The Carnival of Securities

Welcome to the August 28, 2007 edition of carnival of securities. More and more submissions are coming in each week, so I’m debating on whether or not to make it weekly instead of bi-weekly. Thoughts?

Bryan C. Fleming presents Buying into a Down Stock Market posted at Bryan C. Fleming, saying, “Did you ever think of playing the stock market? Why not just watch me loose all my money instead. In this artile I talk about buying into a down stock market. Yes, it’s just like gambling… only legal!”

Sean-Paul Kelley presents Buy The Rumor and Sell The News posted at The Agonist, saying, “There is a reason why people say ‘Sell In May and Go Away.’”

Stocks

Scott Lee presents Thinking About the Stock Market? Some Basics posted at Scott Free Thinking.

Leon Gettler presents Bribes and gifts for analysts posted at Sox First, saying, “How do you stop an analysts from downgrading your stock? Just do a few small favors and grease some palms. That’s the finding from a study that reveals about two out of three analysts have received favors from CEOs, CFOs, and other top executives.”

Steve Faber presents More on Alternative Energy Investments posted at DebtBlog.

Leon Gettler presents Brains and money - 8 tips to avoid investment disaster posted at Sox First, saying, “Why do we keep making bad investments? Because of the way our brains are wired up. Here are eight tips to avoid making an investment disaster.”

Tech Tools

Jimmy Atkinson presents The Day Trader’s Toolkit: 100 Free Online Apps for Professionals posted at Forex Blog.

The Market

Vahid Chaychi presents What Is Forex and How to Make Money with It? posted at Internet and Search Engine Marketing, saying, “Forex is one of the best work at home opportunities. It is good because it doesn’t need any marketing, referring and recruiting. If you learn it properly, you can make lots of money but it can be also risky if you start trading before you learn.”

Dax Desai presents What does the potential Fed rate cut mean? posted at Dax Desai, saying, “Explains the effects of a Federal Funds rate cut on your investments.”

Super Saver presents A Stock Market Scenario - Going From Bad to Worse posted at My Wealth Builder.

Robert Freedland presents Is it Time to Sell or Time to Buy or Just Time to Ignore it All? posted at Stock Picks Bob’s Advice, saying, “In this blog entry, I summarize my thinking about dealing with a market that is volatile and correcting rapidly. What to do?”

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Welcome to the August 13, 2007 edition of carnival of securities. Apologies for it being a little late!

Options

Josh presents Option Premium Valuation: Time and Intrinsic Value posted at The Mad Money Analyst, saying, “A good review of how to effectively evaluate options premiums. This gives investors a clearer view of what exactly effects prices and premiums of options. Markets have lately been increasingly volatile and this will help you find those right entry points and calculate volatility profitability. Make more on your investments.”

Stocks

Dax Desai presents Fundamental Rule of Day Trading: Preservation of Capital posted at Dax Desai, saying, “Explains the

FIRE Getters presents World Currency Index CD From Everbank! posted at FIRE Finance.

Aaron Smith presents Value Stocks vs. Growth Stocks in your portfolio posted at GrowYourFunds.

Jorge H. presents Discount Online Broker Review - Zecco posted at My Adventures into The Street, saying, “Zecco appears to be gaining steam in the discount brokerage game. It’s very difficult to top a $0 commission fee on regular equities.”

Tech Tools

Lim presents How to Find Out Who is Talking About You posted at Techslices.

The Market

Leon Gettler presents Bear markets and the Rumsfeld effect posted at Sox First, saying, “You know things are really looking bad on the markets what the central banks start pumping in money to ease the liquidity crunch. But it’s a band-aid solution because no-one where the risks are. It’s a bit like Donald Rumsfeld’s “unknown unknowns”. Do the banks know something we don’t?”

Silicon Valley Blogger presents Shrug Off A Stock Market Slide! 7 Surefire Ways To Handle A Market Fall posted at The Digerati Life, saying, “Thanks for the new carnival! I look forward to it.”

Wall Street

Charles H. Green presents Does Private Equity provide a social good? posted at Trust Matters, saying, “Private Equity is the rage and the claim is that it cleans up companies. Does it? Or is it just an exercise in greed that will likely come to a bad end?”

Misc

Joseph presents What the Bible says about money posted at penny pinching.

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of the carnival of securities using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

If you blog about the stock market, securities or trading you should think about hosting the Carnival of Securities for a week. Besides being the one who chooses what the best blog posts are you also get the benefit of a lot more readers coming to your site. It’s a great chance to become part of the community and start engaging in meaningful conversation.

Below are some tips and answers to common questions from the FAQ:

Q. Who can host the carnival?

A. Anyone that regularly submits posts to the carnival can become a host. The key words here are “regularly submits posts,” since it wouldn’t be fair for blogs that don’t participate regularly to host the carnival if they are not sharing in doing the work by writing posts, submitting, and being active in the carnival.

Q. I want to host a future Carnival of Securities — how do I do that?

A. Contact us to get on the list and then start submitting posts to the carnival on a frequent basis. Remember, only frequent contributors to the carnival can host a carnival.

Q. What is involved in hosting a carnival?

A. You will need to set aside about 2-3 hours to read and pick the best posts that were submitted to you. Then you create a post on your blog, summarizing and linking to the top 10-20 posts. Publish your carnival post by 3 P.M. (EST) Tueday and then sit back and watch the traffic come to your site.

Q. What is the schedule of who hosts the carnival?

A. You can check the schedule here on the Carnival of Real Estate site under “Carnival Hosts” in the right-hand navigation to see who hosted in the past as well as who is coming up.

More Resources:

• Mike at 1000 Birds has one of the best write-ups on how to host a blog carnival.
• On Hosting Blog Carnivals

Cade Krueger presents Trading In The Zone: How To Mentally Approach Your Home Based Business.

Stocks

WBL presents Buying Opportunity For Canroys posted at Wealth Building Lessons, saying, “The 200+ drop in the Stock Market has a silver lining! The yields on Canadian Trusts just went up!”

wizetradeblog presents 10 Common Mistakes that New Traders Make posted at Wizetrade Blog.

KCLau presents When is the Perfect Time to Rebalance our Investment Portfolio? posted at KCLau’s Money Tips >, saying, “Rebalancing should be a standard operating procedure for every investor since it is relatively easy to restore a portfolio to its original allocation mix. Regardless of your objectives and risk tolerance, the major benefit of periodic risk management is significant reduction in portfolio volatility.”

Josh presents Choosing a Stock That Beats the Street posted at The Mad Money Analyst, saying, “Many investors use many different approaches to pin pointing the stock that will out perform analysts expectations- of course that’s the goal anyway. How do you choose the winning stock? Generally I look for companies that are thriving financially with consistent earnings and a reasonable amount of debt. Then…”

Maria Palma presents Where to Look For Excellent Businesses: A Lesson From Buffettology posted at Fully Stocked, saying, “Learn about the three types of businesses that Warren Buffett looks for when investing”

The Market

Larry Russell presents Summary Table of Traditional IRA and Roth IRA Tax Rules posted at THE SKILLED INVESTOR Blog, saying, “For your convenience, the table provided summarizes 2007 rules for traditional IRAs and Roth IRAs. The table has a left-hand column of questions and 12 columns of information. Read the first four questions in the first four rows to determine which of the twelve columns would apply to you. Be careful to distinguish between the rules about whether you can make a contribution and whether an allowable contribution is tax deductible.”

Steve Faber presents - More Alternative Energy Investing News posted at DebtBlog.

Shawn Edwards presents Wall Street Takes a Dive — Let’s Dance! posted at Desty Online, saying, “Why does the recent market correction create opportunity for investors?”

Wall Street

Josh presents When is The Right Time to Sell an Investment? posted at The Mad Money Analyst, saying, “We’ve all cut a few corners and followed a hot tip or the “squawk” on the street and bought a stock with little or no research. Unfortunately most of the time, as luck would have it, these hot tips won’t pay off, so you have cut your losses and sell…”