Stocks quietly oscillated in a sideways range throughout yesterday's session before finishing near the flat line and with mixed results. Blue chips showed relative strength again, enabling the Dow Jones Industrial Average to edge 0.2% higher. The S&P 500 was unchanged and the Nasdaq Composite sli ... Read more

We all have heard about the importance of risk management and how crucial it is to our success. However, nobody really talks about all the elements of the risk management. The most talked about risk management is market risk. Then credit risk. After that, you hear about counterparty and operati ... Read more

Yes, spells, you heard me correctly. You may wonder in this day and age, why are we talking about spells? What are spells? In today’s culture, it is called subliminal messages or going one step further, it is your own beliefs. Spells are beliefs/thoughts/actions that we follow without real ... Read more

How are you feeling in the midst of all these changes? Are you calm and collected or are you overwhelmed? These times are challenging for most people. We are constantly bombarded by the negative news. We are hearing about massive layoffs day after day. We are hearing about budget de ... Read more

When I first got into the business of writing about the financial markets, it was the summer of 2000.   Seven years later, in the fall of 2007, I was offered and accepted a position as senior editor of TradingMarkets. Given how the markets behaved shortly after those two career moves, it mi ... Read more

With markets having their biggest turbulences, how are you handling your trading? These days, we are witnessing the common modes of operation: Fear and Panic. People are worried about their future. They are thinking, “How can I pay my mortgage, my children’s college expenses and what is h ... Read more

In the past few weeks, have you felt like you were in quicksand? By the markets' volatility causing a lot of uncertainly and P&L swings, does it feel like the harder you try, the worse things get? Do you feel overwhelmed? Well, you are not alone. These are very hard times in the m ... Read more