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Enemy Number One For Traders Is Emotion
Monday, March 2, 2020 9:01 AM EST
When markets become volatile the usual response is an emotionally charged set of actions.
In this article: AAPL
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Drawing And Filling Out An Option Profit/Loss Graph
Saturday, February 29, 2020 11:30 AM EST
An Option Profit/Loss Graph is the primary tool for option traders to calculate the potential profit or loss on an option position.
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Preferred Stocks Q & A
Tuesday, February 25, 2020 5:26 AM EST
In case you’re not familiar with them, preferred stocks are a sort of hybrid between stocks and bonds. Investors use them as a cash-flow-generating investment since they pay a regular, fixed dividend.
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Understanding Dividend Earning Stocks
Monday, February 24, 2020 11:38 PM EST
When traders and investors look to profit in the markets, they often look to stocks that they believe will grow rapidly in price.
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Buyers Vs. Sellers And The Option Profit Loss Graph
Saturday, February 22, 2020 3:30 AM EST
The price of an option changes as the price of its underlying stock changes, but the relationship is not one to one. In fact, the ratio of an option price to its stock price continuously changes and can be calculated using option software.
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Strategic Investing – What Will 2020 Hold?
Monday, January 20, 2020 10:37 AM EST
Will this decade be another iteration of the Roaring 20’s from a century ago, or something completely different?
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AAPL Apple Inc.
AMZN Amazon.com Inc.
BITCOMP Bitcoin
CLF Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. (fmrly Cliffs Natural Resources)
FB Facebook Inc
GOOG Alphabet Inc. (Google)
NFLX Netflix Inc.
SC Santander Consumer Holdings USA Inc.

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Debt Tension & Preparing For A Market Crash
A look into the tension that Turkey is causing on the global economy, reasons to protect yourself even if you are bullish, and upcoming opportunities on oil plays.
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When To Use Moving Averages, The Cape Ratio,
Some thoughts on the death cross, golden cross, and when to use daily moving averages. The Cape Ratio and what it can tell you. Finally, some topics related to the Federal Reserve.
In this video: TSLA, SPY
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Trading Maturity
Here we take a look at what it takes to be a successful trader in any asset class, how much to start trading with on a low budget, and how to make a market crash an opportunity instead of a fear.
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The Trifecta With Greg Hadley, Don Dawson & Merlin Rothfeld
Merlin kicks things off with a trade on Qualcomm based off of a major media manipulator. Greg looks at using different asset classes to capitalize on high probability trade setup. Later, Don Dawson joins Merlin to talk about a variety of commodities.
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Market Commentary, Bond Strategies, And Price Analysis
For the first time, investors and traders across the nation will be able to get live perspective on the market from experienced professional traders. In addition to stocks, topics will include bonds, chart analysis and wealth management.
In this video: FLRN, FLOT, MO
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The Global Financial System
Today’s show focuses on the size of the financial markets. John and Merlin take a look at how each category functions and the impacts they impact the markets. They also add in the potential for the newcomer, cryptocurrency, to the global marketplace.
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Listener Q&A (Interest Rates, Bitcoin, Market Scammers And More)
With an active social media group online today, Merlin is faced with a ton of great questions. Topics range from interest rates to market scammers, Bitcoin to internet stocks.
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Understanding The Debt Ceiling
It is the responsibility of our Treasury Department to meet the government’s financial obligations. As most are aware, our current tax revenue does not cover those debts. In fact, since 1964 the US government has operated at a deficit.
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