Archive for February, 2008

File Taxes Online With TurboTax »

TurboTax is how I do my taxes every year. More and more people are filing their taxes online each year. And honestly I’m surprised when I hear about anyone who does not file their taxes online. It’s so much easier than dealing with all of the forms and doing all of the calculations like I […]

A Stock Picking Robot? »

I’ve just been reading about the stock picking robot named “Marl” over at DoublingStocks.com and it is quite fascinating. According to the site, it’s the first robot ever created that successfully (very successfully) picks stocks.
The “robot” itself costs over $28,000 but since it’s already made over 70 people into millionaires in just one year I […]

Doing Your Taxes Online »

I’ve been doing my taxes online for years and I do recommend it. It’s easier than filling out all of the paper forms and saves you a trip to the post office. And it’s cheaper than going with a local place like the H&R Block down the street.
Below you’ll find some of the options for […]

Don’t Hold Onto Losing Stocks »

Probably the biggest mistake any stock trader can make is holding onto a losing stock. People often get emotionally attached to the stocks they buy and cannot think rationally when that stock begins to dip. Personally I try to take all emotion out of my stock trading and I prefer to use a trailing stop […]

What Is A Trailing Stop Loss? »

A trailing stop loss is a useful tool for those doing momentum based stock trading. It may be easiest to explain with an example:
On Monday John purchases 100 shares of stock at $100 per share (that’s $10,000.) He then immediately places a 10% “trailing stop loss” sell order on those 100 shares of stock. From […]