China
Interesting BBC piece on China
Oh Dear……..
It is this sort of thing that gives people who use price as a determinant a bad name. I grabbed this review from the comments section – couldnt agree more. A perfect example of a technical analyst disappearing so far up his own fundament he can’t see the light through his sphincter
DetailsAussie….again
I thought I would post this as an example of something that is profoundly irrelevant to traders. However, the problem is people actually take this nonsense seriously and base their decisions on it. If you look at both the daily and weekly trend of the AUD it is up. Now whether that continues and for…
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Traders are often surprised at how close trading is to games of skill such as poker and blackjack where players exploit small skill advantages and a ruthless understanding of money management to be successful. Cates earned his stake by grinding, the term used to describe the process of pressing a skill advantage over an extended…
DetailsDiseases of Affluence
RECENTLY I WORKED as an internist-intensivist at the Canadian Combat Surgical Hospital in Kandahar. Most of our casualties were Afghans: National Army soldiers, National Police and civilians caught in crossfire. They were diminutive men, almost always less than a hundred and forty pounds. I cannot comment on the body masses of the Taliban—they were never…
DetailsRetail Therapy
I have opined before about my welcoming the death of the local Borders and Angus and Robertson bookstores. There is only so long you can go on ripping people off before they wise up – consumers are many things but there does come a point when they do become price sensitive. This reflexive price sensitivity…
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Good to see the local Poseidon boom gets a mention.
To parity and beyond
Well, so much for newspapers screaming that the days of parity were long gone. I think this example presents somewhat of a salutory lesson about trading within a crisis and is and isnt a good idea. It is clear that the AUD broke down into its trading range on the back of events in Japan.…
DetailsLow testosterone linked with financial risk-taking .
CONJURE up an image of a financial risk-taker, and you’ll probably picture an aggressive Wall Street trader, testosterone surging as he closes the deal. But new research suggests that people with low levels of the male sex hormone are also likely to take financial risks. Previous studies have linked high levels of testosterone to certain…
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