No one can predict the future of a single stock or stock market. This book presents a simple, profitable, low-stress, and broker-free alternative: building a portfolio to match the market. According to Sease, "If you're an investor, you want the market to drop big ... for as long as you can invest new money. Only when you're ready to be withdrawing money to support yourself in retirement do you want the market to rally." An investor's toolkit is provided.

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One of the biggest problems with being a technical trader is there are simply too many indicators to follow, and many of them are not consistently reliable. That's why market educator Larson urges his students to keep technical efforts simple, focusing on a small group of technical indicators that really work. This video explains his 12 favorite indicators. This workshop provides proven analytical tools for traders seeking profits Ñ not useless charts or other questionable technical data.

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Weiss weaves a compelling story of Wall Street's deceit, crimes, and blunders that gave birth to today's treacherous investing environment. His story then paints an alarming picture of the damage these misdeeds could cause in your investments. He then gives you easy-to-follow instructions to make profits, both while the market is falling and when it recovers. Using real examples, this guide provides a practical plan to protect you from losses and get you on track to profits.

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The foreign exchange market trading volume exceeds $1 trillion daily. It has massive profit possibilities. Even with relatively little starting capital, you can take advantage of the fluctuations within currency markets and reap enormous rewards, but first you have to learn how. This resource offers practical information that allows you to cultivate your own views of currency trading, sharpen your skills, and draw your own conclusions on where, when, and how to trade almost any currency.

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In today's fast-paced market environment, risk is something every investment professional must face. With this book you'll learn how to deal with the varied elements of investment risk. This book illustrates the many aspects of modern risk management. This guide is filled with tips and techniques gleaned from years of real-world investment experience.

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Since the inception of the financial markets, investors have been bombarded with sales pitches from experts claiming to have found the secret formula or the magic model that guarantees investment success. To successfully implement any investment strategy, you must first adopt a consistent investment philosophy that matches your personal preferences. This book will expose you to a range of investment philosophies to give you a sense of what drives investors.

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Investing in a new business venture, a new technology, or funding a large expansion always involves risk. Limited processes have been developed to determine some of these risks. When properly applied these processes have helped some, but failed when used to consider very risky ventures involving new technologies. This book eliminates previous inadequacies by creating a new methodology for evaluating these investments. The book concludes with two detailed, real-world business plans with an enclosed Microsoft Excel-compatible CD-ROM. Once comfortable with the Monte Carlo software, you can start evaluating the data from your own ventures.

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The author demonstrates how traders can identify, interrupt, and change the problem patterns that interfere with successful trading. This book draws on real-life case studies and offers hands-on techniques to assist traders in becoming their own therapists. The author walks you through the most common cognitive and emotional tendencies that distort efforts at identifying and trading market patterns. The book provides you with the intellectual and emotional ammunition to face yourself and transform your approach to risk and reward.

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This innovative new financial product has the potential to transform the landscape of securities trading. Though new to the US, single stock futures have been traded for years in overseas markets. This guide provides a general understanding of single stock futures and then gets down to specifics. It is filled with insight, detailed charts, and real-world examples and reveals how you can profit from the accessibility and leverage found in single stock futures.

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This book contains stories by top-echelon traders who have achieved levels of trading excellence far surpassing the norm. To what frailties did these wizards succumb? How did they resolve their situations? Thirty-five traders address these and other issues, with stories that are easy to identify with.

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The market for collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) Ñ including both collateralized bond obligations (CBOs) and collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) Ñ is the fastest-growing sector of the asset-backed securities market. Written in a clear and accessible style, this book is a guide that provides you with critical insights into many areas of this important market sector. It will help you understand and take advantage of this ever-evolving market and its products.

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When you can't trust the media, analysts, or company financial statements, what can you do? Look at the numbers. This guide to technical analysis frees you from irrational investor behavior. You can use the author's stable of copyrighted indexes to teach yourself when to buy and when to sell. Watch your profits soar as you reject a passive buy-and-hold strategy and take a proactive approach to Wall Street.

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