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  • Pleasant Moods Reduce Confirmation Bias

    Kulsum Khan on April 1, 2020

    Whether you are a long-term investor or a short-term trader, you must look through reams of information, such as charts, analyst commentaries, and financial statements, to arrive at an astute decision ..

  • The Self-Confident Trader

    Kulsum Khan on March 31, 2020

    The self-confident trader is decisive. He or she carefully plans a trade, patiently waits for the ideal market conditions, and executes the trade effortlessly and flawlessly. There is no self-reproach ..

  • The Confident Trader

    Kulsum Khan on March 31, 2020

    Joe tells his friend, “I’m staying out of the markets for a few days.” “Why?” asks Tom. “I can’t trade under these conditions. I’m going to wait for the markets to change,” answers J ..

  • Self-confidence: A Prerequisite for Financial Success

    Kulsum Khan on March 31, 2020

    Top-notch traders don’t follow the crowd. They lead it. They anticipate what the masses are doing, and capitalize on how they are mindlessly swayed by the current mood of the markets. Seasoned t ..

  • The Art of Concentration

    Kulsum Khan on March 30, 2020

    You can be highly motivated to trade, have limitless capital, and a foolproof trading strategy, but if you don’t devote your full concentration to the trade that you have on at the moment, you’ ..

  • Full and Intense Concentration

    Kulsum Khan on March 30, 2020

    Your ability to concentrate fully and intensely can mean the difference between consistently taking home huge profits and barely staying above water. It’s vital that you pay attention to multipl ..

  • Complex and Always in Flux

    Kulsum Khan on March 30, 2020

    Alan Greenspan, in his opening remarks at the August 29, 2003 symposium sponsored by the Federal Reserve of Kansas City, said, “Uncertainty is not just an important feature of the monetary policy la ..

  • The Debt funds (Part 2)

    Karthik Rangappa on March 27, 2020

    12.1 – Overnight Fund We are in living in strange times, as I write this, the market is down nearly 30% from its peak. I’ve seen markets get hammered for a variety of reasons – recessions, busin ..

  • Drawn to Complexity: When Keeping it Simple is Better

    Kulsum Khan on March 27, 2020

    In the mid-1980s, Steve Wozniak, the creator of the Apple II computer, was asked about the future of computing. Interestingly, in hindsight, he said he thought people were making too much of the home, ..

  • The Competitive Spirit: Learn to Tame It

    Kulsum Khan on March 27, 2020

    Throughout our lives, we are told to foster a competitive spirit. We compare ourselves to others, inspire ourselves to do better, and try to beat out our peers. As children playing sports, we are advi ..