Trading Holiday Markets by Jeff Friedman With the holidays approaching, I’ve been asked how one should trade during holiday/quiet periods. As we head into the season, we know we will likely encounter periods where trading...
Read MoreDecember 23rd, 2008 Liquidity absent as traders look forward to Holiday. Despite a handful of widely followed economic reports, traders weren’t willing to participate in the thinly traded markets. While some of the...
Read MoreCocoa is looking bullish from both technical and fundamental standpoints, and is likely to see prices rise despite a global recession that has dampened demand in many commodity markets. Cocoa futures are facing a unique...
Read MoreFinally, ended my losing streak, which was an important psychological milestone and great way to go into the holidays, during which I will be taking a break from paper trading until Monday. May post over the weekend on a couple...
Read MoreThe following article was in Canada’s National Newspaper “The Globe and Mail” on December 20, 2008 under the Me and My Money section. I included the link but after a certain amount of time you have to pay for the article so I...
Read MoreWe made it to the final installment of our Graham vs. Greenblatt series. Throughout the series we examined each of the ratios that Greenblatt recommended in his book The Little Book that Beats the Market. The final posting will...
Read More“Americans have always been able to handle austerity and even adversity. Prosperity [greed!] is what is doing us in,” said James Reston, former New York Times journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner. Another chapter in dealing with...
Read MoreI’ve had mixed results trading gold stocks in the past but those stocks have some of the best looking charts in the market pointing to higher prices very soon. I’m not going to speculate on why their rising when you consider how...
Read MoreWhen public companies release quarterly results, they will generally have a conference call to answer any questions the public may have. These conference calls are limited in length, however. Therefore, those who are selected to...
Read MoreWow. What a confusing market. As soon as I think the markets are stabilizing they do some crazy stuff and caught off guard. Tuesday the Fed lowered the interest rates which was assumed would happen by the market. If it didn’t...
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