Category: Making Money with Stocks

The Market Is a Roller Coaster — Make Sure You Can Afford the Ride

Every penny that you save is a penny earned — said a wise person somewhere. Maybe it is time to stop worrying about how much money you can make and start worrying about how financially strong you will be if things get ugly. Today, Tuesday, September 15, the Federal Reserve begins its two-day meeting. The actual interest-rate announcement comes tomorrow at 2:00 PM Eastern, followed by the Fed press conference at 2:30. And right now, Wall Street is leaning heavily toward a quarter-point rate increase. A few weeks ago, economists were arguing about whether the Fed would raise rates, lower … Continue readingThe Market Is a Roller Coaster — Make Sure You Can Afford the Ride

So you want to be a DAY Trader – Here is how to do it right.

FIRST – DAY TRADING – It is a lot of work, lot of time. It is about Limiting risk, and lots of knowledge, stop orders. Most people fail. But it can be done, until you can’t do it anymore. This is great video. It did this for a few months and the stress and workload was just not worth it to me. Anyway, if you play in the stock market this will be show what a trader really does. Wanna bees are not really, they are dreaming. Reality is much harder. Introduction & Track Record 0:00 – 0:37 Fabio … Continue readingSo you want to be a DAY Trader – Here is how to do it right.

CEOs I’ve Known: The Good, the Bad, and the Beige

If you’re thinking about buying stock in a company and haven’t bothered to learn who the CEO is—well, friend, that’s like handing your car keys to a stranger and hoping they take you someplace nice. We live in an age where people obsess over charts, earnings calls, and analyst upgrades, yet forget to ask the most important question of all: “Who’s driving this thing?” A company ain’t a spreadsheet—it’s a ship. And the captain’s name is carved into the helm. If you don’t know where that person has been, how they think, what they value, or whether they’ve run … Continue readingCEOs I’ve Known: The Good, the Bad, and the Beige

The Brutal Capitalist – How it Works

Read the whole story – the dessert is at the end A Modern Robber Baron in a Cowboy Hat J.R. “Rusty” Calhoun III wasn’t born poor, but he sure made a fortune off people who were. He wore snakeskin boots, chewed a Churchill cigar, and had a God-given talent for finding oil—and gutting companies like cattle at a rodeo. But Rusty didn’t drill holes in the ground. He drilled holes in balance sheets. He didn’t pump oil—he pumped value straight out of businesses, leaving hollow shells and broken pensions in his dust trail. They called him a “capitalist visionary.” … Continue readingThe Brutal Capitalist – How it Works

📉 The New Economic Reality – How to Survive and Thrive

We’re entering a new world—one where old rules are crumbling, debt is ballooning, and markets are behaving like rollercoasters with broken brakes. From wild stock swings to mounting inflation, investors today face a minefield of risks. But here’s the truth: you don’t need to predict the future—you need to prepare for it. Never seen anything quite like today’s market. One week it’s doomsday, the next it’s champagne and rockets to the moon. Folks are either screaming “BUY EVERYTHING!” or “SELL IT ALL AND HIDE THE GOLD!”—and half of ‘em change their mind by lunch. In times like these, you’ve … Continue reading📉 The New Economic Reality – How to Survive and Thrive

How I Actually Trade Stocks – Making money with Stocks series.

People often ask me if I spend a lot of time trading stocks every day — buying and selling constantly. The short answer is: no. I spend a lot of time looking around — studying trends, talking to people, and analyzing where the macroeconomy is headed. Once I have a sense of the broader environment, I drill down into the microeconomics of individual companies. For example, I might focus on a company like NVIDIA and study where they’re likely to be in three to five years. But no matter how great a company looks, macro factors — like a … Continue readingHow I Actually Trade Stocks – Making money with Stocks series.