The NormieStonks blog

Plain-English guides to buying crashed stocks, spotting value traps, and reading the market like someone who's done it before.

• Bargain vs Value Trap: How to Tell the DifferenceA crashed stock can be a gift or a warning. Here's the checklist for telling a real bargain from a value trap — the single most important call in buying the dip.
• Should You Buy the Dip? A Checklist for Crashed StocksBuying the dip works until it doesn't. Here's a practical checklist for deciding whether a crashed stock is worth buying — or a falling knife.
• How to Read Congressional Stock Trades (and Which Ones Matter)Members of Congress trade stocks and must disclose it. Here's how to read those filings, why the disclosure lag matters, and which trades are worth paying attention to.