John Dorfman’s 9 Lessons
John Dorfman has been an asset manager for decades and a columnist for Bloomberg since 1997. For his final Bloomberg column, he...
The Fortress Top?
Earlier today, Doug Kass was calling today’s opening surge the "Fortress Top" as the hedge fund Fortress (FIG) went...
Do you have a Trader’s Brain?
With recent reports of the resurrection of day trading, we thought it timely to look at this 10-question quiz, created by...
New Year’s Resolutions for Traders
An investor’s New Year’s resolutions, by John Magee (via Jeff Saut) Resolved, that in the coming year: • I will not alienate my...
10 Common Trading Errors
"In truth, most professional Wall Street traders have made many trading mistakes, according to trading experts. The key to their...
DENNIS GARTMAN’S NOT-SO-SIMPLE RULES OF TRADING
Excellent summary from Dennis Gartman via John Mauldin: Every year at this time, trading maven Dennis Gartman publishes his...
917 trading days since down 2% day
A Trader friend emailed this: It has been 95 trading days since we have had a down 1% close. This is 4.5 standard deviations from the...
Today’s explosion: $4B emini covering
I’ve checked the grapevine, and have it on fairly good authority: Today’s explosion was caused by a covering (or...
Are You a Trading Junkie?
Doc Steenberger addresses a problem we rarely hear discussed: when trading becomes an addictive activity. I can personally validate the...
Record Short Interest Prevents Correction
If you are at all curious as to why the market keeps powering higher, you can look at several factors: Falling energy prices, lowered...