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    Hedge fund assets hit record $3.8 trillion in first quarter

    Wow. Idiocracy is not a film anymore. It is reality
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    Want to block a website on Chrome, how can I able?

    Yes. This is the way to go. It works similar on Mac. Just add the sites on the block list, and do not waste your time on semi-scetchy addons
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    Hedge fund assets hit record $3.8 trillion in first quarter

    Ironic how that guy managed to waste a lot of minutes telling people how valuable time is. And, his whole message could be compressed into about 10 seconds. Maybe 25 including the background story.
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    What are the sites with academic and other trading, investing, etc. studies?

    https://scholar.google.com have a lot of research
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    your worst mistake

    Confusing luck and skill. One are not necessary a good trader even thought one have made money, if everything just goes up
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    CFD trading and potential losses

    Unfortunately you will have to pay financing cost even with no leverage. At least I believe most brokers charge it. However, the brokers do pay you financing charges as well. At least Oanda does for certain instruments, where their underlying futures contracts / interest rate differences are in...
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    CFD trading and potential losses

    To follow the rules are considered a promotion? This has been part of the ESMA rules since August 1st 2018: "Negative balance protection on a per account basis. This will provide an overall guaranteed limit on retail client losses" The details can be found here...
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    CFD trading and potential losses

    Ok. Send that message to ESMA. They beg to differ: https://www.esma.europa.eu/press-news/esma-news/esma-adopts-final-product-intervention-measures-cfds-and-binary-options
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    CFD trading and potential losses

    Depends where you are located. If you are in Europe, your loss is capped at your initial deposit. It might be different in other markets.
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    Should I sell covered call or cut loss?

    If I learned one thing from last March is it that when things go south and I believe they will go furter, close every single position. Then you can start thinking straight again and can start with a clean slate. Maybe you want to open the positions again, or you might want to go the opposite...
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    I can't program...what platform should I use.

    Stick to Python, or don't. Python is the way to go. However it is slower and more cumbersome than to buy some snake oil product. So just decide; do you want to make money on automatic trading or do you want to waste your money on a shady product after the other? Because to learn to program...
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    Cryptocurrency vs tulip

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    How to choose a broker with low spread?

    The spread differs during the day and differs per instrument. But yes, Oanda has a bigger spread than many others. This is because they actually will pay out your money when you win and not do any funny business to have you lose. A lot of the cheapest forex brokers are scams. They will never...
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    How to choose a broker with low spread?

    More important is chosing a broker that is not a scam. So ensure whomever you chose is regulated, have been in business a while and have a good reputation. I would recommend Oanda
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    Recommendation for Forex broker?

    Depends on time of day, instrument and if you have an account of above $100 000. However, their base spreads are shown here: https://www1.oanda.com/forex-trading/markets/live However, they will vary depending on if you look at the page when the liquidity is good (US markets open) or not...
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    Why Those Credit Suisse Executives Seem So Junior

    Of course you are free to believe what you want, but let me quote from the article: "Some of the study's findings you've heard before. For example, when the author of the report asked a manager from a top investment bank what happens to the resume of someone who went to Rutgers. They said, “I’m...
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    Why Those Credit Suisse Executives Seem So Junior

    Did you read the article? You might get a fulfilling career going to MIT or Columbia, but most likely not in the top echelon of investment banking....
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    Why Those Credit Suisse Executives Seem So Junior

    Depends for which jobs; http://www.businessinsider.com/harvard-princeton-and-yale-2011-1 Want A Great Job? Don't Go To Second-Tier Schools Like Columbia And MIT But as said, later in the career it might not matter so much
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    Finding growing companies that will be in the S & P 500 in 2022-23...

    If there would be such a credible list, those stocks would already have that information priced in
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