by Al O'Grady | May 27, 2025 | 2025
This past week a very interesting anomaly happened that served as an excellent reminder to always use limits when placing market orders. Let’s say you want to buy a stock at $50 because you think it is undervalued. If you place a market order, your order will get...
by Al O'Grady | May 19, 2025 | 2025
I am a swing trader, not a day trader. What’s the difference? A day trader by true definition does not own a position at the beginning nor at the end of the day. A true day trader buys and sells his stock intra-day. A swing trader has a slightly longer time...
by Al O'Grady | May 12, 2025 | 2025
IAs I write my weekly blog, it is Mother’s Day today. My mother and I have a strained relationship at times. We are two completely different people. My mother does not get me. She does not understand my love for sports, my thoughts on religion, nor what I saw in...
by Al O'Grady | May 5, 2025 | 2025
I The last few weeks have seen a number of huge protests across America. People are upset with Donald Trump and his MAGA followers regarding mass arrests of thousands and deportations to an El Salvadoran prison without due process. They are upset with Trump’s...
by Al O'Grady | Apr 28, 2025 | 2025
In a previous blog I had written about the importance of goals and using the SMART concept. It is an acronym for Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Timely. My goal meets all those criteria, and it is right in the name of my website, twopercentgoal.com. ...
by Al O'Grady | Apr 21, 2025 | 2025
Three months from now if the Dow is in a downward spiral, you can look back and say that Thursday, April 17 was the day that started the Bear Market. For technical analysts, Thursday’s close signalled what is known as a Death Cross. That is when a short-term average...
