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Student Investment Association

• The path to financial freedom
• Steven Savickas Panos Grivakis

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Announcements

• Sign in on the attendance sheet
• membership (39) See Kevin
• Ordered 30 new books for paid members
• NEW Website ww.msu.edu/investors
• New forum
• Next Meeting Wednesday March 3rd 715 pm 119
  Eppley VIDEO TIME!
• Sign up in smaller groups 4-5 people.
• Survey

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Donald's 7 Rules of Success

• You have to be born with enough brainpower.
• Once you have that, you have to love what you're
  doing. I've never seen anyone succeed who didn't
  love what they were doing.
• You cannot stop. If there is a concrete wall in
  front of you, you have to go through it. You can
  never, ever give up or even think in terms of
  giving up.
• Confidence is a very important thing. But
  confidence isn't something you just develop by
  saying "I'm going to do this or that." You really
  have to believe it.
• I love pitting people against each other. My
  whole life is based on that. It brings out the
  best in people and the worst in people. If the
  worst comes out, you don't want them working for
  you.
• You have to remain cool under fire and let
  criticism roll off you. Good leaders handle
  conflict easily and bad ones are eaten up by it.
• You must work well with others and be loyal to
  your team. Disloyalty is the worst of all traits.
  I seldom use the words "You're fired!" in
  business, unless somebody is really scum and
  stole from me.

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Investing in stocks Caution

• Your going to be wrong
• Success doesnt happen over night
• Professional ballplayers arent made in five
  months and neither are successful investors
• the only difference between
• the successful person and
• everyone else is determination
• and persistence.

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Can slIm

• I Institutional Sponsorship
• Institutional investors are a major influence
  on stock prices, so buy stocks with at least some
  institutional ownership, particularly mutual
  funds with good performance records.

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Volume

• Is the actual number of shares traded
• Stocks never go up by accident
• There must be large buying, typically from big
  investors such as mutual funds and pension funds
• IBDs Volume Percent Change column track the
  average daily volume of every stock over the past
  fifty trading days shows you how much a stock
  traded above or below its average.

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Volume

• Can use Accumulation/Distribution Rating to fine
  out if stocks are be brought or sold by big
  institutional investors.
• www.Investors.com
• http//moneycentral.msn.com/investor/finder/predef
  stocks.aspx

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Stocks we want to discuss

• Show stocks with high volume
• Name a ticker?
• Questions so far?

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Words of wisdom from Mr. O'Neil?
Stock-picking mistakes investors makeInvestors,
especially those uninitiated to the ways of the
market, make a lot of mistakes when choosing
stocks. William O'Neill of "Investors Business
Daily" talks about some of the common ones (other
link)
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Importance of Charts

• Strong fundamentals mean only 60
• Charts illustrate the price and volume movements
  of a stock
• Reflecting demand for it.
• They are especially helpful in pinpointing the
  exact time to get into a stockor when to get
  out.

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Bases Price Consolidation

• Base The price pattern moves straight sideways
  and holds tight for at least five weeks, normally
  correcting 8 to 12
• Correction A pullback or a decline in the price
  of the general market or an individual stock

"The key to big profits is to buy leading stocks
and use charts to spot the right time."
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When to buy with a base?

• You want to buy a stock exactly at its pivot
  point as it breaks out of a sound base with high
  volume. Dont chase it up more than 5 past the
  pivot.

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Key Points To Remember

• Charts give you a snapshot of a stock's behavior
  over time. Charts are essential in timing buy and
  sell decisions. They also provide signals that
  would be missed if you relied on company
  fundamentals alone. 
• The study of greatest stocks from 1953 to the
  present found stocks were in consolidation
  periods, that is, they moved more or less
  sideways, before they leaped and began their
  powerful climbs. 
• Bases help get rid of weak holders. This gives
  stocks the chance to move up significantly when
  the base is completed.

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Do YOU want to learn more?

• www.investors.com
• IBD Learning Center
• Charts
• OR look in the Successful Investor book!

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What YOU should do!

• Develop buying selection rules that let you pick
  the best stocks, and use charts to determine the
  right time to buy.
• Have a set of selling rules that tell you when to
  sell and nail down a profit, or cut short a loss
  to avoid a possible larger loss.
• You need a specific method to tell you when the
  general market averages are topping and headed
  down, and when theyve finally hit bottom and
  turned into a new uptrend.

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Why should you join the SIA?

• For 39 you get plenty of benefits
• Free investment book!
• If you sign up 3 of your friends, your membership
  is free!
• Access to IBD 1000 professional level research
  which offers technical chart and stock analysis
• Investment library of books, Audio CDs, Cassette
  Tapes for you to check out!
• Access to state of the art trading room!
• Learn about investing and the stock market!
• Your own Scottrade online account
• Professional Guest speakers from top firms.
• Great resume builder
• Meet new friends
• Plan your way to financial freedom!

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What do YOU want to learn more about?

• Survey
• What did you like about tonight?
• What did you dislike or was unclear?
• What would you like to learn more about?

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NEXT MEETING

• WEDNESDAY, March 3rd715 PM 119 EPPLEY
• VIDEO! Interview with William ONeil
• by Maria Bartiromo on CNBC
• 3.1.04 Maria talks with the most noted and
  respected leaders in business in this Special
  Report. She discovers what makes her guests excel
  and moves them to reveal more of themselves as
  private individuals, separate from their role as
  public figures. Bartiromo's guests also discuss
  the major news of the day in the world of
  business and beyond.
• Student Invetment Association
• Steven Savickas Panos Grivakis
• Investor_at_msu.edu
• http//www.msu.edu/investor