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Money management starts with protecting your capital, realizing profits and cutting losses.As I have stated previously, without cash, you can not invest.Cash is king and learning how to manage your cash is the most important aspect to investing in stocks.The game is won by lowering your risk by properly turning the numbers in your favor.Cutting losses is the best insurance to keeping your cash.Emotions fuel the choices of several investors; leading the bunch is hope, fear and greed...

In today's market the large institutions are buying shares by the millions.This can be a huge demand on the stock so when demand is high the share price rises.THEREFORE I be sure that the stock has been bought by institutions.This appears as high volume.Because the institutional buyer doesn't need it each one of these shares simultaneously and drive the purchase price too high in a single day, they'll normally purchase shares as time passes, sometimes weekly or perhaps a month as well as several months...

I use the P/E ratio as a secondary indicator for buying and selling stocks but I do not use the ratio in the same a manner as many value investors teach.I'll explain the difference in my methodology for using the P/E ratio to your advantage.Many value investors will pass on a growth stock which has a P/E ratio greater than a predetermined amount.By way of instance, they may discard all stocks with a ratio of 15 or greater, regardless of what industry group they come from...

I cringe every time I hear a novice investor inform me that they only buy low priced stocks because they offer greater potential profits.A frequent stage I hear is"I love to buy $1 and $2 shares as they can double easily and I'll make a 100% gain".My response is to always let these folks know that"stocks are priced low for a reason, just as stocks priced high are there for a reason".Like anything in life, quality is not provided at a discount...