Top Trading Links: Market Sentiment, Valuations, and Awareness

@JeffVoudrie discusses two major tailwinds for bonds.

 

MARKET OPERATOR INSIGHTS

If you have a position, you’re biased. Often times, we’re blinded by our biases. @kimblecharting shares one helpful way to help ourselves think more clearly.

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@awealthofcs explains why complexity is popular, but simplicity is important in your investing or trading process.

“Every single great investor or business person I’ve read about over the years discusses the importance of simplifying in order to succeed. Yet the majority of investors are constantly looking for ways to make things more complex and complicated.”

Market statistics are all the rage these days. Most of them are impossible to trade off of. @AdamHGrimes makes an excellent point on evaluating these stats.

Whenever anyone presents you with market stats, the key question is “how likely is this to affect the future?”

Investors have to process countless amounts of information day in and day out. @TMFHousel shares a good way to learn how to filter that data.

“Asking “So what?” is the most powerful filter for separating the irrelevant from the important. It’s probably the most vital question to ask when you come across any theory or piece of information — the first litmus test of whether to pass or dig deeper.”

 

@ChrisPavese shares a list of lessons from some of the greatest investment minds.

 

“Humility is essential in this business. … If you think you know, you get killed. It’s the end of the game because it means you stopped learning.” – Vincent Strauss

 

Why investment strategies go bad via @abnormalreturns

 

 

RESEARCH & IDEAS

There are a lot of opinions on the future of bitcoin. All we can do is listen and filter. Here is some commentary compiled via @business

A major financial blockchain partnership has been formed via @Recode

How invisibility cloaks work via @TheEconomist

Who wants to shake hands and then have a conversation with a wet noodle? via @INC

@cullenroche makes an important, overlooked point about the general distinction younger people are more risk tolerant.

 

Funny Tweet of the week via @davebudge

dave budge tweet sept 22 humor

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