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Race to Nowhere: Markets Pause Before the Next Big Move
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Running on a treadmill is one of my least favorite activities: you expend a lot of energy but end up exactly where you started, only out of breath. …
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Systematic vs. Discretionary Trading: Which Strategy Is Right for Your Portfolio?
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Investors face many choices when selecting investments. Historically, the main divide was between fundamental and technical trading. The growth of …
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Decoding Metals Price Action
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Markets often communicate more clearly through price action than through headlines. The dramatic surge in metals contracts is sending a powerful …
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Bowmoor Capital – A Different Approach to Trend Following
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Competing head-to-head to outsmart others doing the same strategy is often a tough road. In trend following circles, giants like Man AHL, Winton, and …
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2025 in Review: Markets, Policy, and the Path Forward
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History never repeats itself, but it often rhymes. This is even more so the case this year, as Trump began his second term with similar but different …
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The Bankruptcy Cycle Returns: Delayed Failures and the Cost of Easy Money
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Proper forest management requires clearing dead brush, protecting high-risk areas, and conducting controlled burns. As January 2026 approaches, …
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The 6 Biggest Myths About Diversification and Non-Correlation
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“If everything in your portfolio goes up and down at the same time, you have a bad portfolio.” This simple but powerful observation from Mark …
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The Evolution of Trading from Systematic to AI
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Is AI the next step in the evolution of trading? History proves new tools storm the markets, then high adoption erases their edge. What can futures …
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How Irrational Is It? Valuation Ratios and Bubble Risk
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For anyone who has ever ridden a roller coaster, the distinct sound of the chain nearing the top of the first drop echoes in our ears. Click, click, …
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Auto Loans: The Overlooked Credit Canary
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Identifying weakness in markets can be a difficult task. Metrics like gross domestic product (GDP), equity market gains, and unemployment paint in …
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Gold’s Resurgence: Can Crypto Really Replace the Yellow Metal?
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Once left for dead, gold speculators can sleep easily in 2025 as the yellow metal sits at all-time highs once again. Despite the shift to Bitcoin and …
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Sep 17, 2025