I came home from playing golf and told my wife Marcia about a conversation I had with a friend. He told me that he lost a considerable amount of money in the stock market. He said that was dissatisfied with his financial advisor who was with supposed to be watching his investment portfolio. But apparently, all his advisor was doing was watching his investments go down. I told my friend that the te
chnical indicators I was following were negative, and had been negative for some time, and that no one should be in the stock market under these conditions. I wondered why his financial advisor wasn’t telling him this. When I discussed this with my wife, she opined that maybe people don’t understand technical analysis or indicators. Maybe it was time for someone to explain them in simple, easy to understand terms so everyone can use them to make investment decisions for themselves, without the need for ’advisors’. Or if they had a financial advisor, they can use these indicators to discuss whether they should be in or out of a particular investment. I believe that investors and advisors should know how to manage a portfolio, not just watch it go up or down. After discussing the above with Marcia, I decided to have a seminar at my golf club. So early in March 2009, with the Dow trading near 6,700, I stood before my friends and neighbors and announced that the Dow was going back above 10,000. I’m sure they wondered who this guy was that was so confident to make a prediction like this. I gave my reasons, explaining how technical analysis could be used to project a higher market. One of the participants at the seminar was so excited, that she told a neighbor about the seminar, who happened to work at the University of North Florida’s Department of Continuing Education. A few days later I was the discussing the outline of a course with them. The course was developed from a Methodology that I have used in my trading for years. When I worked for the Navy, I used to talk about this Methodology with my co-workers. Then after I left government service and consulted back to the Navy, I used to teach it to many of the people I worked with at Patuxent River, Maryland. And now, six years teaching the course at UNF, The Professor’s One Minute Guide to Stock Management has proven to be a very popular course. It draws overflow crowds of students of all ages and investment experience levels, and has been reported in newspapers and on TV. It is not like any other financial course or an expensive trading seminar.
3 years ago I launched the Cum Laude nightly service. When you join you get my Professor’s Comment throughout the week plus access to the Dean’s List and Member’s Watch List. Using my proprietary algorithms the Dean’s List ETF’s and the Member’s Watch List stock picks are filtered and ranked. They can be used for potential picks to trade and can be a guide to market directions. To wrap this all together I provide a Weekend Strategy Review summarizing my thoughts on the past week and the direction of the markets for the coming period. Trading and investments should not be a worrisome adventure. Life is too short and every moment is precious. There are too many things that we need to be concerned about as we live our lives. Worrying about our investments should not be one of them. It’s your money, your retirement, your kid’s education, your financial future. Protect it. Hank Swiencinski
“I really enjoyed “part one” of the Weekend Strategy Review today. I really needed that refresher. I must admit, I was getting kind of lost this past week about just where we were in all of this, this market. Sort of like a pilot up there in the sky getting disoriented. Even after a year of following the charts and your daily postings RELIGOUSLY, a guy can sometimes get a little lost. So, the “re-orientation” really helped, especially the part about the Dean’s List NOT helping one manage the “sells”. I want to admit that I’ve made that mistake before. I figure it might be good for you, the educator, if a guy like me is giving you HONEST feedback once in a while about the common mistakes that some of us “newbies” make, even though we’re diligent students. I have also been guilty of pulling the flowers out by the roots too soon, on occasion. Fortunately, I’ve made my moves within my means and have been pretty conservative too, actually maybe too cautious at times. All in all, my trading experience has been fun and profitable and I never would have generated a continuing interest at all if not for you.You keep it fun, educational and EXCITING. It’s been the best educational experience of my life, truly.”
J.O.
“I might have been foolish but I took all profits off the table today. Next week is Rosh Hashanna and I won’t be around for a couple of days. I don’t want to think about it. If I miss the last few points oh well. There is a feeling I have now that I think things are too far ahead. In March of 2000 and In 2007 and 2008 no one rung a bell to tell me it was a top . It is so hard to believe trading your way is so disciplined and easy. Yes, easy . Your explanations of how you think things out is very helpful. Have a nice weekend.”“Thank you for everything that you have done for all of us!!! Be well,”
L.S.
“Caro Professore, Again you were so right, I am way up. I love metals.”
M.G.
“You’re amazing. Thank you, Hank, for putting emphasis on buy and sell discipline. It makes a huge difference.”
Ron
“Enjoyed the class last week tremendously. As an engineer myself, I love your pracitical approach towards the market.”
R.A.
“YOU WERE IN RARE FORM LAST THURSDAY NIGHT AND THANKS FOR SHARING..”
J.W.
“Thank you for the class. I am really learning. Can’t wait to review the slides from last night’s class.”
N.B.
“Really enjoyed your class and wish I was your next door neighbor!”
W.H.
“Thank you for all the knowledge you have shared. I enjoyed your class very much and I’m finally in the position (reach the age of 59 ½ ) where I can take advantage of your information. Thanks again for a great class.”
K.S
“Class last night was good especially for the current environment. Just listening to the attendees at break and afterwards, they all felt good and a little more sure of themselves.”
B.L.
“Thanks for all you do in the class to educate us. I have gotten out of 90% of my mutual funds and am in a money market fund for most of that…..also taken 100% of my profit-sharing and parked it in the money market option.”
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