Student Investment Association

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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
• Paid members (39) receive copies
• Check Websites for updates.
• Beginner meeting tomorrow 700 pm 115 Eppley
• Next meeting Wednesday February 25th 715 pm 119
  Eppley
• E-board meeting Sunday 1130 am Business Library

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Ice Breaker

• State your name
• Greatest investment advice you have received?
  Why?

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ONeils Response

• Loeb was a highly successful investor and
  preached cutting all your losses short. And for
  me, this is rule 1. You must always protect your
  investment account. Particularly if you invest on
  marginm(use borrowed money) cutting losses is
  absolutely essential. Whether youre a new or
  experience investor, the hardest lesson to learn
  is that youre simply not going to be right all
  the time. William J. O'Neil
• Loeb it was 8

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How do you find the big winners?

• Strong sales and earnings were two most important
  fundamentals
• Youre looking for strong increase in quarterly
  sales earnings compared to the same quarter
  before.
• Look for accelerations

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Home Depot Example

• 1982 six months after Home Depots IPO
• Earnings were up 140
• Sales in the 3 quarters accelerated from 104 to
  158 to 191
• Home Depot up 912 in less than 1.5 years form
  1982

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Volume

• 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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Reuters Demo

• Anyone familiar with using Reuters?
• Reuters isThe leading source of Breaking
  Business News, Full News Coverage, Stock Quotes
  and Global Market Data. www.Reuters.com

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IBD TIME!

• HRT TASR BASES

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Q A and Suggestions

• Answers to questions
• Suggestions or feedback

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Why should I 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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About Us

• NEXT MEETING
• WEDNESDAY, FEBUARY 25
• 715 PM 119 EPPLEY
• Student Invetment Association
• Steven Savickas Panos Grivakis
• MSU_SIA_at_hotmail.com
• http//www.msu.edu/savicka2/sia.htm