Nice retro view at three currency traders and dealers – oldschool style by pen, paper and the ticker :). I wonder if they have ever calculated their R’s and if they are still around these days. The main message of the video: “He’s got no ego. When…

Gasoline lead is responsible for a good share of the rise and fall of violent crime over the past half century. Wtf? An interesting read though 🙂 source: motherjones.com

So why did I get short and not long? The offer was doing more volume then the bid. I look for the price doing the most volume and follow it accordingly. If the seller lifted 107 and the bid was able to sustain above 107, then I would have had gott…

Barry has created yet another list of rules for investing. Here are the ones I like the most: Go passive. Here is a dirty little secret: Stock-picking is wildly overrated. Your solution is index ETFs, vastly preferable to picking individual stocks…

Nice quick analysis from Barry as usual. If the history is our only guide, then it seems like it! Check the article: Is the Secular Bear Market Coming to an End?

Under most conditions, employment numbers indicate health of the economy and strongly influence decisions shaping financial policies. Currently, they carry even more weight, after the FED specifically tied its interest rate policy to the unemploym…