Articles by Sean Casterline, CFA®
When You are Wrong
The Inevitable - What to do when you're wrong When you're working on a project in a corporate setting, you're always prompted by management to “bring it back to the original theme”. As traders, I think we sometimes lose sight of some of the most fundamental things we learned when we started up the learning curve.
Trend Analysis
How many times have you heard the phrase “ the trend is your friend ”? Ad nausea I'm sure. However, even a saying as hokey as this must have merit if so many established technicians regurgitate it in their seminars. The problem lies in that it's not always easy to identify the trend of a sector or market.
Exit Stage Left
Selling is probably the most important thing you do in your trading life, yet it is the hardest thing to do. I don't know if it is an ego thing with traders or if they simply get too emotionally attached to their positions and this makes them unable to sell.
A Good Company vs. A Good Stock
For one reason or another, investors don't often make a distinction between a good company and a good stock, which is a very important and often emotional error. It is perhaps one of the biggest pitfalls in everyday investing.
It isn't a daunting task to identify a great company on paper.
It isn't a daunting task to identify a great company on paper.
Protecting Against Disaster
I want to deviate just a bit from our normal technical education and take a look at a bigger concern for today’s investor. Most investors truly ignore the warnings signs thrown off by a company in distress. How many of you remember WorldCom and Enron? In the not too distant past these companies owned market caps worth hundreds of billions of dollars.
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By Sean Casterline
- When You are Wrong
- Trend Analysis
- Exit Stage Left
- A Good Company vs. A Good Stock
- Protecting Against Disaster