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true. that's why you perceived a fruitful pattern in buy and hold in the long run, while in fact there is not any. good luck with your wishful thinking.

there are many i.e. apama http://www.progress.com/apama/index.ssp

leverage will kill you eventually in any instrument. dax is no exception. the dax is by far the best stock index future around commission and slippage wise. the volumes are sufficient for 10 lot hi-freq trading without affecting the market. for the lo-frequency there is room for as much as...

so what's your explanation for dinosaurs fossils? let me guess... god put them there to test our faith! :D

thats why he's so loved over there. as far as i remember he got a shoe on his face as recognition for all the freedom he brought in.

i am afraid this thread wont get much controversy as many of the trend chasers here on ET have been caught on the wrong side of the long trade this week and hence are too depressed to come up and defend their utter non sense and complete failure. i am sorry for them aint life a bitch?

after decrypting the message we found out that the subliminal idea was: with the exception of GS all big banks should be allowed to fail and eventually have of their valuable assets sized up by GS with the help of the fed and government at tax payer expense.

anyone knows what is the projected earnings for the DAX in 2009, that is, the projected PE ratio with the index sitting at today's price? as an indication, the SPX is trading at 18X 09 projected EPS as of today. draw your own conclusions but it looks like the DAX is trading at a similar PE...

predictions are essentially cognitive exercises of wishful thinking. obviously futile effort. a good example of this behavior is what is referred as to trend trading, in which one produces evidence (trend lines, channels, moving averages, etc) of a trend and then proceeds to justify it as a...

gambling is ok but are you trying to sell it to yourself as investing?

JUN's look good as a hedge against the current complacency. it looks like we're back in denial phase. for how long? General Growth Seeks Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection .... The bankruptcy filing lists Eurohypo AG, a unit of Commerzbank AG, as General Growth’s largest unsecured...

there you go jumping the conclusions again. like when you spot that trend that inevitably triggers your stop loss. i understand the sourness but you should improve your social skills kid if you want to learn from others. ---------- <b>reposting the mis-quoted text above.</b> -----------...

probably the god you worship before entering your trend following wishful thinking trades. it all right kid. but at some point you need to cut back on your paternal figure needs, otherwise you wont be successful.

LMAO trend following finally gets the recognition it always deserved. <object width="640" height="505"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/LiE1VgWdcQM&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param...

the fact that a certain stock or index price have been "trending" in the past doesn't mean it will "trend" in the future. for instance, are you selling the SPX "negative trend" that initiated last fall? or are you buying the SPX "positive trend" that started last month? you dont know the...

what's this? the royal guard of the EMA50,200 cross holy grail? :D

like i said it only works in hindsight. you dont know whether these same funds will blow up in the next decade. in fact, chances are they will since they have done so well in the past and in the long run every single strategy reverts to its mean.

any serious professional knows that "trend following" is a not viable strategy in the long run because trends only exist in hindsight. on the other hand, any so-called trend following system, would have to perform well in the present due to the impressive swings in the market. now, it...

in europe the CPI is turning negative pretty much everywhere. since the fed has been much more aggressive printing money, it might the case the CPI is more benign there. consensus is 0.0%, imo anything above that might be interpreted as a signal of economic turn around for the US.

valuations of L3 assets are typically based on management assumptions or expectations. They are assuming there are no problem with their commercial/residential mortgage, long date complex derivatives and private equity investment portfolios. :p The media is only "allowed" to focus in what the PR...