Guest Bloggers
The Biggest Financial Deception of the Decade
Enron? Bear Stearns? Bernie Madoff? They’re all big stories about big losses and have hurt a lot of employees and investors. But none come close to getting my vote for the decade’s most dastardly deception…
The Eye of the Storm
Louis James, Senior Analyst and Editor for Casey’s International Spectator, has compiled a year-end collection of the Casey Research team’s 2010 outlooks and offers them to Contrarian Profits readers.
Volatility- The Essence of Stock Options
Last week Ron Ianieri from OptionUniversity.com came and gave us a great lesson on the misinformed traders out there and how options are a great tool (re-read it here), and today I asked him to teach us a bit about volatility and options! If you’ve not yet checked out Ron’s new online video do it [...]
Are You One of “Them”, Too? Options Focused Post
I’ve had the pleasure of meeting and enjoying a beer with Ron Ianieri from OptionUniversity.com. For those of you who’ve had the opportunity of learning options from him, you know what I mean when I say he’s awesome! He’s experience, poised, and his knowledge from REAL LIFE trading is outstanding.
Well Ron (the linebacker looking [...]
Small Caps Lead the Way after a Recession
Last week I asked Ian Wyatt from SmallCapInvestor.com to come and teach us a little about why small caps are perfect for active traders. It got a pretty good response, so today I invited him back to convince us that small cap stocks are our way out of the recession…please feel free to comment with [...]
Buy and Hold Investing Is Dead: Why Small Caps Work for Active Traders
I recently had the opportunity to get to know Ian Wyatt from SmallCapInvestor.com, and his small-cap (and overall market) knowledge is outstanding! He’s written the below article just for Trader’s Blog readers, and per my request has made a special offer to those interested in learning more about small-cap stocks. Please feel free to comment [...]
The Calm Before the Inflationary Storm
We ALL worry about inflation, but then the news dies down a bit and we push in another ‘major issue’ according to the news media. Funny how they can easily munipulate the masses with their massive hype machine…anyway when inflation was hot Tim McMahon, editor of InflationData.com, was busier then anyone on the planet! I’ve [...]
5 Simple Things All Wealthy Traders Do To Gain An Edge
At one point I considered myself the luckiest person in the trading world because I was surrounded by trading experts, and had instant access to almost anyone. I lost that title after I met Tim Bourquin, Co-Founder of TraderInterviews.com. See Tim has the platform to basically ask ANY question he wants to ANY trader he [...]
Is The Third Quarter High In Place?
Joining us today is John Bougearel, author of the renowned book Riding the Storm Out. Enjoy as Jon states his case for why the third quarter high may already be in place. As always be sure to comment and let us know your thoughts.
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The problem with being perpetually short is the need to be willing [...]
Why losing traders look for methods that win 80% or more of the time
I’ll get right to it…this post from Bill Poulos from Profits Run is excellent! We’ve all been in this situation, where we look for a great methodology for our trading style, look at published winning percentages, and then cry when it completely blows up your account…yes we’ve ALL been there! In Bill’s new article he [...]
A Triad of Commodity Based ETFs
The debate over whether we are headed towards inflation, deflation or stagflation is not likely to end soon. But the technical analysis video below, produced by Michele Schneider from Marketguage.com, shows you triad of commodity based ETFs (USO, OIL, DBC) and how and WHAT to trade in any economic climate.
VISIT THIS LINK TO ENJOY THE [...]
Rock Paper Scissors – A Trading Analogy!
Sometimes you hear something and you have to do a double take, or a double listen. This is one of those times. I’ve know Lance Beggs from YourTradingCoach.com for a while and he sent me an email last week with ‘Rock Paper Scissors – A Trading Analogy’ as the title. I was hooked so replied, [...]
Why Trading Forex Now Beats The Stock Market
Today’s post is from an old friend, frequent blogger (see previous posts), and trading expert Bill Poulos from Profits Run. With Bill focusing a ton of his time on Forex, and with the Forex market getting so much attention, I wanted to ask Bill to come and give us some of his latest insights into [...]