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    Saturday, July 5, 2008 One Conclusion and an Update (8 clicks)
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July 5, 2008 at 2:04 am ET I really came to this conclusion before but when I started making money in the last few months before June I drifted away from it: I'm not emotionally equipped to hold large trading positions overnight, ... (more) Monday, June 30, 2008 June Finally Over (7 clicks)
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June 30, 2008 at 7:09 pm ET Trading realised gains were $223. Everything else looks horrible. ... (more) Sunday, June 29, 2008 "Gurus" Lose Even More Money (5 clicks)
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June 29, 2008 at 8:29 pm ET Interesting league table of returns of "gurus" over the last 6 and 12 months. I estimate I'm down 10% over six months and 5% over 12 months. That's similar to Soros and would be one ... (more) Saturday, June 28, 2008 Worst Since the Great Depression (9 clicks)
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June 28, 2008 at 8:34 am ET There is a lot of talk that this is the worst June for the Dow since the Great Depression and the worst month since the 2000-02 bear market. I haven't run the numbers in a ... (more) Friday, June 20, 2008 Three Bad Trades: Two (?) Down, One to Go (4 clicks)
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June 20, 2008 at 2:32 am ET Last week I was in three bad trades on each of which I was down significantly. One was long NASDAQ futures, another short QQQQ puts, and the third long SPI (Australian stock futures via CFDs). ... (more) Monday, June 16, 2008 From Moomin Valley - view blog entries - visit this blog
June 16, 2008 at 7:04 pm ET Another Macquarie private equity listed fund to be delisted. This bodes well for my various Australian listed funds that are trading at huge discounts to book value: EBI, AEP, IPE, CAM, and PMC. Though CAM ... (more) Another similarity with 1990-91 (23 clicks)
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June 16, 2008 at 9:29 am ET Record levels of bearishness. As I write, oil just spiked to a new all time high. Seems to me this was a reaction to a bad Empire State Report (NY Fed report on NYS economy) ... (more) Sunday, June 15, 2008 Mid-Month Update (14 clicks)
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June 15, 2008 at 12:05 am ET The numbers in the right column look really awful. The only goal where we're making progress at this point in the month is on realized gains with a net $487 gain so far this month. ... (more) Saturday, June 14, 2008 Immigration (6 clicks)
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June 14, 2008 at 6:52 am ET Another goal completed, Friday, when we visited the Department of Immigration in Canberra to turn in Snork Maiden's immigration application and pay the $A2,060 fee. When processed they should award her temporary residence status in ... (more) Tuesday, June 10, 2008 Australian Stock MArket Update (6 clicks)
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June 10, 2008 at 7:28 pm ET The chart shows progress so far since all time highs in the Australian stock market at the end of October. A suggested Elliott Wave count consisting of a triple zig-zag W-X-Y-X-Z is shown. In US ... (more) Wednesday, June 4, 2008 New Investment: Legend International (5 clicks)
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June 4, 2008 at 9:12 am ET Legend International is a company run by Joseph Gutnick that is developing a major phosphate mine in northwest Queensland. The stock is an OTC-BB stock in the US, but following a successful private placement the ... (more) Tuesday, June 3, 2008 Asynchronous Diagonal Put Spread Trading (1 click)
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June 3, 2008 at 9:54 pm ET I'm now at the second stage in my new U.S. based options trading strategy. I'm trading QQQQ options at the moment. I'm short 4 June $48 puts and long 4 September $49 puts. This is ... (more) Monday, June 2, 2008 From Moomin Valley - view blog entries - visit this blog
June 2, 2008 at 5:58 am ET A good month, though returns were not as spectacular as in April. Mid month, investment returns were more than double what they were by the end of the month following a pullback in the markets. ... (more) New Trading Goal for 2008 (7 clicks)
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June 2, 2008 at 1:51 am ET I'm upping my trading goal for 2008 from $9,500 to $15,000. This means making about $2000 per month for the rest of the year except in the month when we visit China. I've had realised ... (more) Friday, May 30, 2008 May Trading Results (6 clicks)
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May 30, 2008 at 9:13 pm ET May was another generally positive month for trading. Realised gains came in at $1,600 ($3,674 ytd):
It's feeling like this kind of rate might be sustainable. It's the fourth positive month in a row, which is ... (more) Thursday, May 29, 2008 From Moomin Valley - view blog entries - visit this blog
May 29, 2008 at 10:22 am ET Sold my holding in SAFT. Held since August last year, received a few dividends watched the stock price go up, but though the company is cheap in terms of P/E it's not going anywhere. Didn't ... (more) Wednesday, May 28, 2008 From Moomin Valley - view blog entries - visit this blog
May 28, 2008 at 10:25 pm ET We made some donations to help with the recovery from the Sichuan Earthquake. Half the money we gave through San Diego Zoo to help the Wolong Panda Reserve (both of us have been at different ... (more) Tuesday, May 27, 2008 Where Does BHP Make Its Money? (5 clicks)
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May 27, 2008 at 11:00 pm ET Today the price of oil is falling and though the U.S. stockmarket rose overnight the Australian stock market is down. Resource stocks are, of course, very important in the Australian market but while some resource ... (more) Monday, May 26, 2008 From Moomin Valley - view blog entries - visit this blog
May 26, 2008 at 8:16 pm ET I completed my first CFD day trade for a profit of $1. Moving stops is not as fast as on Interactive Brokers as you need to click a confirm button after changing the price and ... (more) First CFD Trade (19 clicks)
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May 26, 2008 at 1:48 am ET My account was approved this morning and I got some money into my account - using a credit card it was there right away - more is on the way from Adelaide Bank via AnyPay. ... (more) Sunday, May 25, 2008 Trading, Tax and Superannuation (4 clicks)
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May 25, 2008 at 8:35 pm ET Gradually, I'm getting up to speed on Australian taxation, retirement etc. A combination of reading the Australian Financial Review (horrible website only read the paper version) and Sydney Morning Herald (great website, The Australian's website ... (more) Listed vs. Unlisted Property (9 clicks)
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May 25, 2008 at 7:17 am ET Listed property includes REITs and other companies mainly involved in property that are listed on stockmarkets such as Westfield. Unlisted property and mutual and funds that are not stock market listed. The performance of these ... (more) Friday, May 23, 2008 From Moomin Valley - view blog entries - visit this blog
May 23, 2008 at 2:10 am ET The American Economic Association (the World's top academic economics society) has an $18 million dollar potfolio. They're currently invested 85% in stocks and 15% in bonds. 55% of the total is in US equities and ... (more) Thursday, May 22, 2008 Market Inefficiency (3 clicks)
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May 22, 2008 at 11:14 pm ET Challenger Infrastructure Fund is down 22% today currently. Yesterday they reported that they sold their holding of Arqiva and ceased takeover talks with Arkmile. The stock fell a few cents yesterday. As reaction was muted ... (more) From Moomin Valley - view blog entries - visit this blog
May 22, 2008 at 7:47 am ET I just got back from the City Index seminar. I was pretty impressed. The trading platform looks nice a lot of features similar to Interactive Brokers. The presenter used to be an FX trader at ... (more) Items 1 - 25 of 224
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