It isn’t uncommon for one of our users to call us up and ask for help. To be honest, there have even been times when I will help a client at their site to get them up and running. In the past two years of working in this industry, I have noticed one major theme among every person(myself included) when it comes to screening for potential investments – we are all far too selective.…

Just how telling are red flags?

The term “red flags” is synonymous with “bad things are going to happen,” and, for investors, they are a sign that you should likely stay away from that investment. However, all this talk of red flags being able to predict that a company is going to do poorly makes you wonder, does it work?…

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Unless you’re living under a rock, you’ve probably heard the news about Dow 20K. You might be asking why Dow 20K matters and what it even means. Well, Dow 20K is a major milestone for the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The Dow Jones Industrial Average has been around since May 26, 1896, and is an index of 30 large publically traded companies based in the United States to give investors a general idea of how those stocks were traded on a day to day basis.  …

Figuring out Which Stocks to Stay Away From

With the recent integration with TradeKing finished, it’s time to actually use our free Equities Lab membership to actually analyze our holdings.

As you can see, here are my holdings as of writing this article. Now, a lot of these positions were taken on (randomly!) during our testing phase where we were more worried about the actual functionality of the software than how well our positions were going to perform.…