The Stock Nerd

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It crossed my mind that quite a few people likely don’t know how to get started in buying a stock. When I first wanted to invest, I had already picked out a few stocks that I was interested in buying, yet I had no idea how to buy them. In this post, I will only [...]

These past 2 weeks, the market just seems to be all over the place. Every time oil prices rise, the overall market is hurt and the oil/gas stocks gain momentum, and every time oil prices fall, the overall market is bullish and oil/gas stocks lose momentum. Every time the greenback loses a bit of [...]

Gold hasn’t been able to find it’s ground lately with the constant strengthening and weakening of the greenback.
Take a look yourself:

Ever since gold hit above $1000 back in March, it’s been on a generally downward trend. I would attribute some of this to the fact that the greenback was at it’s weakest point in [...]

Be more aware of your surroundings. You’ll find that some interesting publicly traded companies are sitting right under your nose. To find them, be a bit more conscious of high demand products or stores when you take a trip to the grocery store, the mall, or anywhere else (watching the news is important too!). Once [...]

Historically, oil prices rise till Memorial Day Weekend and fall a bit afterwards. It seems like the trend will follow this year also! The price for a barrel of oil right now is currently $129.19. That’s progress!
Moving Along…
I was reading an article about this years hurricane season earlier this morning which was really interesting. Forecasters [...]

As everyone has noticed, the world’s eyes are currently focused on oil (unfortunately). Everyone, including expert analysts, are unsure of what’s going to happen next. Is the price of oil going to fall or rise?
As of 1:12 AM CST, one barrel of crude oil is currently worth $133.26! This is up from around $60.00 a [...]

After reading through a ton of books and doing my own daily research of the market, I’ve put together a few tips that could benefit any trader! These tips focus strictly on trading in the market — I will go over other investment options (such as CDs and treasury bonds) in the future.
#1 - Do [...]

As the days have gone by, I pondered more and more about opening up my own blog. Last night, I pulled the trigger and bought the domain and have been setting the domain up for most of today.
My goal is to provide users information regarding the stock market, my personal stock market analysis, links to [...]