Many of us are relying on the stock market for out retirement savings. I have a ROTH IRA and a Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) account that use the stock market to bring gains to my retirement savings. I have lost a little money on the S&P’s 500 4% downfall in …

You’ve probably heard the rumors about the latest hot penny stock, and you may have wondered just what makes a hot penny stock hot. Well, generally that depends on who is providing the definition of a hot stock. At the most basic level, a stock that increases in price rapidly, …

In this example, you would lose $300 by not following your own standard and bailing out at 4. Even if the stock did fall later on, time would work against you. The longer it takes for a turnaround in the price of the underlying stock, the more time value loss …