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New York-based hedge fund Conquest Capital’s macro fund turned a 3.75 percent profit on Thursday, and ended the week up about 10 percent not including fees.

“Conquest Macro uses a systematic short-term trading strategy designed to outperform during periods of high volatility.”

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Speculating and hedging on BetFair’s sports prediction markets

The Galileo Fund will be doing just that. Jason Ruspini is next, I predict.

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Predicting the direction of the Market

Just bought Wall Street Rolling at 10287; will close position just before the close of business on X-Mas Eve – confidently banking profit.

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Jesse Livermore’s 7 Trading Lessons

Jesse Livermore‘s Seven Trading Lessons: The late Jesse Livermore is considered one of the best traders of all time. His exploits have been chronicled in several books, with the most widely read being Reminiscences of a Stock Operator by Edwin Lefevre, … Continue reading

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Ben Shannon on his misguided “SELL” stock market call delivered just before the stock market rally

Ben Shannon on his “SELL” market call Previously: Wiser Than The Stock Market — NOT UPDATE: Andrew Page + Henry Blodget

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Wiser Than The Stock Market — NOT

Ben Shannon (alias “Jesse Livermore”, who blogs at “Wiser Than The Crowd”) claims on his blog to have an uncanny ability at forecasting the future and profiting from it, whether it is speculating on InTrade’s prediction markets or on the … Continue reading

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Sean Park didn’t bribe me to post this web link.

WeatherBill – New user interface – Check it out. And, of course, they blog. UPDATE: Sunshine Guaranteed or Your Money Back – pdf

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Speculating on event derivative markets is not “investing”.

Ultra pertinent remark from the Club For Growth blogger: [The New York Post video] is an informative video, but I want to quibble about two things. I view the term “investing” as the act of buying an asset with the … Continue reading

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