Japan and Demand Destruction
The US markets are closed today. Last night Japan reported that their Q4 GDP shrank by 3.3%, or...
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Ten Common Income Tax Credits
Unlike income tax deductions, which reduce your taxes by reducing your taxable income, tax credits...
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7 Easy Steps to an Early Tax Refund
If you want to get your 2008 taxes in early and get your refund quickly, here are...
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Trade Exit Training Week
My aim this week is to focus on staying in trades and only exiting when my “rules” are...
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Corporate Lobbying Leads To Performance
Last week, we took a look at how investors can determine how much money the companies they own...
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The ABCs Of Option Volatility
Most options traders – from beginner to expert – are familiar with the Black-Scholes...
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New Tax Tips for Businesses
In these lean times, there’s one move that’s always smart–preserve your cash by...
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How To Lay Off Employees
It seems more and more corporations are choosing to downsize in order to survive the current...
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These Guys are from England and Who Gives a Sh*t?
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For – Negativland on their album U2 (that...
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Day of Rest
Spent a good portion of the day responding to comments and emails as there has been a lot of good...
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Short closed
We entered a short trade on Monday , at 869.50 E-mini March S&P500 contract.Right after the...
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the perfect and the good
I looked through all my paper trades this week, pulling up each on a chart. I should do this every...
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Buffett’s Biggest Mistake
This article originally appeared on The Div-Net Feb8 2009Much has been written about the success...
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Divergence in Oil
Anybody else notice the divergence between the price of oil and the ETF that tracks oil (USO)...
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The Warren Buffett Way: Part IV
The following summary was written by Frank Voisin, who regularly writes for Frankly Speaking....
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How the Other Half Lives
I could never imagine myself trading in the pits. It looks like it can take years off of your...
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Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (February 9 – 15, 2009)
“Words from the Wise” this week comes to you from my abode in a visibly depressed Europe, from...
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On the radar for 2/16…
Energies, aside from Unleaded are close to shorts (re-shorts,I guess). We’re in the April...
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S&P Earnings and Implications
The following is from John Mauldin’s Weekly e-Letter, Thoughts from the Frontline:Earnings...
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Making decisions with imperfect information
A man with a watch knows what time it is. A man with two watches is never sure.” Segal’s Law...
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TraderPlanet’s Quick Guide to Candlesticks
