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Stock Market Rules: 70 of the Most Widely Held Investment Axioms Explained, Examined and Exposed

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ISBN-10: 0071340963

ISBN-13: 9780071340960

Edition: 2nd 1999

Authors: Michael Sheimo

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This new edition of Stock Market Rules features 20 new axioms as well as updated charts and text references throughout. Written in a concise format, the book offers guidelines for nearly every market situation that might arise to aid the novice investor.
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List price: $18.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Publication date: 4/30/1999
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 313
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

MICHAEL D. SHEIMO is an internationally recognized expert on the Dow Theory and has been writing investing books for more than 20 years. His books have been published throughout the world, including in India, Malaysia, Korea, China, and Japan. You can visit hiswebsite at www.stockmarketrules.net.

Prefacep. ix
Sell the Losers and Let the Winners Runp. 1
Make Winners Win Bigp. 9
Losers Demand Careful Strategyp. 18
It Is Better to Average Up Than to Average Downp. 21
Good Companies Buy Their Own Stockp. 26
Price Doubling Is Easy at Low Pricesp. 31
Look for Insider Tradingp. 35
Buy Low, Sell Highp. 43
Buy High, Sell Higherp. 48
Buy on the Rumor, Sell on the Newsp. 54
Sell High, Buy Lowp. 58
The Perfect Hedge Is Short against the Boxp. 66
Never Short a Dull Marketp. 68
Never Short the Trendp. 71
Never Buy a Stock Because It Has a Low Pricep. 75
Beware the "Penny Stock"p. 80
Give Stop Orders Wiggle Roomp. 83
Buy the Stock That Splitsp. 89
Institutions Show Where the Action Is Nowp. 95
Avoid Heavy Positions in Thinly Traded Stocksp. 103
There Are at Least Two Sides to a Storyp. 106
Follow a Few Stocks Wellp. 108
Be Wary of Stock Ideas from a Neighborp. 115
Get Information before You Invest, Not Afterp. 118
Never Fight the Tapep. 123
Heavy Volume, the Price Rises--Light Volume, the Price Fallsp. 132
Buy on Weakness, Sell on Strengthp. 138
It Is Best to Trade "At the Market"p. 142
Understand the Types of Ordersp. 145
Order Modifications Might Cause Delayp. 147
Remember That Others Might Have the Same Ideap. 151
Use Limit Orders as Insurancep. 154
Values Can Be Found Bottom Fishingp. 159
Heavily Margined, Heavily Watchedp. 163
Winners Keep on Winningp. 168
Indicators Can Meet Overriding Factorsp. 171
Take a Loss Quicklyp. 175
Beware the Triple Witching Hourp. 178
Buy on Monday, Sell on Fridayp. 182
Never Get Married to the Stockp. 185
Diversification Is the Key to Portfolio Managementp. 188
Partial Liquidation Might Be the Answerp. 192
Act Quickly, Study at Leisurep. 194
Records Can Make Moneyp. 196
Fraud Is Unpredictablep. 198
Use Margin for Leverage Onlyp. 202
Avoid Overtradingp. 204
Buy When There's Blood in the Streetsp. 208
Look for Divergence in Trendsp. 214
Invest in What You Know Bestp. 219
Buy Stock Cheaper with Dollar Cost Averagingp. 221
There's Always a Santa Clause Rallyp. 225
There's Always a Year-End Sell-offp. 229
The First Week Determines the Yearp. 234
It's Always a Bull Marketp. 240
Watch the Bellwethersp. 242
Buy the Dipsp. 250
Buy the Dow Dogsp. 255
A Trend Remains in Force until It Changesp. 258
It Depends on Support and Resistancep. 263
The Stock Market Predicts the Economyp. 267
There Is a Bear Market Comingp. 269
There Are More Advances in a Bear Market Than There Are Declines in a Bull Marketp. 273
Use Protective Puts in Volatile Marketsp. 279
The Stock Market Is a "Random Walk"p. 283
Use the Rule of 72 to Doublep. 286
A Stock Price Splits When It Gets Too Highp. 289
Join the Clubp. 293
Small Stocks Make the "January Effect"p. 297
Invest According to Objectivesp. 301
Indexp. 309
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