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I’m attacking the risk, not trying to avoid it

The title is a quote I heard from Tom Basso, a semi-retired trader featured in “ The New Market Wizards ” book that was published in 1992. According…

Comparison makes market participants unhappy

Happy New Year! Absolute performance measures the annual returns of a portfolio, while relative performance compares it to a benchmark or some index…

Timing the Nasdaq 100 index (QQQ)

Earlier this year I posted a simple strategy on how to beat the S&P 500 index with market timing . I had done the backtest on 21 years of data in…

Compounding is the eighth wonder of the world

Simply put, compounding means money makes money that makes money that makes money. So, instead of thinking about returns in a linear fashion…

Ride them up, not down

No pain, no gain

People often look for easy money in the markets. They are in for the reward without wanting to tolerate the pain. When I think systematically in…