Comments on: NewsFlashr Business Editor’s Picks for April 30 2009 http://blog.afraidtotrade.com/newsflashr-business-editors-picks-for-april-30-2009/ Helping traders overcome fears and emotions in trading Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:53:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Guest http://blog.afraidtotrade.com/newsflashr-business-editors-picks-for-april-30-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-212694 Guest Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:28:26 +0000 http://blog.afraidtotrade.com/?p=3825#comment-212694 Insightful read. I have stumbled and twittered this for my friends. Others no doubt will like it like I did. Insightful read. I have stumbled and twittered this for my friends. Others no doubt will like it like I did.

]]> By: ???? http://blog.afraidtotrade.com/newsflashr-business-editors-picks-for-april-30-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-210418 ???? Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:28:26 +0000 http://blog.afraidtotrade.com/?p=3825#comment-210418 Insightful read. I have stumbled and twittered this for my friends. Others no doubt will like it like I did. Insightful read. I have stumbled and twittered this for my friends. Others no doubt will like it like I did.

]]> By: Andrew Stanton http://blog.afraidtotrade.com/newsflashr-business-editors-picks-for-april-30-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-208718 Andrew Stanton Fri, 01 May 2009 13:26:58 +0000 http://blog.afraidtotrade.com/?p=3825#comment-208718 I have a feeling those leveraged funds behave a lot like options. Not only do they move up & down based on the underlying but, as mentioned in the article, they are greatly affected by volatility and the forward price structure if it's a commodity. My guess is time also plays a big part since there is the constant expense of the hedging needed to keep the fund leveraged; the simplest example is GLD where over time you own less gold per share as the fund dilutes itself to pay expenses. Sometimes there is free money in new markets but only until the crowd catches on; read chapter 6, Made to Trade, in "Pit Bull" by Marty Schwartz. I have a feeling those leveraged funds behave a lot like options. Not only do they move up & down based on the underlying but, as mentioned in the article, they are greatly affected by volatility and the forward price structure if it’s a commodity. My guess is time also plays a big part since there is the constant expense of the hedging needed to keep the fund leveraged; the simplest example is GLD where over time you own less gold per share as the fund dilutes itself to pay expenses. Sometimes there is free money in new markets but only until the crowd catches on; read chapter 6, Made to Trade, in “Pit Bull” by Marty Schwartz.

]]> By: Corey Rosenbloom http://blog.afraidtotrade.com/newsflashr-business-editors-picks-for-april-30-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-208652 Corey Rosenbloom Fri, 01 May 2009 00:48:09 +0000 http://blog.afraidtotrade.com/?p=3825#comment-208652 Andrew, That's sort of the logic and research a local fund manager and I have been looking into as well. It honestly almost seems like free money ie too good to be true so that's why I keep wanting to research before putting it into practice. Fascinating stuff so far, for sure. Andrew,

That’s sort of the logic and research a local fund manager and I have been looking into as well. It honestly almost seems like free money ie too good to be true so that’s why I keep wanting to research before putting it into practice. Fascinating stuff so far, for sure.

]]> By: Andrew Stanton http://blog.afraidtotrade.com/newsflashr-business-editors-picks-for-april-30-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-208638 Andrew Stanton Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:36:15 +0000 http://blog.afraidtotrade.com/?p=3825#comment-208638 Interesting strategy in the comments section of The Microcap Speculator story about shorting the long and short 3x funds together. Wish there was more history to back test that. Interesting strategy in the comments section of The Microcap Speculator story about shorting the long and short 3x funds together. Wish there was more history to back test that.

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