Fernando Brinkerhoff

Fundamental Or Technical Analysis: It Does Not Matter. What It Matters Is What You Do With It

There is a raging debate whether one should pursuit technical or fundamental analysis in order to be an efficacious player in the stock market. Much has been said about it, but I believe that in the end it all comes down to personal choice, style and back... Read >

Do Not Be Afraid To Call Yourself A Speculator

When you invest in something you are speculating a future move or price change that will enable you to make some money out of it. I believe that every time you are investing you are speculating as well, even though speculating sounds a lot worse than "inv... Read >

Do Not Be Afraid To Call Yourself A Speculator

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Buy And Hold Strategies Are Now Called Buy And Pray

There is a common definition of two big areas of stock investments: fundamental analysis and technical analysis. Fundamental analysis is a more common and old type on investment where you evaluate a company's profile and see if you believe that they are e... Read >

A Speculator Is The Same As An Investor. Whether You Like It Or Not

One might wonder: what is the difference between being a speculator and being an investor. There a lot of controversy on this matter and many opinions. Some believe they are the same, some believe they are complete opposites. I believe that they both mean... Read >

Use Your Hunches To Profit From The Market

The World Wide Web offers us many possibilities to track, analyze, decide and act upon our hunches and feelings. We no longer need to fly blind when investing and trading. We can use the web to verify if that hunch that we are having does actually got som... Read >

Too Much Information Might Jeopardize Your Progress

Most people get lost amidst so much information and potential trades that they might go for. The problem is that they are probably not making a profit in the markets and believe that they have got the wrong system. So they go out there in the World Wide W... Read >

Stay away from IPOs

It is already hard to guess what a stock price movement will be when you have more than five years’ worth of data that you can analyze and compare. So, imagine yourself doing that without any prospect whatsoever on how the stock had acted and reacted acco... Read >

Do Not Let Just One Trade Take All Your Profits

It is a quite common thing to see people making good and safe profits for months and then, from nowhere, take a big hit in just two weeks that wipe out all their efforts and earning from the past months. This is a common happening and has probably happene... Read >

When Trading In The Markets, Trust Your Instincts More Than Gurus

“There is no free lunch" is a common saying all around and it fits really well in the financial markets. You should be always aware of what the other person might earn, gain or have an advantage when presenting something to you. He might just be giving yo... Read >

Put All In Perspective When Reading Books And Articles

When reading a book, you should be aware on when that book was published and what kind of environment it was set. It can be a daunting experience to read a whole book just to find out, at the end, that the book was published before a major event that chan... Read >

Using Limit Orders – A Pratical Example Of A Successful Trade

Using limit orders correctly, can give you an advantage over traders that are not patient and make use of only market orders. In this article I will show you an example of a trade that I had that was only, and only, successful because of the use of limit ... Read >

Stop Orders: An Essential Tool For Your Trade Arsenal

It would be quite hard, especially for the regular investor who has a regular forty hours per week job, to trade and profit from the markets if there were no stop orders available to him. This type of order will enable you to place an order in your home b... Read >

When Investing, Be Prepared To Adapt To World Changing Events. And Fast

If you want to invest, you must and will have to be able to adapt quickly. There is no way around that. There are some few set and old rules that do not change that easily like ones from Benjamin Graham, Buffet’s most recommended and awarded book. Buffet ... Read >

Stick To Your Plan And Forget The Rest

If you want to be successful at something, define beforehand what and how exactly you will do that and then set aside everything else that does not fit in your plan. I have learned that lesson from Jim Collin’s book “From Good to Great". It is a great rea... Read >