Don’t be surprised, a falling market is a better opportunity to make quick returns than a soaring bull market. But it all depends on whether you are open to the concept of short selling. Beginners take time to understand the beauty of market trends, but those of you have some experience will completely agree that making money in a downtrend can be much easier than staying invested on the long side. Let me explain how, [...]

After the recent market crash you must be wondering whether the market is overreacting on the downside. Well, one thing is certain that the current economic data does not make a case for an ongoing recession in the economy. Obviously, we cannot rule out the possibility of the economy heading into recession in near term, but such panic selloffs appear to be overreactions to recent rating downgrade. Sharing few opinions along with my analysis and [...]

During the debt ceiling BS, I learned a lot of things that I can do better in future. These are my trading notes more than anything

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Cash is an important position to keep in your portfolio. I usually maintain 20% cash. That helps me take advantage of last minute buying based on news and in sudden market crash etc. Given the age of automatic trading, cash becomes even more important. Everyone has stop sell orders set and if market starts to go down, all these orders trigger, and you can buy in bulk and be up 10-20% immediately.

Stock market has become a game for large institution and seasoned investors. Most of the investors lose money in their early days. You can avoid that by staying calm and keeping track of what other successful investors are doing. Covestor is a service dedicated to provide you insights into what other investors are doing