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March 31st, 2008
20+ lessons from a trading review, part I
Having read and written about heaps of traders, there is one thing almost all the successful ones have done: performed …
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October 9th, 2007
The danger of addiction to business success
It annoys me that we focus on drug, alchohol and gambling additions, but there is little focus on addiction to …
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September 24th, 2007
The great economic question: how to scrap the Fed
The sub-prime debacle highlights that the Fed should be scrapped. It’s time economists re-started Milton Friedman’s mission to find an …
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September 12th, 2007
The positives of being a trading drop-out
Not all traders stick with it in the end. But that doesn’t mean it’s been a waste of time.
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September 11th, 2007
A cool equation to help analyse market risk
Conventional wisdom says market timing is impossible. I don’t agree. Here’s another tool I’ve come across to help analyse broader …
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September 10th, 2007
When does the market have enough momentum to jump in?
I’ve never been a buy-on-dips person. I like to see the market displaying upward momentum, which hopefully lasts, before buying.
So …
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August 7th, 2007
How my trading survived a closed encounter with efficient markets
Every trader must sooner or later confront the Efficient Markets Hypothesis. But a close look reveals that, while it’s largely …
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August 5th, 2007
10 trading costs to cut in a volatile market
Great businesses control costs, particularly when times get tough. Traders should regularly audit their expenses and pare back any that …
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August 2nd, 2007
Culling useless information intake
At the moment I’m in the process of culling my stock market reading list — and dealing with the withdrawal …
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August 2nd, 2007
Handling corrections: a dip into the archives
With market volatility increasing in recent weeks, I’ve looked back at a few posts that might help traders in these …
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