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    Simple trading strategies - impossible?

    Same system, trading Fannie Mae stock symbol FNM this time. 31.67 years daily price data. Number of trades 116 Total profit $ 326152 Greatest draw down is 0.6005 (60.05 per cent). Cumulative Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) is 10.23 per cent. Scary draw down.
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    Simple trading strategies - impossible?

    Lehman Brothers Holdings stock symbol LEH is in the news lately. If I buy when price increases 10 %, sell when price decreases 10 %, 10 % risk, initial capital $ 100000, 14.30 years of daily price data these are the results: Number of trades 74 Total profit $ 139457 Greatest draw down is...
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    Gotta hand it to India...

    I am interested in little cars. They might be useful for many of the shorter trips that I make, mostly to the supermarket. I wish The Government would allow We The People to decide what kind of car to buy.
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    how to read bloomberg news into program?

    Here is some code from my files. It is c# code that might read data from the web. It sounds similar to what you want.
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    COV Covidien Ltd.

    I notice COV on the new high list again.
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    How do you choose what to trade

    I am interested in the views of long term position traders. How do you choose what securities to trade? I choose securities that back test best over a long period of time, say 20 years. I wonder what your ideas are.
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    "It's Different This Time" ??

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Law_(economist) The wars waged by Louis XIV left the country completely wasted, both economically and financially. And the resultant shortage of precious metals led to a shortage of coins in circulation, which in turn limited the production of new coins. It...
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    What discount to fair value should an investor demand?

    Value is a personal opinion. How would you calculate the fair value of a horse and buggy business before and after introduction of the automobile? What is the fair value of a farm in North Africa before and after the place turned to Sahara Desert? I suspect it may be easier for a...
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    Derivatives, mother of all bubbles

    Derivatives are not required or necessary to have a financial crisis. I recall reading that many of the current futures contracts did not exist at the time of the 1929 stock market crash. Derivatives are just another thing that are bought and sold.
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    Hadron collider "Doomsday" didn't happen...

    I wonder what happens after the universe ends.
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    Berkshire Unit to Phase Out Bank-Deposit Insurance

    Quote from the article: The move reduces Omaha, Nebraska-based Berkshire's risk from bank failures and will affect customers in 38 states. Eleven U.S. lenders have been seized by state and national regulators this year as mortgage markets collapsed. The FDIC counted 117 banks as ``problem''...
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    Berkshire Unit to Phase Out Bank-Deposit Insurance

    I wonder if Warren Buffett intends to stop writing this kind of insurance for a while because he expects more bank failures.
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    How do you structure yourself financially for trading full time?

    I have no debt and own my own house.
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    Is this the next Google?

    Is there a stock symbol? I do not find a Rowdii stock symbol anywhere.
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    Advice about getting in the door

    http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/job-search?jobtype=PERM&jobtype=CONT&commitment=FT&commitment=PT&locations=&country=USA&metro_search=1&industry=&kw=trader http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/job-JKWC7OUXUCF;_ylt=AhLRQxq_kyH6PB9xYqzm6br6Q6IX?search_url=%2Fjob-search-k-trader-d-FT-d-PT-j-PERM-j-CONT-h-trader...
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    If TA doesn't work then why?

    Hehehe Perhaps you are referring to Bear Stearns (where are they now?), Merrill Lynch (MER), BankAmerica (BAC) or Fannie Mae (FNM)?
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    What sectors/stocks will outperform the S&P a year from now?

    I have some observations. Please examine the attached chart of Novastar Financial stock symbol was NFI now NOVS.PK. I notice that about September 2002, when the Stardard and Poors 500 index value was at or near a new low value for the year, the price of NFI stock was greater than the low...
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    Raising money - what am I doing wrong?

    It is a major bear market. Maybe investors are not interested in investing now. It is just not the right time.
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    Paulson to follow Pakistans policy on markets

    http://dawn.com/2008/08/28/top9.htm By Dilawar Hussain KARACHI, Aug 27: The Karachi Stock Exchange put a floor under individual stock prices prevailing at the close of the market on Wednesday, freezing the index at the 9,000-level it stood at close on Wednesday. The mechanism was...
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    Buffett-style investing - a discussion

    http://www.morningstar.co.uk/UK/funds/article.aspx?Site=UK&lang=en-GB&articleID=57393&categoryID=14 This is an article about Warren Buffet and energy deregulation. Deregulation of electric utilities changes a lot of things. I remember searching Google for Texas and electricity. I notice...
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