I used to think that there was no such thing as being too stupid to trade since trading is not really an intellectual endeavour. All it requires is a sound method and a robust psyche to keep plugging away with your method. Developing a sound trading system is not really that hard, if you can…

I used to think that there was no such thing as being too stupid to trade since trading is not really an intellectual endeavour. All it requires is a sound method and a robust psyche to keep plugging away with your method. Developing a sound trading system is not really that hard, if you can…

“For me, trading is all about mastery:  the mastery of markets’ complexities and the myriad challenges of self-mastery. “Brett Steenbarger, I quite like Steenbargers work – a copy of his Enhancing Trader Performance: Proven Strategies From the Cutting Edge of Trading Psychology sits in my bookshelf. However, I have to take issue with this quote…

Someone dropped this article into my inbox and makes mildly interesting reading for a fluff piece. However, two points stood out. Mr. Sass’s style has produced an annualized gain of 7.2 percent, after fees, over the past decade versus a 5.3 percent annualized return for an index of value stocks tracked by Chicago research firm…

Here is a chart of silver over the past few months. And here is silvers performance relative to other commodities over the past month. And here is some bloke telling everyone to buy silver. You can draw your own conclusions.

Here is a chart of silver over the past few months. And here is silvers performance relative to other commodities over the past month. And here is some bloke telling everyone to buy silver. You can draw your own conclusions.

Okay blogopytes time for some reading. India Is Growing, But Indians Are Still Starving – much is made of the coming of the Indian juggernaut but until they can actually feed their people they will continue to lag behind the other emerging superpower China. The Only Thing That Really Matters. When We’re Cowed By The…

Okay blogopytes time for some reading. India Is Growing, But Indians Are Still Starving – much is made of the coming of the Indian juggernaut but until they can actually feed their people they will continue to lag behind the other emerging superpower China. The Only Thing That Really Matters. When We’re Cowed By The…

Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.

I love it when stereotypes are confirmed.

I love it when stereotypes are confirmed.