Trade Currencies Without Trading The Forex Many people, including experienced investors, realize that there is money to be made by trading currencies but have no idea where to start in the forex market. There is, however, an alternative in currency ETFs. These ETFs track an individual foreign currency or basket of currencies by utilizing futures [...] Read more »
Oils ETFs Offer Efficient, Inexpensive Way To Invest
Oils ETFs Offer Efficient, Inexpensive Way To Invest There was a time when investing directly in oil commodities was limited to oil companies and financial institutions. The growth of exchange traded funds in the United States had evened the playing field in a lot of ways, and that includes investments made in assorted crude oil [...] Read more »
Roy Rogers and trading
So, while I was hanging out with friends and family the other day, we started talking about when we were kids and the celebrities and TV shows that we followed and turns out I’m not the only one that counts Roy Rogers as a big influence. For those of you outside the US, you’ll have [...] Read more »
What will the tax cut extension do to the markets and how can it affect you?
As you know this is not a political newsletter (although I do have an opinion), but an investing/trading newsletter. Several students have asked me if I thought the tax cut extensions (if it does go through, even with the compromise) would prop the market up. My answer is 99% yes. I learned a long time [...] Read more »
A Couple Investment Scams to Avoid
Good times and bad, the scammers are after your money. Run; don’t walk, when you find one of these in your email, your USPS mail or a friend, relative or financial advisor touting them. First up, we have the Ponzi Scheme. I’m trying to have this one renamed the Madoff Scheme – even the guy [...] Read more »
News story confirms what I’ve been saying about insider trading
If you’ve ever heard my f.r.e.e training webinar I share about how Hedge Funds hunt retail traders risk stops. I also talk about how insider trader, front running, and churning happens every day. Well here is short powerful recent news article about a conspiracy with several top funds that is currently being investigated by the [...] Read more »
I just love bubble markets
I just love bubble markets… With trend trading you make money on the upside and when they pop! Here’s a few I’m keeping an eye on these days: Gold Old style doom-and-gloomers are always on the gold bandwagon. When it looks like inflation might be returning, the whole asset protection gang piles in and the [...] Read more »
Scuba and Trading
It just occurred to me that trading and scuba diving have a lot in common. I was thinking about how traders must follow their plan while in the midst of a trade and realized that’s what I do when diving, especially deep diving which is my favorite sport. When I’m on a dive boat, planning [...] Read more »
What about handouts?
When I created my ETF Trend Trading system, I expected to meet people who had a few dollars put away in their IRAs and 401k’s who were old enough and smart enough to realize there was another way to grow their net worth besides saving and passive investing. I expected I’d meet some who had [...] Read more »
How trading is like game shows
Would you rather have $1,000,000 or 1 cent? Silly question for most, but I had to ask because the other night I was watching the TV show Deal or No Deal. The buggy-eyed greed of the contestant that night reminded me of many traders and money managers. In case you haven’t seen the show it [...] Read more »
