Happy New Year! Welcome the the 18th podcast. In this episode we talk about the biggest challenge facing 401k plan participants - the downside to the information age - information overload. 0:47 - Google Alerts1:46 - If Everything is Important...2:07 - "My 401k Sucks"3:18 - Introducing Ed Bagadouche3:49 - Marketwatch.com5:05 - Listener e-mail5:21 - How to track the numbers5:41 - Social Triggers Insider podcast: Derek Halpern with Daniel Pink5:54 - Let the Sellers Beware

Episode #17! In this episode we bring to center stage for the first time a game changing concept to filter 401k investment choices - Relative Strength with a twist! Where does Cash rank?01:01 - The Top 10 Stocks inside the most popular mutual funds found in 401k plans today.01:41 - You can't spend outperformance in a down market . 02:47 - How to make Relative Strength better.05:10 - Current Relative Strength winners: Comcast, Amazon & Oracle.05:52 - Longer term Relative Strength winners: Comcast, Amazon & Google06:44 - The best horse in the glue factory?08:35 - How to get a relative strength analysis for your 401k investment choices.

In this episode we take a look at the Bank of America stock chart to evaluate the risk reward of taking a position at the price of $10.50. If you want to see a particular chart, jump over to our Facebook fan page, click "like" and leave a request there. We will message you a private link to grab the chart.

This is Podcast #15! In this episode we will reveal one of the most useful indicators ever devised to manage the risk in your 401k. Just like PnF charting itself, this is an easy concept to grasp. It's nice to finally thank A.W. Cohen and Earnest J. Staby for their contributions to technical stock analysis and my understanding of how the markets really work. A special shout out as well to InvestorsIntelligence.com, the company which continues to publish ChartCraft. Check it out.01:30 - Your 401k crashed... again01:47 - Top Down investment approach02:57 - Chartcraft & InvestorsIntelligence.com04:01 - NYSE Bullish Percent Index07:00 - What's the point?08:25 - Free NYSE Bullish Percent Chart

"This time it's different" This is episode #14! Your host will expose the Vanguard 500 Index Fund to the light of Point & Figure Charting. This is the fifth of the most popular funds found in 401k plans today. We will explain why they all crashed in 2008. And, why financial news is not important to helping you make better 401k investments.02:25 - Charles Henry Dow03:35 - "Why" is not important04:26 - VFINX04:57 - Get your free charts at stockcharts.com05:58 - Why ALL the Funds got crushed09:18 - Vanguard 500 Index Fund12:00 - The market's RESPONSE to news is what is important

This is Episode #13 on iTunes and the 4th module helping you make better 401k investment choices. FidelityContrafund, one of the top five mutual funds found in 401k plans today, is the subject being used to highlight Point & Figure technical analysis. For instructions on how to access and format the chart for free on stockcharts.com, check out either of the two past videos.01:43 - Point & Figure Charting - Charles Dow02:04- FCNTX - Fidelity Contrafund02:40 - Chart Comparison AGTHX, AEPGX, NYVTX and FCNTX05:42 - "Buy signals" and "Sell signals"06:56 - The first sell signal in an uptrend is "typically" false07:58 - No Middle ground08:17 - Why it's called the "Scientific" method

Episode #12! Continuing the our series on how to make better 401k investment choices. Davis NY Venture Fund , one of the top five mutual funds found in 401k plans today, is the subject of technical review.01:23 - NYVTX03:07 - stockcharts.com instructions04:16 - How to read the chart08:28 - Predicting09:28 - Earliest Publication on PnF Charting - 193309:51 - How to get your Free Transcript

In this episode, we highlight the Euro Pacific Growth Fund, one the five top mutual funds offered in 401(k) plans today, to demonstrate what and how to measure what's really important.00:56 - Wall Street investment method used for over 130 years.03:07 - Euro Pacific Growth Fund - AEPGX 03:33 - www.stockcharts.com - recap of chart settings - free service 05:31 - How to read the chart - quick review06:28 - Similar patterns to AGTHX - American Funds Growth Fund of America07:28 - Introducing the three box reversal method10:37 - Significant Observations - price support - downtrend line - uptrend line

In this episode we detail how to use a logical, organized, systematic way you can measure the investment options in your 401k plan by using the top 5 equity funds offered in 401k plans today. 00:29 - The foundation01:08 - The Top 5 equity funds offered in 401k plans today01:30 - Top stock offered in 401k plans today02:00 - Point & Figure Charting - THE insider secret02:40 - Free eBook03:40 - YouTube Channel04:02 - Free Charting website05:03 - American Funds Growth Fund of America detailed review07:33 - Measuring "what is"

In this Episode, we talk about the most revered position on Wall Street, cir. 1950s...00:30 - The Customer's Man03:22 - "This matters to me because...?"04:12 - What is advice?05:10 - Hurricane Sandy06:30 - Fidelity ContraFund Turnover and www.morningstar.com