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“Be fearful when others are greedy” – Warren Buffett Earlier this month, the VIX, a commonly used measure of stock market volatility, hit an 18-month low. We wrote at the time: As you can see from our experience in 2008, when the VIX breaks out, it breaks out in a big way. So a breakout on […]
Now that gold is rangebound, how do you make money trading it? That’s easy – treat it like a wooden pony and straddle that thing. For the details on this trade, in more professional terms as well, check out Brad Zigler’s article for Hard Assets Investor: So what’s an investor to do? Well, you can […]
Happy New Year…and New Decade! Let’s dive into some of the top investment themes to keep an eye on in 2010…but first, a haiku: 09 Reflation Can it continue for long? Dollar may foil! 1. The US Dollar: The Linchpin The dollar, which topped out in early March roughly around the time the stock market […]
A few months back a friend mentioned an obscure trading book to me, citing it as one of the best trading books he’s ever read, despite the fact that very few people have ever heard of it. Since this guy is a top notch trader in his own right, I made a mental note to […]
Buy and hold. Stocks for the long run. Diversify. These investment mantras were gospel during the great bull market of the 80s and 90s. Drinking this Kool-Aid will get you slaughtered today. There is no freaking way I would “buy and hold” anything right now. Too dangerous. Buy and hold hasn’t worked over the past […]
A guest article and video by Adam Hewison, President, INO.com. One of the easiest ways to determine the trend in any market is simply to connect the dot’s. In this five minute video, I explain how you can connect the dots in any market to determine its trend. I will show you three examples of […]
Yesterday I started reading The New Market Wizards: Conversations with America’s Top Traders by Jack D. Schwager. I’m just over 200 pages in – a very good read so far. Something I’ve been thinking about is how I can continue to grow my account at a rapid pace while managing the risk of total obliteration. […]
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