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Trailing Stops: What You Need to Know

By , Money Morning -

Trailing Stops

Trailing stops are crucial investment tools. They offer downside protection when stocks drop, and they help secure profits during an upward run.

But in order for trailing stops to work, investors must understand how and when to use them.

Here's how to make trailing stops work for you.

This Play Could Double Again – But There's Much More to It

By , Chief Investment Strategist, Money Map Report • @kfgtotalwealth -

Stock Market News Today

A big grin lit up my face when I opened my trading screens recently.

I was looking at the chart for Ekso Bionics. The company was trading at right around $1.81 per share at midday on Monday.

That means it was close to a double from where I initially recommended it as our first human augmentation target to members of my Total Wealth research service.

Ekso is still a great buy, which is why I'm recommending it for Money Morning, too. There's plenty of room for this company to double - again.

But... What really got me smiling on that day was the juicy opportunity to use my absolute favorite trading tactic...

The Most Important Trade You'll Ever Make

By , Capital Wave Strategist, Money Morning • @WallStreet_II -

Stock Market Performance Today

Seasoned investors know there are ways a trade can go wrong for you - that's why thorough research and tight investing discipline are so important.

But, the truth is, there's only one surefire way to lose your shirt, only one move that's absolutely, positively guaranteed to cost you money.

And it's a shockingly easy play to make. In fact, as of 2014, more than 52% of Americans have made this fatal trading mistake.

They didn't see it coming, and, even worse, plenty of these folks thought they were actually playing it safe.

But there's good news: this trap is as easy to avoid as it is to fall into. And once you avoid it, you'll never have to worry about it again...

Why Ultimate Trailing Stops Are an Essential Investing Strategy

By , Chief Investment Strategist, Money Map Report • @kfgtotalwealth -

trailing stops

You've spotted an unstoppable, trillion-dollar trend. You've identified the stock that's set to benefit most and made a trade using the tactics that will squeeze the most profit out of it.

Nicely done.

Now it's time for the final piece of the Total Wealth strategy.

Mention the words "risk management" and most investors get a look that's somewhere between "bored" and "terrified." It's not that they don't want to control risk; they're just not sure how and they don't make it a priority.

Yet the most direct path to building a fortune is not losing your money in the first place.

All you really need is a handful of tools - which I'm going to walk you through one by one in the coming weeks - and the discipline to enforce them.

One you're probably already familiar with is a trailing stop. They're usually automatic sell orders set at a specific percent below the market price of the investment you hold or at some predetermined dollar amount of risk on a given investment. While people typically think of trailing stops as downside protection, in fact, they can be used to lock in profits, too. That's why I recommend using them on almost every investment.

But few people use what I call "Ultimate Trailing Stops."

The One Investing Strategy You Should Never Use

By , Chief Investment Strategist, Money Map Report • @kfgtotalwealth -

Today I want to talk about the one investing strategy that you should never use.

Ironically, this is one tactic that comes naturally to all of us and a mainstay investment principle used by 99% of the population. But it undercuts everything else you do as an investor.

Here's a three-step plan to avoid falling into this common trap...

(Other) Investors Will Hate You for Using This Investment Strategy

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

best investments in tech

In the past couple of weeks, we've been seeing record highs in the markets nearly every day.

However, we saw a pretty scary headline earlier this week about the Nasdaq Composite Index.

On Monday, Bloomberg reported that nearly half of the stocks in the tech-centric Nasdaq have declined 20% from their highs of the past 12 months - putting them in "bear territory."

Now this decline is mostly in small caps, which I don't cover in Strategic Tech Investor.

However, Nasdaq small caps are not the only place we're seeing jitters in the overall market.

Even with interest rates so low and the economy steadily improving, many nervous investors - worried about a correction - are selling off.

Whenever there's this sort of negative noise in the air, I tell you it's not a time to sell - but a profit opportunity for tech investors.

So, today I want to share with you three strategies designed to turn market declines to your financial advantage.

With them, you'll leave the nervous sellers in the dust...

How to Use My "Cowboy Split" Investment Strategy to Round Up Big Gains

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

Today I want to share with you a classic investment strategy that I've given a brand-new nickname to reflect our focus on the "New West" of Silicon Valley tech stocks.

I call it the "Cowboy Split." When employed properly, the Cowboy Split will protect you from volatile markets.

But that's not all. If your stocks go down, on the recovery, you make more money...

Small Gains Mean Big Profits in a "Moneyball" Stock Market

By , Executive Editor, Money Morning • @privatebrief -

It's a "Moneyball" market for tech stocks right now.

That's how Michael Robinson - our resident tech expert and the editor of the Radical Technology Profits advisory service - launched into our private briefing earlier this month.

Needless to say, I was intrigued.

"Moneyball," for those of you who aren't familiar with the term, was the name Oakland A's GM Billy Beane gave to his sabermetric-based efforts to rebuild a contending baseball team - without the benefit of a contending-baseball-team budget.

Beane's experience was captured in the Michael Lewis best-seller "Moneyball." And the book was made into a 2011 movie of the same name that starred Brad Pitt.

As the story goes, Beane realized that the overall "market" he had to work within had been badly distorted by big-spending teams like the New York Yankees (the team had just snarfed his All Star first baseman, Jason Giambi, with a seven-year deal worth $120 million).

To remain competitive, Beane knew he needed to change his thinking. Instead of looking for sluggers with gaudy homerun and RBI numbers, he set his sights on players with high on-base percentages.

In other words, Beane figured his team would score just as often - and probably more - by going after higher-percentage walks, singles and doubles than they would playing for the proverbial "big inning" ... and hoping for the grand-slam homer.

Michael's "Moneyball" analogy is pretty clever. He understands that the stock market is distorted just like the baseball market, albeit by different factors.

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The Safe, Sure Road to a Golden Retirement

By , Contributing Writer, Money Morning -

It has been called the "royal road to riches."

Starting with just $10,000 and a small monthly contribution, any investor can use this method to create their own golden parachute - a million-dollar retirement portfolio.

All you need is time.

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Hear the Latest Top 2011 Investing Strategies from Money Morning Financial Experts

By , Contributing Writer, Money Morning -

As investors you are in one of the most uncertain periods in market history right now - and you want some clarity.

To shine light on how to navigate the rocky path ahead, Money Morning editors recently gathered in St. Petersburg, FL with other global financial experts for the Investment U Symposium. From March 23 to 26 they presented in-depth workshops, joined in panel discussions and mingled with investors like you to analyze the hottest and most pressing topics and investing strategies in the global economic landscape today.

Attendees were able to get detailed advice from our regular Money Morning contributors on a variety of topics.

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Investing in Cotton: With Prices at a New Record, Here's the Move Investors Should Make Now

By , Contributing Writer, Money Morning -

Cotton prices reached an all-time record yesterday (Monday), due to continued fears that global supplies will far short of the soaring needs in China, which remains the world's biggest consumer and producer. Cotton for May delivery closed at a record $2.1414 a pound in New York, an increase of 1.44 cents, or 0.70%. It earlier […]

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Profiting in 2011: What Are Your 2011 Investing Strategies?

By , Associate Editor, Money Morning -

After a year of rocky economic recovery and a mixed bag of U.S. data, market strategists are waxing optimistic about the profit prospects in 2011.

"There is still an awful lot of pain out there for sure, but if you get this creeping confidence to accelerate a little bit, it's surprising how fast things can turn," Sandy Lincoln, chief investment strategist at M&I Investment Management, told MarketWatch.

A year plagued with Europe's debt contagion, the May 6 market "flash crash" and constant fears of a double-dip recession caused many investors to keep money parked on the sidelines.

But the Standard & Poor's 500 Index gained 12% this year, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 10% and Nasdaq Composite Index climbed 17%. Those who stayed in the game - and made the right plays - netted considerable profits.

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