Monthly Archives: June 2007

The Zero Sum Game

The topic of the zero sum game came up recently in a forum discussion in which I …

The value of short-interest

Short interest is an interesting statistic that’s worth understanding. It tells you how many shares of a …

Interest Rates and PE Ratios

The other day I talked about the impact of interest rates on stock prices, and how higher …

Interest Rates and Stock Prices

After last week’s run up in interest rates, it’s worth taking some time to understand the link …

An example of what can really drive the markets

Yesterday was a pretty interesting day in the markets. And I do mean “markets”. Most people will …

The Essentials in China

I received a note the other day. It was from my editor at Wiley informing me that …

The PEG

Most stock market traders are familiar with the PE ratio. That is current price divided by the …

The implications of index trading

Something came up recently in one of the forums I visit from time to time. It had …