Blog Category: Investing

10 Things I Learned While Trading for Victor Niederhoffer

I traded for Victor Niederhoffer for about a year starting in 2003. I was up slightly more than 100% for him, primarily trading futures using a quantitative approach. During that period I…

I traded for Victor Niederhoffer for about a year starting in 2003. I was up slightly more than 100% for him, primarily trading futures using a quantitative approach. During that period I had one down month: June 2003. Victor was a top trader for George Soros before starting his own fund in the ’90s and […]

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Never Own A Home Again

Home ownership has often been considered a critical component of the “American Dream,” as an unwritten privilege living in America bestowed on its financially secure citizens. In the wake of the housing…

Home ownership has often been considered a critical component of the “American Dream,” as an unwritten privilege living in America bestowed on its financially secure citizens. In the wake of the housing crisis, few are asking whether the dream was real or not, but rather are asking, when will we be restored our proper rights as citizens […]

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The Power of Networking

I gave advice recently to a company I know that was starting to get nervous about how to sharpen up their business given the recession that is occurring. Every time I visited…

I gave advice recently to a company I know that was starting to get nervous about how to sharpen up their business given the recession that is occurring. Every time I visited my friend, the CEO of the company, we’d try to get a conference room to hang out in and we couldn’t find any […]

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