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Municipal bonds safe bets?

Ryan Collins — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:37:31 +0000

You might be able to make good money from municipal bonds — if you can stomach the risks. Let#8217;s start with greed and move on to fear. You don#8217;t normally associate greed with a municipal bond, which is a long-term IOU issued by states and other local government entities. Munis pay regular interest and return [...]div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/StockNodBlog?a=6SEI6-Dnb7I:3Ue0a8Teo8o:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/StockNodBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a /div

Prieur’s readings (January 13, 2009)

Prieur du Plessis — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:32:24 +0000

This post provides links to a number of interesting articles I have read over the past few days that you may also enjoy.

Video: Pledging to Limit the Government’s Job Description

The Daily Reckoning — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:03:36 +0000

This video seems to be gaining popularity online… though it probably doesn’t benefit much from the overly feel-good music thumping in the background. Nonetheless, in a series of “pledges” a few notable ones crop up: * “…to inform Congress that just like me they do not have an unlimited budget.” * “…to remember that wanting to keep your [...]

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Too many elephants in too many rooms

Prieur du Plessis — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 08:46:43 +0000

"In the last year there has scarcely been a meeting room anywhere in which an elephant has not pitched up at some point. If one had to sum up 2009 in one sentence, it was the year in which elephants bred like rabbits," said Paul Kedrosky in this amusing post.

Take the Name out of the Game

David Aferiat — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 17:24:00 +0000

Why is trading so difficult for so many people? For myself and the millions of others who engage in the market the quest to be a good trader is an elusive one. Countless books could be dedicated to answering this first sentence. To get to the point consider other professions where you can make millions of dollars. In sports for example, you are competing all the time and only the best of the best get to the ranks of professional. It is similar with medicine and other accounting and law. You have to get qualified before you are paid for your services.divbr //divdivIn trading that is not the case. If you have capital you can play. That is the lure as well as a pitfall. Something so attractive brings with it all of the psychological baggage that professional traders know all too well. The fear and greed. We are all afraid to lose and at the same time afraid to miss the move. /divdivbr //divdivUnlike in other professions like sports where you specialize in offense or defense, or law where you are a prosecutor or contract specialist in trading people often have no idea what they are or why they are in the trade and simply become swept up by the excitement./divdivbr //divdivWe buy Apple and all of a sudden decide we are an Apple investor. Trading and investing are completely different animals. You have to be able to distance yourself from the affection you feel for any company if you are to be a good trader. There ample opportunities to trade Apple on the long and short side./divdivbr //divdivSo one of the best exercises I can show you in becoming a successful trader is as follows. Next time when you are in a few positions simply shrink the "symbol" column so you cannot see the name of the stock. Don't trade the name, just trade the money. This is one of the best ways to get yourself into the trading zone./divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9446784-2677103689370937718?l=marketmovers.blogspot.com' alt='' //div

Two Sagging Economies… Two Laid-Back Banks

Investment U — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:59:40 +0000

Two Sagging Economies… Two Laid-Back Banks by Martin Denholm, Senior Editor Anemic. Stagnant. Plodding. Pick your favorite… it doesn’t matter. They all describe the state of the British and Eurozone economies. Two weeks before the official third quarter U.K. GDP figure is released, the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) delivered a somber verdict. [...]

Stock Market Meltdown – Watching Rome Burn

Steve Selengut — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:47:19 +0000

Both presidential candidates want to crucify SEC Chairman Cox for failing to control our creative financial institutions. But rumor has it that Congress specifically excluded the devilish derivatives from SEC purview. Let’s fire the right bunch of “poips” for a change! Scary markets are brought about by many factors, some normal, and [...]

Bookkeeping: Reversing the Fertilizer Sales

Trader Mark — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:37:00 +0000

Long time readers will know this is about the 678,211,121st (give or take) time I've cut back the fertilizer names as they break support at the 50 day moving average, only to reverse on me within days. [Jul 7: Cutting Some Fertilizer Exposure] I even ...