… high frequency trading: use priced not market orders
Superior investors can learn how to limit or avoid the bite from HFT predators. Do that by changing the game and using slow speed to your advantage. Once we have a target company in mind we can start the process of managing how they buy shares.
Do …
… Hiding from scrutiny & transparency
When I first learned of HFT and how it grew in secret right in front of us, Uncle Tom’s Cabin came to mind. That Harriet Beecher Stowe American novel has plantation girl Topsy, the girl that wasn’t made,
“I ‘spect I grow’d. Don’t think nobody never made …
… today’s governments and modern economies. The bond market is where lenders, investors, governments, and corporations meet.
It is also where mortal and immortal debt are both in the mix. The financial service industry has a huge stake in this debt game. It is a huge challenge to efficiently place this ocean of financing …
… a “recommended” solution or response.
The single or at most a very limited number of options then well up to the conscious mind. Our feelings and subconscious mind release only the best recommended option for consideration by the conscious mind.
At that point we have our first conscious awareness of the thought. Our conscious mind …
… In part, the reason for buying a small position is very basic. It forces me to pay attention. To keep focused I need some skin in the game. Then I really do pay attention.
However, when the small position shows I have found a winner, moving up to a full position means portfolio portion measurements …
… Markets
Investor Mind: Understanding the No-Worry Investor market-mind
Control Your Financial Destiny: The Smart Money Management Essentials
Investors Master Risk to Seize Psychological Advantages and Better Returns
Costs Drive Portion Size
Five Secrets of No-Worry Investors: Walk to Wealth
4 Successful investor traits
Warren Buffett explains gold
Income, value and growth …
… market regulars. This cohort shows up every single day. Successful traders know how to deal with them.
Regulators look after themselves first
There are many myths and games at play in the market. Markets display very human behavior and activity that brings out the best and worst of human behavior. Don’t make the mistake …
… fractions into the dustbin of history.
With the holdout gone, decimals were in place across all markets and exchanges. The use of decimals everywhere opened doors. More minds, investors, market users and computer programmers joined the game.
Ever more technology became inevitable in markets as more changes were afoot! For the first time competition for …
… That is why Canadian experts and accents are so common at mine sites around the world.
The Vancouver Stock Exchange financings drove that professional community development. From then until now, business continued in both fat and lean times. The Pacific Coast and resources of the West were fully in the game when the investment opportunity