Uncommon investment mistakes (other than the obvious ones)
Mastering wealth protection: navigating uncommon investment blunders, dodging pitfalls, and securing your financial future.
Traders
🔒 Jittery stock traders eye four days that will sow market’s fate
In the span of just seven trading sessions, there will be four major events that could shape the market’s outlook for the rest of the year — and potentially prompt a rapid about-face by confounding expectations.
đź”’ Pro traders working the stock options market like no time since crisis
With a lumbering bear market whipping up volatility, the biggest traders are wringing stock options for all they’re worth.
Habits of a successful trader
The habits listed above aren’t all you’ll need to become successful at trading. However, incorporating them into your trading will boost your chances of success.
Top of the market? When? Where? How?
Investors should be wary of market timing and stay focused on their asset allocation and investment time horizons, writes Mike Abbott of Sable International.
Bloomberg View: Glencore is paying for “falling off the trader’s blade”
Glencore’s shares were down about 30 percent on Monday. Apparently, the company’s executives themselves didn’t know the reason for the freefall.
Lucy Kellaway: Wondered where the schoolyard bully ended up working?
Despite the GFC’s systemic shock, Lucy Kellaway discovered the traders’ lifestyle hasn’t changed much from her “most hateful year” inside a dealing room.