A person said in another answer this:
"Many investors achieve this, (including me). Very few "traders" come anywhere close to that, and though a few make good money, the majority loose their money and slink away very quietly!"

The majority lose their money and sink away. So what do the majority do that make them fail on the stock market? Any links to websites or articles/advice of what not to do wrong when investing in stocks?

I am a recent college graduate, trying to learn a little bit about investing and the stock market.

Any advice on books/articles to or forums for beginners about the stock market?

Apparently, with all of her ‘great’ stock market & investment advice, she does not even invest in stocks herself. The interview had some intersting things about her own investments. She has less than 1/2 of 1% of her over million of assets in stock! She says that she primarily buys zero coupon munis. And will even chose a lower rate to get AAA ratings.

Now, I dont knock anyone on personal investment choices, but she is fair game as she is supposed to be a fianancial advisor & has repeatedly told her followers, that you need aggressiveness in your portfolio & you should have a certain % of assets in stock. But she has the portfolio of a 85 year old widow taking care of orphans! The article states that she has never realy owned much stocks.

Dont get me wrong, I think she does a half decent job helping folks on her show, but she doesnt even follow her own advice & is called a guru. & I am not bashing her b/c she is a woman. I like some of her advice. Thoughts?
ralphcoder:
million is less than 1/2 of 1% of million. The article states that, she said she has about million in real estate & about mill in stocks. Yes, mill is a large amount, but not relatively speaking. Also, she is not an analyst, but an advisor, that is a big difference. & your lunch money is safe (today)– I have no where near that amount to invest. I guess my point is, she does not use her own advice to make money, & that is HOW she makes money, by giving advice to others on investing. Kind of hypocritical. I feel its like taking military advice by someone who has read a book about it, but never actually had any experience in it. (That was NOT a Bush joke)

I got it from MSN Money central in the commentary tab today. The article was talking about the NY Times article over the weekend. Maybe she did say that in the Journal, but they did not mention that in this article.
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OOps! even I had to give you thumbs up for that! My bad math! LOL. But my point still stands. she has less than 4% invested.

I want to read an article about the decisions that have affected the housing market and what effect it has had on the stock market.

I need a intersting business article for my marketing class. It has to be some what long becuase I need to write a FULL PAGE summary of it. Please help! (Nothing about the stock market)

Hi,
I am new to stock market and have been reading lots of article to know what stock market is and how to trade there.

I was curious about the fact that how can some one know, that at a point of time, how many people out there bidding for a particular stock?
Is there any paid or free service available which can let me know that information? To my point of view, apart from all the technical indicators, if you have this information, you can make more informed decision for a particular stock.

Just the same after a long bear market or a long wave of depression, business people become pessimistic and under-estimate the public requirements or consumption. This causes prices to rise because production has fallen below consumption. Competition always gets keener near the top when more is being produced that can be sold, and the result is a decline in prices whether it be commodities or manufactured articles. The stock market discounts these changes in advance.

some lines on stock market…

My financial advisor advised me to move more of my investments into the bond market. He said that equities have been at all time highs, and the market is expected to correct itself sometimes between summer and this winter. However, I can’t find any articles on this expected correction. Anyone know more about this? Also, what are some good online news organization where I can read articles about the stock market?

I need a specific answer for this because I’m actually doing a research paper for my school article about stock market but I need some help with this little problem.