Over the past few weeks, I've seen some folks in our chat mention that they would like to learn more about the charting... ...

This discussion will be about recognizing PINCHER setups on the chart and how I identify and play them. The pincher... ...

One of the biggest challenges that any investor has is trying to decide on a company to buy. Though we might wish to buy as many stocks as we want, we are limited by the amount of money we have. As such, we have to find fundamental analysis tools that will make the choice easier and more informed.

Having gone through financial statements like balance sheets, income statements and profit and loss statements and are satisfied with a number of companies, we need to come up with a way to compare them. For this, we use financial ratios.

Financial ratios are used to compare the risk and return of different firms to make intelligent investment decisions. Such decisions range from evaluating changes in performance over time to a comparison among all firms within a single industry at a point in time. Financial ratios are grouped into four categories:
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Buy now or wait till it's more expensive?

I know your thinking "This guys an idiot, that's a no brainer"
Well, I once thought that way myself, but have come to realize that buying cheap right now is not necessarily the smart thing to do in all cases.
Suppose your looking at a stock that is trading at .11. Your liking this stock and are thinking it may go higher. The boards are buzzing with hype, rumor is news is coming, email campaign is coming, every Tom, Dick and Harry is pumping this thing "To the Moon". You think I need to act NOW. What to do?

Turn to T/A. Pull a chart and find support and resistance. Check the indicators. Are they showing over bought?
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Abstract : Before Wall Street conned investors into thinking of calendar quarters as "short-term" and single years as "long-term", market cycles were used to test investment strategies. Performance analysis was a test of management style and overall methodology, not a calendar year horse race with one of the popular averages. Bor-ing, yes--- but meaningful.

Before Wall Street and the media combined to make investors think of calendar quarters as "short-term" and single years as "long-term", market cycles were used as true tests of investment strategies over the long haul. Bor-ing.
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