October 2014
By
Jean Folger
To take advantage of today’s powerful trading tools, you need the right hardware. Here’s what to look for when shopping for a trading computer.
By
Daniel P. Collins
"We have gone in and taken the assets away from the competent people, given them to the incompetent people and said to the incompetent people, now you compete with the competent people with their money. It’s absurd.”
By
Daniel P. Collins
Jim Rogers talks about his trip to North Korea.
By
Scot Billington
Rob Matthews
Most traders agree that proper risk management is the key to successful trading. However, many traders depend on the deeply flawed measure of standard deviation as a benchmark of risk. Here we put it to the test.
By
George D. Rahal
For years there has been a debate in the long-only commodity investing world regarding the benefits of roll yield and the cost of contango. Turns out these benefits aren’t real.
By
Ashraf Laidi
Japan has long spoken about the need to address the nation’s aging population and offer better returns to meet growing pension pay-outs. It is finally addressing the problem, and the yen is falling accordingly.
By
Randall Liss
What is an efficient way to go long vol and hedge your equity portfolio against a down move?
By
Dominick Chirichella
Crude oil fundamentals typically are slow to change but the metrics for supply, demand and even geopolitical concerns have been shifting recently.
By
Bramesh Bhandari
Trend trading is a powerful source of profits, but these strategies can lose big when markets are drifting. Thankfully, there are indicators that let trend traders know when to stay on the sidelines.
By
Al Brooks
Markets are in constant search of a fair price. That search may result in small or large changes, depending on the state of the market cycle.
By
Jean Folger
To take advantage of today’s powerful trading tools, you need the right hardware. Here’s what to look for when shopping for a trading computer.
By
Kevin J. Davey
Once testing a prospective trading strategy is complete, there are additional steps to assess its viability before risking real cash.
By
Howard Simons
Traders form habits quickly. Understanding these and their effects can better equip us to decipher actual market moves.
By
Murray A. Ruggiero Jr.
The business of trading system development has evolved since its golden era. Today’s trading system developers need to evolve with it.
By
Daniel P. Collins
David and James Hamman launched their fundamental Livestock and Grains Program in March of 2010 but it really was decades in the making.