Updates from the past week shared via Facebook and Twitter:
- Further evidence that the field of Behavioral Finance is gaining traction: An investor’s worst enemy? Their brain
- Quite an interesting list of trading/investing observations: Wisdom From Jason Zweig
- The post speaks to the point that if you have an edge in the market you should maximize its application. An argument for why not trading much makes no sense
- While I tend to agree that US brokers would take a big hit were retail spot forex trading forced to go on-exchange, I’m not convinced it would kill the retail forex business all together. In fact, I could strengthen it…. US Treasury Department reconsiders exempting Forex from OTC Derivatives Regulations
- An interesting discussion of the use and implication of limit orders: Limit Orders, on the Crumbling Edge of Behavioral Finance
- Penny Stocks or Forex for the new trader
- An interesting discussion of what’s happening in market regulation. CFTC – MF Global’s collapse didn’t happen because of a lack of regulation, NFA ponders segregation rules
- The estimates put retail forex trading volume at $217bln per day, a bit less than 7% of the $4trln total… Retail Forex Market Volume Q4 2011 – Japan’s decline puts pressure on global volumes
- Will Dodd-Frank end up killing the US forex business?
- Forex volume infographic.
- Just one reason why it behooves us all to understand all the trading vehicles available to us in whatever market… Combining Trend Following and Option Selling Strategies
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