Stock Market Rules: 70 of the Most Widely Held Investment Axioms Explained, Examined and ExposedWall Street traders live by time-honored rulesaxioms like "Follow a Few Stocks Well", or "Buy On the Rumor and Sell on the News"but only Stock Market Rules tells traders which to trust! A sleeper hit in its previous edition, this instantly accessible book uses an analytical aproach to verify or debunk Wall Street's 70 most followed rules. Investors of all levels, always on the lookout for an edge, will appreciate how it offers guidelines for virtually every market situation. In this updated edition, Stock Market Rules explains 20 all new axioms not previously covered, in a concise and easy-to-reference format, and also reflects the dramatic changes in the market. |
Contents
Sell the Losers and Let the Winners Run | 1 |
Make Winners Win Big | 9 |
Losers Demand Careful Strategy | 18 |
It Is Better to Average Up Than to Average Down | 21 |
Good Companies Buy Their Own Stock | 26 |
Price Doubling Is Easy at Low Prices | 31 |
Look for Insider Trading | 35 |
Buy Low Sell High | 43 |
Take a Loss Quickly | 175 |
Beware the Triple Witching Hour | 178 |
Buy on Monday Sell on Friday | 182 |
Never Get Married to the Stock | 185 |
Diversification Is the Key to Portfolio Management | 188 |
Partial Liquidation Might Be the Answer | 192 |
Act Quickly Study at Leisure | 194 |
Records Can Make Money | 196 |
Buy High Sell Higher | 48 |
Buy on the Rumor Sell on the News | 54 |
Sell High Buy Low | 58 |
The Perfect Hedge Is Short against the Box | 66 |
Never Short a Dull Market | 68 |
Never Short the Trend | 71 |
Never Buy a Stock Because It Has a Low Price | 75 |
Beware the Penny Stock | 80 |
Give Stop Orders Wiggle Room | 83 |
Buy the Stock That Splits | 89 |
Institutions Show Where the Action Is Now | 95 |
Avoid Heavy Positions in Thinly Traded Stocks | 103 |
There Are at Least Two Sides to a Story | 106 |
Follow a Few Stocks Well | 108 |
Be Wary of Stock Ideas from a Neighbor | 115 |
Get Information before You Invest Not After | 118 |
Never Fight the Tape | 123 |
Heavy Volume the Price RisesLight Volume the Price Falls | 132 |
Buy on Weakness Sell on Strength | 138 |
It Is Best to Trade At the Market | 142 |
Understand the Types of Orders | 145 |
Order Modifications Might Cause Delay | 147 |
Remember That Others Might Have the Same Idea | 151 |
Use Limit Orders as Insurance | 154 |
Values Can Be Found Bottom Fishing | 159 |
Heavily Margined Heavily Watched | 163 |
Winners Keep on Winning | 168 |
Indicators Can Meet Overriding Factors | 171 |
Fraud Is Unpredictable | 198 |
Use Margin for Leverage Only | 202 |
Avoid Overtrading | 204 |
Buy When Theres Blood in the Streets | 208 |
Look for Divergence in Trends | 214 |
Invest in What You Know Best | 219 |
Buy Stock Cheaper with Dollar Cost Averaging | 221 |
Theres Always a Santa Claus Rally | 225 |
Theres Always a YearEnd Selloff | 229 |
The First Week Determines the Year | 234 |
Its Always a Bull Market | 240 |
Watch the Bellwethers | 242 |
Buy the Dips | 250 |
Buy the Dow Dogs | 255 |
A Trend Remains in Force until It Changes | 258 |
It Depends on Support and Resistance | 263 |
The Stock Market Predicts the Economy | 267 |
There Is a Bear Market Coming | 269 |
There Are More Advances in a Bear Market Than There Are Declines in a Bull Market | 273 |
Use Protective Puts in Volatile Markets | 279 |
The Stock Market Is a Random Walk | 283 |
Use the Rule of 72 to Double | 286 |
A Stock Price Splits When It Gets Too High | 289 |
Join the Club | 293 |
Small Stocks Make the January Effect | 297 |
Invest According to Objectives | 301 |
Index | 309 |
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