November 2018 SQN Report by Van K. Tharp, PhD There are numerous ETFs that track everything from countries, commodities, currencies and stock market indices to individual market sectors. ETFs provide a wonderfully easy way to discover what’s happening in the world markets. I apply a version of my System Quality Number® (SQN®) score to measure…
Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable.” Mark Twain ***A Note to start: If you’ve ever wondered about the validity of the old saying that you need 30 data points for statistical significance, this article is for you . . . even if you don’t care about the U.S. Presidential cycle. And thanks for…
The Presidential Cycle: Useful or “Rubbish”? by DR Barton “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics.” Mark Twain, misattributing Benjamin Disraeli The mid-term U.S. congressional election is behind us, but the effect of the election will drag on. Already, worries over a stalemate between the Democratic Majority in the House of…
November 13th Update on Cryptoassets by Van K. Tharp, PhD In May 2018 Bloomberg announced that they had formed a cryptocurrency index, which is significant for a few reasons. First, Bloomberg only caters to institutional clients so their index is their first step to widespread institutional involvement. Secondly, in early 2019 we will see ETFs…
Mid-Term Elections Are Over – Now What? by D.R. Barton With all of the talk about the U.S. mid-term elections, I wanted to give my take on my expectations for markets from here. In the just completed elections, the GOP lost control of the House to the Democrats as expected. The big surprise, however, was…
What Do You Really Want by Van K. Tharp, PhD I sometimes use an exercise that came from the the Peak Performance 101 workshop entitled “Getting What You Want.” The exercise starts out with a question: If you could have anything in the universe, what would it be? Perhaps your answer might be $10 million…
October 2018 System Quality Number® Report by Van K. Tharp, PhD There are numerous ETFs that track everything from countries, commodities, currencies and stock market indices to individual market sectors. ETFs provide a wonderfully easy way to discover what’s happening in the world markets. I apply a version of my System Quality Number® (SQN®) score…
October 2018 Market Update: Bear Volatile Market Type By Van K. Tharp, PhD I always say that people do not trade the markets; they trade their beliefs about the markets. In that same way, I’d like to point out that these updates reflect my beliefs. I find the market update information useful for my trading,…
People often ask me questions like, “What qualities do top traders have?” One person even hired me on a consulting basis for a half day to get my answers to this question. However, paying a sizable fee for that information is unnecessary. Here are the five most important characteristics that I have found researching top…
Few people probably know that Intercontinental Exchange, which owns the New York Stock Exchange along with a number of other exchanges, is hard at work developing an institutional platform to trade cryptocurrencies. The name of the platform is Bakkt and it’s rumored to start in November 2019. First, the exchange is working in partnership with…
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