Commodity Trading & Trend Following

It is almost funny my last post was regarding the next crisis that could be US State & Local Govts and then in today’s news the bomb shell that Moodys has cut Spain Triple A rating. On one level was that expected and already priced in? Include the fact that Anglo Irish bank could need [...]

It started with Harrisburg PA several weeks ago. They were on the verge of default until the they were bailed out at the last minute by the State. However debts and deficits are about to make individual states the next victim of the credit crisis. What does this mean to you as an investor? Firstly [...]

“If you have an approach that makes money, then money management can make the difference between success and failure…I try to be conservative in my risk management. I want to make sure I’ll be around to play tomorrow. Risk control is essential.”
Monroe Trout
“Don’t focus on making money; focus on protecting what you have.”
Paul Tudor Jones
“If [...]

A sign of the times…the ECB has stopped selling it’s gold supply. Is this a sign of a top or just a realization that the ECB might need gold instead of Euros? The fact is that during the 1990s and 2000s central banks sold off their their non yielding bullion for sovereign Govt bonds which [...]

Nassim Taleb authored a best selling book in 2007 named “The Black Swan The Impact of the Highly Improbable”. Taleb brought about the point that history has numerous unexpected, rare high-impact events. Most people never expect these 6th sigma events and these ” Black Swans” or 6th sigma events change reality. The black-swan theory [...]

Salem Abraham exemplifies how a long term commodity trading advisor who is a trend follower thinks. Risk…More Risk…and Even More Risk Management

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I learned my hard lessons early in my career. I tried following a newsletter that claimed tremendous returns. All it was for me was tremendous losses. What I learned …No one knows the future. No one knows anything more than me. We all have opinions but opinions have not made me any money.
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Many times I have been speaking about the fact that inflation is a wealth destroyer. To give an example that all too many investors experienced is take for example $1,0000 invested in S&P 500 on January 1, 2000. This $1,000 was worth $750 at the end of July 2010; a loss of 25% in [...]

The symbol TIF which corresponds to the performance of inflation-protected securities issued by the U.S. Treasury, is at the highest since early 2008. Investors are taking notice of the recent moves of wheat, cotton, sugar as well as gold. What is fascinating all the while Govt officials are playing down inflation.
TIPS are adjusted with [...]

Seth Klarman is a legendary hedge fund manager at Baupost. His compounded rate of returns going back decades are second to none. Seth Klarman has expressed his concerns on the bailouts as well as the integrity of the financial system. He questions how can the global economy and Central Banks continually bailout the losers [...]