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Things I Am Reading And Listening To

Daydream your way to creativity (Does require a subscription but New Scientist is worth it) Why Smart People Are Stupid The Smart Are MORE Biased To Think They Are LESS Biased The Curse of Knowledge WWII with Antony Beevor and Max Hastings (Podcast – Beevors Stalingrad and Hastings Armageddon are two cornerstone history books)  …

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Gilligan

I posted this in the current mentor group and thought…shit that’s clever why not let everyone see it. I have a new trading system and judging by the interest shown in such things at the last Investment Expo it is going to be a corker. You see I can predict the future using the ancient…

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Staggering Stat of The Day

I got bounced this list of stats – Forty-five million Americans (one in seven) are on food stamps. One in seven is unemployed or underemployed. The percentage of those out of work defined as long-term unemployed is the highest (42%) since the Great Depression. Fifty-four percent of college graduates younger than 25 are unemployed or…

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Spain….Again

The news gets worse but the market doesn’t. Markets are efficient my arse…..all that matters is price. Personal disclaimer my system will go long the IBEX on a break above 6770

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Junk Mail

One of the more persistent pieces of spam to fill my inbox is those little gems that relate to people or software’s ability to predict the market. I suppose this is the joy of having an email address that has the word trading in it. They generally start their pitch with something along the lines…

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Dave Barry Quote

I was cleaning out some old presentations when I came across this oldie but a goodie. Q: Why didn’t Wall Street realise that Enron was a fraud? A: Because Wall Street relies on stock analysts. These are people who do research on companies and then, no matter what they find, even if the company has…

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S&P500 Futures

Following on from chart last night – Which showed a nice little gap up, this is how the market finished up. You can see the open at 1336, with a high of 1336.50 and then the drop away. A nasty little day for those looking for anything positive.

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Spain

The main Spanish index the IBEX had rallied last week and in the early morning session looked at if that rally would continue with the market nudging 7000. However, this rally soon collapsed as shown below. The market quickly went from a euphoric opening gain to close down 35. This seems to sum up the…

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