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Idea Generation, Trading Success, and the Liberal Arts

Sunday, September 28, 2008

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Dr. Brett is writing a series on the personality traits associated with risk-taking (as examined in some academic research), and in his second post, he reports on a trait that might not immediately jump to mind when you think about risk: 2) Entrepreneurial Idea-Generators – The research found that one of the two trait facets associated with financial risk assumption was “ideas”. The entrepreneurial trader is one who derives particular interest and satisfaction from idea generation (developing views on…

Modalities of the “Coming” VIX Spike

Monday, July 7, 2008

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These days, you can’t escape the public outcry: traders want their VIX spike, and they want it now. Not too long ago, the vicissitudes of the VIX used to be the privy of a fairly limited group of options traders – those that had ears to hear, as it were. Now, if you hear or read phrases like “bear market,” “20% decline,” and “market bottom,” odds are that the phrase “VIX spike” isn’t far behind. Nevermind whether the increased VIX…