Weekend Linking In

With another week behind us, let’s take a look at some key insightful blog or financial posts courtesy Newsflashr’s Blog and Business pages. Dr. Brett Steenbarger at TraderFeed writes Learning to Trade: Viewing Yourself, Reviewing Your Trading as well as Learning to Win at Trading by Learning to Lose provide insights into the psychological world…

Link: Really Scary Fed Charts!

Ben at The Financial Ninja has kept a running monthly summary of various charts from the Federal Reserve that are absolutely worth viewing in full detail. His most recent post is entitled, “Really Scary Fed Charts [for] October – Now ‘Crazy’ Scary!“. Ben plots the Non-Borrowed Assets of Depository Institutions (hint – it’s very negative……

Fear

Adam Hewison of Market Club released a video I wanted to share with you today entitled “Fear.”  In it, Hewison describes Roosevelt’s famous quote “The only thing we have to fear is … fear itself” and then applies this concept to trading as he discusses the recent moves in Crude Oil, Gold, and the US…

Had Enough Therapy?

I came across a relatively new blog on psychology with a unique perspective and title that I wanted to share with you entitled “Had Enough Therapy?” written by Stuart Schneiderman, an executive life coach. Though the blog is not entirely focused on trading (but touches a variety of topics from politics to sports), Schneiderman has…

Link: Seven Deadly Sins of Deregulation

Robert Kutner of The American Prospect published an article entitled “The Seven Deadly Sins of Deregulation and Three Necessary Reforms” that I wanted to highlight for some background information on a possible explanation of the economic situation we’re experiencing. Kutner writes: “The current carnage on Wall Street, with dire spillover effects on Main Street, is…