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JP Morgan (JPM) Trading Loss Sends Futures Lower
US stock futures point to a lower open Friday after JP Morgan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._P._Morgan)’s (JPM (http://www.google.com/finance?q=NYSE:JPM)) “London (http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=51.5072222222,-0.1275 spn=0.1,0.1 q=51.5072222222,-0.1275 (London) t=h) Whale” trader took a $ 2 billion trading loss on a massive position in credit default swaps (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credit_default_swap). JPM is down more than 7% this morning. In a surprise conference call after the close yesterday, JPM CEO Jamie Dimon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Dimon) revealed the huge loss, also adding that it could deepen this quarter and beyond. He called the losses “egregious mistakes” and the single trader’s massive exposure a “tempest in a teapot”. Other bank stocks sold off on the news as well, but Dimon insists that while JPM might have been dumb, that “doesn’t mean everyone else was”. The immediate focus…
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401(k) Day Trading Turns a Happy 4
By Richard Schmitt
SAN FRANCISCO (TheStreet) — It seems like only yesterday that my baby retirement savings portfolio came to life. Yet here I am, four years later, looking back fondly at that day in May 2008 when 401(k) day trading started transforming my tiny bundle of joy into a wonderful monster.
I’ll admit that when 401(k) day trading came into my life, I was hesitant about entrusting my wee one to a complete stranger. This newcomer had no track record backing its premise of methodically bringing out my precious baby’s untapped potential in uncertain times.
With no experience to review, I tried 401(k) day trading and observed closely its effect on the beloved source of my constant worry and affection. I quickly found that 401(k) day trading simply called for some give-and-take through daily transfers from one pocket of my retirement savings to another. Then I followed the book to ensure that my daily fund transfers abided by the retirement savings funds’ frequent-trading rules.
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Trade Like a Hedge Fund: 20 Successful Uncorrelated Strategies and Techniques to Winning Profits (Wiley Trading)
Trade Like a Hedge Fund: 20 Successful Uncorrelated Strategies and Techniques to Winning Profits (Wiley Trading)
Learn the successful strategies behind hedge fund investingHedge funds and hedge fund trading strategies have long been popular in the financial community because of their flexibility, aggressiveness, and creativity. Trade Like a Hedge Fund capitalizes on this phenomenon and builds on it by bringing fresh and practical ideas to the trading table. This book shares 20 uncorrelated trading strategies and techniques that will enable readers to trade and invest like never before. With detailed exampl
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The Best Trading System: How to Make Big Stock Market Returns in the Long Run as a Trader or Investor
The Best Trading System: How to Make Big Stock Market Returns in the Long Run as a Trader or Investor
So you’ve read dozens and dozens of well-known trading and investment books out there and you’re still not as profitable as you would like to be. Well then, let this be your book of last resort. Perhaps this is the last piece of the puzzle that you’re missing. Whether you’re a beginning investor or trader, or someone who has years of market experience, this concise and effective investing guide offers valuable insights on how to approach a market that is vastly different than a few decades a
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Trading The Odds With Arbitrage
Profiting from arbitrage is not only for market makersv – retail traders can find opportunity in risk arbitrage.
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My Journey into Technical Trading
The agility to profit even in long-term bear markets helped turn Corey Rosenbloom from a long-term, fundamental investor to a short-term technical trader, he explains.
MoneyShow.com – Trading Strategies and Techniques
3 Signs a Stock Is Worth Trading
Daytraders should target stocks that exhibit strong volume, decisive price action, and clear chart patterns, says Harry Boxer, who uses all three when choosing which stocks to trade each day.
MoneyShow.com – Trading Strategies and Techniques
Cramer’s ‘Mad Money’ Recap: Avoid Trading on Headlines Next Week (Final)
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NEW YORK (TheStreet) — With a tidal wave of earnings coming next week, Jim Cramer reminded viewers on his “Mad Money” TV show Friday to keep their fingers off the trigger and avoid trading on the headlines. He said confusion reigns supreme during this most difficult of earnings weeks and mistakes can damage a portfolio in an instant.
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Click to research the Computer Hardware industry.Trading Algorithms Get Even Smarter
Keeping up with trading computers is getting even tougher, says Jitesh Thakkar, as the new algorithms have technology that allows the systems to practically "think" and "learn" on their own.
MoneyShow.com – Trading Strategies and Techniques
