| | Volume (trading volume, that is) is the strength behind the stock market. High volume - either on rising or falling prices - is significant. There are a couple of tools and concepts below that will help you understand volume and its relationship to price movement. Forewarned is forearmed. | | How to Spot Stock Market Trends Like a boxer, the stock market usually tells you what it's going to do before it happens if you pay attention to the signs. Price and volume are two important indicators that help predict direction. Follow me on Twitter | The Stock Market Indicator You Never Heard Of Stock investors have many tools to use when deciding where to put their money. However, identifying great companies is only one-half of the process. If you buy too high, even a great company may disappoint you. After all, the idea is to buy at a price that is low enough to allow the market an opportunity to also discover the gem. Follow me on Twitter | Beware the Stock Market's Dead Cat Bounce When the stock market is especially unsettled and trending more down than up, some investors will look for any bright spot to pronounce a new upward trend. And sometimes they are right, but, honestly it is often just a lucky guess. Hope is a wonderful thing, just don't invest based on it. Follow me on Twitter | What Makes the Market Rise and Fall What makes the market go up or down? There are many factors, however the main ones include earnings reports, inflation, interest rates, economic news, political unrest, war, and terrorism. | | | | Stocks Ads | | | | Featured Articles | | | | | More from About.com | | | | | | Plan a Unique Vegas Wedding The minister, music and champagne are just the beginning -- why not get married aboard a helicopter or have a pirate swing in to deliver your rings? Arrrr! More>
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