Investment Tutorial
Understanding stock. Basic stocks tutorial. Learn the basics of investments tutorial. Financial Calculators.
Fundamental Analysis: Tutorial Technical Analysis: Tutorial
NASDAQ Exchange. NASDAQ Composite. NASDAQ 100 Index.
Join Stock Game:
MHR 425 fall 2008
- pasword to join:
mhr425
Click on Trade Stock. Choose "Buy," then "Market" or "Limit," then enter a "Symbol" (e.g. JLG) and "# of shares" (usually 100) Click "preview order" then submit. I'll explain the other choices in class.
Personal Investments
Let' check the news on Yahoo! What are the best performing industries right now
ETFs: ETF definition. Yahoo on ETFs
Index Tracking ETFs: SPY (S&P 500) DIA (DJIA) (listed on AMEX, enter "dia" in quote box) QQQQ (NASDAQ 100).
Using Prophet Java Charts
Using Prophet.net: Find and click "Analyze" tab, then "Java Charts." Then "detach" in lower left corner, enlarge to screen size. Find "Tools" dropdown, then "Studies" then select "Apply Studies." In "Select Studies" dropdown find under M for "moving average" and M for MACD and S for Stochastics.
SET: simple moving average (30 day)
SET: MACD (Hist. + 2 lines) (8, 17, 9)
SET: Stochastics (Slow) (14, 5)
To read instructions click on "Using Prophet Java Charts."
Support and Resistance: horizontal, diagonal
Commodities
Crude: Crude Charts Crude NYMEX Light Sweet Crude Gold Other Metals
BOOKS:
Technical Analysis:
Easy to Read: How Technical Analysis Works - Bruce Kamich
"The Bible", but hard to read: Technical Analysis Explained - Martin Pring
"Other Bible," hard to read: Technical Analysis of Financial Markets - John J Murphy
