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Self Sabotage is Not Pursuing Happiness
by Dr. Van K. Tharp, Ph.D.

For the last ten years I’ve had three different models for self-sabotage. One model is the matrix model which says “you are programmed to do non-useful things and you must undo the programming.” While this model works, it really cannot explain a lot of things that I’ve observed in witnessing many...

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Why Economists Don't Make Good Traders
by Jim Wyckoff

My ideas for educational feature topics usually come from readers' suggestions or from tidbits I have gleaned from many years of studying and trading futures markets and stocks. I also get educational topic ideas from discussing markets with my peers in the newsletter and trading advisory service...

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Stock Market: Signs of Strength
by Robert W. Colby

Stock Market: signs of strength. Consumer Discretionary Stock Sector Relative Strength Ratio (XLY/SPY) rose further above 3-year highs, again confirming its bullish trend. Industrial Stock Sector Relative Strength Ratio (XLI/SPY) rose further above 13-month highs, again confirming its bullish tre...

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Currency/Commodity Markets
by Kevin Klombies

Our focus today is on trying to calm things down somewhat. Instead of arguing that this or that market is set to ‘crash’ we thought it appropriate to point out that the markets are apparently following the same path as at least one (fairly benign) previous time period. A case in point is shown at...

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Beware The Biases
by Dr. Janice Dorn, M.D., Ph.D.

It is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and another to put him in possession of truth...John Locke Cognitive biases describe the way you think--the operative words here being cognitive (thinking) and biases (prejudices). You tend to hold on to your biases, even when they don’t serve...

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