Abnormal Returns is one of my favourite places to go for some good quality reading material, so when I saw that Tadas was on a break my first reaction was to panic. How would I ever fill my days without his timely and interesting links? But I was not to be let down. You see, …
Tag Archive: Investing
May 28
Why “Learning By Doing” is Over-rated.
People are interesting. On the one hand, you get people like me who find out just enough to be dangerous and promptly leap into the fray, arms flailing and whooping like an Indian. People like me are idiots, really. And on the other hand, you get other people who sit down in a very calm …
May 09
The Big News About News
When it comes to small town gossip, I know a thing or two. In fact, of all the people on this green earth I probably am better placed to be a gossip expert than anyone. Check out my credentials. Resident of a small teensy country town – check. Around here you can run, but you …
Feb 24
The Market is a Faithless Beast.
It’s quite funny, really, the extent people go to to make themselves feel certain and ‘safe’ in the market environment – an environment that is characterised by uncertainty and risk. It’s not only private traders like myself, either; this desire to create certainty extends to money managers and other well-reputed people who really should know …
Jan 26
The Strategy Myth
Today in trading blog-world I stumbled across something truly frightening. I know that sounds very dramatic, and you may think there is nothing all that frightening about trading – it’s just trading after all – but let me explain. One of my recent followers on Twitter has a neat little trading strategy up his sleeve. …
Dec 08
Sex Lies and Video Tape
In Which Rogue Traderette Confesses. I’m not going to beat around the bush. I’m just going to come out with it. I AM A LIAR. Sorry about that. Just a couple of days ago, I was telling you how I’m all good. I let you believe that things are cruising and that I really …
Nov 22
How I Kicked The Fund Managers Butts
In Which Rogue Traderette Has Illusions of Grandeur I have to say that there is nothing that starts my day off better than finding out I’m more brilliant than I thought. I received this graph by Jez Liberty via Chris Tate, and it really is very illuminating. It seems the most prominent fund managers in …
Nov 09
Why Winning is For Losers
I don’t know how long it takes the average trader to turn a penny in this game. For some, who were lucky enough to fall into trading during a raging bull market it’s possible they were instantly profitable. It wasn’t like that for me. I got lucky on about two trades, then lost it 10 …
Sep 16
Get Out Your Knives
In Which Rogue Traderette Prepares to be Shot. Or knifed. Or somehow maimed. A day or two ago, a saying went through Twitter – it was popular, got retweeted by everyone who’s anyone and generally got added to the trading bible. It was this – “I’m interested in conviction, but if you can’t even consider …
Sep 12
Mixing a Market Cocktail
One of the things I love about trading is the endless opportunity to express yourself creatively. There is some way, some how to capitalise on any and all opinions you have about pretty much anything in the world, and we have the ability to blend our investments like a custom-made cocktail. (Mine’s the mojito.) Only …
My name is Jess. I’m an Aussie girl (or maybe I’m a woman – I’m not sure where the cut-off is). I’m a Mum to my daughter and two sons, a wife to my one husband, and a friend to anyone who knocks on the door – particularly if they come bearing red wine. Or any kind of wine, really. More >>
