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Discussion Topic: IS THIS THE RECOVERY WE’VE BEEN WAITING FOR ?
The market has taken massive swings up and down in unprecedented fashion. Is the recent upswing the real deal or is this leading into another major dip? Have you been shorting the market only to get caught in a Short Squeeze or have you [...]
Weekend Food For Thought – 4 Feb 2011
I shared this on my Facebook page and got quite the reception. So I just thought I’d document it here on my blog too.
Weekend Food For Thought;
People always ask me how I did it; Referring to getting bankrupted, living broke for almost 7 years, working my butt off, changing careers at 42 years of age [...]
December 2011 In Review, January 2012 Preview
TIME FLIES
December came and went like a whirlwind and before I knew it, I was celebrating the new year. In fact, the whole year came and went like a light! Life just zoomed by and just like that, we’re doing it all over again in a new year.
Nine WAT batches in Singapore, five in K.L. [...]
2011 Season’s Greetings!
It’s that time of the year again and here’s a timely reminder (courtesy of G.M Teoh) as we celebrate Christmas and spend time with family, friends and loved ones …
The Mayonnaise Jar and the 2 Cups of Coffee
When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not [...]
November 2011 In Review, December Preview
What a month!!
I started off the month of November on the 2nd with a second surgery in two months – to remove that huge nagging bunion on my right foot. This laid me up for three weeks with a 3.5inch cut that was held together with nine stitches. Needless to say, I was very immobile. [...]
A Case For The Bears & A Cause For The Bulls
This is it. In 2007 I said it was going to happen soon. Again in early 2008 I reiterated it and I even mentioned a date – late 2011 to mid 2012. Then in 2009 and 2010 I reminded everyone about it. And now that we’re at the end of 2011, I’ll say it one [...]
Novice Versus Seasoned – Part 2
Here’s the second part to “Novice Vs Seasoned” taken from my upcoming book.
The young and impressionable shopper doesn’t give much, if any, consideration to market timing and will buy on impulse without thinking of the long-term consequences. In short, they buy for the “now”.
The old and wise shopper is particular about the timing of their [...]
Ten Truths About On-Line Trading
This is another extract from my upcoming book. It is part of the opening chapter and I thought it would be worth sharing it here first. This is a condensed version as each topic actually takes up several pages in detail. I hope to shed some light about what trading is REALLY about and not [...]
Novice Versus Seasoned – Part 1
This is an extract from my next book on Trading Psychology which I shared with Batches 53 and 54 this morning in an email in reference to GRPN’s IPO launch and why seasoned traders tend to stay away from such events.
In life, we have two kinds of shoppers – the young and impressionable shopper with [...]
Macros, Technicals or Gut Feel?
Am I the only person who notices that things aren’t as rosy as the market is making it out to be? And I am not just talking about stocks and commodities – I am talking about everything.
It is extremely obvious at this time that events around the world now do not support any sort of [...]
