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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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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Barry Ritholtz over at thebigpicture.com is great. Here is a post from today explaining how even though rates were lowered yesterday the market is down today on inflation fears. In Barrys typical fashion he lays out several reasons and warning sig

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Another great review from Blograters. This site has tons of good information regarding the VIX, VXO, and other market sentiment gauges. If you are into trading and or investing you owe it to yourself to go and read this site. In fact I added it t

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Dr. Brett is hilarious and spot on with this post about the three varieties of market idiots you are bound to come across in your trading career. I relate a lot to this. In the financial services industry I have come across countless examples of e

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Dr Brett nails what hampers so many of us from becoming as successful at anything. We have a lot of self inhibiting habits that over time make it harder for us to achieve our goals. Here he is talking directly at traders but these same things hamp

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If you are looking for good places to focus your investment research you should read this. In it TheMacroTrader.com discusses some of the current themes that it is tracking and trading and explains some of the reasons that they are bulls or bears. They even give you a look albeit a small one into their current portfolio. Using their models

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In the past week a friend of mine (we’ll call him Wade) decided he wanted to start learning how to play the stock market and he wanted yours truly to help him learn. I have no problem with this because the more the better. Best scenario he can eventually tell me what to invest in. That will save me some work. SO to help him I simply just tell

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The foreign exchange (currency or forex or FX) market exists wherever one currency is traded for another. It is the largest financial market in the world, and includes trading between large banks, central banks, currency speculators, multinational corporations, governments, and other financial markets and institutions. The aver

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Learning forex does not require that you have a degree in economics or that you study the markets for years. The forex trading websites have made it easier for you to become successful. Currency representatives, called forex brokers, will most likely provide you with access to the forex market. This is where stock brokers are s

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Forex trading does take place daily, where almost two trillion dollars are moved every day - that is a huge amount of money. Think about how many millions it does take to bring about a total of a trillion and then consider that this is done on a daily basis - if you want to get involved in where the money is, forex trading is o

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This is a great forex market for new people to get into. It's the major in the world with over three trillion dollars a day being moved around. There is a lot of money to be made, but there is also a lot of risk to lose money. I keep on top of things by forcing myself to stay behind true to the online currency trading strategi

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There are two basic forex trading strategies; trend-following and range-bound. Any trading strategy that you come across will use indicators and combinations, moving averages, chart patterns, candlesticks, pivot points, Elliot wave analysis, and the list can go on and on. Each of these indicators is simply to help you measure t

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