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Do You Know When to Buy and Sell? Use The Sine Wave Model
By David Van Knapp · 17 years ago
Probably the hardest decision for most stock investors is knowing when to buy or sell a stock. Some investors buy and sell very actively. Others buy stocks on a regular schedule, but don't know when, ...
The Investment Philosophy of Warren Buffett…in 23 Quotes
By David Van Knapp · 17 years ago
Warren Buffett is the most successful investor of our time, perhaps of any time. He is famous for his pithy and witty quotes, which often appear in his annual letter to shareholders. Taken together, his ...
Stock Investing--Never Invest Your Money in a Company with Untrustworthy Management
By David Van Knapp · 17 years ago
This news item, dated February 26, 2007, caught my eye:
"AES announced Monday that it plans to reschedule the release of its fourth-quarter and full-year results because of errors in its financial statements. AES had ...
Guess What Year It Is? It's The Third Year of the Presidential Cycle. Is That a Good Thing?
By David Van Knapp · 17 years ago
You may have heard about the presidential cycle in stocks.
Or maybe you haven't. If not, here it is in a nutshell: Stocks do their best in the third year of the four-year presidential term--that ...
Investor Psychology: Goals and Dreams vs. Day-to-Day Activities
By David Van Knapp · 17 years ago
Allow me to acknowledge first that much of this article is inspired by Dr. Bob Rotella's book, The Golfer's Mind (2004, Free Press), particularly Chapter Three, "Goals and Dreams." If you are not familiar with ...
Dividends or Buybacks--Which Are Better for Shareholders?
By David Van Knapp · 17 years ago
Both dividends and share buybacks are often cited as ways for a company to ''give back some money'' to its shareholders, as if they were functional equivalents. But they are not equivalent at all.
In ...