Find the Least Competitive Stocks?

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A sick, pretty well-known trading author walks into a Clearwater Beach breakfast treasure, hacking cough, in need of a shave and tan, with flipflops, shorts and a black penguin polo. Over scrambled egg whites and honey wheat toast he listens to another market veteran share his market wisdom. Almost eerily it is like listening to himself talk, with then some new … Read More

My Unprepared Interview with SMB

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I found this blog post about @smbcapital on Twitter. Is he getting hired? TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 2011 My unprepared interview with SMB This is my second time in New York but the first time to actually took the time to look around. It is one of the most fascinating city I been to. I feel like everybody walks with a … Read More

The Risk of Not Being In It

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So we were sitting around talking about who was trading what.  We came around to ROYL.  Some punched it up. “Nice!” “That looks really good!” There was some talk of 6.75 kinda being a level.  A quick glance at the intraday charts shows 5.65 resistance.  You heard some of: “I would love to pick that up at 5.30 into a … Read More

Grit: The Better Measure of Potential Success

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Jonah Lehrer of The Frontal Cortex shared some important new research on the importance of grit. We can use his thoughts to help us become better traders. The second takeaway involves the growing recognition of “non-cognitive” skills like grit and self-control. While such traits have little or nothing to do with intelligence (as measured by IQ scores), they often explain … Read More