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    What is the term for this trading strategy?

    I am very much a novice investor. But I want to learn more. Please tell me the term for the following strategy, so I can read more about it: Invest in a few stocks that have a strong beta coefficient. Then, swing trade those stocks based on stock market fluctuations. Do most of my trades...
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    Technical analysis won't make big investor?

    Mizhael: You might be interested in this recently released book: The Heretics of Finance: Conversations with the Leading Practitioners of Technical Analysis (Jan 09): http://books.google.com/books?id=c6L0cJyPz40C I haven't read it yet, but look forward to doing so.
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    Good websites with info about companies?

    Hoovers -- www.hoovers.com . Some of the info is free; some is for sale.
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    Net Worth of Average American Household Lower Now Than In 2001

    BLSH, thanks for an interesting post and thread. Despite CoralReef’s grousing, I appreciate a good “cut and paste,” if it is worth looking at, as this one certainly was. CarolReef replied: “Yes, the economy is not that great at the moment. WE GET IT!” I don’t think he/she...
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    Tax Question

    Why do you pay taxes? Did you attend a public school? Have you ever driven on a highway? Is your home connected to a sewer line? Do you want the protection of police, firefighters, national guard, army? Most of us prefer to live in community, and as a community we tax ourselves in...
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