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Archive for April, 2008

The Grim Reaper

Posted in Psychology | No Comments | Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Whack!

Looking for the Man Behind the Curtain Is Perilous Work

Posted in Holy Grails | No Comments | Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

From Trader Daily’s ear to the ground comes a list of questions posed to guest John D’agostino (a former Nymex executive) from FOX’s Bill O’Reilly:

Now, who’s driving [the price of gasoline]?

Is that the greedy sheiks and Hugo Chavez?

Is there a guy who says $121 a barrel?

Somebody has to put the $125 a barrel on the barrel. WHO does it?”

Bill, come on, you can’t be serious?

Art Collins Interview for “The Complete TurtleTrader”

Posted in Book News | No Comments | Monday, April 28th, 2008

The following links are an interview I did with Art Collins about my book “The Complete TurtleTrader”. The interview appeared in TradersWorld.com:

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4 (4-page PDF version)

That interview took place July 2007 even though the publish date was Spring 2008. Thanks to Michael Martin for spotting the interview and reminding me!

Embrace Failure

Posted in Psychology | No Comments | Sunday, April 27th, 2008

Consider: “Like public speaking, failure is not inherently bad. We’re conditioned to avoid it, but there are plenty of reasons to change our perspective. Here are nine advantages to failing.”

$600?

Posted in Economics | No Comments | Saturday, April 26th, 2008

This whole concept is a joke. I am for less taxes, but this is pandering.

Jeff White Review of “The Complete TurtleTrader”

Posted in Book Reviews | No Comments | Friday, April 25th, 2008

Read.

Prenuptial Agreement with the Market

Posted in Trading 101 | No Comments | Thursday, April 24th, 2008

At the panel I moderated today in Paris Peter Borish put the concept of a stop loss into terms everyone can grasp. He called it a “prenup” with the market. You have to know your downside, his simple but crucial point.

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