Archive for the 'Financial Sector' Category
Back in May, dear Capitalists, Investment Capitalist, where one may find quite a few more articles that can lead to “actionable positions and analysis” if read by the astute, skilled market operator. I can’t tell you what to short or when and at what price. I’m not a market timer, nor a big fan of technical [...]
September 22nd, 2011 | Posted in Bearish Looks, Behavioral Finance, Discretionary Traders, Economy, Financial Sector, global macro, Hedge Funds, Market Neutral, Politics, Technical Analysis, Trade Ideas, Trading Discipline | Comments Off
Here’s an excerpt of a Skype conversation with a friend in Russia, clueless as to what I’m even talking about, but perfect oratory for blogging off topic for once, non market chatter, only about the catastrophe that just occurred. I’m upset the LA Lakers were beaten 4 games to zero while they were the defending [...]
May 9th, 2011 | Posted in Ethanol, Financial Sector, Geo Political Re-posts, Geo-Political Danger, global macro, Google, Hedge Funds, Journal Entry, Market Neutral, Politics, Proprietary Trading, Trade Ideas, Trading Discipline | Comments Off
To become better traders, we look to our historical notes on crucial dates. This write-up revisits a post from April 20th, 2010 entitled “Global Financial Panic or Major Buying Opportunity in Stocks”. Most trades involved familiar companies and their trading patterns. Others came from scanning IBD’s Top 100 List during the panic, running the top 25% [...]
March 6th, 2011 | Posted in Algorithm Development, Behavioral Finance, China Stocks, Discretionary Traders, Financial Sector, Geo Political Re-posts, global macro, Hedge Funds, Journal Entry, Proprietary Trading, Technical Analysis, Trade Ideas, Trading Discipline | Comments Off
In 2006, there were those of us who knew, like we did in 2000, that something was wrong. It wasn’t because we were “in the know”, rather because we could recognize and think we know how to read a chart, like we actually did back then. What mattered was nothing but the supply demand equation [...]
January 17th, 2011 | Posted in Bearish Looks, Behavioral Finance, China Stocks, CLEAN Tech, Commodities, Discretionary Traders, Economy, Emerging Markets, Energy Stocks, Financial Sector, Geo Political Re-posts, global macro, Home Builders, Journal Entry, Market Neutral, Politics, Proprietary Trading, Technical Analysis, Trading Discipline | Comments Off
It’s not free running a free blog, much less something like a Proprietary Trading site based on Global Macro financial research. Every reader knows that they get something out of the site and for each reader it’s unique. Some like the geo-political twists, some purview based on Quantitative Global financial research. While most of you [...]
November 20th, 2010 | Posted in Algorithm Development, Art, Bearish Looks, Behavioral Finance, Biotech, China Stocks, Commodities, Contribute, Discretionary Traders, Economy, Emerging Markets, Energy Stocks, Ethanol, Financial Sector, Geo Political Re-posts, global macro, Google, Hedge Funds, Home Builders, Journal Entry, Market Neutral, Metals & Mining, Microsoft, Politics, Proprietary Trading, Semiconductors, SEO, Social Media Marketing, Tech Stocks, Technical Analysis, Technology, Trade Ideas, Trading Discipline, Uncategorized, Web 2.0, Web 3.0, Yahoo! | Comments Off
The article written below was published on Institutional Investor’s Web Site. Here’s a LINK to the original . The past 4 years of my life, the Social Sigma (i.e Standard Deviation) has been positively correlated in both my personal as well as my professional life. To the literal teenie. You know what I mean, it [...]
November 13th, 2010 | Posted in Algorithm Development, Behavioral Finance, Discretionary Traders, Economy, Financial Sector, Geo Political Re-posts, Hedge Funds, Proprietary Trading | Comments Off
Geithner III is intended to create “price discovery”. But when you backstop the “buyer” from any downside while at the same time financing said buyer, then the “value” or price discovered becomes artificially inflated. Perhaps this is precisely why the plan is designed this way. Nonetheless, the solution is in and we can get on [...]
July 14th, 2010 | Posted in Economy, Financial Sector | Comments Off