Tactical Trader Blogs http://www.tacticaltrader.com/blog/list Market analysis and commentary for traders and investors from Tactical Trader Copyright Tactical Trader All Rights Reserved en-gb trading and investing http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.tacticaltrader.com/images/tactical-trader-logo-rss.png Tactical Trader http://www.tacticaltrader.com/blog/list Tactical Trader 144 32 Site Updates http://www.tacticaltrader.com/blog/read-post/102/Site-Updates Fri, 18 May 2007 18:00:29 +0000 Long time, no post Emoticon

I've just made an update to the site to make my life easier. From now on the site will automatically send activation reminders to people who have registered but not activated their accounts. This will happen once a week for one month, after which time the account will be deleted…

]]> Rob’s blog http://www.tacticaltrader.com/blog/read-post/102 The future of China http://www.tacticaltrader.com/blog/read-post/101/The-future-of-China Wed, 24 Jan 2007 16:13:21 +0000 I am about to invest in China (better late than never!) and found it fascinating to read some of the current material on the likely growth of this market in 2007, none more so than an article I came across in a magazine called ‘Prospect’. This is a gripping exchange between the very well known Will Hutton and Meghnad Desai of the LSE. Whether you are already in China, want to be in China or are simply interested in the China story I urge you to spend some time reading it by following the link…

]]> Steve’s blog http://www.tacticaltrader.com/blog/read-post/101 Storm Clouds gathering http://www.tacticaltrader.com/blog/read-post/100/Storm-Clouds-gathering Thu, 11 Jan 2007 17:38:22 +0000 Are the current market jitters justified or is it more doom and gloom from the bears who have been consistently proved wrong over the last year? Personally I am a bit more nervous than I was at the end of the year, the trouble is I cannot really put my finger on the reason. I had expected the rate rise today (thanks to all those idiots borrowing far beyond their means over Christmas) but even taking this into account I had expected more stability by now…

]]> Steve’s blog http://www.tacticaltrader.com/blog/read-post/100 The Natural Contrarian http://www.tacticaltrader.com/blog/read-post/99/The-Natural-Contrarian Wed, 03 Jan 2007 19:01:39 +0000 While having a much-needed clear out of old emails today I came across one advertising a newsletter called The Natural Contrarian. Normally I would dismiss this kind of email as spam and it would be deleted within seconds, but for some forgotten reason I decided to keep this one when it arrived almost a year ago so that I could see just how well or badly the ‘hot tip’ it contained would perform. Here’s how author of the newsletter, Scott S. Fraser, introduces himself…

]]> Rob’s blog http://www.tacticaltrader.com/blog/read-post/99 Site updates http://www.tacticaltrader.com/blog/read-post/98/Site-updates Wed, 27 Dec 2006 19:32:04 +0000 The latest round of updates are now online. Behind the scenes there are hundreds of changes to improve performance and simplify administration (making my life easier Emoticon )

The changes you’re most likely to notice are the tweaks to the layout, the more dynamic home page, the removal of the forums and the addition of new…

]]> Rob’s blog http://www.tacticaltrader.com/blog/read-post/98 Taking it too far... http://www.tacticaltrader.com/blog/read-post/97/Taking-it-too-far Fri, 17 Nov 2006 18:58:54 +0000 It is often said that Internet chat rooms and forums bring out the worst in people but as this BBC news story shows, some will take it a bit too far Emoticon

I don't think any of the disagreements on TT, or any other trading sites, have ever gotten this out of hand - have they? Although I almost expected a mention of Bulldozer in the story…

]]> Rob’s blog http://www.tacticaltrader.com/blog/read-post/97 Uranium up 60% http://www.tacticaltrader.com/blog/read-post/96/Uranium-up-60 Fri, 10 Nov 2006 17:49:23 +0000 Back in March I posted about my research into Uranium and stocks that would allow us to take advantage of the anticipated bull market - a tricky business due to the lack of a futures market for Uranium and the lack of Uranium related products like ETFs or traditional funds…

]]> Rob’s blog http://www.tacticaltrader.com/blog/read-post/96 Site updates http://www.tacticaltrader.com/blog/read-post/95/Site-updates Fri, 10 Nov 2006 17:48:48 +0000 As you may have noticed, there haven't been any new forum posts for about a month now and if you try to post you'll get the following message:

You do not have permission to post a new topic in any forum.

The reason for this is that the forums are scheduled for termination at the end of the year. Following the last round of forum stupidity earlier in the year things went very quiet for a couple of weeks - so it seemed like the perfect time to finally get rid. Since mid-October the forums have been locked down, with no new posts allowed…

]]> Rob’s blog http://www.tacticaltrader.com/blog/read-post/95 Wot no updates? http://www.tacticaltrader.com/blog/read-post/94/Wot-no-updates Fri, 20 Oct 2006 13:01:29 +0000 I know some of our regular visitors to the site have been worried at the lack of updates over the last month – the good news is they don’t need to worry any more. We’ve just had the fun of moving house and with all the packing of boxes, loading vans, unloading vans, unpacking boxes and (most time consuming of all) telling people about our change of address. It is only in the last couple of days I’ve been able to get on with any work…

]]> Rob’s blog http://www.tacticaltrader.com/blog/read-post/94 Be careful what you say http://www.tacticaltrader.com/blog/read-post/93/Be-careful-what-you-say Wed, 20 Sep 2006 14:03:32 +0000 Here’s some advice for you: be careful when talking about your investments, especially when they’re doing well.

And what has prompted me to give this advice? The coup in Thailand.

While we don’t have any direct exposure to the Thai markets, we do have a number of Asian holdings in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. Yesterday morning we were discussing how, over the last few months, they’ve all been doing very nicely, how they’d recovered following the dip in May, and how we were happy to continue holding them in the portfolio…

]]> Rob’s blog http://www.tacticaltrader.com/blog/read-post/93 Trader Locator update http://www.tacticaltrader.com/blog/read-post/92/Trader-Locator-update Mon, 18 Sep 2006 11:59:19 +0000 Fans of the Trader Locator will be pleased to know that, thanks to the efforts of the Google Maps developers, it now works well with Internet Explorer.

All of the location markers should now be loaded in around 20 seconds - a vast improvement on the several hours it used to take…

]]> Rob’s blog http://www.tacticaltrader.com/blog/read-post/92 We may not be cool but we’re popular http://www.tacticaltrader.com/blog/read-post/91/We-may-not-be-cool-but-were-popular Mon, 11 Sep 2006 07:17:55 +0000 Well it came as no surprise to me that Tactical Trader failed to make it into Time Magazine’s 50 Coolest Websites list this year. In fact there were no financial sites in the list which must mean that finance just isn’t cool this year Emoticon

What did surprise me is how well we scored in a recent independent survey of UK traders conducted by the organisers of one of the country’s biggest trading and investment shows. The survey asked “Which online sites do you use most often for investment news or research?” and the top five responses were…

]]> Rob’s blog http://www.tacticaltrader.com/blog/read-post/91 New ‘interface free’ technology http://www.tacticaltrader.com/blog/read-post/90/New-interface-free-technology Tue, 05 Sep 2006 08:44:46 +0000 Okay, so it’s not exactly about trading, but this ‘interface free’ touch driven screen demonstrated by Jeff Han at a TED Talk back in February is pretty darn impressive Emoticon

A lot of people have compared this technology to that shown in the film Minority Report…

]]> Rob’s blog http://www.tacticaltrader.com/blog/read-post/90 Warrant trading update http://www.tacticaltrader.com/blog/read-post/89/Warrant-trading-update Wed, 09 Aug 2006 08:56:52 +0000 Well it’s been a while since I mentioned warrant trading and I’ve just realised I never posted an update about my experiments. Unfortunately at the end of April I was hit by a pretty nasty stomach bug that took me out of action for almost a week. The good news is that I lost a stone in weight and much to the annoyance of my constantly dieting friends and family I’ve managed not to put it back on…

]]> Rob’s blog http://www.tacticaltrader.com/blog/read-post/89 Bear market videos http://www.tacticaltrader.com/blog/read-post/88/Bear-market-videos Fri, 04 Aug 2006 09:15:47 +0000 Some very interesting views from Martin Pring.

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