traderfeed.blogspot.com - 4/8/2009
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A trader dropped me an email today to explain that he was "trading scared": missing out on opportunities because he was overly risk averse. As luck (or Freudian psychology) would have it, he spelled "scared" as "scarred". That little slip revealed considerable psychological insight. Most ...
Why So Scared of “Free Markets”?
blogs.nyu.edu 3/2/2009 — By William Easterly
The debate of the last few days on this blog reminded me again of how strong is the visceral negative reaction to an argument for “free markets” (those dreaded words are practically an epithet by now) in development. Part of ...
Don't Be Scared, Children
pheedo.com 3/6/2009 — For those of you just tuning into the Evelyn Davis interview now, some context can be found here .
The Psychology of Trading - Part 1
economicdiscourse.com 3/2/2009 — First, I would like to thank all the dedicated readers who visit day after day without fail. If it weren't for you select few, we would not have nearly as much fun "toiling" for hours a day on updates... thank you for helping grow what is surely to become an ...
Keep a Trading Journal
traderx.blogspot.com 1/6/2009 — Did you make any New Year's Resolutions? Here is one related to trading - resolve to keep a trading journal and update it every day with every trade. Make a list of questions to answer about each trade, and put them into a template so you can go ...
The Psychology of Trading - Part 1
economicdiscourse.com 2/27/2009 — Firstly I would like to thank all the dedicated readers who visit day after day without fail. If it weren't for you select few, we would not have nearly as much fun "toiling" for hours a day on updates... thank you for helping grow what is surely to become an organic masterpiece.Now that all ...
The First Trading Day of the Month
crossingwallstreet.com 5/22/2009 — So far this decade, the market hasn’t done very well except for one small phenomenon—the first trading day of the month. Through yesterday, the S&P; 500 is down 39.5% for the decade. But the market has returned over 21% on the first day of the month ...
Profiting From Our Trading Mistakes
traderfeed.blogspot.com 2/23/2009 — A frustrated reader asks: How do you handle getting scared out of a position only to be wrong and as the days and weeks go on you keep counting how much money you could have made had you not panicked? I guess the question is how do you let go of a ...
debt settlement -scared
debtconsolidationcare.com 3/6/2009 — i have 60,000 in cc debt. 22k with boa, 15k with wamu, 15k with union plus, and 8k with chase. i am about 70 days late on all accounts and my 22k boa was turned over to i c systems collections .my settlement company has notified all cards with cease and dissist, and power of attorney paperwork. ...
Let Me Know When You are Scared
ibankcoin.com 8/20/2009 — Speaking of scared, thank God I do not own a lot of Sterling Financial Corporation ( STSA : 2.49 -18.09% ) , otherwise today’s death plunge might have ruined my jolly mood. In short, the company is deferring interest payments on some junior ...