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    USA credit downgrade.

    %% LOOKS like they were late in downgrade, same for other 2; better late than never........................................:caution:
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    Watch out for your investments in US tech companies.

    %% YOUR middle article does not think it means much; +tech downblip today= the same.\.You maybe right '' @ end of year'' , dont know:caution::caution: Good Fitch downgrade move \on SPY:D:D
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    SMA is my favorite

    %% Sounds right+ bright. About the only exception is a trend day where it so seldom pulls back much @ all, dont quibble on a quarter + miss the move. But that assumes one has a trend profit plan that includes shallow pullback trend days?? I see no 12 month , ma on his charts/ but i seldom...
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    IT’s Gambling.

    REALLY ?? Sorry they were late to game , many saw that coming , where are the other 2 ratings agencies?? . I never confuse gambling with risk= not the same thing @ all. Of course if one is just hitting numbers, with out much work or thought; could be worse than gambling:D:D Don't get me wrong...
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    “Don’t care money” seems to me to be a useful concept for retail traders learning to trade.

    %% OK maybe not exactly, but he not promoting money carlessness But 100% for sure he has some good points; and the best way to lose + not make a profit is fix your focus on the money + skip the processLOL. Most investors make money; you maybe right about most traders...
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    Moving from Darkness to Light

    %% Good ; actually the context is the LORD supernaturally heals a bunch by ''look + live'' Sure beats an attempted gov socialized health care trainWreck==================================================
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    When evaluating your trading results, is it proper to compare to a simple buy and hold?

    %% I still paper trade some, before i get in a daytrade/swingtrade\position trade usually; excellant way to prove profits. IF paper trade is not profitable, dont actually get in. MY daytrades are actually a helpful diversification in time for longs or inverse ETFs which can profit off bear...
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    “Don’t care money” seems to me to be a useful concept for retail traders learning to trade.

    %% TRUE+ in a technical+ fund amental sense\no such thing as ''smart money'' LOL:D:D BUT Al brooks wrote some good traders MAGAzine articles; in other words\ if most of them look@ bid\ask, OK , plan with a 50day moving average...
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    The Impact of Unions

    %% LOL + good; not that cops or 1st responders should strike. State gov simply calls in state highway patrol or state police if they try to do that. Bankruptcy is a good way to bust a greedy union, no wonder Andrew carnegie hated unions . Looks like Dave ramsey was right /never depend on a...
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    How Well Do Factor Investing Funds Replicate Academic Factors?

    %% LIKE one business pro fessor noted the funds + other s do better, because if they see a $20............. laying in their path , they pick it upLOL. Random walkers dont believe that's possible + walk by. But that one business professor, bookwriter, was a derivatives dealer + securities...
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    “Don’t care money” seems to me to be a useful concept for retail traders learning to trade.

    %% Good; but funds do the same as him/ but just add some more digits for profits . Or subtract some. Except commercials measure by pounds+ tons, barge loads; stocks , ETFs, by %, US$, month$ + YTD........:D:D
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    Talk me out of averaging up!

    %% Exactly, even though with 20-20 hindsight, sounds like a tame barnyard goose. Wild geese tend to move more extreme wild:D:D Sunrise + sunset table$ may help. Game + Fish Comission sets goose season in advance , not a prediction. DOW deriVatives day trader said ''Dow is correlated to...
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    When evaluating your trading results, is it proper to compare to a simple buy and hold?

    %% LOL\bad thing about buy + hold, they dont figure in bid ask/spread. I'M planning[not a prediction] to switch Insure Co late AUG; i tend to drive careful ,but get plenty [about 10X] state minimum for liability. I skip the collision coverage even though Insure co prices it to make a profit...
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    SMA is my favorite

    %% THAT's his business what period ma to use; but ''simply'' LOL dont trade during sideways slop chop like a trend is traded or invested. IF he wants to, he could sell some of his longer trades or investment profits.:D:D MOST first day SPY, AUG area close Up, not a whipsaw prediction or a...
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    Charles Schwab Survived the Recent Banking Crisis. What Comes Next?

    %% And most likely better than fine; money market interest also , good brokerage customer service. Personally I rate SCHW + IBKR as 2 of the best. And I've done business with many of them.
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    Money and Freedom

    %% I've bought a lot of books; + owned more than a few public library cards. I gave away a Jim Rogers book + then checked it out again @ the Library i gave it to.:D:D Jack Schwager books helped + still help.:caution::caution:
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    What did you learn from the demo and real trade?

    %% MY favorite trading test+ you may want to try this,LL ; when your or my fills never happened sometimes. See if a smaller % gainer like SPYV shows some profit; IF so add to start position. IF not dont add to it. Sorry SPYV has not beaten benchmark SPY; but when i didnt get filled with SPXL...
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    Talk me out of averaging up!

    %% LOL, I'm NOT even 100% sure what ''plump up the goose means''; but if one goes with 88% sure or 97 % sure may work well,LOL:caution::caution: Some times its cool the way a Canada goose will lock it's wings + power glide to ground. Take off'$ are much more explosive, but that's a wild...
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    IB autoliquidation

    %% Sounds like its a good thing,NOT that i want to learn everything the hard way. In other words, the stage coach driver that drove closest to the cliff never got the job. Especially since the bigger trades[excess risk]could result in a bigger profit for brokerage; auto liquidation = good thing.
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    What did you learn from the demo and real trade?

    %% SOMEthing else i learned LL ; leverage is not a friend/like a trend IS a friend. Unless its a profitable trade?LOL I make sure to include some cash stuff like SPYV, even though i only traded it once this year; averages less profit + less loss, than a lot of stuff i trade or invest in...
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