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If you have Sirius/XM radio, you can listen to the Bloomberg channel and a handful of others for up to date information. As for TV, you can watch CNBC. Their stock market coverage throughout the day is quite informative, but other than these few channels you really don’t have a wide variety of choices.

When it comes to the internet though, there is a ton of resources to get you started and the amount of information is endless. Of course you have a lot of the spammers out there and those who just want you to buy into their program or buy their e-book. Most of these people are not known in the investing community and all they talk about is their own self-proclaimed accomplishments of how they struck it rich.

One person that I would recommend is Jim Cramer, the over-the-top, happily-insane, entertainer and well informed in the investing world, host of Mad Money. He is also the chairman of the stock market website, The Street.com

I have been watching Cramer for as long as he’s been around and I learned a lot of things from him and I personally have made quite a bit of money from his recommendation. Yes, there are times that he will be wrong but when he does, he admits it, which I admire about him.

Jim Cramer is very knowledgeable in the stock market world and I trust his opinions and his techniques in choosing the right stocks. He is more of a fundamentalists analyst than a technical one.

There’s so much more to what Cramer can do for you than just his TV show. His website The Street.com has a few different services available that I know can help increase your knowledge and your portfolio. Action Alerts Plus is one of those programs that will give you the insight into why Cramer picks the stocks he does.

As a member, I receive his e-mails several times a day and they inform me as to what stocks he’s going to buy or sell before he does any trading. I also get a chance to study his portfolio.

The best part is that you can get a FREE two week trial of his service. If you don’t like it and want to cancel, no problem. During the two week FREE trail, you will be able to poke around and see what you need to do to make your portfolio a success.

I’ve been a member for a year and have made some good returns in a down market. With all the different places out there that want to get you to sign up before seeing anything, give Jim Cramer a try for two weeks of FREE and I sure you won’t be disappointed.

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Just like when you hear that you haven’t taken a loss in a stock until you sell out of your position, the same goes for your profits. You didn’t make anything until you have sold the stocks.

After the DOW made some major drops and looked like it it had bottomed, I started to build up a position in some stocks that I’ve been watching for some time and know that they were solid companies with good fundamentals. The stocks gained in value by about 25% and from my experience, I sold out of about 50% to 75% of those positions. What I didn’t expect was that the stocks weren’t done gaining value. The DOW pretty much leveled off, but the companies that I invested in had some more momentum in them. I missed out on an extra 10% to 12% of gains that I could have had if I just hung in there and waited.

My point is that yes I could have made more money than I already did, but I could have lost a good portion of those gains too if the stocks fell. I’m just as happy with the 25%-30% gains since they are now in my account as cash. There’s a saying that I’ve heard Cramer say many times and I agree with him. Bulls make money, bears make money and hogs get slaughtered. As long as you continue to make money in the stock market, you’ll be able to continue trading and investing in stocks.

Being able to sell when you’re up is easy as long as you don’t get greedy. I’ve spoke about it before and I will talk about it again. Be happy with the gains you made instead of getting frustrated over the money you could have. The same thing goes when you’re looking at a stock to invest in and before you get the chance to build a position in the company, it makes a big jump in value. You missed the opportunity and there will always be another one as long as you are looking for them. I watched too many people try to “chase” a stock up only to get in it right before other trader start taking their profits.

Don’t get yourself bent out of shape if you miss a ride up on a stock and don’t get “hog-like” by staying in the stock too long. Following these rules will help make you a better investor or trader.

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