Call me naive, but I could never understand the mindset of anyone willing to fork over money for an expensive trading course without seeing at...
This thread is a bit of a surprise to me also. I have been trading since 1966 and haven't seen a year ( since early March) where the trends and...
Investing vs trading??? What does it matter how you make your money. I averaged approximately 6000 trades per year between 2005-07 trading...
Since mid December of 2008 junk bonds have been in the midst of their greatest rally in history and shows no signs of abating. In fact, today was...
Not on a percentage basis because my account has compounded over the years but on a total dollar basis 2009 was my most profitable ever because I...
Live trading calls and or posting trades on some trading forum or board is in no way, shape, or form remotely similar to real money trading at a...
That pretty much says it all. A non-trader ponticicating about what it takes to succeed in the trading game.
No you can't short open end bond funds (the ones that are priced once daily on the close) There is an inverse junk bond fund but it is a dog and...
I would have had an even better year had I been trading the closed end junk and emerging markets funds but they are a bit more volatile (because...
>>>As far as Gary Smith's book, while a wonderful book at the time of printing, much of it is irrelevant today. In fact, 90% of trading books...
Charts never have and never will tell the whole story. Many in this thread are conveniently overlooking the compounding of reinvested dividends.
Junk bonds have been on a tear since the Fed meeting in early March and some junk bond funds haven't so much as had one down day, they have been...
I've lived pretty much all over the country in my life, including the aforementioned Tahoe/Reno area. I think what you are looking for can be...
I have been trading junk bonds since January 1991 and am absolutely floored how they have performed since the Fed meeting in December. It's been...
Joe Ross was outed years ago, in the early 90s, by Bruce Babcock among many others. Contrary to his claimed trading background he learned...
Not saying it will, but what isn't priced in yet is a larger than expected spike in the corporate default rate. That would kill the junk bond...
With Vanguard go for the yield and forget about safe as Vanguard is the *last* company that would ever let their money market funds break a buck.
Gee, that is discouraging if true. Maybe I better stay put here in KY around Mammoth Cave National Park. It is teeming with wildlife everywhere...
I lived for 16 years in the Reno/Tahoe area and thought it was paradise on earth, especially if you are into hiking like I am. But in the mid 90s...
Just once I would love to see someone come on here making extraordinary trading claims who willingly backs up such claims via multi-years of real...
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