I finally got around to reading about the blowup of Amaranth Advisors hedge fund. I’m astounded that some of these supposedly sophisticated hedge funds apparently have no clue about such basic concepts like money management, position sizing and ‘risk of ruin‘. The disaster at this fund is a great illustration of why I’ve […]
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Amaranth Advisors Hedge Fund Ruined by Ignoring ‘Risk of Ruin’
Posted by Michael in September 19th, 2006
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Posted in: Stock Market Tags in: Expect_the_Unexpected, Hedge Funds, Money Management, Position Sizing, Risk, Risk Management and Risk_of_Ruin
R (R-Multiples) Defined
Posted by Michael in September 6th, 2006
Posted in: Stock Market, Trading 101, Trading Techniques Tags in: Expectancy, Money Management, Percentage_Returns, R-Multiples, Risk, Risk Management, Risk-to-Reward_Ratio and Van_K._Tharp
There seems to be a lot of controversial over the concept of R-Multiples. I’ve been seeing people complain about them for months now and I’ve been meaning to write a post about “R”. I really wanted to do it last week but I’m glad I didn’t get to it because this week a […]
Dr. Ari Kiev Webcast — The Psychology of Risk
I just found another hour-long webcast. This one is from Dr. Ari Kiev, author of ‘The Psychology of Risk‘ and ‘Trading in the Zone‘ (not to be confused with Mark Douglas’ book by the same title).
(via A Daytrader’s Diary and actio-et-reactio)
Tags: psychology, Risk, Risk Management, video
Review of ‘The New Laws of the Stock Market Jungle’
Posted by Michael in August 10th, 2004
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Posted in: Books / Reading Tags in: Books, Commodities, derivatives, Hedge Funds, Michael-J.-Panzner, Risk, Stock_Market_Jungle and volatility
Michael J. Panzner takes us on safari through what most definitely is a jungle in his book ‘The New Laws of the Stock Market Jungle : An Insider’s Guide to Successful Investing in a Changing World‘. The book focuses on the changes that have occurred in the marketplace over the last 10 years or […]
