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I would think each manager's mindset/ style/ methods/ strategies of trading would have already inherited the DNA of her/his profitability/ risk profile. I wonder striving for the best to outperform others (including oneself) could be a rather risky issue, just a thought. :confused:

After reading so many different opions from this thread, I'm now starting to believe there perhaps would be really a luck factor among ALL mangers, since the individual performance between managers (of the same/similar investment vehicles) can have very diversified results. An investor could...

According to Mike (quoted above), there would be a luck factor to many traders. As quoted by Mike (although without quoting any reference or source), luck could play an important role to make tons of money. This quote (from Mike as well) reminds us to use our brains (who would say not...

I would believe they both are dealing basically and chiefly "Control of Risks". Q ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS IN THE INSTITUTIONAL PORTFOLIO Schneeweis/Karavas/Georgiev (AIMA, updated 2002) Originally created in 1998, this is the first research paper to take a range of possible portfolio...

Me too. :cool: PS: I'm also a firm believer of : "One learns the most from mistakes, not successes." --- Paul Tudor Jones (Market Wizards by Schwager) :confused:

Actually Cutten has already mentioned a very good idea on this possibility. Q As a trader, unless you are involved fully in stocks, you have loads of cash sitting around doing nothing. You can put say 50% into property deals and investments, and use leverage to crank up the returns. Then...

Any comments on these books: Trade Like a Hedge Fund : 20 Successful Uncorrelated Strategies & Techniques to Winning Profits http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0471484857/ref=pd_ecc_rvi_4/102-4586546-4584157 Hedge Funds : Definitive Strategies and Techniques...

Q GABRIEL BURSTEIN, PhD, was a macro proprietary trader with Goldman Sachs. He currently heads Specialized Equity Sales & Trading at Daiwa Europe Ltd., London, a group he set up to sell European equity products to hedge funds based on long/short macro and relative-value ideas. He is a...

Macro Trading & Investment Strategies : Macroeconomic Arbitrage in Global Markets http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0471315869/qid=1082866311/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/102-4586546-4584157?v=glance&s=books#product-details :confused:

That could be what your investors would be very glad to hear about. :confused: :D

Q The company is privately held and is backed by the ETF Group and Joe Lewis. UQ http://www.forexdirectory.net/hotspot.html Is this news related to the person and his businesses? :confused:

Thanks for your feedback, Curtis. It seems the best would be something equivalent to one of the top (say) ten traders for a number of consecutive years in a certain market(s), according to some common measures by the sophisticated investors. Do you think there could be a problem of...

Do you think margin requirements and ADR would also contribute better profit volume as well? :confused:

How would you evaluate and what would be the general terms constituting "the best"? Do you mean Hedge Fund is the "same" game, or else? Then what are they when you say the same "rules"? :confused:

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It seems USD/CHF and EUR/USD are very closely inter-correlated (negatively). Are there any particular reasons for someone better to trade USD/CHF rather than EUR/USD? :confused:

Anyone who hasn't experienced what is "Losers Average Losers" wouldn't be a real loser Yet, I guess! :confused: :D

One of the photos provides a message (to remind himself :) ?, and us as well!): "LOSERS AVERAGE LOSERS". :D

Interested to know what would be potentially the common factors causing their problematic performance. Perhaps one day a follow-up book about them would be quite saleable! :confused:

Baruch's Forex System Journal: http://www.moneytec.com/forums/_showthread/_threadid-7433/showthread.php?threadid=7433&perpage=8&pagenumber=1 :confused: :D