Dr. Barry Burns (the author and narrator in the video) discusses:

This stock market has a lot of people pretty scared.

• Is the current bear market unusual?
• Are stocks doing something they’ve never done before?
• How does the current stock market nose dive compare with bear markets of the past?

A little historical stock market research can reveal some very enlightening answers.

Will it give you comfort or make you more afraid?

Watch the video and decide for yourself, and then feel free to leave your comments below.

This new edition includes more information about preparing your mind for the mental rigours of trading as well as more guidance on how to develop your own trading plan that you will implement with confidence.

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The foreword has been written by Daryl Guppy.

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Review from Your Trading Edge

It is easy to understand why this book by Stuart McPhee is now in its third edition. Aimed at share traders, it is a great reference manual on the various aspects of operating a share trading business. There are specific chapters on many facets of trading shares, which need to be read and understood by every serious trader.

Two chapters on technical analysis and the use and understanding of charts and indicators provide useful explanations and interpretations of many of the more common of these trading tools. The book works through many of the concepts covered in most trading books. The big difference is that discussion is supported by many practical examples of the use of these concepts. They include entry and exit techniques, and the setting of stops, which is always important. The chapter on money management and risk is relevant and well presented, and provides a great introduction to these all too often neglected topics.

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Chapter 10, “Developing your Mindset”, is very pertinent. It presents its material in a very readable and useable format, unlike the psychobabble of a number of other books that try to explain this extremely important topic.

The book is a great overview of the many aspects of successful share trading and should be read by everyone setting out on their trading career. The chapters on money management and developing your mindset are well worth reading by all traders, regardless of their level of expertise. It is a great reference book for those launching their trading business, and a healthy refresher for more experienced traders. True to its name, the book provides a great overview of the realities of trading ‘in a nutshell’.

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Investing 101

Investing 102

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Some companies are unfortunately taking advantage of this although we’re still being encouraged not to give up on ethical investing. For more on this it is worth reading the “Don’t Give Up On Ethical Investing” article that can be found at TheTyee.ca.

The Google Foundation held a conference on social impact investing on March 20, 2006 and has released videos showing for some of the presentations that are worth watching, especially if you’re interested in socially responsible investing.

For your convenience we have included the videos below. Enjoy!

Social Impact Investing – Roger Frank

Roger Frank is an emerging markets veteran, having traveled and worked in over 40 countries. He has been instrumental in raising over $1 billion in primary and secondary transactions for emerging markets companies in Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Pakistan and India.

Prior to joining DWM he helped introduce many emerging markets to top-tier investment firms and their clients. Starting on Wall Street in the late 1980s, when overseas equity investing was just beginning and emerging market investing was non-existent, he traveled to, researched and sold emerging market and international equities to US-based institutional investors from positions at Salomon Smith…

Social Impact Investing – Maria Ortero

Maria Otero is president and CEO of ACCION International, a leading global microfinance institution that seeks to open the financial systems in developing countries to reach the poor. ACCION provides technical assistance, equity investment and financial services to 27 of the most advanced microfinance institutions in the world, which ACCION helped start and/or grow. Most of these microfinance institutions are regulated, are members of the ACCION Network, and together reached 1.9 million borrowers at the end of 2005, with an active loan portfolio that exceeded $1 billion. Ms. Otero first joined ACCION in 1986 as director of its lending program in Honduras, where she lived for three years.

Social Impact Investing – Jackie Khor

Jackie Khor is Associate Director and manager of the Rockefeller Foundations Program Venture Experiment (ProVenEx). ProVenEx is an investment fund within the Foundation that extends loan guarantees and makes program-related and private equity investments to catalyze private sector capital into underserved sectors and geographies.

Jackie is responsible for making and managing ProVenEx investments and private sector partnerships in the following sectors that reflect the Foundation’s thematic programs: agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa, global public health, inner city employment and community development in the US, and the arts and culture. Prior to joining the Rockefeller Foundation, Jackie was…

Microfinance – Investing for Social Impact

SPACE

Additional Reading:

If you’re interested in reading more about this subject here are some excellent articles you should have a look at:

Weighing up share saints and sinners – NEWS.com.au

The Responsible Investment Association of Australasia (RIAA) defines socially responsible investment (SRI) as a process encompassing environmental, social …

Why Consider Company Labor Relations When Investing?

Last year, Alex Edmans won the Moskowitz Prize, recognizing his outstanding quantitative research in the field of socially responsible investing (SRI). His paper analyzed the relationship between employee satisfaction and long-run stock …

Five Socially Responsible Stocks For July 14 (CMI)

Sustainable businesses can present an opportunity to generate profits through a socially responsible investment.

The World’s Most Important Investor – Motley Fool

Both have spoken positively of the benefits of being physically isolated from the investing crowds. Sir John showed the way when it came to investing abroad …

Does Socially Responsible Investing Pay Off?

Socially Responsible Investing has not always fared well with investing gurus. There persists a perception that if you want returns, avoid investing with your heart. But that may be an outdated…

Social Impact Investing – Roger Frank

Social Impact Investing – Roger Frank Google.org 47 min – Jun 5, 2006 Roger Frank is an emerging markets veteran, having traveled and worked in over 40 countries. He has been instrumental in raising over $1 billion in primary and …

Social Impact Investing with Sharon Oster

On Monday, November 5 (yeah, I know, I’m way behind), I attended a lecture on social impact investing with Sharon Oster, one of my econ teachers from last quarter and something of a celebrity on campus. Unfortunately, I had to miss the …

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