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Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Stock Investing Software

Stock market software is a good part of any investing plan. In fact, for any serious trader it is a mandatory tool in the investing tool-kit. Using software is no different than a carpenter having a hammer. You need it. Information is the name of the game in investing. Educated investors are profitable investors. A quality program can help you pin-point hot stocks for day trading or long-term stock market investing.

There are different types of software, the most basic helps you spot trends. It can graph a stock's performance over a range of time and provide graphical charting patterns. It can show a stock's momentum whether that be down trending or upwards trending. The various programs often come with stock alerts. The alerts can be heavy volume trading or stock price change. If you're tracking the performance of a stock over time the software can send you e-mail alerts to when there is major action, stock falling or rising. This will help you make quick acting decisions that can make or save you a fortune. If you're trading across a spectrum of stocks it's nearly impossible to keep abreast of all stock movement. Let automated software do the work for you. Put the stock alerts to work, the is especially important to day traders. Quickness is key.

There are other types of software available. There are some proprietary systems that scan huge chunks of analysis data for investment opportunity. They hunt OTC and pink sheet exchanges for companies forming bullish trading patterns (stock about to increase). This type of software can give you a risk/reward factor. The better the index number, the less the risk, the higher the reward. Software scans through bullish investing companies and spits out pattern charting with risk/reward index numbers. This type of stock market analysis software can help you pin-point investment opportunities.

Whatever type of software suits you, make sure you have one or both. Don't be a blind investor. Knowledge is power.

Sarah Celeste has discovered an amazing, automated stock market robot that helps you make fool-proof stock market investing decisions. Read more about this groundbreaking software developed by two programming geniuses at her blog: http://stock-markets-software.blogspot.com/

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York September 23, 2008. (Jacob Silberberg/Reuters)Reuters - Stocks fell on Tuesday on fear that congressional wrangling could delay a proposed $700 billion plan to rescue the financial sector, increasing worries about the struggling U.S. economy.

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Current Risks in the Stock Market

If you pick up the newspaper or see the news on TV, you probably noted that the Dow Jones Index is making new highs almost everyday. Everybody is happy, and as soon as the Dow closed above 13.000 for the same time, some analyst started to talk about the index going to 14.000 in 2007. Remember the year 2000?

Probably the main difference between the year 2000 and 2007 is the excess liquidity that today exists in the markets around the World. That excess liquidity has to be invested somewhere, and since the US economy is still considered a safe haven in the World of investments, sounds like a good idea to invest in the stock market where you can expect higher returns than the 3% or 4% you can get on US Treasury Bonds or bank CDs. The problem with this theory is the risks you are talking by investing in the stock market of an economy that is growing only 1.3% and with inflation rate higher than what is comfortable for the FED.

Investors are betting all their money on the possibility that the FED will lower interest rates, but they are discounting all other risks that are currently present in the economy. First of all, we cant forget that the FED has a mandatory obligation of keeping inflation in check. Their responsibility is not the growth of the US economy. Of course they will try as much as possible to achieve both aspects of the economic cycle: lower inflation and moderate growth, and that is the reason they have not raise rates yet; even-though inflation keeps been higher than their comfortable standards of 2%. Based on this reality, it can be expected that rates wont decrease during the rest of 2007, and probably they will stay the same.

On the other hand, you probably noticed that you are paying higher prices at the pump than in the past. Also, your grocery expenses are increasing. The FED takes into consideration core inflation for their decision making, which is inflation excluding energy and food. The problem is that 2/3 of the economic growth in the US is consumer based. You as a consumer have a fix salary that you use to pass from one month to the other. If your gasoline and groceries bill increase by for example 30%, where are you going to get the money from? Unless you are among the few Americans that spend less than their monthly income, then you will have to increase your credit card debt, or spend less in unnecessary items. Finally, lets dont forget that in two months hurricane season starts in the US. I hope it does not happen, but if another hurricane hits the Gulf Coast, or gets even close, you can expect to have an average gasoline price in the US over $4.00. Dont you think that will be inflationary?

As you can see, with the Dow Jones above 13,000, and the S&P 500 at about the same level it was in 2000 before the crash, investors are discounting any bad news or risks that the economy presents. As I stated at the beginning, the reason for this is the excess liquidity in the World. Too much money following a few assets. As an investor in this market, you should take into consideration the risks involved and either decreases your exposure to the US and World stock markets (I think that in today situation Cash is King), or hedge your positions using preferably Options over Futures in the major stock indexes.

TeoFutures (http://www.teofutures.com) can present you with different strategies to hedge your stock risk, and also if you want to diversify your portfolio you can invest in the commodity market, which is considered anticyclical to stocks and bonds. With TeoFutures you can open an account with as little as $5,000.00. Whether you open an account with us or not, still my recommendation to stocks investors is to do something about the risks in their stocks portfolios.

Disclaimer: There is a risk of loosing money when investing in derivative products such as Futures and Options over Futures. Consult with your broker before investing in this market.

Jorge Malo is the President of TeoFutures, a federally licensed commodity broker located in Miami, Florida. Mr. Malo has more than 15 years experience as an analyst and Portfolio Manager in the Latin American and the US markets, specifically in stocks, options and commodities. He has written many articles for financial newspapers in Latin America. As President of TeoFutures, he works closely with his clients, advising them over different trades and strategies on futures and options over futures. TeoFutures clients can start working with Mr. Malo with a minimum account of $5,000.00.

A trader Jeff SIlver pauses in the S and P 500 pit at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, September 19, 2008. (John Gress/Reuters)Reuters - The U.S. government is preparing to mop up hundreds of billions of dollars in bad mortgage debt, after curbing short-selling and guaranteeing mutual funds in an effort to stabilize financial markets.

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