Even A Blind Squirrel Finds The Occasional Nut
I claim no special precognitive abilities regarding gold….
Read more
Metals
It has been sometime since I posted a chart of the less glamorous metals. If I could characterise the multi-year performance of this issues it would best be summed up by the word drift. The only real stand out in recent times has been the performance of Aluminium and Uranium. Click the chart below for…
Gold….Maybe Not The End Of The World
First a personal disclaimer – I am short gold and have been for sometime. However, something about the current market action intrigues me and my interest is catalysed by the comments that surround gold from both bulls and bears. Of late bearish articles regarding gold have been in the ascendency with predictions that gold might…
Forex Investors May Face $1 Billion Loss
I have to admit that for some reason I find it hard to feel sorry for these people. It is a sad event that people are conned out of their hard earned money. However, you have to posses a remarkable naivety to believe that someone else can make you 1% per day on your capital.…
Can Money Buy You Happiness?
At the risk of sounding crass – f@3k yes…… It’s an age-old question: Can money buy happiness? Over the past few years, new research has given us a much deeper understanding of the relationship between what we earn and how we feel. Economists have been scrutinizing the links between income and happiness across nations, and…
‘YES!’ Moves you ‘No’ doesn’t…
I thought you may like to see a great article from my friend Rik Schnabel. If you like it, and you’d like to subscribe to his newsletter (where I swiped this article from – with his permission, of course… click here). ‘YES!’ Moves you ‘No’ doesn’t… It’s amazing how just one tiny, two letter word…
Favourite Quotes
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream.” – Mark Twain. “I am the master of my fate, I am the captain…
5 Signs You’re Going to Make it BIG as a Trader…
Got a dream of being a spectacular trader? Here are 5 signs you’re on your way to a bright future: 1) You know where you’re headed. You know why you’re trading and who you’re trading for. You have an image about what your life will look like when your trading results catch up with your…
Marshmallow Test 2014
I have been thinking about the marshmallow test and whether there was an equivalent that could be done in 2014 and I think there is. The protocol is simple, take an adult, lock them in a room with their smartphone and access to their Facebook account and see if they can resist taking a photograph…
Metaphors
Media portrayals of cancer as a battle to be fought, and its focus on ‘brave fighters’ beating the odds, can lead to feelings of guilt and failure in people with a terminal diagnosis, according to research. ‘War’ metaphors are commonly used to describe people’s experiences of cancer – by the media, by charities raising awareness…
Mistake Of The Day
The chart below is currently doing the rounds. It is from JP Morgans Guide to Retirement and it is being repeated without critical comment over various sites. It offers the standard line of the need to be fully invested in markets all the time because if you are not fully invested then you miss the best…
THE #1 TRADING MENTOR PROGRAM IN THE WORLD
Want to be an exceptional trader? Learn from the best. Chris and Louise have found the way to take the guesswork out of share trading.They can teach you how to do this too!
WANT TO HEAR MORE?
