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Warren Buffett: How Many Stocks Should You Own In Your Portfolio?

Investing, Stock Market, Stocks, Warren Buffett / Steve Burns

Concerning portfolio diversification, conventional wisdom clashes dramatically with Warren Buffett’s investment philosophy. While financial advisors typically recommend holding 20 to 30 different stocks, the Oracle of Omaha suggests a radically different approach that has made him one of the world’s wealthiest investors. 1. Buffett’s Philosophy: Diversification is Protection Against Ignorance “Diversification is protection against ignorance. […]

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Warren Buffett’s 10 Step Stock-Picking Formula: What to Look for in 2025

Investing, Stocks, Warren Buffett / Steve Burns

Warren Buffett’s investment philosophy has created extraordinary wealth over decades, transforming Berkshire Hathaway from a struggling textile company into one of the world’s most valuable corporations. While Buffett has never formally outlined a rigid “10-step formula,” his consistent principles and methodologies reveal a clear framework investors can follow. This comprehensive guide breaks down Buffett’s approach

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Warren Buffett: When to Sell a Stock

Stocks, Warren Buffett / Steve Burns

Even though Warren Buffett’s favorite holding period is forever, even the Oracle of Omaha has reasons to exit his investment positions when he sees a reason to based on many different factors. Let’s look at some things that makes him sell a stock. Warren Buffett: When To Sell Buffett advises not to be anchored to

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What is a Parabolic Curve in Stocks?

Chart Patterns, Stocks / Steve Burns

Chart courtesy of ChartPattern.com A parabolic curve in stocks is when a chart makes an upward price move that looks like the right side of a parabolic curve on the chart. A parabolic move happens when the buying pressure on a stock creates an exponential move in the price due to the speed and magnitude

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Trading Options vs Stocks

options, Stocks / Steve Burns

Trading options versus stocks can be a very different experience as options are contracts and stocks are equity ownership in a company. Options are derivatives written on an underlying stock with an expiration date and a pricing model based on the probability that the option expires in-the-money. A stock is a small piece of ownership

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Low Float Stocks

Stocks, Volume / Steve Burns

Low float stocks have a low number of shares issued in relation to high float stocks. Low float stocks usually have more volatile price action than larger float stocks. With fewer shares in the market buying and selling has a higher impact on price movement. Low float stocks tend to have larger bid/ask spreads and

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What Is Float In Stocks?

Stock Market, Stocks / Steve Burns

Float in a stock is the number of shares of a company that is currently trading publicly on the exchange and is available for traders and investors to buy and sell. The stock float is calculated by taking a company’s total issue of outstanding shares and subtracting any restricted stock. Pre IPO investors, employees and

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Wall Street Cheat Sheet

Psychology, Stock Market, Stock Trading, Stocks / Steve Burns

Wall Street goes through cycles based on the primary human emotions of greed and fear. There is a wide spectrum and phases of emotional behavior inside these two main drivers of investor behavior. The below Wall Street cheat sheet shows the impulses that drive each phase of a market cycle. The best solution to managing

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Growth vs Value Stocks

Growth stocks, Stock Market, Stocks, Value Investing / Steve Burns

There are two primary types of stocks in the market, growth stocks and value stocks and each have specific characteristics for investors. Here is a summary of the differences between the two types. Value stocks allow the investor to buy a business at a great price, growth stocks allow an investor to buy the future

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Trending Stocks Checklist

Stock Market, Stock Trading, Stocks / Steve Burns

Trending stocks are ones that are moving strongly in one direction whether up or down. Here are trending stock checklists: Stocks in an uptrend: Making higher highs and higher lows. Price is above key moving averages. The chart has moving average crossover signals. Price is near all time highs. Price is near 52-week highs. Volume