Many traders and investors, who have experienced the highs and lows of trading, regularly look for a method or system in the hope that they will discover a “new” hidden…
There is an old Chinese adage that says “that which does not destroy me will only make me stronger”. It refers to the internal battle with one’s self. As we…
Basics of compounding Following on from last week’s Journal post, I felt it very important to continue our discussion on the positive effects that compounding can have on an active…
Have you heard of the economic term ‘velocity of money’? In effect, velocity of money is the rate at which money circulates, changes hands or turns over in an economy…
This week we move back onto the subject of “Investment Risk” and specifically the different “Types of investment risk”. As mentioned below in my 6th October 2010 post, there are…
When it comes to active investment in the stock market, the concept of Risk Management is about controlling the amount of capital that may be lost in the event that…
There are numerous risk and money management measures that can be adopted to protect capital but rather than focus on the varying methods of risk and money management, this post…
Here is a question for you. What is your analysis paradigm? Do you conduct analysis to try to: • eliminate moves in your favour that turned into loss trades? •…
Trading can be a very lonely game. As self investors we tend to internalise our feelings and emotions without sitting back and assessing where, we’re really at. Recently I was…
A better way to think about bear markets The beauty of long bear and sideways market periods is that they are almost always followed by long rising market periods. The…