Entries from January 2009
As many know by now, a good friend of mine was murdered on Thursday night. It’s taken me a few days to sort of get ‘back in the swing’ of things.
For some time, I’ve been using the tag line “Stay Safe, and Trade Well”. Little did I know what I was saying, when I said it …
NOTE: This is not an investment or trading recommendation. The losses in trading can be very real, and depending on the investment vehicle, can exceed your initial investment. I am not a licensed trading or investment adviser, or financial planner. But I do have 13 years of experience in trading and investing in these markets. The Challenge accounts are run for the education of other traders who should make their own decisions based off their own research and risk tolerance. Included Music is by Paul Young. A personal friend and is not a part of any music license, recording label, etc
Tags: Business · Economy · trading · investing
This is my Wednesday Recap Podcast for January 21, 2009.
I discuss the market action, how I enter a swing trade, my strategy shift, and “government intervention”.
NOTE: This is not an investment or trading recommendation. The losses in trading can be very real, and depending on the investment vehicle, can exceed your initial investment. I am not a licensed trading or investment adviser, or financial planner. But I do have 13 years of experience in trading and investing in these markets. The Challenge accounts are run for the education of other traders who should make their own decisions based off their own research and risk tolerance. Included Music is by Paul Young. A personal friend and is not a part of any music license, recording label, etc
Tags: Business · Economy · trading · investing
I’ve taken to the habit of cleaning out my email inbox of questions that I’ve received during the week on Monday’s; via a podcast.
This week, the questions range from areas such as a stocks on my investment watchlist, mentoring (and a little annoucement on that route), transferring stocks between brokers, and the velocity of money vs. leakages …
NOTE: This is not an investment or trading recommendation. The losses in trading can be very real, and depending on the investment vehicle, can exceed your initial investment. I am not a licensed trading or investment adviser, or financial planner. But I do have 13 years of experience in trading and investing in these markets. The Challenge accounts are run for the education of other traders who should make their own decisions based off their own research and risk tolerance. Included Music is by Paul Young. A personal friend and is not a part of any music license, recording label, etc
Tags: Business · Economy · trading · investing
This is the week in Review for January 17, 2009.
I discuss three things.
Market Action: The stock market and volatility which leads into my second point which is …
Opportunities: I discuss, somewhat, the trades that I had talked about on the BlogTV show, as well as a possible trade coming up, which leads me into …
Methodology: How do I arrive at a trading decision? What starts the process? How does the process go along …
NOTE: This is not an investment or trading recommendation. The losses in trading can be very real, and depending on the investment vehicle, can exceed your initial investment. I am not a licensed trading or investment adviser, or financial planner. But I do have 13 years of experience in trading and investing in these markets. The Challenge accounts are run for the education of other traders who should make their own decisions based off their own research and risk tolerance. Included Music is by Paul Young. A personal friend and is not a part of any music license, recording label, etc
Tags: Business · Economy · trading
Welcome to ‘midweek recap’ that I have on Wednesdays.
I discuss market action, volatility, and although at times I have defended Capitalism against what I feel are ‘false charges’, I more clearly state why I do not consider myself a Capitalist, as this recession begins to heat up …
NOTE: This is not an investment or trading recommendation. The losses in trading can be very real, and depending on the investment vehicle, can exceed your initial investment. I am not a licensed trading or investment adviser, or financial planner. But I do have 13 years of experience in trading and investing in these markets. The Challenge accounts are run for the education of other traders who should make their own decisions based off their own research and risk tolerance. Included Music is by Paul Young. A personal friend and is not a part of any music license, recording label, etc
Tags: Business · Economy · trading · investing
I’ve taken to the habit of cleaning out my email inbox of questions that I’ve received during the week on Monday’s; via a podcast.
This week, the questions range from areas such as a “Cash” position, brokers, and many other questions …
NOTE: This is not an investment or trading recommendation. The losses in trading can be very real, and depending on the investment vehicle, can exceed your initial investment. I am not a licensed trading or investment adviser, or financial planner. But I do have 13 years of experience in trading and investing in these markets. The Challenge accounts are run for the education of other traders who should make their own decisions based off their own research and risk tolerance. Included Music is by Paul Young. A personal friend and is not a part of any music license, recording label, etc
Tags: Business · Economy · trading · investing
This is the week in Review for January 10, 2009.
I discuss three things.
Market Action: The stock market
Plan: I discuss, somewhat, the trades that I had talked about on the BlogTV show
Produce: What I plan to do to produce for the economy that I am a part of (with a bit of an Airelon rant thrown in)
NOTE: This is not an investment or trading recommendation. The losses in trading can be very real, and depending on the investment vehicle, can exceed your initial investment. I am not a licensed trading or investment adviser, or financial planner. But I do have 13 years of experience in trading and investing in these markets. The Challenge accounts are run for the education of other traders who should make their own decisions based off their own research and risk tolerance. Included Music is by Paul Young. A personal friend and is not a part of any music license, recording label, etc
Tags: Business · Economy · trading · investing
The lack of economic education in our society, at times … is stunning. And the lack of knowledge leads to many, many, many misunderstandings, intolerance, and unprofitable thinking.
What is truly stunning, is that at times? Some of these inaccurate comments come from people who call themselves investors or traders!
I hear statements like: “Stop being an investor. There is no money in investing!”
or
“The stock market is for everyone. Whoever has money, you invest your money by trading stocks. It’s not for any particular group.”
or
“Those fat cat investors do not produce or provide anything for the economy”
or even this one:
“Dan is a day trader”
I challenge those ideas, and others, in the following podcast …
NOTE: This is not an investment or trading recommendation. The losses in trading can be very real, and depending on the investment vehicle, can exceed your initial investment. I am not a licensed trading or investment adviser, or financial planner. But I do have 13 years of experience in trading and investing in these markets. The Challenge accounts are run for the education of other traders who should make their own decisions based off their own research and risk tolerance. Included Music is by Paul Young. A personal friend and is not a part of any music license, recording label, etc
Tags: Business · Economy · trading · investing
This is my Wednesday Recap Podcast for January 7, 2009
In this podcast, we discuss the need to focus while trading, another trade I am eyeing up at the moment, and the stage of the business cycle …
NOTE: This is not an investment or trading recommendation. The losses in trading can be very real, and depending on the investment vehicle, can exceed your initial investment. I am not a licensed trading or investment adviser, or financial planner. But I do have 13 years of experience in trading and investing in these markets. The Challenge accounts are run for the education of other traders who should make their own decisions based off their own research and risk tolerance. Included Music is by Paul Young. A personal friend and is not a part of any music license, recording label, etc
Tags: Business · Economy · trading · investing
<!– @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } –>Every Monday, I attempt to clean out my email inbox of questions.
And wow. Have I ever received a ton of questions and comments this week that I would like to address.
They range from areas such as my “Low Funded Challenge Project”, to money management, to emotional discipline, to discussing religion and my faith on my blog, to investment scaling and a few other points …
NOTE: This is not an investment or trading recommendation. The losses in trading can be very real, and depending on the investment vehicle, can exceed your initial investment. I am not a licensed trading or investment adviser, or financial planner. But I do have 13 years of experience in trading and investing in these markets. The Challenge accounts are run for the education of other traders who should make their own decisions based off their own research and risk tolerance. Included Music is by Paul Young. A personal friend and is not a part of any music license, recording label, etc
Tags: Business · Economy · trading