An Intro To Investing In Precious and Base Metals
There are two types of metals for investment: precious metals as opposed to base metals. Precious metals include gold, silver, platinum, and some other less known materials such as ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, and iridium. Base and/or industrial metals include copper, nickel, aluminum, zinc, lead, and iron/steel. The reasons for investing in precious metals and […]
Continue readingA Leveraged View On My Asset Allocation
As of last Friday on June 9, 2006, my networth & portfolio looks like this: Category Net Value Control/Leverage My Company 18.4% 80.3% My Home 20.9% 29.8% Stocks/Cash 60.7% 60.7% For the explanation of why the percentage numbers don’t sum up to 100% in the column of Control/Leverage, please read my post A Different Percentile […]
Continue readingLists Of High Yield Dividend Stocks
Here is probably the standard list of dividend stocks that pays 4.0% or above that you may find from other sites. The table is based on Jun 16, 2006 Friday’s closing price, using the last paid dividend projected forward for one year which is the way Yahoo display the dividend yields in the basic information. […]
Continue readingBuy and Sell Your Extra Shares To The Market Makers
When I used to daytrade long time ago, I learned some trick from a real dot com story (sorry, I can’t find the link now). The story is about army of traders going against market makers of the stock market. A market maker of the stock market bring together the buyers and sellers of the […]
Continue readingMy Portfolio Went On A Last Minute Shopping Spree
Alright, changed my mind again after backing out. Picked up a couple of stronger mining stocks. Spent about 33% of my readily available cash, or 18% of my total cash, or 8.6% of possible cash if I decided to mortgage my house, while at the same I am borrowing cash overseas to increase my total […]
Continue readingMy Dividend Investing
I recall filling those questionaires provided by financial advisors, asking whether I like more income investing or more growth investing. Initially, I didn’t really understand the question. I told the financial advisor, “you know, I just want to have good return. I don’t really care whether it’s from income investing or from growth investing.” She […]
Continue readingMaster Limited Partnership: A Great Dividend Saver
Master Limited Partnership or MLP is one of my favorite investments to replace bonds. Obviously, nothing is “safer” than bonds, but the deceiving safety is really a wealth erosion in disguise (through inflation). So what is MLP? MLPs are limited partnerships, but trades like all other stocks. Due to its partnership structure, an MLP usually […]
Continue readingOnline Brokerage Comparison
Before I tell you about my terrible experience with Scottrade, let me first compare several online brokerage firms in terms of commission costs: Ameritrade Izone: Best for active traders. $5 per trade, very cheap rate for option contract at $5 + $0.75 per contract. Scottrade: Best for casual traders and/or investors. $7 per trade. $0 […]
Continue readingHindenberg Omen
Hindenberg Omen is one of the rarest technical signals that can be generated from the stock market. This technical signal is specifically targeting to detect a substantial market correction or a market crash. Here is the definition of Hindenberg omen directly from wikipedia.org The traditional definition of a Hindenburg Omen has three criteria: That the […]
Continue readingKelly Criterion For Stock Trading Size
I’m sure some people know about Efficient Frontier, but I’m guessing that there are less investors that know about Kelly Criterion. So what is Kelly Criterion and who is Kelly? Kelly worked at AT&T, and published the original paper back in 1956. Its math is quite involved with communication and information theory, mostly dealing with […]
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