An Idea Learned in High School Can Make You A Better Investor

March 5, 2012

It really IS true: An Idea Learned in High School Can Actually Help You Make Better Investment Decisions Yes, some of the concepts discussed way back in high school CAN make us better investors. But there seem to be a LOT of people in the investment business who want to complicate the investment process.  If [...]

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Investment Advisors and Brokers – Differences – Part I

March 5, 2012

There are big differences between investment advisors and brokers in New Jersey (or stockbrokers, financial consultants, financial advisors, etc) and all around the United States. One group (stockbrokers and financial consultants) work for (are employed by) brokerage firms, banks and insurance companies. Now, investment advisors CAN also be employed by brokerage firms. In that case, [...]

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An Over-Bought Market Condition

February 28, 2012

Over-Bought Market Condition: What does an “over-bought” or “over-sold” market mean?, or asked another way, managing your investments can be a full-time job. Here at Mullooly Asset Management, we use terms like “over-bought” and “over-sold” frequently. But today we’ll use a term you’ve probably not heard since statistics class: the bell curve, to explain what [...]

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Retirement Accounts: Selecting the Right Investments

February 28, 2012

Just because a particular segment of the market is doing well, we should not just act blindly. If (for example) large cap funds happen to be doing well, it is not enough to simply buy ANY large cap mutual fund. What we do at Mullooly Asset Management is find the funds that display positive trends, [...]

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Apple: Now What?

February 21, 2012

We’ve recived LOTS of calls and emails regarding Apple: “What do we do with Apple now?” “Should we be thinking about selling Apple?” “Is it too late to buy Apple?” All good questions. Take a look at this short video, and you will see the dramatic move Apple has made, and what is to come. [...]

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Point and Figure Charting: Not Just For Stocks

February 12, 2012

Point and Figure Charting is not simply for stocks, mutual funds or exchange-traded funds. Of course, if you have an investment in your 401k or your retirement account at work, we would be happy to analyze the funds and investments in your account for you. But we can analyze so many other topics, for example [...]

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Investing In ETFs: Podcast

February 11, 2012

Exchange Traded Funds (ETF’s) can be the answer to: How do you buy expensive stocks, like Apple Computer? It is tough to have a balanced portfolio when one stock represents a large portion of the investment account. We have found there are plenty of exchange-traded funds where a large portion of the portfolio is invested [...]

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Facebook IPO: Will This Be a Great Deal or a Bust?

February 6, 2012

Facebook IPO News February 2012 Last week, in February 2012, Facebook filed for their initial public offering of stock. In this podcast, we discuss some of the basics of all IPO’s (Initial Public Offerings) and some of the merits of Facebook which are known at this point in time (February 2012). We do not have [...]

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2 Semiconductors Stocks To Avoid Now

February 6, 2012

There are plenty of semiconductor stocks worth considering at the time of this writing (February 2012). Why do people keep asking about the WRONG semiconductor stocks to own now? If you have been a reader of this site, you know we employ point and figure charting to analyze stocks, analyze mutual funds and exchange traded [...]

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