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Mr FT is a self-employed spread better. After 18 years in fund management he was given the choice of moving to London or .. not. ‘Not’ won out.

FT has been trading full time from home for two years, with nothing but four kids and a beach to distract him .

He fills his spare time with weight training and rugby, though more coaching than playing these days.

FT mostly trades the forex markets and although he plays FTSE on occasions his bread and butter market is £$.

He likes to think that his technique is evolving but still hasn’t the temperament or money to back the big calls. He prefers to trade between 1 and 3 times a day, aiming to take regular small gains, but feels part of the evolution is in not dealing if the conditions don’t feel right.
Manipulation Or Stupidity?
Posted by FT on March 7, 2008

Let’s be honest, it’s hard to accuse the Fed of either of these, though that might depend on whether you’ve done your conkers over the past hour.


Garden Gnome spent many years as a small-cap fund manager before his need to to spend more time with his lettuces got the better of him.
GG now spends rainy days trading equities and currencies. He likes to use a combination of technical analysis and news flow to make trading decisions.
Bovis Homes and AMEC
Posted by Garden Gnome on March 7, 2008

Housebuilder Bovis is due to report final results on Monday. Analysts are looking for profits of about £125m but it is the outlook statement that is more important.


Mr FT is a self-employed spread better. After 18 years in fund management he was given the choice of moving to London or .. not. ‘Not’ won out.

FT has been trading full time from home for two years, with nothing but four kids and a beach to distract him .

He fills his spare time with weight training and rugby, though more coaching than playing these days.

FT mostly trades the forex markets and although he plays FTSE on occasions his bread and butter market is £$.

He likes to think that his technique is evolving but still hasn’t the temperament or money to back the big calls. He prefers to trade between 1 and 3 times a day, aiming to take regular small gains, but feels part of the evolution is in not dealing if the conditions don’t feel right.
Crunching Like A Hungry Bear
Posted by FT on March 7, 2008

This past week has followed the standard horror movie script to the letter (so far). Last week’s article An Eagle A Black Horse And A Load Of Bulls*t told of how the banks had taken blow after blow from the Crunchy Credit Monster. But it looked as though a spirited defence, using higher dividend payments, had stopped the monster in its tracks.


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