I Am What Ever U Say I Am

Being a trader requires hours and hours of uninterrupted concentration sitting/standing and staring at a screen. It's always best to take small breaks away from the computer throughout the day in order to maintain maximum performance. Sometimes when you are on a roll you can go days even weeks without even leaving the house. By then you feel like something is missing. Human interaction. It's a requirement to successful trading. It allows you to regroup and forget about the markets for a bit and gives you a sense of belonging. Without it traders couldn't do what they do as well as they do.

Back in Action!

Just goes to show a little self control can go a long way! Finally after a year of pearl diving in Australia I have enough capital to travel and trade the markets! First up Bali, New Zealand, Hawaii, Thailand, China. Let the fun begin!

A lesson in economics: How stock markets really work…

This article just goes to show how simple the stock market really is to understand.

Imagine?

In order for the world in which we live not to self destruct, we need to focus our energy on a new way of thinking!

Medium Maximization

Most of us go on living our fast paced lives not even taking the time to stop and think why we do the things we do.. (i.e work a 9-5, take out a loan for school or for that car you always wanted.)In this article about medium maximization and decision making, Hsee, Yu and Zhang do a good job in describing some of the ways in which mediums of exchange(i.e money) affect our every day lives without us even realizing it's true vale. As stated in the article, "Anything between our behavior and happiness is a medium." The question I would like to bring up is.. Do we pursue these mediums of exchange because they are easy to attain and give us a sense of progression, or because we are forced to, due to the fact that our lives are structured by a single minded monetarist system of living.

A new way of Thinking

In this lecture, David Harvey outlines the destructive ways in which capitalism has negatively effected our economy. Until we are able to live within our means and not rely on credit to sustain our lackadaisical living habits then capitalism's destructive ways will keep the world from moving forward in a positive direction.

$SPY 20year chart

If you look at the SPY over a 20yr time frame it tells a different story!