Keeping it Simple in XLT
In the XLT Futures and XLT Forex classes, we educate through lessons, analysis, and trading. What I find interesting is that when people come into the program, they tend to be looking at so many things, processing so much information, and asking questions that suggest their mind is going [more...]
Date: 2008-09-01 06:24:25
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McCain was for the Enron loophole before he was against it
The McCain campaign is pushing back hard against Barack Obama's proposal to close the so-called "Enron loophole," ... prices. The loophole permits unregulated energy futures trading in electronic markets and is likely ... , health, and education departments. Given the omnibus nature of the legislation, I probably wouldn't [more...]
Date: 2008-06-23 21:58:53
S&P 500 day trading course jan 9 employment numbers
S&P 500 day trading course live room emini futures education coach levels of support and resistance for, Http://www.tradingonlinemadeEasy.com with break outs, break downs, point of control in live [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 07:18:00
Barack Obama chooses Mary Shapiro to Chair the SEC
In one of President-elect Barack Obama's first moves into sorting out the mess of the financial industry in America, ... Futures Trading Commission in 1994. Her private interests include directorships at Duke Energy ... Investor Education Foundation, the largest foundation in the U.S. dedicated to investor education [more...]
Date: 2008-12-18 06:46:50
SOS Update: Up 4% in a week (pfblogs.org)
The Index may literally have stayed unchanged since last week - in fact the futures are trading a little bit higher but the SoS has moved up ... but I have been allocating my money to only system trading. Also, don't follow this unless you know what you are doing. This is not advice. This is education only. If this strategy takes its virtual balance [more...]
Date: 2008-09-20 12:14:03
7 Things and Pop-Tastic
I’ve been tagged for the “7” things meme by Ed Shepherd from Learning to Collaborate ... to work in education. I still trade commodities on the side to make some extra scratch and I manage a handful of accounts for friends and family. I also teach our seniors every year about futures markets [more...]
Date: 2009-01-01 13:31:00
Baruch College’s Schwartz Institute Featured in Higher Education Magazine Change-’Improving Communication is Everyone’s Responsibility’ by Fara Warner
In 2003, Terrence Martell, a finance professor at the City University of New York’s Baruch College, encountered a classroom of 80 seniors who could navigate the complex intricacies of the futures markets and commodities trading. But when he asked them to write a report explaining to a commodity [more...]
Date: 2008-12-18 17:12:05
Dec 29 2008
Mostly slow day, still presented a few nice trades. SLW particularly was useful educational one as we applied so called "umbrella concept" ... :30 {Threei} NYMEX FEB CRUDE FUTURES MOVE BACK BELOW $40/BARREL - TRADERS 08:30 {Threei} **Note ... {ese} my kind of measuring 09:18 {Threei} watching SLW, possible mover on renewed commodities [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 21:06:20
CNBC On Speculators Gone Wild: ‘So What?’
Yesterday, the Center for American Progress Action Fund’s Dan Weiss stood up for working American families as CNBC host Trish Regan and two other ... Futures Trading Commission released a report recommending specific improvements to commodities markets ... months from January to May traders poured $60 billion into the commodities market and basically per [more...]
Date: 2008-09-11 23:30:34
A Pal Around McCain
By Harold Meyerson Monday, October 6, 2008; The Washington Post “There’s no question that we have to change the subject here, ... who has been a University of Illinois education professor for nearly two decades. Campaigning on Saturday ... Ayers, who already was a board member and a figure in Chicago’s education-policy elite. (Mayor [more...]
Date: 2008-10-06 22:34:37
Debt Rattle, November 23 2008: How can I convey to you?
National Photo Co. Happiness 1919 A child holding the Thanksgiving turkey. Ilargi: It may seem sort of hard to decide which idea is sillier. But then again, that's not really fair. The nonsense oozing from Bush and Canadian PM Harper in Peru about how free trade will solve all our problems within the next 18 months goes way beyond silly [more...]
Date: 2008-11-23 20:47:32
Nationalisation of Anglo could actually be a help
The risk now is reputational risk. Credible institutions will simply not want to be associated with an outfit like Anglo Irish Bank About a year and a half ago in ‘The Generation Game’, I wrote that “one of the big Irish banks is simply a leveraged hedge fund betting its own and its clients’ money on overvalued property” and “normally when the [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 08:03:08
Quotabull
Young man, you have the gift of gab. Keep it up and some day you’ll be President of the United States. — an old Republican to a young Warren G. Harding after his first political speech, according to a New York Times obituary of President Harding; Aug. 3, 1923. I predicted that New Orleans would come back as a stronger and better city [more...]
Date: 2008-08-22 22:30:36
Thinkorswim- The Best Brokerage
by Walter Fox A time when the financial institutions because of their harsh conditions easily was not getting credit ... categories including equities, the fund currency, bonds, futures trading of mutual funds can help ... . More and more people jumped into the competition, introduction of online options trading systems. They are aware [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 17:17:10
DrumBeat: September 27, 2008
Lehman-Backed Muni Gas Bonds Trade for Cents; Deliveries Halted (Bloomberg) -- Tax-exempt bonds guaranteed by Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. for a gas-supply contract may be worth little more than unsecured debt after the bankrupt underwriter's commodity unit stopped deliveries last week. Main Street Natural Gas, a financing vehicle [more...]
Date: 2008-09-27 14:11:57
Forex Trading: No Longer Just For Professionals
And wealth management firms have also grasped that playing the currency markets can save their clients money and add an additional slice of returns ... of the US-based financial services company Global Futures & Forex, offers private clients an online ... Stockbrokers, part of Barclays Wealth, the UKs biggest wealth management business, launched an on [more...]
Date: 2008-12-17 05:15:09
Gates of Vienna News Feed 10/14/2008
A significant news story this evening: after a year, the murder of those teenage girls in Texas has officially been termed an “honor killing” by the FBI. Needless to say, the Muslim lobby is not happy about this.Also, a Swiss government minister says her country needs to import more foreign workers.Thanks to Abu Elvis, C [more...]
Date: 2008-10-15 03:29:00
Gates of Vienna News Feed 9/29/2008
USABankruptcy of US Banks: Can Islamic Banking Help?Bosnian Immigrants Build Des Moines MosqueDear Hank: Here’s How to End the Credit Crisis at No Cost to TaxpayersFBI Hunts American Citizens Trained Overseas for TerrorMeat Plant to Muslim Employees: Pray on Your Own TimeMosque Fire Labeled Hate Crime by FBIMuslims Grateful for Northland’s Only [more...]
Date: 2008-09-30 00:56:00
DrumBeat: June 5, 2008
Beyond gasoline: Prices surge for oil-based goods New York - Besides gasoline, the Department of Energy calculates, there are 57 major uses of petroleum – everything from cosmetics to ballpoint pens, nylons, and even the waxes in chewing gum. That is why the effect of high oil prices is now spreading well beyond the pump, [more...]
Date: 2008-06-05 13:07:25
MORE BUSH? TAKE McCAIN-- A CHANGE FROM BUSH'S FAILED AGENDA? BARACK'S THE ONLY CHOICE
Yes, my son, Dick here will keep you on the straight and narrow when it comes to that boring economic crap A few days ago I had the misfortune to ... -- energy speculation. Etheridge's proposal allow the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to hire 100 employees and grant the CFTC more authority over the trading of U.S. energy commodities on overseas [more...]
Date: 2008-06-24 12:45:00
Charles Kirk Interviews Jeff Miller, A Dash of Insight
Jeff is traveling, so we are republishing his recent interview from the Kirk Report, one of our featured sources. The Kirk Report is an excellent investor resource, with many specific stock ideas for members. Charles Kirk also reads very widely and provides regular links to articles we might otherwise have missed [more...]
Date: 2008-11-26 17:10:46
Bits and Pieces 7-29
I agree with Megan, we will not do away with some sort of program to provision for the poor. As McQ pounds over and over, we don’t want the government controlling health care. So what to do? I think she is on the right path. Bonus: a nice fair minded analysis from Brad Delong, and even better, a great quote from Adam Smith! [more...]
Date: 2008-07-29 18:27:35
The Obama Administration So Far
Considering the fact that Barack Obama hasn’t taken office yet, it’s difficult for him to have made many decisions that are good or bad yet. There hasn’t been chance for him to pursue policy or change the culture of government or Washington. The only thing he has really been able to do at this point, is propose members for his new administration [more...]
Date: 2009-01-04 02:10:43
Congrats to Mary Schapiro, SEC Chair Nominee
US President-elect Barack Obama announced his intention to nominate Mary Schapiro as Chair of the Securities and Exchange ... Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Before that, Schapiro served for six years as a Commissioner ... Commission. We at GW Law School, from which Ms. Schaprio graduated in 1980, are delighted. We wish [more...]
Date: 2008-12-19 17:16:36
Money Flow: Fewer Sellers, But Still No Influx of Buyers
Last week's review noted a sharp rebound in the indicators, as buyers flocked to the most beaten-up market sectors. As we can see from the Cumulative Demand/Supply measure (top chart), this rally has continued in the past week, taking us toward overbought status before a pullback late in the week [more...]
Date: 2008-07-27 17:20:00
Marx in the 21st century
Talk given by Tim Bowron at a public forum at the Christchurch WEA in November 2008 organised by the Workers Party. It seems as though these days the only time you are likely to hear the name of Karl Marx mentioned is when he is being dismissed as the proponent of some outlandish utopian ideology which had marginal relevance in [more...]
Date: 2008-11-25 08:18:42
Bearish Stock Market Sentiment Continues
Last week's indicator review concluded that "while recent selloffs have not been as broad and sustained as in early October, neither are we yet getting indications of sustained buying interest. Until that occurs, it is premature to assume that a durable intermediate-term bottom is in place [more...]
Date: 2008-11-24 00:34:00
“Saturday Seminars” - Trading the Pankin Strategy for 30% Annual Gains & Low Risk
Could you use a purely mechanical timing formula that has produced 30 percent gains a year since 1986 with strictly controlled risk? ... trading patterns. If you had traded this simple yet powerful system over the past twelve years, you would ... of market conditions. In this workshop, he simulates Pankin trading back to 1970 (considerably [more...]
Date: 2008-12-13 10:00:15
“Saturday Seminars” - Trading on Expectations: Pinpointing Trading Ranges, Trends & Reversals
One of the most important factors affecting the market’s supply-and-demand equation (i.e., selling and buying transactions in the market) ... ) to develop a method for analyzing and trading the futures markets. PDF Workbook Brendan ... of INO TV. The web’s only online video and audio library for trading education. So watch four videos [more...]
Date: 2008-11-29 10:00:25
McCain and Bush: Unconcerned with the Needs of Ordinary Americans
By Robert Scheer, Truthdig. Posted October 8, 2008. McCain is not a perfect replica of George W. Bush. But neither man seems to have any sense of how we actually live or what we need from government. I am not a conventionally religious man, or even a very superstitious one, [more...]
Date: 2008-10-11 23:03:41
THE FINTAG NEWSLETTER @ 13 November 2008
FINTAG COMMENT Is it me or am I turning into a Dinosaur? One of the downsides at the speed and opaqueness of the current "public ownership at all costs" debate, is there is no analysis. The role of analysts and academics used to be spend a lot of time digesting, interpreting and concluding on the state of companies, [more...]
Date: 2008-11-13 08:01:58
Making Money Through Day Trading: The Secret Lives of Stay-At-Home Mommy Speculators
What else is big in Japan? The secret life of Japanese suburban female market speculators. [ ... . And by writing books and holding seminars on trading strategies, she has also become a celebrity ... day trader japenese, online trading, speculation, market timing This woman is not your typical [more...]
Date: 2008-06-06 23:06:05
TOD Inbox: From Investment Resource to 'Eco-nitwits' in Under a Year
Each day the editors box at theoildrum.com gets about 100-150 emails. A few are spam. Many are form letters relating to energy. Many are from readers linking to energy news, etc. Others are from friends/staff. There are a number of 'complaint' emails too, usually 'why don't you write more on the environment? [more...]
Date: 2008-10-19 02:48:58
No Credito Hoy
The New Year begins with our state no closer to a budget resolution than it was a week ago or a month ago ... systems now to take people and firms paid for by direct deposits and eligible to be paid with IOUs off the systems, because the warrants must be issued on paper.The Los Angeles Times reported yesterday [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 08:10:00
Deadly Forex Mistakes That Assure Failure
Before venturing into your trading journey there are some things you need to be aware of, otherwise you could succeed on your trading adventure, ... costly mistakes Forex traders do.First of all, make sure you don't have a trading system. Having a trading system might increase the odds of your success. If you have a system [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 02:36:00
Guide To Successful Options Trade
by Walter Fox For the investor, the stock market these days invoke fears with so much of volatility ... will cover the basics of futures and option trading first. It will explain the differences between ... . Yet, there is hope and the hope is in the options trading, which can allow one to make money [more...]
Date: 2008-12-03 10:38:08
Sunday Reading: Broder on the Republican South
Sunday Reading: Broder on the Republican South FT. WORTH, Texas -- Maybe it's because The Fix is in the Lone Star State for the Christmas holiday but this morning's column by David Broder -- the Dean of the political press corps -- struck a chord with us. The piece starts as a look at how retiring Illinois Republican Rep [more...]
Date: 2008-12-28 16:32:00
Make Money Online
.fullpost{display:inline;}by Edward EatonWhen it comes to the forex market, there are many ways that you are able to make money online by trading ... in. There are two type of trading such as commodity trading as well as futures trading that are both really good ... research on commodity trading you are going to find that there are several different people [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 05:35:00
Obama's New Appointments
Obama's New Appointments - by Stephen LendmanThe beat goes on. As with his economic and security appointments, Obama again disappointed but didn't surprise. Without exception, his team assures business as usual, a near-seamless transition from George Bush, and not "change to believe in [more...]
Date: 2008-12-19 11:28:00
Even Great Tips Can Go Badly Wrong
The third week of December, I put on the April Gold/Platinum spread. At the start of the trade, I felt less than $4 ... s, MONEX, or just playing one side of the spread instead of using the futures markets. Not doing the trade using gold and platinum futures has caused those friends to lose money as the spread wasn’ [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 15:12:18
ForexGen | US Dollar Under Pressure
US Dollar Under Pressure As Risk Sentiment Pushes Higher (Euro Open) ... stock markets pushed higher despite a swath of dismal Japanese economic data. Equity index futures ... Higher in Thin Holiday Trading Critical Levels The Euro climbed steadily higher overnight, topping [more...]
Date: 2008-11-28 12:44:24
It's Not The Cheese That Costs so Much
I admit that I can still be astonished. When I watched '60 Minutes' last night I saw a big surprise report that I was right all along about oil ... the commodities futures market. At the New York Mercantile Exchange, it's traded alongside cotton [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 19:28:09
Structural Changes in the Markets
As one might expect there have been some structural changes in the underpinning of the markets. The indications are that an historic number of participants have paniced, have economic collapse or severe depression expectations, and are sitting in cash. First most of the analysts have capitulated [more...]
Date: 2008-11-29 03:26:19
The Complete Turtle Trader: The Legend, the Lessons, the Results (Hardcover)
by Michael W ... From Publishers Weekly Covel (Trend Following) revisits a famous financial trading experiment conducted ... about whether trading ability was innate or could be taught, he put an ad in the Wall Street Journal [more...]
Date: 2008-11-13 03:44:00
Emini Education - What You Should Know Before Trading Emini Contracts
Trading the emini index futures contracts has grown in popularity over the past few years since margin requirements are substantially lower compared to the full-size contract. Emini index futures trading is now available to people ... within the first few weeks. Successful futures trading with emini index contracts requires [more...]
Date: 2008-11-28 05:00:28
Obama Reports on Contacts With Blagojevich
Obama Reports on Contacts With Blagojevich President-elect Barack Obama's transition team released a report of contacts between its operation and that of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. The full report is below. And,while there doesn't appear to be any smoking gun in the report, it's not by accident that it was released at 4:30 p.m [more...]
Date: 2008-12-23 22:40:35
Be Right and Sit Tight ~ with real money
You have to laugh, I began reading 'fringe' financial websites, the gold bugs, market timers, the loonytunes back in 2001 ... , he didn't lose anyones bundle investing in crap and his commitment to investor education is massive, valid [more...]
Date: 2008-11-29 03:11:45
The Complete TurtleTrader: The Legend, the Lessons, the Results (Hardcover)
by Michael W ... From Publishers Weekly Covel (Trend Following) revisits a famous financial trading experiment conducted by Wall ... about whether trading ability was innate or could be taught, he put an ad in the Wall Street Journal [more...]
Date: 2008-11-12 12:11:00
New stock exchange clocks Rs.3.49 bn average turnover daily
India's newest stock exchange, the Multi Commodity Exchange-Stock Exchange (MCX-SX), averaged a daily turnover of Rs.3 ... - the currency futures derivatives segment. MCX-SX started operations Oct 6. While banks accounted for more than 25 percent of the total volume of the exchange, it now has 222 trading members [more...]
Date: 2008-11-07 06:58:38
Day Trading Indicators and Indicator Trading
Did you start day trading after buying a book on technical analysis, ... money? While reading your book you learned about trading indicators which could ’predict’ price movement ... - let the games begin.Now that you have all the day trading tools that are necessary, the book [more...]
Date: 2009-01-01 21:57:00
