Archive for June, 2008

Commodity Trading System Development - Robust Methods

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

With computers as powerful as they are today its easy to optimize a trading system and make it look exceptional. However, as we have previously written, an optimized system is not usually a good system. Just simply because you're able to train your computer to have 20/20 hindsight does not ...

Financial Industry Insider Reveals How Advisers Make Money at Your Expense

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

My brother is in the navy, when he planned to get married he came to me for financial advice, and he asked me to recommend a good financial adviser. He and his girlfriend had about $46,000 of net assets together. I went through his statements and found that he would ...

Invest in Gold Now - Here is Another Good Reason Why

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

There are many reasons why you should invest in gold, now. Some reasons are more convincing than others. A good indicator I have seen recently is the Dow Jones vs Gold Price ratio.The Dow Jones vs Gold Price ratio looks at how many ounces of gold it takes to purchase ...

Assessing a Losing Equity Investment and Unit Trust

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

Investors should always aware of warning indicators that their investment could start losing some value. The decision whether to sell or keep a losing equity investment is fairly straightforward.First, identify the factors that cause the share's poor performance. Sometimes, the broad market is weak, in such event, hold on to ...