Key Takeaways Mutual funds present investors with an efficient means of holding a large, diversified basket of assets The mutual fund universe offers a varying range […]
Key Takeaways A currency pair is the rate of exchange of one nation’s currency for that of another’s Trading venues for foreign exchange include the futures […]
Key Takeaways Forex trading is similar to pairs trading in that you’re buying one currency and selling another As with the stock market, traders can look […]
Key Takeaways Margin on futures can help establish a relatively large position, but it also adds certain risks A certain amount of money, the maintenance margin, […]
A plan (and sticking to it) is the backbone of a solid trading approach. But what happens when your plan shows cracks? Consider 5 occasions that […]
Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part Perspectives series on the principles of “mindful” trading. Read the first. Professional athletes often expound during post-game […]
In a recent study, Harvard University researchers determined that some 47% of people performing any given task found their minds drifting to other subjects. There’s a […]
Grab a cup of coffee, find a comfortable chair, and settle in with some of the all-time trading greats courtesy of Jack Schwager, whose recently published […]
Everyone makes mistakes. But there are two types of people: those who learn from their mistakes and those who don’t. The “value of mistakes” is the […]
In the final moments of the iconic movie Wall Street, Gordon Gekko confronts his former protégé Bud Fox after discovering the wannabe set him up to […]