“Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art…. It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.” ― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves This Sunday, somewhere between 100 and 250 million people will watch the Super Bowl live. And in the week of hype leading up to the…
The world is in turmoil since the start of the Global Financial Crisis in 2008 which was followed by increased debt levels, post-pandemic economic difficulties, plus even more debt, increases in commodity prices and recently, a pick-up in international war. These important driving forces have a long-term impact on individual countries, their economic activities and…
In times of economic uncertainty, many people are seeking ways to rebuild and even surpass their previous achievements. Today, we’ll delve into Van Tharp’s Infinite Wealth Workshop, a comprehensive guide that offers a pathway not just to regain your footing but to achieve levels of wealth you might have thought unattainable. Throughout this journey, you…
If you would like to read this article in a downloadable pdf format, click here. Part I: The World Market Model Only one month into 2023, and already, things are changing? My, my, the world and the markets just keep moving. Let’s see how markets look in the World Market Model—Van’s map of the global situation….
I’ve been thinking about complex systems and how we relate to them as traders and investors quite a bit this past month. There is no sure and real way to understand, or solve or predict a complex system in a simplistic way. I talked about this when we discussed the January’s First Five Days indicator…
If you would like to read this article in a downloadable pdf format, click here. In 2021, the S&P Cryptocurrency Broad Digital Market (BDM) Index (Ticker: SPCBDM) launched with the objective of being a broad investable digital asset universe benchmark. The index launched on July 13, 2021 and has a 10-year history based on the index methodology…
In his various publications and workshops, Van would stress a set of important trading fundamentals referred to as “Tharp Think.” Tharp Think is a set of ideas and principles that he has found successful traders apply consistently. Some of them you have heard or read in other places but others I have only heard from…
History is replete with strategies that worked for a time, then became ineffective, and were subsequently abandoned. Examples can be found in sales and marketing, product design, and in all facets of entertainment from TV shows to stand-up comedy. But the easiest place to understand the phenomenon of once-dominant strategies losing their effectiveness might be…
Some errors just keep repeating themselves… much like the endless time loop in the classic film, Groundhog Day, starring Bill Murray. Let’s do a little myth-busting today—that savory task of uncovering indicators that don’t indicate what they’re supposed to. An indicator that gets a lot of press early each year is the “First Five Days”…
Part I: The World Market Model Happy New Year! Let’s see how the markets were feeling on the last trading day of 2022. We see very little green but lots of yellow and brown in the model on December 30th. Hmmm, not much happy in the holidays for the bulls this year end. Here are…
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