Achieving investing Success
When will you be a successful investor? Will it be when you achieve a certain percentage rate of return on your investment capital over a specified period? Or maybe a certain percentage of profitable trades out of a specified sample, or will it be someday—somewhere off in the future, when you’ll suddenly arrive and think, […]
I want SPA3 to run for me
A couple of blogs ago I posted a video on Mastering the Skill of Active Investment and used a conceptual metaphor to assist in getting my points across. I had no expectations that all readers would benefit from the use of a metaphor, let alone specifically one on running, as I fully understand that achieving […]
Get to the point
A couple of weeks ago one of this Journal’s readers, Ray, provided this comment in response to the blog on mastering a skill. “Gary. You take too long to get to the point. You are boring me and I don’t have the time to listen to all that hype in return for a snippet of […]
The Perfect Trade?
In one of the portfolios that I trade, which is executed on the NASDAQ, I recently completed a trade whose price movement amazed me while I was living the trade. I’m sure that you’d be surprised to hear this from somebody that has been trading and researching the financial markets for over 20 years. Let […]
How to Master the skill of Active Investment
We all love mastering a new skill that enriches our lives. The good news is that it doesn’t take rocket science to master a skill. Most people, however, want results quickly. They want to become the best at something fast. Well, unfortunately, fast doesn’t equal mastery. You can learn the practical steps that are required […]
The biggest problem with Newsletters (part 2)
This week I will relate a real life story from a subscriber to an Australian newsletter. This story highlights what is probably the biggest problem with newsletter story writers. This problem was identified in one of the comments, by Ralph, to last week’s blog. In David Letterman style, to a drum roll, the NUMBER ONE […]
Problems with Newsletter stock tipsters
In a recent release of a free daily newsletter that exudes emotive copywriting to sell subscriptions and that regularly has a go at the mainstream press on many fronts, it stated: “A quick stocktake of the 31 stocks we tipped in Our Investigative Story Writing Newsletter and Another of Our Riveting Story Writing Newsletters last […]
Trend Following Wizards performance for 2013
This week’s blog article brings your attention to a Trend Following Wizards blog page that I have kept an eye on for a few years. I have done so because of the pedigree of the traders who are followed by this blog – giants of the industry such as original and “second generation” Turtles, founders […]
Have you heard of the six P’s?
After spending over 2 decades researching and investing in the share market, and educating and coaching people on the benefits of profitable mechanical trading, I’ve come to the conclusion that super successful traders and investors have the 6 P’s: Preparation – they gain a detailed understanding of the environment in which they will execute. They […]
4 Gut Busting Lessons I’ve Learnt From my 20+ Years in the Markets (Part 2)
This is my last post for 2013 and I want to thank everyone that has contributed their thoughts and experiences on the Gary Stone Journal. I hope that you have enjoyed my commentary and have been able to take away some of the lessons and principles that I have come to learn over the past […]