At the beginning of the year I selected the top five blogs I felt contributed the most to my development in the first 12 months as an investor and trader. You can see that post
here. The five blogs I mentioned are
Geoff Gannon: Gannon On Investing,
Bill Rempel: Nodoodahs Investing,
Bill Cara: Capital Markets & Social Equity,
Michael Seneadza: Trader Mike, and
Howard Lindzon: Trends - Find Them, Ride Them, and Get Off. Those five blogs I thought were essential in my obtaining a 19.63% return for 2006.
All of the above are still great blogs and I think any new investor or trader should read them. Of course learning is not static and as my knowledge grows so does the circle of blogs I draw on to learn from. To build on my previous "
Top Five Blogs of 2006" I thought it would help other investors to know what other blogs I am currently learning the most from besides the above five. Therefore, the following are the five blogs (in addition to the aforementioned five) that I feel have had the most impact on my ability to achieve a 14.96% return in the first half of 2007.
1.
TraderfeedExploring and understanding your competencies and limitations reigns paramount above all else.
Traderfeed offers insightful analysis on how to unleash the inner power of your mind to increase market performance while at the same time controlling the destructive mental tendencies we all have that decrease investing performance.
2.
Daily Options ReportDaily Options Report is a great resource for an investor or trader looking to utilize options as a means to enhance market performance. The author, Adam Warner, goes out of his way to explain in terms understandable to the uninitiated options trader what options are all about. Mr. Warner is also quick to respond to any questions is readers might have.
3.
MaoxianSince 2001, the author of the
Maoxian blog has been providing insightful market commentary on all time frames and every style of investing and trading. While the current material is well worth the read, great value can be found in the extensive archive. For those wanting to read a perspective on the market from someone who was blogging before there were blogs then
Maoxian is the place to go.
4.
Cheap StocksPerhaps the best blog to read on applying the teachings of Benjamin Graham is
Cheap Stocks. Each post provides a great teaching tool to the new investor who desires to see an example of the traditional "Grahamian" style of value investing. Reading the blog archive at
Cheap Stocks, which dates to 2003, a new investor will be rewarded with a better grasp on traditional fundamental investing.
5.
Abnormal ReturnsEveryday
Abnormal Returns provides a comprehensive review, with links, to some of the best investment and economic related posts on the Internet. Often, the posts are organized around a daily topic or theme. If you are a new investor or trader and do not know what to read,
Abnormal Returns can help because it collects the most relevant daily links to the best investment related articles on the Internet which will then provide an invaluable education.
There it is, the five most important blogs to me in the first half of 2007. I think any investor or trader will be well served to read the blogs listed in my "
Top Five Blogs of 2006" and the blogs listed currently for the first half of 2007. I know they helped me.
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