Trim Tabs is a market research firm that tracks money flows into and out of mutual funds on a regular basis. They make their living providing money flow information to institutional money managers. Periodically they make their reports available to the wider public. A lot of people pushed the panic button in September. TrimTabs reported […]
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“maxpain” Short term trading technique pays off in WB today
the trading room kicked in with another superb short term trade in the “maxpain” category today thanks to our most excellent market observer and trader Robert. It was interesting to see how different traders all applied their own rules for trading the position, with the mastermind effect providing some excellent insights for us all to […]
Profitable ETF Trading Strategies: Reversion to the Mean Trading Style
One of the time tested principles of market dynamics is the principle of the Reversion to the Mean. Over the long run, performance, volatility, price, relative strength: all of these measures mathematically require that periods of out-performance shall return to the mean. Naturally, this is not prediction, only an appreciation of how the math is performed. […]
Congressional malpractice: fire them now
While the Dow experiences its worst point drop ever, and the rest of the world is in absolute freefall, our Congress, led by the People’s House, are taking off 2 days to…wait for it…. celebrate the Jewish holidays! You can’t make this stuff up. Unbelievable. If they were doctors , you’d sue them for malpractice, […]
Profitable ETF Trading Techniques: Hedging your long term portfolios with ETFs
The long term advantages of a buy and hold strategy are well known, and well supported by scholarly research. However, there are some simple, effective things you can do during confirmed bear markets that can bring you peace of mind, protect your long term positions, secure your retirement, and protect you against the most visious […]
Profitable ETF Trading techniques: Pair Trading in Down Markets
In a nutshell, here is what pair trading is all about. You pick 2 trading instruments that you believe will continue to perform on a relative basis in the way they have been. Thsi means you think the stronger one will continue to be stronger, and the weaker one will still be weaker. A pair […]
Fear of failure? Failure is the state of nature; success is what’s surprising
Why do we fear failure? Why do so many things fail? What can we learn about failure that protects us from the shock of actual failure? Why do we persist as a species knowing the odds are stacked against us so badly in just about anything we do? I have been reading some commentary and […]
A Bailout Alternative
Let investment banks go bankrupt, and their assets should be auctioned by the government as if they were people that had died intestate. Proceeds of the estate sale should go intot the general fund to be applied against the national debt The government should act as a caretaker to continue to receive current mortgage payments […]
President Henry Paulson: our newest oligarch
Right now the most powerful man in the world is the Sec. of the treasury, Henry Paulson, former CEO of Goldman Sachs. At any given time in Washington, depending on the nature of the current political crisis that has everyone’s attention, one man can be said to be the real president of the United States. […]
Holding auditions for the role of Nero in our latest farce
The verdict is finally in and it is clear that the Socialists have won this round in the battle for our economic future. Despite decades of rhetoric to the contrary, when push came to shove, leaders of both parties revealed their true colors by mortgaging our future and the future of our children for the sake […]