About

Welcome to the Marketgrind!  This is basically where I rant about various things and talk about the stock market and some of the trades I make.  As small individual investors we are generally at a disadvantage to the big whales that dominate wall street.  However, being small does have one very big advantage that is often forgotten and that is the ability to move our money around quickly.  Most of the advice I see on TV is from hedge fund and mutual fund managers who are managing billions of dollars and don’t have this luxury.  They tell us to buy stocks when they’re down and out of favor and look for hidden value.  That’s great and all but I don’t really have the time to sit around and wait for a stock that I know is good to eventually be recognized by the rest of Wall Street.  It could take months, years, or even decades for that to happen while my money is sitting around doing nothing.

Having said that, I believe the easiest way for small individual investors to trade is by following the trend.  Rather then buy something that is down and out (which I do sometimes) I prefer to buy stocks that are actually going up and have some momentum behind them and sell them at the slightest hint of the impending downward spiral that is so often associated with a high momentum stock.  The worst thing that can happen in that case is that the stock will recover quickly and resume it’s uptrend in which case you can simply buy it back for $5-$10 in commissions.  You can think of it as an insurance premium against further downside.

Send me an email: brian@marketgrind.com