The rally from the March 2009 lows was one of the largest rallies we have ever witnessed in stock market history. While the ninth year of a decade is usually a bullish trading year there a very few people who expected an advance over fifty percent off the lows. Many traders and investors including myself [...]

2008 will go down in history as the worst year on record for individual retirement account performances. Most 401k retirement plans and IRAs were down 40% on average for the year. Many retirement accounts that were heavily weighted in international funds performed even worse. Most international funds finished down more than 70% for the [...]

Growing up as kids, we’ve all enjoyed the occasional scuffles with our brothers and sisters over who’s the better action figure — Barbie with her fabulous hair, or Ken and his chiseled frame.
Unfortunately, I myself,  much like the rest of you have aged beyond these childhood games. Now that I am an adult, the real [...]

With the market trembling at it’s knees lately, I figured placing more focus on my weekly portfolio holdings would be a smart addition for the many avid StocksHaven dot com investors and readers alike. Going further, I will have continuous portfolio updates and my current ROI (Return on Investment) for every time I make [...]

Money, cars, a nice house or condo, these are all possessions and assets associated with the wealth we all dream of having. Reading quite an extensive pool of articles on the internet and in various magazines, I have compiled a list of the 7 most influential guidelines for a young investor to cultivate in [...]

The following is simply a Just for Laughs article that is intended to bring about a giggle. Enjoy!

Tired of being a successful investor? By following these rules, you can return to your humble roots and make your less wealthy friends tolerate your company again:

1. Believe in the “Experts”

Why should you do your own stock [...]

Easy access to investing information and the availability of online trading has made life much more enjoyable and less costly for do-it-yourself investors. The Internet has brought the “trading” desk to millions of households and it is now possible to buy and sell shares, options, warrants, interest rate securities and managed [...]

First things first… are you guys as excited and anxious about the new Crackberries as I am? I sure hope so! However, don’t get your hopes up of owning one just yet, as RIM has pushed back the release dates on both devices due to minor technical issues and bugs they need to resolve. Research [...]

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For those of you who are not advertising on facebook already (and even if you are) and want to give it a try, [...]

Have you ever wondered what make the stock market rise and fall? If you watch the news at all, you will have seen the stock market prices tumble into a deep red sea one day, while rising through the clouds the very next day. Why stock market prices behave in such a way is a [...]