Unemployment versus Leisure
I was at a seminar a year or so ago and it was about national economic strategy. It pitted what…
9 years ago
Trading
Apple 1 – Romance 0
I’m not one of those people who wants everything to be ‘like it was’. We should be heading eagerly into…
9 years ago
Generating a Themed Watchlist
In olden times it was considered bad form to discuss politics and religion in polite conversation. The weather was everyone’s…
9 years ago
Know Your Odds
I’ve always wondered how it would work if you were to bet your arse in a wager. What would happen…
9 years ago
The Old Wives’ Tales of Trading
Humans are always looking for patterns, especially where they don’t exist. Where it suits their preconceptions a sample size as…
9 years ago
Brazilian Reversal
I first went to Brazil in 2003. The exchange rate was slightly less favourable than it is today but still…
9 years ago
Rotten to the Glencore
Not altogether surprisingly, I read today in the FT that blue chip dividend cover is at a six year low.…
9 years ago
Exposure, Risk and Hedging Positions Out Of Hours
Whenever you take a position in the market you take on risk. There is no position without risk. If you…
9 years ago
Putting the Lure in Failure
Denial is, as they say, not just a river in Africa. People are always in denial about all kinds of…
9 years ago
Cold Shoulder from the Main Markets
Over recent weeks I’ve been writing about the main markets showing weakness, and that persists. Obviously we saw a fall…
9 years ago