WELCOME!

Hey whats up everyone? Welcome to my blog! My name's Nick and I'm really into trading and investing stocks, mutual funds, ETF's, and just about anything else. Although this is my passion, I am not able to trade or invest all the time. Thats because I have to juggle school, a GF, a part-time job as well as homework...and of course- research for stocks. Because of this, I rarely have the time to "daytrade" or trade pennystocks. But when I do have some extra time, I may do a quick daytrade or play a penny for a little.

My main goal is to pick stocks that you can hold onto for a quick trade (timeframe of a few days to a few weeks) or a longer-term investment (timeframe of few weeks to a year or greater). I will use many methods in finding stocks. One method is performance vs overall market sentiment/performance. This is meant to find stocks that are near or at their 52wk highs during bad market conditions (like the ones we have been experiencing in the last few weeks). These stocks may be great performers because of the INDUSTRY that they are in or because of some positive news of some sort. I will highlight the reason I choose a stock as well. Some stocks may be picked because of insider trading activity and institutional accumulation. Again, we must see WHY the insiders and mutual funds are buying. A lot of new investors just rush in and throw a ton of money into a stock that has had some recent insider accumulation without knowing the facts. ALWAYS do some research into a stock that has had some insider buying. Believe me, it helps you avoid buying a stock that has insider buying just to look attractive even though the stock is a dud and there is no great news pending.

Of course there are other great indicators of a worthy stock. I will get into more details about these at a later time.