Trend following is one of the more popular approaches to trading employed by money managers who trade primarily in the futures markets. It is also an approach employed by some hedge fund managers who trade in equities. With that in mind, I thought I would provide a primer on this important concept, as I feel it [...]
Most individual investors focus on the big name stocks or blue chip shares such as Amazon, Apple, IBM, GE, Tesla or Netflix. However, in any given year, if you want to generate above average returns in your portfolio, it is unknown stocks like the following that can provide the boost. The following twelve stocks are up [...]
When I think of investing in the stock market, I think of buying a stock with the intent of holding that stock in my portfolio for several years or more. Therefore, the goal is to pick stocks that have a good chance at appreciating in value during that time frame, and preferably at a rate better [...]
