Posts Tagged ‘investing’

  • Get Used to Volatility
    Posted by on June 12th, 2013 at 8:09 am, Comments: 0

    After a nice sustained rally this year, the market seems to be having second thoughts.  When markets turn, there is a lot of volatility at [...]

  • HFT and Exploiting a Loophole
    Posted by on May 1st, 2013 at 8:33 am, Comments: 0

    The WSJ had an article on how HFT traders exploit a loop hole at the $CME.  Some shrug it off as if it’s no big [...]

  • Focus Focus Focus
    Posted by on March 19th, 2013 at 8:21 am, Comments: 0

    What can kill your business?  Lack of focus.  I have seen it time and time again.  Everyone chases the next shiny object in hopes that [...]

  • Analysts Want To Be Bearish
    Posted by on March 12th, 2013 at 9:34 am, Comments: 0

    Perusing many of the articles in the financial blogosphere, it looks like a lot of analysts are starting to write some bearish posts.  I have [...]

  • Fed’s Cheap Money and Company Manipulation Fueling Rally
    Posted by on March 8th, 2013 at 6:44 am, Comments: 0

    People are asking about the stock market.  What’s fueling the rally?  How can we be going up when it seems like a lot of actual [...]

  • Breakfast Links
    Posted by on February 14th, 2013 at 7:33 am, Comments: 0

    Buy Gold  Especially now that the state of Illinois wants to regulate it. ($GC_F, $GLD) CFTC, the agency that regulates the price of all the stuff [...]

  • The Trusted Network
    Posted by on February 6th, 2013 at 8:48 am, Comments: 0

    When I was on a trading floor, there was a trusted network.  Because the code of ethics was “Your Word Is Your Bond” there was [...]

  • Breakfast Links
    Posted by on February 6th, 2013 at 5:50 am, Comments: 0

    Collateral Crunches. LIving with doubt. Wait, I thought everyone was supposed to be insured. Did someone say currency war?  How to visit Chicago like a [...]

  • HFT: Speed Isn’t the Problem
    Posted by on December 18th, 2012 at 10:08 am, Comments: 0

    There is going to be a hearing on HFT in the Senate.  Senator Jack Reed of Rhode Island (D) will preside.  I have met Jack [...]

  • Microeconomics Monday-No Currency In POW Camps
    Posted by on November 12th, 2012 at 7:46 am, Comments: 0

    First in our series on Microeconomics Monday is to introduce you to the basic theories of microecon.  Markets are ubiquitous in every single part of [...]

  • Technical Analysis Reliance-It’s Not A Crystal Ball
    Posted by on November 3rd, 2012 at 9:31 am, Comments: 0

    The name of this blog is Points and Figures, and it’s actually a word play on technical analysis.  Many traders subscribe to technical analysis as [...]

  • What Do You Invest In Today?
    Posted by on March 13th, 2012 at 8:49 am, Comments: 0

    Unfortunately for day traders, I am not going to list a bunch of stocks and pick them. However, after reading this you might buy a [...]

  • Long Haul Investing
    Posted by on July 1st, 2010 at 12:30 pm, Comments: 0

    Yesterday, I met with a person that is crossing the country and writing a book. She was interested in interviewing traders, because supposedly we think [...]