Trading
All the day trading by the new class of retail investors has not helped the long-only crowd.
More and more women are thriving as traders. Barbara Stewart, CFA, talks to three of them.
Going beyond the traditional fundamentals of trading that are covered in academia, Larry Harris, CFA, explores the motivations and goals of the wide spectrum of traders, including profit-motivated traders, utilitarian traders, and the newest breed of traders — those resulting from the growth of electronic markets. Understanding other market participants’ motives allows traders to determine the most opportune time to trade.
Adapted from a lecture by the author and a follow-up discussion with eminent economists, this book includes an analysis of the South Sea Bubble and the application of the author’s new economic model to that and similar episodes. Open-minded investors would benefit from the book’s insights on speculative trading bubbles.
If you peruse the Wikipedia entries that describe some of the world's great investors, you'll often find that they share a common footnote: a series of books entitled "The Market Wizards" which feature Jack Schwager's profiles of… READ MORE ›
Jack Schwager discusses some of the traders featured in his book, The Little Book of Market Wizards.
Portfolio hedges don’t come cheap, but we shouldn’t confuse those costs with the vehicles that make hedging possible.
Volatility has been written about as an asset class at least since the early 2000s, but not until VIX futures and exchange-traded products… READ MORE ›
The scandal surrounding Libor, the London Interbank Offered Rate, continues to sweep through global finance like wildfire — so much information, so little time for investment professionals to assess the facts. These seven recommended reads will help you home in on the essentials of this still-unfolding imbroglio concerning the global benchmark.
The chairman of Intelligence Capital laid out "seven rules of foreign exchange" that can help market practitioners manage their exchange rate exposures and clarify the future direction of currency markets.
Investment professionals thinking of offering managed futures should read this primer on the nuts and bolts of managed futures and conventional “how-to” guide to making money. It provides both the solid theoretical underpinnings of the asset class and the practical aspects of incorporating managed futures into a client’s portfolio.