Disruptive Discoveries Journal By Dr. Mike Berry

Chris and I have spent several months redefining our approach to the natural resource, life science, and high tech discovery markets. Chris is focusing on Energy Metals and has honed his attention to portfolio trading strategies across the entire value chain.  We believe that we are still in the midst of an economy that has not, and will not, achieve escape (growth) velocity for many months or possibly several years.

Given the Fed’s money printing proclivities we should be seeing significant and sustainable economic growth.  That is not yet the case. The Fed, through the FOMC, is now walking on egg shells.  Members of the FOMC are as divisive on the Hawk / Dove spectrum as ever. The Fed’s goals are constantly being redefined.

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Blog Post by Scott Welsh

“Brunson himself believes that because the book has been so influential, it probably cost him more money than he was paid for writing it.”

-Doyle Brunson’s Wikipedia entry, on writing his book Super/System

If you love trading, you’ve probably studied poker in one way or another. Years ago, one of the first things I did to learn about trading was to interview a professional poker player. Poker and trading are birds of the same feather.

That’s why that quote from Doyle Brunson, one of the greatest poker players ever, haunts me. When Brunson wrote his famous book, Super/System, he was probably the best poker player in the world. His completely unique playing style was what made him the best, so he decided to write about it. Huge mistake.

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By Rachel Fox - FoxOnStocks.com

It’s a good question, really…. Why does Apple want to buy Beats? Apple changed the entire music world with iTunes and iPods. Is Apple on the brink of changing the entire music world again with its potential acquisition of Beats?

Far be it from me to challenge Apple’s decision to want to buy Beats. It’s an interesting choice for many reasons. For me, the challenge is to take it all in and then decide what the impact will be on the stock prices of Apple and their competitors.

To accomplish that task, I’ve taken a look at iTunes’ download music competitors, as well as iTunes Radio streaming music competitors, Beats Music being one of them.

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By Rob Booker - Forex Magnates

The question of fx slippage goes with other queries that might be answered with a simple, “yes.” It’s still a problem. And it’s not just “A” problem. It’s “THE” problem.

Slippage is the number one issue affecting the integrity of the FX markets today. Not just in the retail space, but also in institutional FX, there is a massive problem with slippage, or not filling orders at reasonable rates.

I am not saying that FX brokers are dishonest. I am just saying that slippage is a GIANT problem.

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