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		<title>The Ex-Dividend Date</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Ex-Dividend Date is the most important date when you are playing a stock for a dividend or forward split! There are so many dates involved during the dividend process that some traders don&#8217;t actually understand when they are eligible to receive dividends. It is important to understand how the dividend process works and what [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tradeopolis.com/2010/03/12/the-ex-dividend-date/</link>
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		<title>How to Be a Contrarian Investor</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it&#8217;s time to pause and reflect.&#8221;
- Mark Twain
Contrarian investors believe that following the crowd leads to losses and missed opportunities. When the crowd reacts to news or speculation about a stock or the market, the price can rise of fall so far, that has mis-priced [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tradeopolis.com/2010/03/10/how-to-be-a-contrarian-investor/</link>
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		<title>A Road Map to Success &#8211; A Profitable Trading Plan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is an old saying, &#8221; Fail to plan and plan to fail.&#8221; Did you know 90% of all traders lose money in the stock market, including professionals in trading pits?
That&#8217;s because they don&#8217;t have a plan or the plan they are working is bad.
Unfortunately, many traders lose in the stock market because they trade [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tradeopolis.com/2010/03/08/a-road-map-to-success-a-profitable-trading-plan/</link>
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		<title>Earning an Income From Day Trading</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some experienced traders dogmatically assert that nobody makes money day trading. That is probably because they have tried, failed, and found some other trading style that suits them better. There is no doubt that day trading is a tough, competitive business, but the good news is that if it is your dream, it can be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tradeopolis.com/2010/03/02/earning-an-income-from-day-trading/</link>
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		<title>What Is A Dividend Capture Strategy?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Will It Work For You?
For the most part, dividend paying companies pay dividends on a quarterly basis. What if you could use the same amount of money and &#8220;work the system&#8221; so that you could get six dividends per year rather than four? That is exactly what happens with a dividend capture strategy. If that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tradeopolis.com/2010/02/26/what-is-a-dividend-capture-strategy/</link>
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		<title>Introduction to Call Options</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What does it mean to &#8220;buy a call&#8221;? Call options are the right to control a stock at a certain price for a predetermined amount of time. Call options are quoted in price per share, but one option contract is for 100 shares of the underlying stock. The price of one contract is 100 times [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tradeopolis.com/2010/02/24/introduction-to-call-options/</link>
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		<title>Investing For Beginners &#8211; How to Get Started With Stocks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps you just inherited a significant sum of money, or you received a lump sum payment from a 401K. Maybe you are just starting your first job and you want to begin setting aside money for retirement, for a college fund, or to buy a house. Whatever the reason, you have determined that you need [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tradeopolis.com/2010/02/22/investing-for-beginners-how-to-get-started-with-stocks/</link>
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		<title>Portfolio Diversification and Proper Asset Allocation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are an investor in the stock market, there is a universe of opportunities. Undoubtedly, you will hear the popular stock market averages mentioned in the press. These include the Dow Industrial Average, Nasdaq and S&#38;P 500. To become truly diversified, you must purchase other assets and in multiple market capitalization classes.
Large, medium and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tradeopolis.com/2010/02/19/portfolio-diversification-and-proper-asset-allocation/</link>
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		<title>Which Stocks to Buy &#8211; How to Find Out?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many people are involved in Stock Trading now a days. For some people its a hobby, for some its like business and some people are totally involved in Stock Market Trading. They think and dream only about the Stock Market and are always curious and hopeful for the results which the stock market brings to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tradeopolis.com/2010/02/18/which-stocks-to-buy-how-to-find-out/</link>
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		<title>How to Play the News in the Stock Market</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We have all been there, I certainly have. I bought a stock I really thought was a winner, like the perfect first date, it looked good, it felt good, it sounded good, it smelled right, and most of all it acted right. Even when it came to paying the bill, she paid. The bill of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tradeopolis.com/2010/02/16/how-to-play-the-news-in-the-stock-market/</link>
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		<title>Secrets of the 52 Week High Rule</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello, this is Adam Hewison and I’m coming to you live from the digital studios of MarketClub.
Over 30 years ago I learned from a very successful trader, a trade secret I’ve never shared on the web before.  In fact, I only shared this trading secret with a few friends during that time.
I learned this trading [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tradeopolis.com/2010/02/12/secrets-of-the-52-week-high-rule/</link>
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		<title>How to Find the Trend of a Stock in Two Steps</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The ability to analyse the trend of a stock is an essential first step in being able to pick trades. Although it is a simple process, it is often overlooked. Master the concept, and you are well set up to be able to start with momentum trading, or as an options trader, you have all [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tradeopolis.com/2010/02/11/how-to-find-the-trend-of-a-stock-in-two-steps/</link>
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		<title>10 Easy Ways to Start Investing in the Stock Market</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Investing in the stock market is often seen as something very technical. Indeed it can be daunting to think about stock market investing if you have no background in finance or economics. But the truth is that stock market investing, like any other skill, can be learned with enough background reading and analysis.
Investing in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tradeopolis.com/2010/02/10/10-easy-ways-to-start-investing-in-the-stock-market/</link>
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		<title>Quick Investment Due Diligence Tips</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is my cheat sheet for looking into prospect investments. Of course, this does guarantee that your investment will produce profits, it just helps in making sure it IS an investment.
Internet investment scams are a plenty. But, they are of the same size and shape of the scams that preceded them. And the same points [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tradeopolis.com/2010/02/05/quick-investment-due-diligence-tips/</link>
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		<title>The Importance of Return on Capital</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As adherents to Joel Greenblatt&#8217;s Magic Formula Investing strategy know, the formula boils investing down to two simple statistics: earnings yield and return on capital. Earnings yield is a measure of how cheap a company is against it&#8217;s profits. Return on capital is a measure of how efficiently a company employs it&#8217;s resources to generate [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tradeopolis.com/2010/02/04/the-importance-of-return-on-capital/</link>
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		<title>Crude Oil…what does the chart say?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hi, this is Adam Hewison. I am just getting back into the swing of things and decided to take a look at the crude oil market.
It’s the first time I’ve looked at this market this year and one thing jumped out at me right away and I wanted to share it with you.
http://www.ino.com/info/513/CD3208/&#38;dp=0&#38;l=0&#38;campaignid=3
It appears as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tradeopolis.com/2010/02/02/crude-oil%e2%80%a6what-does-the-chart-say/</link>
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		<title>A Dismal Decade? No Way With Market Cycle Investing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From the end of 1999 through the end of 2009, all of the popular Wall Street market performance measurement tools were in the red. The average bloodletting level of the DJIA, the S &#38; P 500, and the NASDAQ was a disturbing-to-some minus nineteen percent.
The Media has dubbed it &#8220;The Dismal Decade&#8221;.
Most of the investment [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tradeopolis.com/2010/01/29/a-dismal-decade-no-way-with-market-cycle-investing/</link>
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		<title>Portfolio Rebalancing &#8211; Blind</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many tired thoughts come to mind as I review the volume of financial planning advice that is making its way into publications and programs these days. This &#8216;advice&#8217; is coming out just like clock work&#8221; is one such cliché. Now that the horse has left the barn, let&#8217;s close the gate is another.
I received a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tradeopolis.com/2010/01/27/portfolio-rebalancing-blind/</link>
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		<title>How a Trader Might Improve the Odds of Success</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Trading financial markets successfully is a very difficult line of work. Most of the methodology presented to the retail trader has little chance of producing consistent profits over the long run. But like many things in life with high potential rewards, many try but few succeed. In this article I will explain one method that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tradeopolis.com/2010/01/25/how-a-trader-might-improve-the-odds-of-success/</link>
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		<title>New Year, New Plan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I wish everyone a very joyous and profitable 2010, but in order to make it profitable, you must start planning. I&#8217;m not going to tell you to make resolutions for the New Year (resolutions normally fall by the wayside very quickly anyway), but rather organize and design a positive strategy to actually change your habits [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tradeopolis.com/2010/01/21/new-year-new-plan/</link>
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		<title>How to Trade Pivot Points</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I think the most important fact, yes I said fact, regarding pivots points is they are a prediction of future support and resistance levels. The key word in the previous sentence is &#8220;prediction&#8221; and traders should keep that in mind when trading pivot point systems. I have always been conflicted as to why pivot points [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tradeopolis.com/2010/01/15/how-to-trade-pivot-points/</link>
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		<title>A Dismal Decade? No Way &#8211; Market Cycle Investing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From the end of 1999 through the end of 2009, all of the popular Wall Street market performance measurement tools were in the red. The average bloodletting level of the DJIA, the S &#38; P 500, and the NASDAQ was a disturbing-to-some minus nineteen percent.
The Media has dubbed it &#8220;The Dismal Decade&#8221;.
Most of the investment [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tradeopolis.com/2010/01/13/a-dismal-decade-no-way-market-cycle-investing/</link>
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		<title>Buy Low, Sell High &#8211; Why is This Strategy So Difficult?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Everyone quotes the same strategy: buy low, sell high yet we often find it difficult to follow in the real world. Let&#8217;s look at a situation outside of the stock market for perspective.
You want to buy a new car. You&#8217;ve done all the research, and based on your needs you have determined that a new [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tradeopolis.com/2010/01/11/buy-low-sell-high-why-is-this-strategy-so-difficult/</link>
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