Chapter 21. Selection of Markets and Issues: Trading and Investing

Chapter Objectives

By the end of this chapter, you should be familiar with

• The major factors to consider when choosing a security to trade

• The major factors to consider when choosing an investment security

• The relationship between hard asset and soft asset markets

• The basics of intermarket analysis

• The concept of relative strength among different investment vehicles and its implications for investors

• The basic methods of determining an individual stock’s relative strength

Chapter Summary

Which Issues Should I Select for Trading?

It is wise to trade more than one issue. First, when one issue begins trading in a small trading range, other issues can take its place. Second, ...

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