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Stock Market Crash 2010?
This is not just a funny video.. it is so true …it is so scary.. Many Fear the Boom and Bust cycle of John Maynard Keynes an...
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Dow 1,000 According to Robert Prechter.
Robert Prechter thinks that a stock market crash will happen. One of my colleagues forwarded his Elliot Wave projections. However...
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Has Mechanical Trading & Trend Following Ende...
There was a recent article in the wall street journal asking the question, “Has The Black Box Broken? This is not something...
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Commodity Trading Advisors Last 3 years retur...
Organization / Fund 2007 2008 2009 3 year Max DD Lifetime Max DD Minimum Abraham Trading1 19.20% 28.81% -5.56% 7.24% 27.19% 10 M...
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Food Crisis while Futures Funds Fall the Most...
Who do you believe?… Jim Rogers came out today and predicts food shortages. Jim Rogers thinks there will be food shortages b...
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2009 Returns for Commodity trading advisors
Below is a short list of returns for 2009 Returns for Commodity trading advisors that are trend followers Organization / Fund Dec....
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Outlook for Commodity trading 2010
Everyone would love to know what would be the outlook for the commodity markets and commodity trading. After a roaring 2007 and 20...
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Will Gold be the Only Currency?
Will Gold be the Only Currency? Lets face it…when we look at a $100 Bill. It says this note is legal tender for all debt...
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Walking away from Mortgages
Walking away from Mortgages It seems now almost acceptable that Americans can walk away from their mortgages. Why not? So many...
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Billionaire Predictions for 2010
There was an interesting article online of Forbes discussing Billionaire predictions that I glanced through this morning. My immed...
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Calculating risk in Commodity Trading
In my opinion…everything boils down to risk… not how much you can make..but how much you can lose in commodity trading...
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Double Dip Recession & Gold
Countless investors fear a double-dip recession. It is quite possible that a second drop of economic activity during 2010 will occ...
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Can Gold be the Next Currency?
I am not a gold bug or an end of the world fanatic… but in all seriousness…Can Gold be the next currency? HonestlyR...
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Trend Capture in Commodity Trading
Trend Capture You do not hear that often the word trend capture in commodity trading. Most of the time it is called Trend followin...
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Yield curve predicts Inflation
Yield curve predicts Inflation There is a record wide spread on the yield curve currently. A record breaking 287 points. For those...
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Freddie Mac Delinquencies Rise as do the Bonu...
Once you thought it was safe to get back in the water ..it isn’t..as they would say in the Jaws movie. A scary fact is evolv...
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Forward in Commodity Trading
In the world we live in, nothing is easy. No one is spared sorrow, pain, and sometimes anger associated with their mistakes. Lets...
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Are you Scared when you Trade Commodities?
I have seen countless times with inexperienced traders the fear that can come about. The reason of this fear is due to uncertainty...
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US Dollar Rally Ahead?
Many times it pays to go the opposite way of the crowd. Is it possible the US dollar will rally? As any commodity trading advisor...
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The Easy Way to Make Money in Commodity Tradi...
Quick answer…there is no easy way to make money in commodity trading. Sorry about that. No get rich quick schemes. The fact...
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Professional Commodity Traders
Professional Commodity Traders When you watched the last Super Bowl game did you see how the Pittsburg Steelers overcame the Arizo...
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Profiting in a Declining Market
Anything can happen in commodity trading. As much as inflation can come about there can be deflation and result in a declining mar...
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Sure the Economy is improving
Sure the Economy is improving A while back I wrote about tent cities popping up in many cities throughout America. First thought...
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Compound Your Way to Wealth with Commodities...
Dear Trader, Over the last year we have seen some of the most dramatic changes in global markets in decades. Traders who use prove...
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Can You Lose Money By Owning Gold?
Can You Lose Money By Owning Gold? So many gold bugs think this is absolutely impossible. However as a commodity trading advisor&#...
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Counter Trend Rallies in Commodity Trading
Friday’s action was a wonderful example of counter trend rallies in commodity trading. Ourselves and most other trend follow...
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130 Bank Failures and Complacency in the Mark...
This last week the Fed closed 6 more banks making total to 130 bank failures since the crisis started. There are strong expectatio...
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Investment Fraud after Investment Fraud
So many thought all the investment frauds would have ended already. However more and more have come to light. One investment fraud...
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How Should You Invest in 2010?
2010 is fast approaching. I have had conversations with colleagues..and the issue that was brought up so many times was 2007-2009...
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If You Think The US has Debt Problems- Read t...
It seems fair play to bash the good ole USA. The US has a debt problem out of control. The US is going to implode…yada…...
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Worlds Safest Banks
I had a discussion with a colleague the other day as the Dubai Debt Crisis was starting. He was concerned about keeping his money...
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November 2009 Commodity Trading Advising Tren...
Will the last 2 months of 2009 make the year for trend following commodity trading advisors or will it be one of those lack luster...
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How Do You Say Gold in Chinese?
I was in China last summer for several weeks…however this not one of the words I learned. Maybe in retrospect I should have....
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Research in Commodity Trading
Research in Commodity Trading There are those in the camp that successful commodity trading can be achieved from research. Honestl...
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Jim Rogers- US Dollar Collapse & Inflationary...
What a scary title… US Dollar Collapse & Inflationary Holocaust. These are the words of CNBC and Jim Rogers…Howev...
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How To Invest in a Commodity Trading Advisor
How To Invest in a Commodity Trading Advisor Maybe it is human nature… maybe it is a lack of patience or discipline…or the new wo...
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Is This The End of The Stock Market Rally?
There are really no isolated incidents in the world. Today we are waking up to the news that Dubai might be defaulting on its debt...
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Why Is The Price of Gold Moving?
If you think…that I or anyone else really know why the price of gold is moving…you will need to find another article....
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Mistakes in Commodity Trading
Really…how do I count the ways… ( I believe I have seen them all…as well as all of them that I made in my career...
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New Housing Crisis
Who do you believe these days… the Govt…the news…or an industry insider? My bet would be with the industry insid...
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Courage & Knowledge in Commodity & Forex Trad...
Yesterday I had an interesting conversation regarding courage & knowledge in commodity & forex trading. If you have been...
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Overtrading in Commodity Futures Trading & Fo...
You hear it all the time..A successful commodity futures trader or a forex trader does not over trade. However in reality …w...
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Societe Generale “Warning” Of Global Economic...
Socgen has issued a warning to its clients for a Global Economic Collapse! Seems the timing could not be better with 2012 in the m...
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Ask India About Inflation
Let’s put things into perspective India has one of the largest populations in the world as well it is one of the strongest markets...
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Market Wizard Commodity Trading Advisors 2009
We can see that there is still a “red sea” of negative performance in October, both for the monthly and YTD reporting. 2009 will p...
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What Gold Did During the Great Depression
It seems to be the question of the week for me when speaking to people..What did Gold do during the Great Depression. Well if you...
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Mechanical Trading Systems
If you look in any commodity or forex publication you will see advertisements for mechanical trading systems. This is an area in w...
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Using Mental Stops in Commodity & Forex Tradi...
In my years of experience trading commodities, it seems the only time mental stops should be used is by a large trader who doesn&#...
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Randomness of Commodity Trading Advisors Retu...
The reality is there exists a great deal of correlation between trend following commodity trading advisors… But there are al...
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No V Recovery Says Nouriel Roubini
Nouriel Roubini was this week at a conference discussing the lessons of the recent crisis. The conference was hosted by the profes...
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Victor Neiderhoffer Legendary Commodity Tradi...
Would you invest with a commodity trading advisor that had been around for approx 13 years and had a rate of return of approx 31%...
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Victor Neiderhoffer Legendary Commodity Tradi...
Would you invest with a commodity trading advisor that had been around for approx 13 years and had a rate of return of approx 31%...
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What Helps a Commodity Trading Advisor to Suc...
One of the keys of success for a commodity trading advisor is a trusted relationship with his commodity broker. The commodity trad...
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What Helps a Commodity Trading Advisor to Suc...
One of the keys of success for a commodity trading advisor is a trusted relationship with his commodity broker. The commodity trad...
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The True Test For a Commodity Trader or Forex...
There is only one true test for either a commodity trader…or even an investor in trend following with a commodity trading ad...
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Advanta Files For Bankruptcy
Advanta the credit card issuer to so many small businesses filed for bankruptcy last Sunday. Advanta claims the recession caused s...
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More Gold Bulls
The Gold Stampede is running. One hedge fund after the next is buying gold. Peter Schiff has become the latest gold bull. Nouriel...
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Wheres Does the Money Sit When Commodity Trad...
Too many investors forget to ask this very important question when trading commodities. In many cases commodity traders leave mone...
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Compound Your Way To Wealth With Commodity Tr...
I have had countless conversations with investors and even institutional investors that do not believe that commodity trading and...
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Are Banks Avoiding Real Estate Losses?
The question is, are the banks not actualizing their losses on either residential or commercial real estate? This is a very seriou...
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Do You Know What is Your Risk Tolerance When...
Most people that I know don’t think about risk tolerance, this is why they do not even know where this threshold is in commodity...
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One of the Reasons Commodity Traders Fail
There are many reasons commodity traders or even stock market investors fail. Read this email that was sent to me. This is an exa...
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Understanding Probability and Risk in Commodi...
It goes without saying one must have a thought out plan if they want to succeed in commodity trading. More so a proper mindset is...
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Second Guessing Commodity Trading Systems
Mechanical trading systems used in commodity trading if followed with discipline and patience can assist one in their quest for l...
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You Need to Let Your Profits Run in Commodity...
Letting your profits run in commodity trading is one of the most basic attributes of trend following. Commodity traders that adher...
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You Need to Let Your Profits Run in Commodity...
Letting your profits run in commodity trading is one of the most basic attributes of trend following. Commodity traders that adher...
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Jeremy Grantham Views on the Economy
This was a great read that was on Scribd... Jeremy Grantham, co-founder of GMO LLC, has penned his most recent investor letter. A...
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Trading Systems for Commodity Trading
There are countless criteria used by commodity, stock and forex traders. A discretionary commodity trader might seek out markets t...
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Doing the Hard Thing In Commodity Trading!
Too many books and blogs seem to make commodity trading and forex trading seem so easy... The truth can not be further from this.....
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Preparation List For Trading Commodities or F...
Regardless if you are new to commodities (or forex) or if you have traded them in the past without much success and want to make...
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Another Example Green Shoots Are Sprouting
I am absolutely in shock as more and more economists come out with their proof that green shoots are sprouting. Maybe we just rea...
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Can Stocks Outperform Cash or Bonds?
There is only one place I can think of that stocks have outperformed cash or bonds in a crisis…that is Zimbabwe. For those of yo...
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Can Stocks Outperform Cash or Bonds?
There is only one place I can think of that stocks have outperformed cash or bonds in a crisis…that is Zimbabwe. For those of yo...
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US DEBT Out Of Control!
It is not my imagination. The total US debt is sky rocketing. People are entitled to their opinions…but not entitled to the facts...
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Wealth Building and Wealth Preservation
Wealth building is one issue…and is hard to accomplish. Wealth preservation in todays economy is probably much harder to accompl...
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Can Trend Following End In The Commodity Mark...
The question is… Can trend following end? First of all… anything can happen and it will happen. However as a long time trend foll...
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Bubbles In Stocks,Commodities and Real Estate...
Has too much liquidity throughout the world caused bubbles in stocks, commodities and real estate again? I have my opinions and o...
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Mistakes When Investing With A Commodity Trad...
There are exist numerous mistakes when investing with a commodity trading advisor. After being on both sides of allocating to comm...
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Municipal Bonds A Dangerous Investment For 20...
Many times just using logic an investor can steer away from problems. It seemed forever municipal bonds were considered one of th...
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Commodity & Forex Trading Mistakes
Trading mistakes are common in commodity and forex trading. I became involved with my partners in order to learn from the mistakes...
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Preparation List For Trading Commodities or F...
Regardless if you are new to commodities (or forex) or if you have traded them in the past without much success and want to make a...
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Doing the Hard Thing In Commodity Trading!
Too many books and blogs seem to make commodity trading and forex trading seem so easy… The truth can not be further from th...
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Is The Stock Market Starting to Fail?
The proverbial question is we in a V shaped recovery or a Bear Market Rally. Without predicting (One word every true trend followe...
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Do You Really Want To Short The US Dollar?
Lets face it…everyone seems to hate the US Dollar…Seems every Forex trader wants to be short the US dollar. So many th...
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Margin to Equity in Commodity Trading.
One of the major issues to long term success in commodity trading or forex trading is to know what is the right amount of capital...
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The Adminstration Has Overstated Jobs Created...
It has been rather easy to be skeptical when the Govt has come out with claims that the Stimulus package has really worked…o...
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