Can someone breakdown Cramers Rule extremely well for me please?
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Basically, Cramer's Rule lets you solve for a variable in a system of equations via matrix operations without solving the whole matrix.  The process requires some knowledge of finding determinants.  The site below walks through an example of how this works.
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google search OSG (click link below). links to yahoo finance, motley fool, etc.  great resources.
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Overall, not too bad . . . you made a profit.\n\nConsidering the timeframe you are trading, I don't understand why you are referring to a an exit at 1.1006 "which looked like an important resistance".\n\nIt looked like recent resistance was ~1.1055 and sloping upwards.\n\nI would have tried to 'trade the range' of it coming down to ~1.1055 and having hat as a 'buy on stop' or not had any exit order in place, in the hope there was significant weakening due fundamental events (of which there are many these days).
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View source of the that page.\nYou will see the formulas.
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Per, Jim Cramer, you should invest in Mutual Fund managers.  He recommends Willian Danoff, the manager of the Fidelity Contrafund.  It has done so well, it is closing the doors to new invesors in a couple of weeks.  Better Hurry up if you want to get in on the action.
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___Date ____Open ____High ___Low ___Close ___Volume \n22-Feb-05 ___25.52 ___25.82 __25.35 __25.41 __6,513,900 \n\nThis data from Yahoo Finance go to:\n\nhttp://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=BLS&a=01&b=22&c=2005&d=03&e=20&f=2005&g=d\n\n(last one at the bottom of the page is 22-Feb-05)
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http://www.google.com/search?q=DOGS+OF+THE+DOW\n\n"Dogs of the Dow" is a stock picking strategy based on selecting high dividend stocks from the "Dow stocks".\n\n0) There are 30 stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.\n1) Find the 10 stocks (of 30) that have the highest dividend yield.\n2) Buy equal dollar-amounts of each of those 10 stocks.\n\nThere are variations on the Dogs strategy:\na) ignore the one stock with the highest dividend yield - there might be a reason why the stock-price is down.\nb) SMALL DOGS or PUPPIES OF THE DOW - of the 10 stocks with highest dividend yield, take the 5 stocks with the lowest stock-price and buy equal amounts of those 5.
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go to yahoo stock screener and input 5% in div yield field. it will give you a long list. then use other fields to narrow it down to what you are looking for.
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I was checking this out the other day, but bought PTEN instead.  This stock is fundamentally unsound, the only positive is the 31% quarterly revenue growth, undoubtedly due to the increase in gold prices.  Technically, it's another story; all indicators are Very Bullish in the Short, Mid and Long terms and the stock seems to be forming a solid base finding support at 5.94.  Personally, I'd buy this stock if I weren't currently in another issue, though I rarely get involved with an issue that is fundamentally weak because it makes very little sense.  \n\nHaving said that, if I get stopped out of PTEN and KRY is still in it's base, my play will be to get in as close to 5.75 as possible with a fixed stop loss at $4.90 because volatility could push it to it's previous resistance at 4.91.  If it closes below 5.25 I'll be keeping a close eye on it, and will consider cutting my losses, depending on indicators.  If it stops me out before I can react I'll just take my loss and move on, but it will be a much larger loss than I normally take, because I usually set an 8-10% stop loss, so I would consider this a risky play.  However, if the stock breaks it's resistance at 6.14 and closes higher than it's previous high of 6.25 I'll change my stop loss to a trailing stop of 10% and just hold on, because I can see this stock easily moving to 9-12 before it's next pull back.\n\nWhatever you do, protect your downside.
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I think that Cramer is wrong more times than he is right.  People seem to like his exhuberance, though.  Not me.
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Look at how much you invested and how much you've lost. Then, figure out how much you could "lose" before you HAD to get out. If the calls are still worth more than your exit point, you COULD keep going.\n\nWhile we're about 5 weeks away from the expiration of your options, time decay will start kickingin soon. Playing with options close to expiration is very risky.\n\nLearning point : When you invest in options, set two exit "points". The lower one will serve to limit your loss. The upper one will require some mental discipline and limit your profits.\n\nMany investors with a profitable stock/option want to let it ride. Unfortunately, even good stocks/options can quickly turn sour, costing you $$$. In the words of Jim Cramer...\n\nBulls make money.\nBears make money.\nPigs get slaughtered.\n\n\nGood luck!
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Hmm...I found a few things that might be helpful, in order of usefulness:\n\nhttp://www2.barchart.com/tools.asp\n\nhttp://www.thefinancials.com/mfr_free.html\n\nhttp://www.bravenet.com/?afilid=3116782582
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There is a website (www.madmoneymachine.com) that has created some mock portfolios based on Mr. Cramer's recommendations.  Look under "Portfolio Challenge" and you'll find some in there.  There's also an accompanying podcast where he regularly talks about Jim's picks.  Recently the site has turned its attention to Index Funds and their merits, but there is still lots of Cramer talk.  Good site.
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OK - I will try and explain it, but forgive me if I get myself confused...  hehehe\n\nFirst step - make a bell curve.  Put a mark in the center and label that "7 hours" - that's your mean.  Next, put three marks on either side of that middle point - those will be your standard deviation points.  For the points on the right, ADD 5.3 to the mean for the first one, then add 5.3 again for the 2nd, etc...  Points on the left side of the mean have the 5.3 SUBTRACTED.  (Am I still making sense?  lol)\n\nNow - the 68-95-99.7 rule says that 68% of the freshmen will fall into the area between the first line on EITHER side of the mean, 95% between the second lines and 99.7% between the third lines on either side of the mean.\n\nI think you should be able to figure it from there - I hope so...  Right now I am so confused I think I gave myself a headache!  lol\n\nGood luck!
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See p. 541 of Econometric Foundations by Mittelhammer, Judge and Miller.  Will be a bit tough to explain on Yahoo.  Actually, I don't like this book, but none of my other ones have this.
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i've based my answer on a probability tree i've drawn.\n(i may not be right!)\n\nProbability both stocks go up\n= 17/25 x 10/17\n=2/5\n\nProbability neither stock goes up\n=8/25 X 6/8\n=6/25\n\ni'm not too sure about the following answers (haven't learnt conditional probability):\n\nIf Gateway goes up, what is the conditional probability Micron goes up?\n=(10/17) / (17/25)\n=250/289\n\nIf Micron goes up, what is the conditional probability Gateway goes up?\n=114/272 x 17/25\n=57/200\n\nIf Micron does not go up, what is the conditional probability Gateway will go up?\n=155/272 x 17/25\n=31/80\n\n\nAgain i may not be right!
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4 technical analysis of stock/commodity with buy sell signal\n\naptistock freeware is best\n\ndetails in my other answers