This is a Guest Post by Alex @MacroOps which was posted originally here: Lessons From A Trading Great: Ed Thorp and is reposted here with permission. Ed Thorp, the father of quant investing, might be the most impressive market wizard. He turned seemingly random processes into predictable events, transforming the art of speculation into a science […]
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The following is a Guest Post from Operator Kean via Macro-Ops.com, a member of the Macro Ops Collective. To contact Kean, visit his website here. One of the things that makes George Soros a market legend is his uncanny ability to identify lucrative trading opportunities. Let’s take a look at how he does it. (I) Look
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The following is straight from Operator Kean, a member of the Macro Ops Hub. To contact Kean, visit his website here. The Quantum Group of Funds is one of the most successful hedge funds in history. Built by uber-investor George Soros, it was only recently overtaken by Bridgewater to become number 2 on the list
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This is a Guest Post by Alex @MacroOps which was posted originally at: Lessons From A Trading Great: Amos Hostetter and is reposted here with permission. Amos Hostetter cofounded Commodities Corporation (otherwise known as CC) along with Helmut Weymar back in 1969. CC is the trading shop that produced more legendary trading talent than the Yankees
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This is a Guest Post by Alex @MacroOps which was originally posted here: China’s Mundell-Fleming Trilemma. The following is an excerpt from our weekly Market Brief. If you’re interested in learning more about Market Briefs and the Macro Ops Hub, click here. You’re probably familiar with the story of how Soros and Druckenmiller “broke the Bank
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This is a Guest Post by Alex @MacroOps which was originally posted here Lessons From a Trading Great: Ray Dalio . Ray Dalio is the founder of Bridgewater. Two years ago, Bridgewater surpassed Soros’ Quantum fund for the title of most profitable hedge fund of all time; returning over $46 billion since inception. In your
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This is a Guest Post by Alex @MacroOps which was originally posted HERE. From Jack Schwager’s Market Wizards: October 1987 was a devastating month for most investors as the world stock markets witnessed a collapse that rivaled 1929. That same month, the Tudor Futures Fund, managed by Paul Tudor Jones, registered an incredible 62 percent
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This is a Guest Post by Alex @MacroOps which was originally posted here: Lessons From A Trading Great: Stanley Druckenmiller The “greatest money making machine in history”, a man with “Jim Roger’s analytical ability, George Soros’ trading ability, and the stomach of a riverboat gambler” is how fund manager Scott Bessent describes Stanley Druckenmiller. That’s
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This is a Guest Post by Alex @MacroOps which was originally posted here: Lessons from a Trading Great: Jesse Livermore “Boy Wonder”, “Boy Plunger” and the “Great Bear of Wall St.” are a few of the monikers Jesse Livermore was known by. Livermore was immortalized in the trading classic Reminiscences of a Stock Operator by
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Here are principles from Dana Glante from the Stock Market Wizards book by Jack Schwager on how she made double digit returns year after year from her short only trading strategies even in bull markets. Steve Watson in the same book contributed the last one. 10 RED FLAGS: High receivables (large outstanding billings for goods
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