When this book was published, I was an active fx day trader who relied on technicals and economics to make my trading decisions. It was difficult to see how this book would be of any use to me so I passed up on reading it.
As my trading grew, my interest also expanded to other areas. [...]
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Book Review: The Intelligent Asset Allocator
Published by November 26th, 2007 in Book Review. 0 Comments Behind every hedge fund or mutual fund there will either be a CFO or COO who has read or is if not, is at least familiar with the concepts explained in this book.
These are based upon the following simple facts: 1) the majority of professional money managers underperform the market and 2) there is no [...]
This is a very dry book which requires a lot of concentration. Thank god it has a summary at the end of each chapter. But it does bring up some extremely interesting facts about Malaysia I did not know.
If you want some real, unbiased perspective on government policy I heartily recommend you to have a [...]
Here is another good book I recommend. This is not really aimed at investors so it needs to be understood and applied to your investment strategy. But it does provide great insight into how CFOs view companies from within and will give you the basic ability to decipher a balance sheet and understand the numbers [...]
Last weekend I just finished a book from a great instructor on technical analysis. This author has been described as the “Technician’s technician” and I have to say that I agree. Here are some of the reasons why I think that this is the case:
1) He advises that technical signals are not bulletproof and that [...]
Book Review: Martin Pring’s “Price Patterns”
Published by June 20th, 2007 in Book Review. 0 Comments Last weekend I just finished a book from a great instructor on technical analysis. This author has been described as the “Technician’s technician” and I have to say that I agree. Here are some of the reasons why I think that this is the case:
1) He advises that technical signals are not bulletproof and that [...]
Whilst on holiday I took the opportunity to catch up with some reading. One of the books I read and recommend is this one. Although it does not talk that much about Malaysia, it does contain a useful and simple blueprint of the factors which are esential to an economically successful country and an evaluation [...]
Trading: Blink - or How to ‘Thin-Splice’ Better…
Published by January 15th, 2007 in Book Review. 0 CommentsThis weekend Miss Dirty Dog and I were in Koh Samui looking for potential wedding venues. At the airport I bought a book called ‘Blink’ by Malcolm Gladwell and read it over my trip. This book (which was written by a journalist and hence given rave reviews newspapers) describes how split-second decisions are made. Apparently [...]
Trading: Blink - or How to ‘Thin-Splice’ Better…
Published by January 15th, 2007 in and Book Review. 0 CommentsThis weekend Miss Dirty Dog and I were in Koh Samui looking for potential wedding venues. At the airport I bought a book called ‘Blink’ by Malcolm Gladwell and read it over my trip. This book (which was written by a journalist and hence given rave reviews newspapers) describes how split-second decisions are made. Apparently [...]
