Equity Brother

In these turbulent times, people often look outwards for help. There are many information outlets that promise great riches in the market, but Jim Paul, author of “What I learned Losing A Million Dollars”, teaches us the opposite: how not to lose money. So in saving you, my dear reader, the mental hassle of reading […]

Today was absolutely electrifying. Seeing those equity prices rebound like that, man there is nothing sweeter. Don’t get too excited because the break in the storm is certainly temporary. The market was reacting to news that congress is closer to passing a massive fiscal bailout package. I suppose the old mantra “trade the rumor sell […]

A levered product is not a buy and hold ETF, it is a short-term hedge for a sophisticated trader. Leveraged funds are associated with a well known phenomenon of leveraged-induced decay. To illustrate this phenomenon the US Natural Gas Fund was up 15% between April 2016 and April 2017, but it’s triple velocity product was […]

The markets have been volatile ever since the Coronavirus outbreak. Everyone has made money one day to see it evaporate the next. And my oh my remembering our portfolio values at the market high, set only a month ago, to now, brings an extraordinary amount of pain. So, you ask, what’s the good news? Well, the only good news […]

The economic impact of Coronavirus is going to be terrible. The world cannot take a break and not expect profits to plummet, but everyone already knows this. Therefore, there is only one real question: What shape will the recovery take. There are only two types of possible recoveries: V-shaped, U-shaped V-Shaped Recovery: Many people have […]

In 1996 the United States faced a well-heeled financial crisis. The Savings and Loan crisis caused the failure of more than 700 financial institutions and led to $400 billion being written off. This loss was more money than the banking industry had mad cumulatively over the past century. Of course the cost of this crisis was […]

One of the lessons I learned losing all my money was that I should write down why I’m holding my positions. Because of this fundamental lesson I am writing them down now. Oil : 45% of portoflo The largest position in my portfolio is oil. My exposure to oil is through two indexes. The first […]

Well, my portfolio has almost completed its life cycle. It started strong, hit a high and then fell off a cliff. So what did I learn losing all my money? Lesson 1: Don’t trade too much. When I initially began trading in my account I traded too frequently. Whenever I get access to new capital […]

I am sure everyone has seen the markets lately. It’s an American tradition to stare at our portfolios watching them go (gleefully) up and (painfully) down. I’m sure today most of us were pleasantly surprised when the markets finished up 6% today. My portfolio returns however were dismal, why? Because of oil. Sure the broader […]

Today, the market dropped 13%, just in case you were unaware. What does this mean for you? Well, it means you’re much poorer than you were a few days ago. Okay. That’s probably not what you wanted to hear. However, the exogenous threat of the Coronavirus is most likely a temporary threat to equity prices. […]