This article compares the Global Macro Index to the SP500 and shows how long only equities is inferior on both an absolute and a risk to reward basis.

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Systematic Investing and Trading is a great article explaining why you should incorporate both discretion and systems in your trading. By doing so you can capture more returns and be in the best risk to reward opportunities.

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This is the daily linkfest with an explanation of Abnormal Returns. Day in and day out they have some of the best stories in the investing world especially when it comes to alternative investments. This link is to their post on 11/1/07. Good stuf

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Mebane Faber over at WorldBeta consistently has good useful posts. This one is no exception where he points out some research that he has come across to better understand inflation numbers as well as how you can supposedly duplicate the RenTec Inst

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In this article TheMacroTrader.com highlights its use of a Junk Bond or High Yield Bond trading model against its benchmark. What they are able to do is outperform the underlying fund on an absolute and risk adjusted basis. In fact on a risk adjus

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How much control should we have on our recorded history? Absolute? Partial? None?
Once something comes out of our mouth, should we have the option of erasing it from history? When we post something on the internet with no limits on who can see it,

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See a high resolution version of a new teaser trailer for Tom Cruise's "Valkyrie."

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This post at TheMacroTrader.com gives an overview of some of their screening criteria for global equities and then covers what is currently passing and what they are looking at. They aren't necessarily buying these right now but they are following

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A little story about a father’s sacrifice, a son’s love, and a corn on the cob.

This is a post about being a proud father of a young child and what happened recently (well, Father's Day 2007) that involved what I consider to be a great sacrifice

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With a volatile stock market, you just never know when its going to end. As I have stated numerous times I am not a day trader, but with the recent situations and returns I have saw I decided to give it a little try somewhat. Through these troubling times, I have kept positions on my main holdings or stocks I really like (key holdings) and ju

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This is a custom search tool that returns only Black Friday bargains. The database is built from the largest Black Friday Sale sites online, using their lists and can be used to search for individual items, item groups, item type or retailer. Since the database contains literally thousands of Black Friday Bargains, it is recommended to be as

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Building a website is easy with today’s tools. You can create a Blogger blog with only a few clicks. Writing the content takes some time, but is not too difficult either. What is difficult, however, is turning that website into a “money making machine” (as often advertised on cheap e-books).

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As it is becoming quite evident, to me at least, that we have entered a new type of market. It is becoming increasingly harder to pick a winner then it was before. Eventually I’m sure the market will find its way back north, but for now do you have a fall back plan?
For almost a year now, investors in the stock market have been riding a wave

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We all have this aunt or maybe even sister or mother who this could remind you of. An absolute hilarious story that I read and thought you would enjoy too. You must have family like this for it to be at it's funniest. This comes from a new blog, just a few days old, set up with little but funny content. Check out the guy shower while you'r

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The little that I actually watch TV I want to enjoy it. Since I absolute despise watching commercials, the best thing for me is a Digital Video Recorder (DVR). With the exception of porn, this is the best invention ever in the history of television.rnrnWhen my DVR took a dump, I couldn't wait for Dish Network to send another. I fixed it

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