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The Mood of Wall Street

Interesting piece from the NY mag about the current mood on Wall Street. I am perhaps less inclined to pronounce the beast dead than the article is. Broking in Australia was pronounced dead when fixed rate commissions were abolished in the early 1980’s – it was supposed to be the end of broking yet firms…

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How to fail

Interesting piece by Seth Godin on failure. As a trader failure is part of our day to day existence and a fear of failure is one of the reasons many cannot trade. Trading is unique in that you effectively fail your way to success – something that would be impossible in most other professions. The…

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Bridgewater

Bridgewater is the worlds largest hedge fund managing a staggering $94 billion and as with many such successful things it is considered to be a bit odd. If you want to understand Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest and indisputably weirdest hedge fund, you might start with the story of the peas. It goes like this:…

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Bridgewater

Bridgewater is the worlds largest hedge fund managing a staggering $94 billion and as with many such successful things it is considered to be a bit odd. If you want to understand Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest and indisputably weirdest hedge fund, you might start with the story of the peas. It goes like this:…

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How to fail

Interesting piece by Seth Godin on failure. As a trader failure is part of our day to day existence and a fear of failure is one of the reasons many cannot trade. Trading is unique in that you effectively fail your way to success – something that would be impossible in most other professions. The…

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One for the gold nuts

This is a link to an interactive graphic on what is perceived to be driving the price of gold.   Who cares? Below I have attached a chart of gold with a 15 and 30 week moving average attached – nothing complicated just nice and simple trend following. You would have been long from about…

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One for the gold nuts

This is a link to an interactive graphic on what is perceived to be driving the price of gold. Who cares? Below I have attached a chart of gold with a 15 and 30 week moving average attached – nothing complicated just nice and simple trend following. You would have been long from about $900

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Delusions

  I came across an interesting paper the other day that look at the changing nature of delusions within populations presenting at US psychiatric hospitals.   The researchers found something very interesting but fairly obvious. The nature of delusions is changing in that it is reflective of the culture at the time. The authors found that –…

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How much?

Excellent graphic from the NYT on CEO compensation in the US and accompanying article   The chart alone is compelling evidence that the system of CEO salaries is broken probably beyond repair.

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How much?

Excellent graphic from the NYT on CEO compensation in the US and accompanying article The chart alone is compelling evidence that the system of CEO salaries is broken probably beyond repair.

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Delusions

I came across an interesting paper the other day that look at the changing nature of delusions within populations presenting at US psychiatric hospitals. The researchers found something very interesting but fairly obvious. The nature of delusions is changing in that it is reflective of the culture at the time. The authors found that –…

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Michael Steinhardt Part Two

These rules were pulled from a speech he gave – 1. Make all your mistakes early in life: The more tough lessons you learn early on, the fewer (bigger) errors you make later. A common mistake of all young investors is to be too trusting with brokers, analysts, and newsletters who are trying to sell you…

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Murphy’s Laws

John Murphy has been a technical analyst on both TV and for Stockcharts.com for decades. He has also published numerous books (read odes to magic tools) on the subject. The following are a set of rules he generated. Compare these rules to those of Michael Steinhardt and remember Steinhardt was an actual trader with an…

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