The Biggest Game In Town
Source – Visual Capitalist
Another Day Another ETF System
It does seem as if every time I open my junk mail folder I get another invocation to partake of yet another magic trading system. I should note that this sort of thing has been around forever, the only thing that changes is the vehicle which alters in order to capitalise on whatever topic is hot.…
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There Is Nothing New Under The Sun
One of the joys about having been around since Adam was a pup is that you get to see lots of things come and go. On a regular basis you get to see what the new flavour of the month is and you quickly learn that there are no good or bad instruments just good…
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Wall Street Warriors
I must have completely missed this series which was filmed in the years before the GFC. Has anyone else seen it?
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Is September Really The Worst Month?
The chart below from the website Chart of the Day has been doing the rounds of late. A variation on this chart has also appeared in Bloomberg and has been passed around a variety of news outlets. I am always interested in these sorts of charts and the narrative they are trying to convey. My…
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The Rise And Fall Of Yahoo
The numbers in this are staggering as are the number of missed opportunities. More here – Visual Capitalist.
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Starting Dates
The post I did just now on luck got me thinking about the role of luck in trading – specifically the luck of your starting date. This ties in with a bit of playing around with annualised returns I have been doing in markets that have been rubbish. One of the issues with looking at…
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How “Amexit” sent shockwaves through the financial markets
Great little graphic on the impact of the American Revolution on the British share price index. More here – The Economist
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