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7 Highlights From My Recent Holiday Down Under

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My Daughter’s Wedding The number one reason my wife and I traveled halfway around the world was, of course, our daughter's wedding in New Zealand. My daughter married a wonderful young man from New Zealand who we are all thrilled about and being her dad, this was most important.  I'm happy to report that my daughter looked beautiful and the wedding was fantastic. The bride and groom were blessed with a rare double rainbow at the reception.

Franz Joseph and Fox Glaciers After the wedding my wife and I took off for a helicopter tour of the Franz Joseph and Fox glaciers. I must admit that we were very lucky with the weather and were able to land on the top of the glacier.  It was an experience I hope you all get to enjoy in the future. After our adventures on the North Island, we flew down to the South Island. It was there that we had one of the most amazing experiences with the geography of New Zealand. We stayed in Queenstown, which is a mecca for thrill seekers. Among the exciting activities offered are parasailing, bungee jumping, jet boats and skydiving.  Basically, you name it and they do it there. My wife very wisely held me back from doing something really stupid like jumping out of an airplane, but I have put it in my list of things to do in the future, maybe next year?

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Five Reasons Why Gold Will Not Make A New High This Time

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Gold has made some exciting moves recently, but what can we expect in the future? In today’s video, I point out five reasons that I do not expect gold to make a new high just yet.

If the current cycle persists, there will be some interesting trades to be had in this market and a possible new high before summer.

The video is free to watch and there are no registration requirements. I hope you enjoy this gold update and make a comment on the blog about how you feel about this video and this market.

All the best,
Adam Hewison
President, INO.com
Co-creator, MarketClub

Pulling the Trigger Exercises

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Today I'd like everyone to welcome Larry Levin. Larry is a very well known trader and is often featured on CNBC and other financial television shows, and today he's going to be talking about one of the hardest things we as traders must do - pull the trigger! He's got some excellent advice that can be applied to all levels of traders. Please enjoy the article, comment below, and visit LarrysBook.com to learn more about Larry and check out his book.

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Sometimes we can’t pull the trigger when we sense an opportunity in the market for one reason; we’re afraid!  But we are not afraid of the market, we’re afraid of ourselves.  Our fear comes from not trusting in ourselves to act in our own best interest.

You fear your inability to do what you need to do, when you need to do it, without hesitation.  Being afraid causes us to freeze and makes us unable to pull the trigger to execute our trades.  This causes missed opportunities, but the result of these missed opportunities is the real problem of not being able to pull the trigger.

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Another Update - Stevenson High School

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We want to share an update we received from the economics team that we sponsor from Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Illinois. Their "Stock Market Game" teams are using MarketClub to help assist in their trades and we've been following their success for the past few months. Their teacher was nice enough to send me this message informing me of the progress his 6 teams have made in their participation with the "The Stock Market Game" (a program of the SIFMA).

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Lindsay,

It has been a while since our last correspondence and it is time I got you up to date.

Well, the Fall competition was interesting. One team (freshman girls) finished 77th!! Not bad out of 500 teams. I am very proud of them. They did their research, including with MarketClub and the rest speaks for itself.

The junior and senior boys did not fare as well with standings in the high 400's (470 +). Their research was a bit spotty and in some cases relied more on headlines rather than solid research. I think they learned a valuable lesson there.

Now that we have started the Spring competition, the landscape has changed. Finally, all the teams are seeing the value of MarketClub. I am getting a lot of "Oh, I didn't know MarketClub could do that", "How does it know that?," to "We are now using it (MC), as our guide." I expected this type of reaction now that we are in our second competition. The more the students are using your service the more they are seeing its value and learning how to separate the "wheat from the chaff." The biggest obstacle I have now is teaching them how short selling works. As you know, this concept is a difficult one for beginners to get their arms around. I have told them to find some stocks they think are on the way down and just try a short sale. I am confident that once they get the hang of it they will look at the market as not just a one way street but a two way street with profits to be made regardless of trend.

Again, I want to thank you and MarketClub for your invaluable service.

Stay warm and I hope you all fared well with the snow.

Sincerely,

*Teacher's name removed for privacy*
Adlai E. Stevenson High School
Lincolnshire, Illinois 60069

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Good luck to the spring competition teams! We look forward to hearing about your experiences using MarketClub as your guide.

Best,

Lindsay Thompson
Director of New Business Development
INO.com & MarketClub

"Perfect Portfolio" Webinar this Friday

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You have probably seen the posts below about MarketClub's "Perfect Portfolio", but if you haven't, now is a great time to catch up on them to get ready for this week's "Perfect Portfolio" webinar:

10/10/09 - The Perfect Portfolio for Traders and Investors (Video)
10/21/09 - What a Great Day for the Perfect Portfolio
11/02/09 - Solid October Results for the Perfect Portfolio
01/26/10 - Another Profitable Quarter for the Perfect Portfolio

On Friday, Adam is going to go into detail about this hypothetical portfolio and it's conservative strategy.  This set-up is "perfect" for those of us who don't want to look at our brokerage accounts every day.

The "Perfect Portfolio" covers 4 ETF's and Adam will look at each and also cover the strategy used to trade them.

In order to register for this free web seminar which is available to all of our Trader's Blog readers, simply click here.

Susan Jackson
Director of MarketClub Education
INO.com & MarketClub