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Stock Market Summary Tuesday 20th January 2013

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Tue, Jan 22, 2013 @ 10:09 AM

There is no Stock Market Summary today due to the markets being closed in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

The Stock Market Summary will resume tomorrow as normal.

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2 key investment mistakes that people often make

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Sat, Jan 19, 2013 @ 01:30 PM

In this series of posts I'm taking you through 7 mistakes that fund investors sometimes make. By avoiding these, you'll give yourself a much better chance of arriving at your financial goals on time.

In our last post we discussed why low investment fees shouldn't be you only priority and why performance is crucial. In this post, we'll look at two more common investment mistakes, which are often closely related.

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Stock Market Summary Saturday 19th January 2013

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Sat, Jan 19, 2013 @ 10:21 AM

Yesterday's market action was positive.

Friday was an options expiration day. On these days trading volume levels are skewed making market analysis more difficult. On these days we tend to focus purely on price activity and discount volume behavior.

On Friday the Nasdaq Composite dropped to 3119 (-0.6%) during the session but then...

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Stock Market Summary Friday 18th January 2013

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Fri, Jan 18, 2013 @ 12:24 PM

Yesterday's market action was positive.

The Nasdaq Composite gained 0.59%, trading volume increased and was a touch above average (Point A). This behavior indicates ...

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Stock Market Summary Thursday 17th January 2013

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Thu, Jan 17, 2013 @ 01:01 PM

Yesterday's market action was positive.

The Nasdaq Composite gained 0.22%, trading volume decreased and was below average (Point A). This behavior is healthy.

Leading stocks action was positive.

We continue to see two things:...

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Stock Market Summary Wednesday 16th January 2013

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Wed, Jan 16, 2013 @ 10:16 AM

Yesterday's market action was positive.

The Nasdaq Composite pulled back 0.22% and trading volume was above average (Point A).

Even though the Nasdaq did...

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Stock Market Summary Tuesday 15th January 2013

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Tue, Jan 15, 2013 @ 12:27 PM

Yesterday's market action was positive.

The Nasdaq Composite dropped 0.26%, trading volume increased and was slightly above average (Point A). This behaviour suggests...

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Stock Market Summary Saturday 12th January 2013

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Sat, Jan 12, 2013 @ 10:46 AM

Yesterday's market action was positive.

The Nasdaq Composite gained 0.12%, trading volume increased and was slightly above average (Point A). This behaviour suggests either...

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Stock Market Summary Friday 11th January 2013

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Fri, Jan 11, 2013 @ 12:58 PM

Yesterday's market action was neutral.

The Nasdaq Composite gained 0.51% and trading volume increased and was slightly above average (Point A). This behaviour suggests  a second day of...

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Why low investment fees shouldn't be your only priority

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Thu, Jan 10, 2013 @ 01:00 PM

In this new series of posts I'm going to take you through 7 mistakes that fund investors sometimes make. By avoiding these, you'll give yourself a much better chance of arriving at your financial goals on time.

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Tags: ISA investing tips, Investment strategy, Investment mistakes