Recent content by mike_balt

Crissa - I started a different but related thread that you might have an interest in. See posts from other people who have been to Investools http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=1441213#post1441213 thought you might find it interesting

NKHOI - I agree with you. From the immersion of reading the posts and other site sites this week, I gather there is a distinction between trading and investing. I'm sure you have a better definition, but from my week of reading, I'd say that it sounds like a trader would routinely go in and...

OK, want to thank those who have replied here as well as PM'ing me. I've read many threads that were forwarded to me as well as info on many other sites. You've kind of echoed the sentiment that went through my mind all through the course. Mike Coval said that he made a Million in his...

I recently took a course on investing in the market (mid-term and long term, stocks and options). In the course they made some rather large generalizations as well as some rather bold claims. I've read a bunch of threads here (2manywhinners, etc) trying to get answers, but I still have...

you pose a good point...where to carve a niche. Currently, my only exposure to the market is stocks and options, so naturally if I had to pick an area, I would go to there. But any suggestions as to how to find out enough to pick an area? For instance, I'll use the real estate example as...

Thanks for your input and thoughts on Investools. That's pretty much in line with my suspicions. As I sat in the class, I had just enough previous knowledge to make me think that their presentation was idealistic and that they were not covering enough of the downside or even how to cover...

As a follow up to my post above, I thought I'd give a clarifying scenario. Currently I invest in real estate (buy homes, have them fixed up and then retail them). So if someone asked me what the reality of that life is, I would say, the pros of the business are that your day is yours, do...

I'm a newbie investor and a friend took me as their guest to the initial two day Investools course (stocks, light options and strong upsell to the rest of their program). As an engineer, I liked the picture they portrayed ("We've broken it down into rules. Use them unemotionally and they'll...