As is usually the case here, in these links I give preference to material that focuses on the VIX and volatility, options, market sentiment, and ETFs.
That being said, three areas that I will likely give more weight to going forward are behavioral economics, risk management and psychology. The expanding focus is largely because I believe the opportunity for improvement in these subjects is so much greater for most traders than it is in enhancing existing quantitative skill sets and the like.
Some of my favorite posts from the past few days:
- Risk Psychology & Neuroeconomics Society 2009 (Denise Shull, Trader Psyches)
- Equity Volatility – No Material Decline in Last 6 Months? (Andrew Clavell, Financial Crookery)
- Turbulence Ahead (Mark Hulbert, MarketWatch.com)
- OEX Put/Call Spike (Pete, StockMarketAlchemy)
- 10/01/2009 Market Recap: VIX Trading Setup (Yong Pan, Cobra’s Market View)
- How Is Volatility Like the Weather? (Adam Warner, Daily Options Report)
- Two Stock Market Consolidation Models: 2004 and 1933-35 (Stock Chartist)
- A Stronger US Economy Requires a Weaker Dollar (Willem Buiter, Maverecon)
- PIMCO’s Bill Gross Bets on Deflation (Jay, Market Folly)
- The Long Bond Rate (Tom Drake, Putting the Pieces Together)
- Insatiable Demand for US Debt, or Something Else? (Chris Martenson)
- GLD Stranglehold (Tyler Craig, Know Your Options)
- ISM Points to V-Shaped Recovery (Scott Grannis, Calafia Beach Pundit)
- Chicago PMI Stirs Market; Distribution Raises Fairness Issues (Geoffrey Rogow and Stephen Wisnefski, Wall Street Journal)
- Unemployment and the S&P Composite Since 1948 (Doug Short)
- Learning from Lagos (Gregor MacDonald)
- Wyckoff on Reading the Mind of the Market (Brenda Jubin, Reading the Markets)
- Can Seasonality Be Traded Profitably? A Time Machine Test (Part 1 of 4) (David Varadi, CSS Analytics)
- Why One Way of Learning Is Better Than Another (Science Daily)
- 100 Best iPhone Apps for Business Students (Accredited Online Colleges…with a hat tip to The Kirk Report)