Tag Archive: United States

Mar 20

Why I Want to be American

The Aussie market, circa 2007.

I admit it – I’m jealous. Right now, I want to be American.  I want to buy cheap houses and eat mega-huge fast food. But most of all, I want a stock market that goes up. Ours appears to have forgotten how.   In fact it’s almost as though it’s pulled the doona* over its head …

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Sep 08

Follow The Leader

S&P500 w. dates

Now it’s possible that I’m wrong, but I’ve been noticing a subtle shift in our markets.  Obviously I focus on our tiny little Australian market (ASX) for the majority of my trading, but I also keep a pretty close eye on our American friends and what their market is doing because I like to have …

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Aug 22

Getting Proactive

In Which Rogue Traderette Puts Her Hands On her Ears, and Sings. As I’ve been catching up on some financial blog reading this morning, I’m struck by all the doom and gloom and whingy-pants’s out there. Life’s not fair, and people are complaining.  They’re blaming High Frequency Trading for ruining the markets.  They’re blaming the …

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