www.CandlestickForums.com Conservative Stock Investing For the stock investor still hurting from the 2008 market crash conservative stock investing is attractive. Each of the world two largest economies, the European Union and the United States, is dealing with its own potentially disastrous debt crisis. There may not be enough time for the US congress to switch from posturing to passing the necessary legislation to avoid a debt default by the USA. As European officials drag their feet the so called PIIGS debt crisis spreads from Greece to Portugal, Spain, and Italy. How would the world economy respond to twin debt defaults on opposite sides of the Atlantic? How would such a situation affect stock investors and traders in the USA? Is conservative stock investing the route to take? A number of US companies, like Microsoft with $50 Billion in offshore reserves, have heaps of cash that amount to a significant margin of safety . In considering how to stock investing today we should first consider just what is conservative stock investing. What does conservative mean and is a conservative approach always the best choice? Where do the basics of stock investing , fundamental and technical analysis and the use of time honored tools such as Candlestick analysis fit in this story?

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2. For the stock investor still hurting from
the 2008 market crash conservative
stock investing is attractive.
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3. Each of the world two largest
economies, the European Union and the
United States, is dealing with its own
potentially disastrous debt crisis.
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4. There may not be enough time for the
US congress to switch from posturing to
passing the necessary legislation to
avoid a debt default by the USA.
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5. As European officials drag their feet the
so called PIIGS debt crisis spreads from
Greece to Portugal, Spain, and Italy.
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6. How would the world economy respond
to twin debt defaults on opposite sides
of the Atlantic?
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7. How would such a situation affect stock
investors and traders in the USA? Is
conservative stock investing the route to
take?
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8. A number of US companies, like
Microsoft with $50 Billion in offshore
reserves, have heaps of cash that
amount to a significant margin of safety .
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9. In considering how to stock investing
today we should first consider just what
is conservative stock investing.
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10. What does conservative mean and is a
conservative approach always the best
choice?
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11. Where do the basics of stock investing ,
fundamental and technical analysis and
the use of time honored tools such as
Candlestick analysis fit in this story?
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12. The dictionary defines conservative as
cautious, practical, and averse to rapid
change.
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13. The traditional conservative approach to
investing in stock is long term investing ,
dividend stocks , and large cap stocks in
a balanced stock portfolio .
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14. The problem is that long term, buy and
hold investing in large cap dividend
stocks is not always profitable and can
lead to significant losses.
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15. A classic example is IBM in the early 80
when it saw the value of small personal
computers too late and missed the boat.
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16. Like it or not we live in a world of rapid
change and closing our eyes to that fact
is a recipe for stock trading and investing
disaster.
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17. Even conservative investors need to
follow Candlestick stock charts and stay
abreast of market sentiment.
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18. Conservative stock investing can be a
recipe for safe stock investing in today's
fast paced world.
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19. However, we need to add the words
thoughtful and based upon experience
to the description of conservative stock
investing.
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20. Thoughtful stock investors look for a
margin of safety and intrinsic stock
value.
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21. They avoid a stock with an inflated price
to earnings ratio or price to sales ratio.
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22. In conservative stock investing the focus
is in reducing investment risk while
retaining profits.
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23. With the use of technical analysis tools
such as Candlestick patterns the investor
or trader can assess market sentiment
and profit from buying at the bottom of
a price curve.
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24. With the use of Candlestick signals the
investor can learn to buy stock or sell
stock at the most opportune and
profitable moments.
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25. Where buy and hold investing can
resemble an ostrich sticking his head in
the sand,
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26. conservative stock investing with sound
fundamental analysis and the use of
Candlestick charts can give the
thoughtful and conservative investor
sound profits.
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