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About the author: , MBA, CMT, is a veteran full-time stock market investor who has traded his own account since 1989 unburdened by the distraction of clients. He holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, is a past president of the Technical Securities Analysts Association (TSAA), and is a Chartered Market Technician (CMT). After several successful entrepreneurial business ventures, Gatis retired in his early 40s to focus on investing in the financial markets. With consistent success as a stock market trader, he began teaching investments at the post-college level in 2000 and continues to do so today. Learn More

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About the author: is the author of Trading for Dummies and Tensile Trading: The 10 Essential Stages of Stock Market Mastery. He is also the Director of Operations at StockCharts.com and the co-founder of Stock Market Mastery. Grayson speaks regularly at investment seminars across the country, including to organizations such as the CMT Association and the American Association of Individual Investors (AAII). He holds a Bachelor's degree from Swarthmore College, where he studied Economics and Psychology. Learn More

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You Said It Fred: A Leading VC On The Value Of Routines, Plus An Overview Of My Weekly Checklist

by Grayson Roze

Anytime I hear a successful, well-respected figure mention the importance of routines, my ears perk up. I firmly believe that routines (and the discipline to stick to them) are the secret to success, from investing to sports to business to music – you name it...Read More 

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Learning From Legends: Gerald Loeb's Timeless Investing Wisdom Stands The Test Of Time

by Gatis Roze

I’m sure you’ve heard the expression, “the more things change, the more they stay the same.” Gerald Loeb used this phrase frequently. I’ve always had great respect for Mr. Loeb. True, he was an extraordinary investor and a best-selling author...Read More 

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How To Get The Confidence To Profit From Bullish To Bearish Transitions By Recognizing The Evidence

by Gatis Roze

Life can be cruel if change happens and you miss the signs during the transition. I’ll offer up four examples with mild to toxic consequences: Weather, Science, Superstars and finally, the Stock Market...Read More 

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Two-for-One: How to Live Longer and Pass the Financial Baton to Future Generations

by Gatis Roze

“Yes, the fountain of youth really does exist, and academic research is increasingly proving it to be found amidst your investment portfolio...Read More 

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How This Organized Process Will Maximize Your Investing Analysis - ChartPack Update #22 (Q4, 2018)

by Gatis Roze

Yes — since 2013, our ChartPack user community has suggested thousands of powerful improvements to our quarterly presentation of ChartLists. Over these six years, StockCharts...Read More 

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100% Guaranteed Prediction for The New Year: I'll Be a Better Investor - Here's How!

by Gatis Roze

“The only way you get a real education in the market is to invest cash, track your trade, and study your mistakes…The examination of a losing trade is torturous but necessary to ensure that it will not happen again...Read More 

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Portfolio Management and Asset Allocation: Supercharge These Using Powerful Morningstar Tools

by Gatis Roze

The most important thing in my life is not money — it is my time and my health. These two items are far more important to me than monetary assets. As a result, I’m always focused on how I spend my time and less on how I spend my money...Read More 

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Ask Yourself This Question, But Make Sure You Do It This Sunday

by Grayson Roze

I’m going to let you in on a little secret. The bulk of my financial analysis, portfolio reviews, and trading decision making happens on Sundays...Read More 

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ETF Guru Retires: Leaves Us with Six Key Lessons

by Gatis Roze

This is a salute to Ben Johnson, the departing editor of Morningstar’s ETF Investor publication. Over the years, I’ve come to look forward to his pithy observations about the ETF marketplace...Read More 

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Survey Results: The Top 10 Reasons Investors Told Us Why Routines and Organized ChartLists Matter

by Gatis Roze

In our last Traders Journal blog, Grayson and I extended an invitation to our readers to share their experiences with the Tensile Trading ChartPack. The spectrum of responses was diverse, broad and extremely insightful...Read More