Good questions. Here is an idea. why not download some free data from yahoo and do some spreadsheet backtesting yourself? Formulate a...
Key factors for success I would bet on are: 1. Risk appetite. 2. Competitive ability: history of winning at sports, games, prop bets, cards,...
http://www.bam-us.com/careers.html am i wrong or is this not the same Dmitry. They look to have a chicago office, why not apply for a position...
i was not refering to entrepreneurial spirit, but rather entrepreneurial insight. In other words, the ability to identify genuine profit...
One thing I have noticed over and over again is how many losing traders have a strong "feeling" that this is what they want to be doing. They...
It is likely not relevant at all, but if i was in your spot i would start a house painting business. read up on how it is done, practice by...
I disagree with this notion in particular: "make it compulsory for the fund manager to have 75%+ of his entire net worth in the fund." This...
seems to me like most of your suggestions call for some type of regulation, then at the end you say regulation never works. I agree losses...
One is best off making buy sell decisions based on forward expectation, not where one entered the trade. The laugh is that so often when traders...
financial institutions are required by law to spy on you for the us government. By using offshore accounts and engauging in activity the us govt...
Have you ever filled out a tax form? they specificaly ask you to disclose any overseas accounts and interest. Trying to cheat the IRS today with...
Some of you like might to read a short essay that Bruce Kovner wrote back in the early 90's on a related topic. If i remember correctly the...
Speculation and speculative prices help to shift the consumption and production of goods and services over time. High prices cause consumers...
Let me reiterate, HR is essentially the enemy. No other profession is staffed with a greater percent of status obsessed, affirmative action...
I agree that the barrier to this type of move is huge, it is not how it perhaps used to be. HR does not want back office moving to front office,...
Yes, isn't it wonderful that the ability to pay is being removed as a criteria, and middle class families are now getting more of a free ride than...
Larry is both a promoter and a trader. I for one do not particularly care about what he did or did not do in the 80's. Is it possible he bent...
A failed legislator is perhaps the best we can hope for: Failed politicians that fail to pass any signifigant legislation will have less of a...
A few things. first, being rich or an accredited investor has nothing to do with being financially sophisticated. second, the definition for...
We all know "ultra rich" and institutions have different things they are looking for. The "ultra rich" care about these things because they are...
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