More Than One Game In Town
With equity markets performing reasonably poorly in the short term I thought it may be instructive to look at the YTD performance of a basket of markets. The snip below is from Finviz.com a handy little website that generates performance metrics over time. The unfortunate thing about being an equities only trader is that you are…
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Goldilocks: getting short exposure on the ASX
We’ve asked our friend, Matt Leibowitz from stake.com.au to write another article for us all. We like Matt, respect his views, and are behind his plan to give Australian traders better, more affordable access to the US markets. Here’s what he has to say: As I’m writing this, we’re at a precipice. The US markets are…
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S&P500
Once again I am late to the party because apparently the world is ending…..again. The current cause for these conniptions among traders is that the US markets are going down, judging by the reactions of market participants to this earth shattering event one would think that this sort of thing was now illegal. As such…
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Spotify – no market orders in our playlist
Hi everyone, We’ve had some requests on the blog for specifics. Specific thoughts about shares themselves – as well as concepts such as IPO choice, that CT & I don’t usually comment about. We’ve also heard that you want more analysis. We’ve listened to your views, and we’ve asked our friend, Matt Leibowitz from stake.com.au to…
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Nobody Likes A Smart Arse Toaster
Chalk one up for the humans. Hedge funds that use artificial intelligence and machine learning in their trading process posted the worst month on record in February, according to a Eurekahedge index that’s tracked the industry from 2011. The first equity correction in two years upended their strategies as once-reliable cross-asset correlations shifted. While computerized programs…
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There Is No Need To Understand
I have been saving this piece from the Brisbane Times – my lack of alacrity in looking at it and commenting on comes down to simply not know what to say since it operates from a point of view that is totally foreign to my own. In the past week, bitcoin took a dramatic tumble after…
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