, but also find that you need to write custom indicator formulas? Are you interested in ranking, screening, and producing a list of candidates based on your favorite technical indicators? Or are you a daytrader, a position trader, or a professional trader? Are you looking for software to run from you...

AUTHOR: Technical Analysis, Inc.DATE: Bonus Issue 2001SUBJECT: Traders' Resource

Warren Buffett by James Maccaro

ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Warren Buffett Legendary value investor Warren Buffett sat out the stock market bubble. Today, he's sitting prettier than ever. by James Maccaro It is well known that Warren Buffett has been very successful in the markets. He amassed his fortune from his base in Omaha, NE, far from Wall Street, and did so by ignoring the conventional wisdom of other professional investors. His philosophy is to "be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful." Buffett was a prot�g� of Benjamin Graham, whom many consider to be the father of security analysis. Buffett was a student of G...

AUTHOR: James MaccaroDATE: Bonus Issue 2001SUBJECT: Money People