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How to Increase Your Profits and Slash Your Losses on Every Trade

By , America's No. 1 Pattern Trader, Money Morning • @powerproftrades - • Print | Email

I've spent more than 30 years teaching a diverse group of people of all backgrounds and experience levels how to trade profitably, whether they're making a bid for extra income, or financing new purchases, or planning for retirement.

As different as all these folks are, there's one constant they have in common that consistently thwarts the otherwise totally promising trades they've got on.

Emotion… More than any source of volatility that can throw markets into a tailspin, emotion is the killer. It forces people to walk – no, make that run – away from generous upside, or sends them hurtling into the path of steep losses.

And it's all the more tragic because it simply doesn't have to happen. That's right: These events aren't inevitable fate, they're mistakes.

But the good news is there are two steps to take to make sure these kinds of mistakes never happen. Even if you've already fallen victim to emotion in your trades, there's no need to do it again.

This technique is as simple as it is effective...

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The Only Investment You Need to Profit from Silicon Valley's Massive Dividend Hikes

By , Defense + Tech Specialist, Money Morning • @Robinson_STI - • Print | Email

Investors are still scared of Apple Inc.'s quarterly report, which contained the company's first earnings miss in 13 years. The stock is currently being punished by skittish analysts and investors, which is a tremendous opportunity in and of itself.

But it's what else these investors are running away from that I want to talk to you about today. It's a lot more than just the potential gains Apple has to offer.

These investors somehow completely missed Apple's massive profits: $10.52 billion, or $1.90 a share, and all in an "off" quarter.

With that truckload of cash, Tim Cook & Co. decided to give shareholders a consolation prize in the form of a stunning 10% dividend hike. It's still early yet, but it's likely that boost will be the tech sector's biggest of the quarter.

Here's the thing… Apple's not alone in this welcome tech trend of huge dividend hikes. So today I'm going to show you how you can buy the very best, biggest dividends in tech… for less than the cost of dinner for two at the Olive Garden.

This is a one-stop income machine that would be good in any market, but is an absolute must-have in this volatility...

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It's Time to Make a Big Bet "the Other Way" on Apple Stock

By , Defense + Tech Specialist, Money Morning • @Robinson_STI - • Print | Email

After its first quarterly miss in 13 years, the financial press is humming with negative sentiment toward Apple.

To hear them say it, the stock is a pure falling knife.

Now, second-quarter earnings out of Cupertino were less than inspiring, and the miss was a bit wider than anticipated. Global economic growth concerns are looming large, too, given that Apple pulls in 67% of its revenue from outside the United States.

All told, Apple is off about 26% in the past 12 months, and 13% since Apple's earnings miss. But the same experts who are trading Apple down to $92 now were so bullish on the stock they traded it up above $130.

What's more, there's nothing shocking about Apple's filings. Wall Street's chattering classes are reacting as though they've been caught off guard, but no one seriously thought that the massive boom in iPhone 6 sales was going to be a "permanent phenomenon."

So this is just the typical closing of the barn door after the horses have taken off. Remember, these are the same "minds" who never saw the financial crisis coming and who only recently got around to downgrading Exxon Mobil after oil's rebound.

Naturally, this is the perfect time to carefully consider what the experts have to say… and then do the exact opposite.

Here's how to play Apple for the most gains right now...

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After the AAPL Stock Price Slide, Should You Buy AAPL?

By , Associate Editor, Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler - • Print | Email

On Monday, the AAPL stock price managed the dubious achievement of falling eight straight trading days – a losing streak last matched nearly 18 years ago.

Punctuated by a lousy earnings report that alone chopped 8% from the Apple stock price, shares slid a total of 11%.

But while the "experts" declare an end to Apple's glory years, investors with little perspective know better. Here's why Apple stock still has plenty of upside...

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Why Carl Icahn's Apple Stock Dump Is a Red Flag for All Investors

By , Associate Editor, Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler - • Print | Email

The extra slam that Apple stock got from Carl Icahn's surprise announcement that he had dumped all of his AAPL shares proves again why activist investors can be dangerous.

While many investors believe they can glean actionable tips by following the likes of Carl Icahn, people can never forget that these folks are in the game to maximize their own profit.

A step-by-step deconstruction of what Carl Icahn did to Apple over three years illustrates why we all need to be wary of activist investors...

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Apple Is Changing What It Means to Hold AAPL Stock

By , Technical Trading Specialist, Money Morning • @DRBarton_Stocks - • Print | Email

Earlier this week, tech juggernaut Apple Inc. singlehandedly sent the entire stock market reeling when it reported a second-quarter miss in earnings and revenue.

It was the company's first revenue decline in 13 years.

The disappointing reports listed falling iPhone shipments, which are down some 16% year on year, and 26% fewer sales in the massive and, for Apple, critical Chinese market. The strong dollar isn't helping Apple's performance there, either.

It's only the latest victim of the "earnings recession" we're almost certainly enduring right now.

Don't get me wrong: Apple is still a great company and a must-have stock.

But here's the thing… the very nature of what it means to be an Apple shareholder is changing, and the company is in the midst of what I think is a misstep right now.

Here's what I mean...

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Apple Stock Price Tanks on Earnings Miss - What Investors Should Do Now

By , Associate Editor, Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler - • Print | Email

The Apple stock price has been hammered following an uncharacteristically bad earnings report.

Apple Inc.'s fiscal Q2 earnings were not only much lower than the same period a year ago, but missed Wall Street expectations as well.

The AAPL stock price was down as much as 8% in after-hours trading. But the sharp sell-off was an overreaction.

Here's why Apple stock is a great bargain right now...

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Is Apple Stock a Buy One Year After the Debut of the Watch?

By , Associate Editor, Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler - • Print | Email

Whether Apple stock is a buy on the one-year anniversary of the Apple Watch launch has not been made easier to answer by a lot of speculative news stories.

Many analysts and pundits have declared the Apple Watch a "flop" because they're guessing that the newest Apple device has failed to meet expectations.

Here's why investors need to take these stories with a big grain of salt - and what they should be looking at instead...