times have changed in the past 5-7 years. I'll do a more updated post at some point about my experiences trading. -James
I can tell you from hard-earned experience every one of those 9 applies to traders.
Here's what's over: the American religion: - go to college and that increases chances of having a nice life - buy a home and be happy -...
I completely address that issue in the article on my blog. -James Altucher
The other day I was in a meeting. I had introduced a good quant fund to a billionaire family famous for funding startup hedge funds. I was the guy...
Well, I promise I will never tell you what to do. But lets look at what has consistently made money over the past 20 years. Two approaches:...
The most ive ever traded with is 3 monitors. But its brutal on the eyes. Personally, think daytrading doesn't make sense unless you have a...
Post I just did. The full post is at: http://jamesaltucher.com/2010/11/8-reasons-not-to-daytrade/ But here is the first part: 8 REASONS NOT...
So, I'm not sure I understand - would you have recommended people short in March, 2003? Clearly that was one of the greatest opportunities in...
First off, you are very selectively picking oiut my picks and then misinterpreting them. The short the banks was intended as a very very...
What about March, 2003. Dividend yields were less than 5% on the S&P.
I've been recommending Reliance Steel in both my writings and on CNBC. Check out the Barrons article this weekend on Reliance to see what metrics...
Sure, we're going to have pullbacks throughout. Just like in 2003. But the longer-term trend appears to be in place now both for the economy and...
People say "the trend is your friend". But I can also have too many friends. there's too many lines on that graph. And if I want, I can make...
This chart from the Fed explains it all: http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/CBI The change in private inventories drove the severity...
A) historically, when rates are being raised from an initial point thats very low thats been highly correlated with the market. e.g. the 90s and...
Maybe you're right. But consumer spending has been ticking up.
The fed basically stopped buying mortgages a quarter go and yet yields are still at lows (even though the official buying just stopped there is no...
I agree. But that will change, like it always does after a recession, as banks get comfortable with their capital base and with the economy.
Simple. Right now every company is realizing that their inventories were slashed to zero. So companies like CAT have even come out and said that...
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