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    Private trader is King of short selling

    http://books.global-investor.com/pages/gurus.htm?Mode=Rules&PerIndex=1592&ginPtrCode=00000&identifier=0334171ee17faba9bb6f243e66602ba6 Simon Cawkwell's investing rules Never buy shares with high valuations in relation to tangible net asset value. They can swan along and upwards for...
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    Private trader is King of short selling

    Simon Cawkwell is author of a few books on short selling: 1. Profit of the Plunge by Simon Cawkwell (Paperback - 1995) 1 Used & new from $11.60 2. Bear Essentials: The Secrets of Forensic Accounting and Profitable Trading by Simon Cawkwell (Paperback - Sep 15, 2003) - Import 1 Used & new...
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    Private trader is King of short selling

    This story is from year 2002. http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2002/nov/17/mbas.highereducation1 The City stuntman He doesn't ride a motorbike but the market exploits of Evil Knievil are spectacular. They make or break firms and earn him fortunes. Jamie Doward The Observer, Sunday...
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    A simple but not easy question -- What is trend?

    "Trend" is a slang term. Each trader likely defines trend in his or her own way. You might try writing trading rules on a sheet of paper without using the word "trend". For example, "if price value is greater than the price value 10 days earlier then buy." "If price value is less than the...
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    it sure looks like the SEC didn't want the public to know about the red flags

    http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/03/business/03sec.html "But decisions made at a brief meeting on April 28, 2004, explain why the problems could spin out of control." "On that bright spring afternoon, the five members of the Securities and Exchange Commission met in a basement hearing room...
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    Historical data with corresponding interest rates and size of data bases

    http://www.economagic.com/libor.htm You might also test using currency futures price data as the interest rate differential is likely included in the futures contract price.
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    Steve Cohen went to cash last week (at the bottom)

    http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aexqRa84wZJs&refer=us Tudor, SAC Capital Raised Cash as Markets Tumbled (Update1) By Katherine Burton Oct. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Hedge fund managers Paul Tudor Jones and Steven Cohen sold assets to raise cash this month as credit markets...
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    How can there be a crisis when so many

    I do not know how much money a company has invested in weirdo securities. A company may report great earnings but what if they also hold a large investment in collateralized debt obligations or sub-prime mortgages? I do not know the value of such securities because there is no standardized...
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    Where do I see teh volume of the market?

    nasdaq.com
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    backtesting

    I remember using Excel spreadsheets at first. Now I write my own c++ programs. There are many commercial trade simulator software programs available and some companies have free trial offers. I find back testing useful for optimizing the risk level. I recall for years I was trading too small. If...
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    Is it possible to have more winners than losers?

    You might consider what happens when you risk 58 % of your capital on a trade and lose three times in a row. Ultimately it is my ability to sleep at night that determines my choice of risk level. I use 0.5 % risk in one of my systems. The Kelly criterion model uses assumptions about risk...
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    International Trade Seizing Up Due to Banking Crisis

    Futures charts might show a widening spread. We might have a situation where coffee sells for $ 0.10 / pound in Columbia and $ 100 / pound in New York, because ships can not transport coffee. What if oil does not move from Saudi Arabia to USA this winter?
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    What's the real price of real estate now?

    Case Shiiler real estate indices: http://seattlebubble.com/blog/tag/case-shiller/ I am surprised that Las Vegas real estate prices are decreasing so fast.
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    What happened to the Mexican Carlos Slim, as the world's richest man?

    Carlos Slim Buys Another Big Chunk of Saks (SKS); Now Holds 17M Shares StreetInsider.com (subscription), MI - 13 hours ago In a Form 4-K on Saks (NYSE: SKS), billionaire investor and formerly the richest man in the world, Carlos Slim, disclosed that on 10/7 he purchased 690000 ...SKS...
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    Nikkei futures down 12.5%

    I notice South Korean and Australian stock market indices down about 7 to 9 % now.
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    website that tracks Buffet's new investments?

    http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&tab=wn&ned=us&nolr=1&q=Warren+Buffett&btnG=Search
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    George Soros buys Legend Intl.

    Some billionares appear to be buying stocks. ==== Soros fund reports 5.19 pct stake in Legend Intl Reuters - 22 hours ago WASHINGTON, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Billionaire investor George Soros reported on Friday that his fund holds a 5.19-percent passive stake in Australian mining ...OTC:LGDI
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    the market in 1929-31

    The Government is now an investor and may have the ability to create bull markets. Henry Paulson is now the chief of the equivalent of a US $ 800 billion hedge fund. What might happen if this deal becomes profitable?
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    The market gave Bush the finger...

    Does anyone recall a precedent? In this case the USA Government buys securities possibly at a big discount to fair value. In this process The Government might also accelerate the economy. If securities price values increase then The Government might show a large capital gain, or perhaps just a...
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    Need Intraday Data

    http://www.livecharts.co.uk/historicaldata.php
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