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Market Insights: How to Trade When the Market is “Stuck”

Every one of us has experienced that dreaded moment when we buy a stock expecting a big bullish run, only to find a few weeks later the stock is still at roughly the same price it was when we purchased it. The truth is sideways markets can be a pain. Usually, at the beginning of […]

Market Insights: Why Do People Invest In Hedge Funds? [Part 3]

Welcome back! Chris Burgess here, and today, we’re wrapping up our discussion about hedge funds. Now that we know what makes a hedge fund and what a hedge fund does, we can come back to the question asked at the beginning of this series: why would anyone pay a 2% management fee and a 20% […]

Market Insights: Why Do People Invest In Hedge Funds? [Part 2]

Welcome back! Last week, we talked about what makes a hedge fund and went through the specific requirements in order for a fund to be considered a hedge fund and if you would like to review part 1 of this series you can do that here. Now that we know what a hedge fund is […]

Market Insights: Why Do People Invest In Hedge Funds? [Part 1]

In today’s Market Insight blog, I’m writing to you to explain all about hedge funds! Now, the reason I’m writing this post is because there are a ton of misconceptions out there about what a hedge fund is, what it means, and why anyone would pay so much to invest in a fund.First, let’s establish […]

Market Insights: How to Develop a Trading Plan that Wins [Part 4]

Welcome back! Chris Burgess here with part four of our series on designing a trading plan. However, I want to summarize the steps we’ve covered already in this series and leave you with some parting thoughts.As we learned in Part I, the first step to designing a winning trading plan is to decide on your […]

Market Insights: How to Develop a Trading Plan that Wins [Part 3]

Welcome back! Chris Burgess here with part 3 of our exploration of trading plans and how to design one that works for you. In this blog, we’re moving on to the third step of a trading plan: choosing strategies.It’s vital that you’ve done the first two steps which you can review here and here, before […]

Market Insights: How to Develop a Trading Plan that Wins [Part 2]

Chris Burgess here, and welcome back to another Market Insights blog! Today, I’m continuing the series I started in our last blog on formulating a trading plan which you can read here. Next, we’ll explore the second step of a trading plan: determining your time horizon and trading style and how those decisions impact your […]

Market Insights: How to Develop a Trading Plan that Wins [Part 1]

Chris Burgess here, and I am back with another Market Insights blog! It’s been a while, and it feels good to be back. Today I wanted to start a discussion about trading plans and designing your own trading plan.The subject of trading plans is a very vast topic, and it’s one that is difficult to […]

Market Insights: Market Indicators You Should Know [Part 2]

Welcome back! Let’s continue our discussion on market sentiment indicators. Remember from last week that a market sentiment indicator is just what it sounds like: an indicator that helps gauge market sentiment regarding bullishness vs. bearishness. Last week, we looked at what the S&P 500 (SPX) was doing:And compared that to the Put-Call Ratio indicator […]

Market Insights: Market Indicators You Should Know [Part 1]

Today, I want to start talking about market sentiment indicators. What are those? Well, a market sentiment indicator is just what it sounds like: an indicator that helps gauge market sentiment regarding bullishness vs. bearishness. First, let’s take a look at what the market has been doing:As you’re no doubt aware, the market began selling […]

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