Category: Futures, Options and Commodities
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The Art of Speculation during Civil War
Sun Tzu Meets Jesse Livermore The people controlling corporations have insider information and can therefore trade their company’s stock at an advantage to the general public. In most jurisdictions this is a violation of criminal law. However, there are groups to whom the prohibition against insider trading does not apply, for instance, members of the…
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Offshore Investment Strategy for Speculators
Arthur Fixed has a history of making extraordinary profits in financial markets. His three most successful speculations were: Shorting the USA stock market during the 1987 crash Being long on real estate from 1994 to 2007 Shorting the Internet bubble in 2001 A new opportunity may now dramatically outdo these successes. Like all opportunities, it…
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Trade Online and Invest Offshore
Individuals wanting to invest internationally or wishing to have U.S. dollar exposure must take heed of both FATCA and the AIFMD. For example, if a U.S. fund manager is approached by a potential investor from the EU, the question which must be asked is whether or not the fund will be in breach of EU…
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Rise Of The Vulture Investing Class
The oil markets are showing some life, having rallied 11 percent over a two-day period. But if a bigger rebound is not around the corner, it won’t just be oil companies that will be feeling the pain: their lenders will also face some steep losses if drillers can’t come up with the cash to cover…
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Invest Offshore in a Gold Mine
Recently an overview for a Gold Project in Brazil reached my inbox, so naturally I have been sharing the opportunity with qualified people in my Network. However, since I’m always in need of valuable content for Invest Offshore and because (as mentioned in my videos) I’ve decided to start publishing more commodity and investment products…
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Secrecy & Privacy for Offshore Investment
Whether you are from China or the USA there are TWO important questions in regards to how one deals with money and offshore investment: on the individual tax compliant level and at the institutional reporting level Whether it is the client himself or the foreign financial institution (FFI) they really have no idea about what…
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High-Frequency Trading : What The Average Investor Needs to Know
In today’s world of investing and financial markets, HFT, or high-frequency trading, has become one of the most widely discussed buzzwords, due primarily to active debate concerning whether this automated trading system strengthens investors’ positions or destabilizes the marketplace as a whole. On a basic level, high-frequency trading can be defined as a system in…
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Gold Price Direction: Strengthening Your Portfolio With Powerful, Intuitive Algorithmic Indicators
Gold represents many different things to many different people. For some, the world of commodities trading is simply one of several elements within a larger investment portfolio. To others, gold represents a reliable and secure vehicle through which future financial security, particularly during retirement years, can be gained. That being said, the price of gold…
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The Offshore Attraction
At the mention of offshore investments there is usually a raised eyebrow and immediate expression of distrust. Portrayed in the movies as the realm of the super-rich with secrets to hide or as a blatant vaunting by criminals of ill-gotten gains, there is far more myth than reality in fact within the public understanding. To…