Occasionally I get sent a link to an article that is misguided that it deserves attention. I recently got sent this link – When its actually okay to go naked I will save you the trouble of reading it by selecting the bits I like the best. To understand why writing naked calls is so…

Occasionally I get sent a link to an article that is misguided that it deserves attention. I recently got sent this link – When its actually okay to go naked I will save you the trouble of reading it by selecting the bits I like the best. To understand why writing naked calls is so…

Can someone tell me who are all these sad bastards who are sending me invitation to Linkedin. Is it common practice to send invites to people you don’t know? If you read this blog stop sending them to me before I sign you up to transexual dating service.

Watching stuff blow up never gets old……..

You would naturally think that financial markets were hotbeds of rationalism and hard headedness. That only ideas that actually worked would be taken seriously. If you are of this opinion you are in for nasty shock. Any funds under management you have are being managed by people who believe that the best time to buy…

You would naturally think that financial markets were hotbeds of rationalism and hard headedness. That only ideas that actually worked would be taken seriously. If you are of this opinion you are in for nasty shock. Any funds under management you have are being managed by people who believe that the best time to buy…

Piece from the NYTon how hedge funds are not doing all that well. There is a mythology around hedge funds that they are all seeing, all knowing and always profitable when this is very far from the truth. There are obviously giant profitable funds that are run by sane sensible individuals using robust logical models…

Watching stuff blow up never gets old……..

Okidoki…..apparently oil is going to $150. So file this Barrons cover away and see how they go

Okidoki…..apparently oil is going to $150. So file this Barrons cover away and see how they go

In trading there are two paths that a trader can follow – one is noise free and somewhat serene. The other is to be surrounded by noise in the belief that this noise somehow brings something to the trading decision. I have just quickly done a google search for the phrase Greek riots and google…

In trading there are two paths that a trader can follow – one is noise free and somewhat serene. The other is to be surrounded by noise in the belief that this noise somehow brings something to the trading decision. I have just quickly done a google search for the phrase Greek riots and google…

With my overseas index system generating some buy signals last night I thought it might be worth comparing the health of our market to a random selection of others indices. Key ^AXJO = ASX 200 ^DJI = Dow Jones ^GDAXI = Dax ^N225 = Nikkei ^NDX = Nasdaq 100 As you can see our market…

I guess this is what happens when you let someone who is used to old technology run a company that is new technology. Source – Business Insider