By Gibbons Burke January 2000 Abstract / Introduction: Money management is like sex: Everyone does it, one way or another, but not many like to talk about it and some do it better than others. But there’s a big difference: Sex sites on the Web proliferate, while sites devoted to […]
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By Peter Steidlmayer, Ted Hearne 1994 Abstract / Introduction: In the past several decades, a fundamental change has taken place in the commodities markets. The industry has expanded the application of the futures concept to more products and derivatives such as options and indexes, and consequently, the influx of capital […]
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By Thom Hartle Abstract / Introduction: Ed Seykota, whose thoughts and insights were chronicled in Jack Schwager’s book Market Wizards, has been involved with trading commodities since the late 1960s. According to Market Wizards, Seykota’s “model account” — an actual customer account — started with $5,000 in 1972 and to date […]
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By Jack L. Treynor and Robert Ferguson 1985 Abstract / Introduction: Many investors occasionally receive what they believe to be nonpublic information about a security. Others feel that by supplying superior analytical skills to public information, they are able to arrive at valuable insights that are not generally appreciated…. […]
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By Flavia Cymbalista, Ph.D Abstract / Introduction: In its traditional formulation as an explanatory principle, reflexivity means that any object of thought contains in itself the thinking activity that generates it. Applying the concept of reflexivity to the question of financial markets valuation, Soros concludes that economic reality is actively […]
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