I’m working on a book about options trading while also doing the blogathon, possibly because I am insane, but the good news is that there is overlap. Today, it’s a summary of the Greeks for options. Options traders use Greek letters to explain different concepts because Greek letters are used to represent variables in mathematics…. [Read More]
Your biggest asset is your career. This is a guest post written by Holly Gillian Kindel, a senior financial advisor at Mosaic Financial Partners. The company is a financial planning firm that has developed a free financial fitness challenge to help people figure out their financial life. When you think of assets, your first… [Read More]
Over the years, I have had the opportunity to go on the floor of four major U.S. exchanges – the NYSE, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, the Chicago Board of Trade, and the Chicago Board Options Exchange. The floors are closed to the general public; even visitors galleries were closed after September 11, 2001. It’s a big… [Read More]
A standard feature of the blogathon is a haiku, and as we’re a week in and I have no ideas for today’s post, here it is: a haiku. The blogathon is A workout for a writer’s Creativity Poetry is deceptively simple, and that bad one lets me check off a blogathon box. I even used… [Read More]
On occasion, I write for Popdose, a really great site about music and popular culture. The writers are so impressive, and I still can’t believe they let me write for them. The site’s leaders have brought together many of its favorite musicians to raise funds to combat multiple myeloma, a rare form of cancer that… [Read More]
Hedge Funds for Dummies, 2e
My first book has been completely revised! Updated to reflect changing markets, accessible strategies through ETFs, and new potential due diligence pitfalls.
Day Trading for Dummies, 5e
With five revisions, countless interviews with successful traders, and lots of research, this is the definitive guide to getting started, managing risk, and staying in the game.