The Traders Journal September 25, 2015 at 03:35 PM
Years ago when I was a novice investor, I’d exhaust myself trying to figure out why things were happening in the markets. I would struggle to comprehend it all, and when there were market forces I couldn’t understand or explain, it would simply eat away at me... Read More
The Traders Journal September 18, 2015 at 03:00 PM
I liken old school General Managers of professional sports teams to fundamental investors... Read More
The Traders Journal September 11, 2015 at 03:00 PM
Far too many investors assume (wrongly) that if two equities – such as the S&P 500 (SPY) and the Vanguard Total Market ETF (VTI) – have a .99 correlation (as they do), then they are interchangeable investments. They expect their performance to be very similar as well... Read More
The Traders Journal September 04, 2015 at 04:30 PM
I’ll show you mine, if you show me yours! What were you thinking? We are talking journals here. During periods of extreme market volatility – such as we presently have – no action can be the right action to achieve your long term goals... Read More
