Category Archive: Op-Eds

Volatility Created When She Speaks – Don’t Trade If You Can’t Parse

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Trading is not like the old days, information, analyse, act and react by a human brain. It is about PARSING and analysing the number of times the word “inflation” appears or “bubble” and… Continue reading

Tradehaven Announcement

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Dear readers, The Tradehaven contribution drive has left us well short of our goal and a lot of doubts on the work that we are doing. A suggestion from one of our readers… Continue reading

Tradehaven Contributions Update

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Dear readers, It has been a week since we appealed for contributions from readers who like our website and I am happy to report that we have managed to collect $1,920, so far.… Continue reading

Ad Hoc Commentary – China Russia reach historic gas deal, Europe should be fearful

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“…A $400-billion deal for a 30-year supply of natural gas has been negotiated for nearly a decade, with Russia hesitant to concede a lower price for China than its European customers, the New… Continue reading

Site Announcement

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We apologise for the rather disruptive change in the theme and design for the site. The old theme of ours went on strike over the weekend and we had to install a new… Continue reading

1994 and 2014 – A Clockwork Orange ?

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For a Cold War era kid, I am mortified at the audacity of those 5 teenagers who were arrested on vandalism charges because it is not just vandalism they attempted – it is… Continue reading

The Uncertain Future of Tradehaven and Happy Mothers Day

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Mothers Day will always be especially meaningful to me because it was on Mothers Day that I stepped off the plane carrying my late mother’s ashes and had her leave my side forever.… Continue reading

Ad Hoc Commentary – jobs as the true antidote to low inflation in Europe

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“…Now that the Buba had ‘given’ green light for European QE, the only thing that we need to wait for is a low European inflation print. The Eurostat will give a flash estimate… Continue reading

Ignore The Geopolitical Risks – AUD, S&P 500 and Gold

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Why we should ignore geopolitical risks ? Because nothing really happened in all the previous scares we had, central banks will make sure everything will be ok and globalisation has raised the stakes… Continue reading

Money Cannot Buy Happiness, Just A Different Set Of Problems – USDSGD

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My friend, the Retired Trader, was giving me an analogy about a rich chap who is not happy (as opposed to unhappy) but mightily relieved at his own set of problems. Problems like… Continue reading