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After an exciting period of trading the forex markets, I have decided to withdraw all my cash, which isn’t much, from my Forex account. During this time, I have learnt a lot about trading and the lessons learnt seem to bring over to other aspects of life. For example, trading teaches the importance of discipline, which […]

After watching the movie 21, I am quite amazed at how something so simple like counting cards on a blackjack table can significantly increase the chances of winning. Well, at least the concept seems easy, but I believe it will be real difficult to implement it in practice. While I have not done any research to […]

After a week of bearish sentiments all over the world due to negative news released throughout the week, a single promise to inject liquidity into the markets may be all it takes to save the market. Well… at least for today. Even though the full plan to help save global markets is not yet decided, […]

Every year, we give a portion of money back to the government through income taxes. This year, it isn’t going to be any different. However, let’s do things differently this time. Instead of waiting till the last minute to file your taxes and be confused about what’s going on, why not take a proactive approach […]

It is always interesting that there are so many different types of investments around us, ranging from regulated investments such as bonds and stocks, all the way to unregulated investment vehicles such as collectibles, antiques and many others. In this post, I’m slightly more inclined to talk about some common investments, mainly money markets, bonds, stocks and derivatives […]