Modern trend following funds (aka CTA funds) diversify risk across multiple sub systems and markets. Filtration methods are used to select the...
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Yes I meant until the recent period of high volatility started in the last several weeks. I'm talking about the declining vol from 2009 onwards....
Most of 2014 up until the last few weeks has resembled 2007 in terms of an overvalued, overly complacent stock market and very low vol across...
It's always different this time.
Yes, bulls buying every dip and bears getting squeezed is the hallmark of a bull market, but in the early stages (2009) bears dominate for longer...
+1. No matter what the Fed does the market has never been, and never will be, a perpetual motion machine.
The Fed is neither here nor there. I would say: don't fight the market! :) The Fed was cutting aggressively from 2001 but the market still kept...
And cheap money means what for the stock market? DID YOU KNOW that when one person buys shares and puts his money into the market someone else...
The "option writers" and "pros" are the exact same group of people.
Exactly. It's funny how often people forget that every buy has a matching sell and then come up with all kinds of silly explanations for what's...
VN has many, many admirable qualities EXCEPT the 2 most important: humility and the ability to manage risk.
Just to clarify: "helmholtz" is the new handle for marketsurfer, correct?
Love that "2008: ? probably beat the market" :) Probably had ~100% withdrawals.
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