Fundamental vs Technical Analysis

By: James Gous

The Foreign Exchange market has experienced enormous popularity in the past few years, thanks to technology and the flexibility offered by the genre for the average retail forex trader. You can trade anytime and from anywhere, but success still depends on knowledge, experience and emotional control. These are factors that impatient newcomers to the forex market are loath to admit before they crash and burn. Yes, casualty rates are high due to high risks, and specialized training is a must have from the start.

Buffet and Soros Habit 14 - 17

By: Tinaye Muzanya

This is the last article on the investment habits of Warren Buffett and George Soros. On should realise that they may be more habits than the ones l have stated so one is allowed to add to the list but one is not allowed to remove any. One can make the habits laws.

Habit 14: experience is the best teacher
There is a famous quote that says, “Experience is the worst teacher, it brings the exam first then the lecture afterwards.” In investing l agree with the latter part of the sentence but disagree with the earlier part of the quote. By apply the habit of monitoring ones mistakes and correct, as ones experience increases so does his returns. Many would consider it stupidity to think they can take on Roger Federer and actually win if one has close to zero experience in playing tennis. So often many do this with the markets then after they lose their money they come to the realisation that they were foolish.

Buffet and Soros Habits 7-13

By: Tinaye Muzanya

Habit 7: Do your own research
Soros and Buffett do their own research to find investments that suit their investment criterion. They rarely listen to analyst with the exception that the analyst has an investment style similar to theirs.

Habit 8: Be patient
Buffett was quoted saying, “The trick is, when there’s nothing to do, do nothing.” Soros says ,”To be successful, you need leisure. You need time hanging heavily on your hands.” As an investors or trader never be pressured to make an investment because you feel you should have a position opened so as to feel you are doing something. When Buffett or Soros “can’t find an investment that’s meets their criteria, they have the patience to wait indefinitely until they finds one that does. (Tier, 2006:84)”

Buffet and Soros Habits 1-6

By: Tinaye Muzanya

My previous article titled “The uniqueness of Buffett and Soros” looked at the strategies applied by these two master investors, how they view the market and we came to the realisation that their strategy is unique and suitable only to them. In this article l will look at the habit or the similarities that Buffett and Soros share.

Habit 1: Preserve capital

Preservation of capital is the first and most important rule for Buffett and Soros. Warren Buffett’s first rule is “Never lose money” his second is “Never to forget rule number one”. Soros in his book Soros on Soros, he wrote, “Survive first and make money afterwards”. These two investors are not great because of the amount of money they have made but because of how they have avoided making losses. “Preservation of capital isn’t just the first winning investment habit. It’s the foundation of all the other practise the master investor(Buffett and Soros) brings to the investment marketplace, the cornerstone of his entire investment strategy. (Tier, 2006:24)”

Introduction to scalping in the forex market

By:  Tinaye Muzanya

Scalping is the quick opening and closure of positions and the aim is to make small profits which when summed make a large profit. Scalpers of the forex market usually hold positions for three to five minutes but some may hold their positions for as long as a minute. These traders type of traders are required to be able to concentrate for long hours, be composed, persistent and patient.

Uniqueness of Warren Buffett and George Soros

By Tinaye Muzanya

There is no better way to improve one’s trading or investment success but by learning from the best. Warren Buffett and George Soros are both the world’s greatest investors current. Their investment strategies are different but their habits are the same. Buffett’s trademark is buying great businesses for considerably less than what he thinks they’re worth-and owning them “forever.” Soros is famous for making huge, leveraged trades in the currency and futures markets.

Tulip Mania

 

By Wei-Ju Lin

When someone refers to or speaks about a classical example they refer to something that was so epic that ,“everyone”, when hearing about it should have some basic knowledge of the event. Some famous classics would be the World War, The Tale of Two Cities, Elvis, the 1995 Rugby World Cup even Star Wars. Therefore like every aspect of life, the financial sector too has it’s classic, one of which has its significant impact on the financial markets back then and still serves an important purpose today.

What purpose could classics have today? A lot may wonder, I, myself wonder about many things and this has definitely crossed my mind more than once. And only one answer fits the pattern, and that is, drum role please...if we have now past example to compare to how would we know if something is good or bad, if you have never been to Venice how could one say that it, indeed, smelled terrible? All jokes aside, the Tulip Mania was certainly one of these classics that all economists and academics refer to when they discuss the topic of a financial bubble.