Risk vs. Uncertainty
Risk: A state of uncertainty where some of the possibilities involve a loss. Uncertainty: The existence of more than one possibility. The "true" outcome is not known. Trading is about…
Risk: A state of uncertainty where some of the possibilities involve a loss. Uncertainty: The existence of more than one possibility. The "true" outcome is not known. Trading is about…
Here we are with June expiry upon us and only 6 more months of premium selling left for 2011. Summer is always tough to gauge what's going to happen in…
This coming week is a triple witching and the last 17 occurrences 71% of the time the SPX closed positively for the week. The average gain was a mere 0.73%…
Barclays Wealth has a new report out entitled "Risk and Rules: The Role of Control in Financial Decision Making." This report looks at people and personalities and how they influence…
One of the hardest lessons I had to learn was that every trade didn't have to be a winner. In fact, it was OK if I took a loss on…
Barclays Wealth has a new report out entitled "Risk and Rules: The Role of Control in Financial Decision Making." This report looks at people and personalities and how they influence…
Well the indecision of the past three weeks was finally pushed aside in a bum rush to 1300 as selling ensued on a holiday shortened week. Can’t help but think…
On Wednesday 7 ft 1 in Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal announced his retirement from the NBA. Plagued by leg injuries this year and not able to really help the Celtics I…
Memorial day is a special day for me as I reflect back on my hero, my dad. My father enlisted in the army shortly after graduating high school in 1959.…
Recall from last week’s update: Bottom line is that it appears more likely that the gap at 1312.62 gets filled this coming week. Memorial day isn’t that far off and…