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The Essentials of Trading

The Essentials of Trading

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The Essentials of Trading is a blog which focuses on trading/investing education. It features loads of information, tips, and Question & Answer series. The blog is produced by John Forman, a 20+ year market veteran, and based on his Amazon.com Top Selling book, The Essentials of Trading.

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  • Bank Fed Borrowing Doesn’t Mean Rapidly Rising Money Supply

    Posted on Thursday July 24th, 2008 at 08:00 in , trader tips

    Do me a big favor. Don’t be this guy. “Banks’ borrowing at the rate climbed to a daily average of $13.9 billion in the week ended July 16 from $7.84 billion three months earlier.” So currently banks are borrowing about $417 bi...

  • When being an on-air expert ends up being a flop

    Posted on Wednesday July 23rd, 2008 at 08:00 in , media

    Well, the BBC interview last night was a mixed experience. While my time on air was fine, the producers droppeed the ball. It started off with them not calling me for the pre-interview before-hand by the time they said they would. That created a situ...

  • Talking Stocks on the BBC tonight!

    Posted on Tuesday July 22nd, 2008 at 16:51 in , media

    Here’s a first. I’m going to be doing a phone interview on BBC 5 this evening to talk about Wachovia (WB), which released their second quarter figures today.  It’s scheduled for 8:20 pm Eastern and will be part of the Up All Night ...

  • Reviews of Trading Books

    Posted on Tuesday July 22nd, 2008 at 08:21 in , resources, trading book

    Since starting this blog I have written up a number of book reviews and I’m sure I’ll be writing more in the future as I read new ones. Here is the list as it currently stands. The (Mis)Behavior of Markets by Benoit Mandelbrot How I Made ...

  • Being a top 5% trader with almost no effort

    Posted on Monday July 21st, 2008 at 08:08 in , trader tips

    I took part in this year’s CNBC portfolio challenge. Well, I sort of did. I’m not a huge fan of contests like that because they tend not to represent real trading very well. The things one needs to do to win them are just about the comple...

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