The World Money Show in London was a great experience for me. I hosted a panel discussion on Spread-betting and then was part of the panel discussing Spread-betting and CFD trading. I was certainly interesting to here the views of the professionals and also to meet so many self-directed traders.
Being on a panel of professionals, [...]
World Money Show London – After Show thoughts
The World Money Show – London
The QEII Conference Centre is host to this year’s World Money Show – London and I’m proud to announce that I’ve been invited to take part.
The event is being held over 2 days – 30 to 31st October and it’s a must attend event for investors and traders at all levels. The event features over [...]
Thanks to John Mauldin!
Every Saturday morning I look forward to receiving an email from an analyst that I rate very highly. His name is John Mauldin and I’ve been subscribing to his newsletter (Thoughts from the Frontline) for a couple of years. His emails are always incredibly well written and (for the most) very insightful. John however is [...]
Leveraged vs Non-Leveraged Trading – A simple example
I met a friend for a couple of beers last night and during the course of our conversation I realised that he knew very little about the advantages of Leveraged Trading over traditional Non-Leveraged Trading.
I thought a post with a couple of examples may help.
This example describes how you can use Spread-betting as a way [...]
Timothy Sykes – Trader for the people / master blogger.
Yesterday I decided to spend time researching successful blogs. My search started on Michael Dunlops Income Diary blog and a post he had made called Top earning blogs – Make money online Blogging.
This is where I came across a name I was familiar with – Timothy Sykes. I recognised the name because I’m following him [...]
Are the Hedge Funds really to blame?
RT Hubert Senters for a link to this fascinating video on the financial crisis.
Naked short selling brought Bear Sterns and Lehmans to their knees. This video suggests those involved in this short-selling conspired together to drive the price down, effectively manipulating the market for their own gain ($1.7m put options in Bear Sterns yielded $270m [...]
Credit Crisis – Visually explained
A really cool video which explains visually how the credit crisis evolved. Well worth watching
The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.
Panorama – RBS Witch Hunt
Why is that in this day and age we always needs to find someone to blame when something goes wrong? The financial markets are screwed – right. Well lets bl**dy well move on and focus on the future not the past.
Panorama (BBC 1) tonight threw its hat into the ring in an attempt to find [...]
Possibly the most worrying video I’ve ever seen
My words would have little impact. Just watch this video
I.O.U.S.A. – the 30-Minute Version from IOUSA the Movie on Vimeo.
Evan Davis – The City Uncovered Episode 3
Evan Davis delivered the last episode in his ‘Uncovered’ Series tonight – ‘When markets go mad’
Tonight’s subject was ‘price discovery‘ – what it means, how it works and how it can sometimes go wrong…and how this relates to the fascinating world of ‘behavioral finance‘ and ultimately how our natural emotions can affect our decision [...]
