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Articles by David Van Knapp

• Do You Know When to Buy and Sell? Use The Sine Wave Model
  This article presents an idealized model of how stock prices change. It explains how investors can use teachings from the model to improve their buyand sell decisions.
  Published 13Jun2007, viewed 232 times

• Investing “versus” Trading—Points Along a Spectrum, Not Mutually Exclusive
  This article explains why the usual dichotomy between "trading" and "investing" can be misleading. It doesn't matter what you call yourself. You invest in stocks to make money.
  Published 12Jun2007, viewed 418 times

• The Investment Philosophy of Warren Buffett…in 23 Quotes
  This article sums up the investment philosophy of Warren Buffett in 23 quotes from the master himself.
  Published 10Jun2007, viewed 451 times

• The Surging Interest in Dividends—Especially Among Boomers
  This article explains the growing interest in dividends among stock investors, especially baby Boomers looking for income in retirement.
  Published 09Jun2007, viewed 243 times

• Stock Investing--Never Invest Your Money in a Company with Untrustworthy Management
  This article explains why investors should always avoid companies which have displayed untrustworthy, questionable, unfair, or ilegal actions in the past.
  Published 08Jun2007, viewed 238 times

• Rate Yourself…A 20-Question Scorecard for Stock Investors
  This article presents a 20-question "quiz" for individual stock investors. It is fun and easy to complete. It will help show investors where they are following sound practices, and also point out areas where they should consider brushing up on their techniques.
  Published 07Jun2007, viewed 246 times

• Always Use Protection! Trailing Sell-Stops for Safe Investing
  This article discusses the use of trailing stop orders in stock investing.
  Published 06Jun2007, viewed 334 times

• Investors: Don't Shoot Yourself in the Foot With Emotional Errors...Lessons from Behavioral Finance
  This article discusses findings of behavioral finance, which examines how and why investors commit emotional errors that reduce their investment success. The article offers solutions to counteract nonproductive tendencies.
  Published 05Jun2007, viewed 303 times

• Stock Investing: Why the Individual Often Has an Advantage Over the "Pros"
  This article explains the advantages that an individual stock investor has over the "Wall Street pros."
  Published 12Feb2007, viewed 325 times

• Guess What Year It Is? It's The Third Year of the Presidential Cycle. Is That a Good Thing?
  This article discusses the so-called Presidential Cycle indicator in the stock market.
  Published 07Feb2007, viewed 294 times

• Investor Psychology: Goals and Dreams vs. Day-to-Day Activities
  This article distinguishes between very long-range goals--which might be called dreams--and the day-in and day-out steps that an investor needs to follow in order to achieve his or her dreams.
  Published 02Feb2007, viewed 337 times

• Rhinophobia (Fear of Cash)--A Bad Disease for an Investor
  This article discusses an investor's "fear" of cash. This condition is known as rhinophobia. The article explains why rhinophobia can be harmful to any investor's returns.
  Published 28Jan2007, viewed 410 times

• Dividends or Buybacks--Which Are Better for Shareholders?
  This article discusses the pros and cons of dividends vs. share buybacks. It concludes that usually, dividends are better for shareholders.
  Published 22Jan2007, viewed 356 times

• Dividends--Stocks' Secret Weapon
  This article discusses the hidden benefits of dividend-paying stocks. It is not well known or appraceiated that dividends, over time, have accounted for about half of the stock market's total return.
  Published 14Jan2007, viewed 398 times

• Stock Investing--Buy-and-Hold vs. Timing
  This article contrasts and compares timing vs. Buy-and-Hold.
  Published 11Oct2006, viewed 365 times

• Stock Investing--Why Controlling Risk Is So Important
  This article explains why controlling risk and avoiding large losses are so important to the overall returns from stock investing.
  Published 30Sep2006, viewed 448 times

• How to Identify Excellent Companies
  This article outlines how time-pressed individual stock investors can quickly identify excellent companies worthy of their consideration.
  Published 29Sep2006, viewed 388 times

• How Important Are Dividends?
  This article discusses the pros and cons of dividend-paying companies and non-dividend-paying companies, from an individual investor's point of view.
  Published 28Sep2006, viewed 339 times

• Valuing Stocks Using Valuation Ratios
  This article demonstrates how the individual investor, in minimal time, can place a ''valuation'' on a potential stock purchase to see whether he or she is paying too much, a fair amount, or getting a bargain.
  Published 27Sep2006, viewed 349 times

• Stock Investing--25 Pearls of Wisdom for the Individual Investor
  This article is for individual investors. It contains 25 "rules" for smart investing under the ''Sensible Stock Investing'' approach.
  Published 26Sep2006, viewed 339 times

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