Are high Dividend Yield, low Price / Earnings (P/E) ratio, and low Price / Earnings to Growth (PEG) ratio good indicators of... More > future share price performance -- as conventional wisdom would suggest?

Did high yield stocks (the Yield Stars) perform much better than low yield stocks (the Yield Dogs) in recent years? Did low P/E stocks (the P/E Stars) perform much better than high P/E stocks (the P/E Dogs)? What about PEG Stars vs. PEG Dogs?

In this book I put company fundamentals on trial, using real historic data and specially annotated charts as evidence. In weighing up the evidence I consider whether the buy-and-hold investor had any advantage over the market timer, and whether stock picking would have been more effective than index investing.

“Great book for traders. The research is outstanding and spot-on” – Jason Starzec, NoStressTrading.com

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Yahoo! Pipes is a powerful composition tool to aggregate, manipulate, and mashup content from around the web. In this book... More > you will learn how to:

* Create Pipes by selecting modules from the library, and connecting them together graphically on the Pipe Editor’s canvas; no programming required.

* Publish your Pipes for the benefit of others.

* Discover and take advantage of already-published Pipes.

* Embed Pipe results directly in your own web pages.

* Combine Yahoo! Pipes with Microsoft Popfly to create more innovative mashups.

Many of the chapters conclude with an Exercise for the Reader, which helps you discover more “hands on”. And don’t worry, the answers are given too! < Less

This original book covers the various order types offered by your stockbroker, and strategies you can use to incorporate the... More > different orders into your trading. The chapters are laid out in such a way that it is easy to familiarise yourself with each concept, and to understand the pros and cons of the different strategies. Every concept is clearly explained with diagrams and charts, and the success and failure scenarios show how things can go well or badly. The patterns include LIMIT BUY, LIMIT SELL, STOP BUY, STOP SELL, TRAILING STOP BUY, TRAILING STOP SELL, STOP/LIMIT, and STRADDLE. The author rounds off with real-life examples and back-testing results. < Less

This book is all about developing web content mashups using the popular Yahoo! Pipes web-based development environment.

The... More > case studies demonstrate a range of practical, innovative uses for Yahoo! Pipes mashups in scenarios such as Affiliate Marketing, Selling Online, Price Comparison, Stock Trading, Mapping, and Integrating Other Mashup Technologies.

The example solutions demonstrate not-so-obvious Yahoo! Pipes features and techniques including: * Processing RSS, CSV, and JSON formats. * Embedding Pipes Results in Web Pages. * Invoking Sub Pipes and Pipe URLs. * Rendering Results as Maps and Lists. * HTML (Screen) Scraping. < Less

If your investment falls by 50% you'll need a 100% rise just to get you back where you started. So when speculating in the... More > stock markets, protecting the money you do have is just as important as making some more.

This book is for you if you'd like to have a go at beating the system, but don't want to lose your shirt in the process.

Topics covered include: index investing, market timing and trend following, stop loss orders, position sizing, and option spreads.

"I found it very easy to understand, not too much jargon..."

"I rather enjoyed the experience notes at the end of each chapter..."

"..it's nice to be able to learn a few things from others' experiences, good or bad." < Less

Have you heard about compers?

I mean those people who enter every competition they can find, on the basis that “You’ve... More > got to be in it to win it”. Those people who, in some cases, do nothing but enter competitions. They don’t work a regular job. They win stuff, they sell it.

I was a little sceptical about this. Could someone really treat competition winning as a kind of occupation, or at least as a supplementary income?

Then I tried it.

I discovered that it is possible to create a steady stream of wins, so that you can:

* Receive surprise treats that you wouldn’t otherwise buy, or couldn’t otherwise afford.

* Go places you’ve never been – to see shows, or on holiday.

* Generate a handy second income, by selling your unwanted prizes.

* Do all this while having fun doing puzzles, playing games, and answering quiz questions on the web.

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This book is not for computer geeks.

It’s for regular people, such as parents, who have purchased one or more personal... More > computers for the family; and who are concerned about how those computers can be used safely on-line and off-line so that...

. • Individual computer users – particularly children, but maybe your granny – are protected from illegal, immoral, pornographic, or violent content.

• The computer itself is resilient to attack from viruses, spyware, and other malevolent forces resident on the Internet.

The book is primarily concerned with the safety and security features of Windows Vista, which contribute towards a safer computing environment for the whole family. Since your family will likely have additional Windows XP computers, you will also find some suggestions on how similar family safety features may be applied on those computers too. < Less

This original book covers the various order types offered by your stockbroker, and strategies you can use to incorporate the... More > different orders into your trading. The chapters are laid out in such a way that it is easy to familiarise yourself with each concept, and to understand the pros and cons of the different strategies. Every concept is clearly explained with diagrams and charts, and the success and failure scenarios show how things can go well or badly. The patterns include LIMIT BUY, LIMIT SELL, STOP BUY, STOP SELL, TRAILING STOP BUY, TRAILING STOP SELL, STOP/LIMIT, and STRADDLE. The author rounds off with real-life examples and back-testing results. < Less

Having gained significant experience of print-on-demand self-publishing by publishing his own books using Lulu.com and... More > CreateSpace, and by offering publishing assistance services to other authors, Tony Loton now shares his experience with you in this completely revised and updated second edition of... BOOK PUBLISHING DIY Packed full of tips, tricks, and real world experience, this book shows you how to: * format your manuscript in Microsoft Word or another word processor. * create a high quality book cover using Microsoft PowerPoint or a simple paint program. * publish your book as a print-on-demand paperback using Lulu.com or CreateSpace. * publish your book as an Amazon Kindle e-book. * sell your print and e-book editions from your own web site or blog. * sell your book via retail web sites including Amazon with an ISBN. * take payment of your revenues and royalties. * reach your target audience through effective marketing. You can be a publisher! www.lotontech.com/publishing < Less

You have no doubt heard the phrase "a long-term investment is a short-term trade gone bad", meaning that when a stock falls... More > in price soon after purchase we tend to hold on 'for the long term' in the hope of a recovery.

This book turns that phrase on its head by presenting the position trader's mantra: "a long-term investment is a short-term trade gone well".

You will learn how to pick the right stocks at the right time; but not until you have mastered the essential arts of:

* using diversification to spread your risk.
* cutting losses and securing profits with stop orders.
* not staking too much too soon thanks to effective position sizing.
* pyramiding more money into your winning positions.
* leveraging your investments for greater gains.

In a nutshell you will learn how to...

"BUY like a Trader and HOLD like an Investor"

WARNING: This strategy could seriously damage your wealth...or make you rich!

Companion website at www.lotontech.com/positiontrading < Less