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    Is South Africa becoming a failed state because of the shrinkage of its mining industry.

    Dinging something from the ground will eventually exhaust the resource. Crude oil is a good example i.e. North Sea crude oil supply. Simple minded leader will think ... this belong to our ancestor, we should take it back. But it will eventually runs out even if we can dig into the earth...
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    Airlines vs 5g

    The Oracle of Omaha... dump airlines and bought telcos. From Berkshire's 13F-HR fililing...
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    Can this trading system be sold?

    Why not? Stock just another vehicle to riches.
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    When to let it in

    Use your charting software to run a screen and not backtest from 2007 to 2021. This should cover the bull and bear market condition. A screen will let you see the entry and exit. Choose a stock that you expect of your model and see what is your model action.
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    The Education of a Speculator

    It's all hard work and it can't be forced. I find this book fascinating. Jesse Livermore Reminiscences Of A Stock Operator : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive In chapter 12, everyone was trying to coax the market to pay for that fur overcoat. Quote from the book. What does...
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    What happened to PYPL?

    Just share my really bad experience with PYPL. I had one transaction that gone bad. It was due credit card expiry date not being updated. Their support staffs like to write long respond. Oh let me help you.... well we need the merchant to unlock that transaction before we can remove that...
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    Tracking Statistics

    You can try Finviz.com online screener but the free version is limited. Stock Screener - Technical o0.25 averagetruerange (finviz.com) Or give Ninja Trader a try since it's free except for live trading. It needs C# for its scripting.
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    Tracking Statistics

    You need stock charting software e.g. Ninja Trader, Metastock or Amibroker in order to do it. On top of that, you need a script that is software specific that scan all the stocks in your database that meet your criteria and output to a csv format file. Here is an example of Amibroker AFL code...
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    Best day trading books for stocks?

    General Electric is a good example. It was a gold standard. Jack Welch gotten the 6 Sigma idea from someone and ran away with it. It never last. It's splitting up into its constituents.
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    Best day trading books for stocks?

    This book is not for beginners but it's worth it for beginners. After a few years of trading experience and read it again. It will become crystal clear. Reminiscences Of A Stock Operator : EDWIN LEFÈVRE : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
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    Who is not printing money?

    The 4 legs provide the power to move the cart. Human has only 2 legs and stand upright. :) So, it does not fit into our perception that human has to be behind the cart. :)
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    Who is not printing money?

    If country A wants things from country B, country A has pay for it in country B's currency. Of course, only few countries can say I only pay US$ or Euros, take it or leave it. Money supply must be backup by size of economy and not the other way around. Which may lead to this... hyper inflation.
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    Recommendations for new trading rig

    It all depend on what are your trading needs? I am using i7-2600 3.4GHz with 16GB RAM and 1TB SATA SSD(main system about 10 year old, upgraded RAM and SSD). I run screening daily and a few thousand line automation script for ticker processing. The speed is still adequate. Anything above this...
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    Will Turkish Lira really make up the good comeback?

    Fundamentally, if Turkey has something others want then others will buy lira and pay for it. If Turks want to get their cash out of the country, then they have to use lira and buy other currencies. The latter seems to be in the driver seat.
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    Fed will aggressively dial back its monthly bond buying, sees three rate hikes next year

    Maybe this is my personal bias, I "think" the Fed is doing whatever it can to prop up the stock market. Greenspan put. Bernanke put. Powell put ?
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    Stay on guard while investing in China

    The baby formula price has skyrocketed. If NZ cannot make money at this rate, then I don't know how are they going to stay in dairy business.
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    HOW TO tell if Hedge funds are buying/selling without depending on the 13f/g/d

    It will take some effort to get from Edgar database. For fund manager, it's the CIK number. For equity, it's the CUSIP. All the Edgar database is here. Directory listing of full-index/ (sec.gov) All the fund managers that need to file with SEC are in the Master.idx file and sorted by CIK number...
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    The US Government Debt Ceiling

    If the debt ceiling is not raised then VIX will be 40 or more. Other than that, just kick the can. If there is no taker for the debt, the Fed can keep them in its balance sheet.
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    See how biased the Anti-Trump jorno Rick Newman reports about Trump's new company

    As trader, it's hard to being agnostic(I know it's a term for religion.) but sometimes it applies to which side one takes in a trade.
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    AliBaba (BABA) Announces Breakthrough in Chip Design

    Chip design, wafer fab and backend processes go hand-in-hand. Having a final product with acceptable yield and performance is another. Sometimes a chip can function but not a desired speed(hertz). It's as good as a failed product. Why INTC got stuck with 14nm for so long? Because its 10nm...
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