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"Saturday Seminars" - Visual Investing: Back To The Basics

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John’s workshop shows how relatively simple charting concepts like trend lines and support and resistance levels can be used to great advantage. The main focus of the workshop is to show how simple charting principles, combined with some intermarket ideas, can be applied to stock market sectors and mutual fund selection. This is the subject of his latest book, "The Visual Investor".

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John Murphy, CNBC-TV’s technical analyst for many years, wrote the book many technicians consider the core of their technical analysis library, Technical Analysis of the Futures Markets (Prentice Hall, 1986). Along with his daily broadcasts discussing the financial markets, John also heads his own consulting firm—JJM Technical Advisors, Inc. John founded JJM Technical Advisors in 1981 after serving for a number of years as director of commodity technical analysis and senior managed account trading advisor with Merrill Lynch. He is a past director and director emeritus of the MTA. John wrote Intermarket Technical Analysis (Wiley & Sons, 1991) and The Visual Investor (Wiley & Sons, 1996). John received the very first award given for Contribution to Global Technical Analysis, presented at the International Federation of Technical Analysts’ fifth World Conference in 1992

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The #1 Predictor of Inflation or Deflation.

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There is an indicator which has been around since 1957. It has accurately forecasted every inflationary and deflationary cycle since.

This is my number one indicator for large cyclic trends. You may want to watch this index carefully should you want to invest in certain stocks and commodity related markets.

Over the last half-century, this index has seen some remarkable moves both on the upside and more recently on the downside. I believe that this is the indicator that everyone should watch. If you trade stocks or futures and are interested in world trade trends, this is the indicator to track.

The tenth revision of this index renamed it the Reuters-Jefferies CRB Index (NYBOT_CR) You can easily track this indicator everyday using MarketClub.

You can learn more about this index from our Trader's Blog
Here is a list of the 19 markets that are included in the RJ/CRB index as implemented in the 2005 revision:

Metals: aluminum, copper, gold, nickel, silver
Energies: crude oil, heating oil, natural gas, unleaded gas
Grains: corn, soybeans, wheat
Food & Fiber: cocoa, coffee, cotton, orange juice, sugar
Livestock: lean hogs, live cattle

Take a few minutes to watch this short video and see how you can benefit from this indicator. There is no fee and there is no registration required.

Enjoy the video in every success in the markets,

Adam Hewison
President, INO.com
Co-creator, MarketClub

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The Biggest Mistake I See New Traders Make Is This...

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They Have No Game Plan!!!

This is an important element in trading and one that should not be brushed to the side. When you have a game plan it allows you to get in and out of the market in a non-emotional way.

So often I see new traders jump into the markets based on emotion, hearsay, and rumor. This is the worst possible way to trade and the quickest way to lose all of your money.

In my humble opinion, nothing is more important than a game plan and sticking with it.

By creating a game plan, you are setting yourself up to be prepared emotionally. No matter what happens to a particular stock or futures market, you have a pre-planned way to enter and exit the market. Having a successful exit strategy is enormously important.

With the kind of volatility that we are seeing in the marketplace today, having a game plan has never been as important as it is right now.

Creating a game plan is very easy and you can do in a matter of minutes. Here are the key steps to creating a very basic game plan:

1) Write down your reasons for buying or selling a particular market.

2) Write down your entry point for the market you're about to trade. Why are you getting in? Did you see a technical set up?

3) Write down when you are going to exit this market. Why and when are you going exit? Was your profit target reached, or were you stopped out?

4) Do not make market decisions during trading hours. It may sound easier said than done, but watching the daily ticks can cause your emotions to go haywire.

5) Review your game plan every day to see if things are going according to your plan. This allows you to adjust your money management stops and your target zones in a non-emotional way.

It couldn't be easier and it's only costs is a sheet of paper and some of your time.

So there you have it ... five easy steps that can both make you money and save you money in the future.

Every success in training and in life,

Adam Hewison
President, INO.com
Co-creator, MarketClub

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Jim Cramer Throws In The Towel

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Last week I wrote a blog on Jim Cramer's recessionary stock picks. This blog posting showed the five stocks that he thought would be recession proof and ones that he would suggest you buy. This was on the 8th of January, 2009.

I just happened to tune into Mr. Cramer's show on Thursday night. He basically announced that he was throwing in the towel and that it would be best to get out of these positions.

So let's see how he did with his picks. All of his hypothetical stocks purchases were made on the 8th of January using the closing price.

Caterpillar: Purchased at $44.08 - Sold at $31.58
Home Depot: Purchased at $24.38 - Sold at $22.12
Johnson & Johnson: Purchased at $59.02 - Sold at $58.18
Hewlett - Packard Co.: Purchased at $37.61 - Sold at $36.13
Verizon Communications: Purchased at $32.42 - Sold at $30.45

Here's what we are going to do... we'll take the closing price last  (1/08/09), and the opening of January 30th to see just how Mr. Cramer's recessionary  stock picks worked out. The good news is that Mr. Cramer was five for five. The bad news is, those five stock positions lost money.

I have often said that I am a fan of Mr.Cramer, as he is a very entertaining man. I've also have commented that he never places a stop loss on any position that I've seen. If you have other information to the contrary, please share it with me and the readers of this blog.

Here are the results:

Caterpillar (NYSE_CAT) lost: $12.50 / 28.35%
Home Depot (NYSE_HD) lost: $2.26 / 9.26%
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE_JNJ) lost: $0.84 / 1.42%
Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE_HPQ) lost: $1.48 / 3.93%
Verizon Communications (NYSE_VZ) lost: $1.97 / 6.07%

I have to say this is not an impressive lineup of stock picks. By using our "Trade Triangle" Technology, you would have avoided all of these stock picks that Mr. Cramer recommended. So here's my challenge to you: if you watch Mad Money, always check with our technology to see whether you should be purchasing a stock or just standing aside. I think you'll be amazed at the improved results.

Every success in the markets,

Adam Hewison
President, INO.com
Co-creator, MarketClub

"Saturday Seminars" - The Janus Factor

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Why is it that at times profits come easily, while at other times your trading nets only red ink and frustration? Have your trading methods changed, or has something about the market environment changed your odds for success? In this seminar, Gary Anderson introduces you to The Janus Factor, the single most powerful influence on your trading results. The market shifts back and forth between two modes and only one will offer traders a consistently favorable risk/reward. In this seminar, you will learn how to tell the difference. Whether you are a new trader or a seasoned pro, learn to handicap your odds for success from market to market and when to cut back or stay out or when to double down. Gary will teach you how to find the market's high-probability sweet-spot and how to avoid low-probability trades. Finally, learn to compute The Spread, the ultimate guide to risk-management.

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Gary Anderson is a thirty-five year market professional. He is a principal of Anderson & Loe, Inc., a firm that provides technical consulting services to an international clientele of banks, mutual funds, insurance companies, hedge funds and independent advisors. Gary has published articles in Technical Analysis of Stocks and Commodites and is regularly quoted in the Wall Street Journal and Investors Business Daily.

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