Trader’s Narrative

Since I got my hands on my copy of Bailout Nation: How Greed and Easy Money Corrupted Wall Street and Shook the World Economy, I’ve been devouring it almost non-stop.
Written by Barry Ritholtz, Director of Equity Research at Fusion IQ, and blogger at The Big Picture, it promised to be a definitive guide to […]

For most, the constant flood of real time news can be overwhelming. There are already many sites which aggregate news, categorizing and organizing them into more manageable streams. For the past week I’ve been using an invitation only financial news service called SkyGrid that does this and much more.
Behind the constantly updating headlines delivered by […]

I’ve been meaning to get to this but things have been hectic so it has had to wait for a quiet Sunday afternoon. Last month was the third month that I’ve raffled off a book to my readers. The previous ones were Tim Syke’s “American Hedge Fund” and “Hedge Fund Trading Secrets” by Robert Dorfman. […]

If you would like to receive a free copy of Jason Scharfman’s book, Hedge Fund Operational Due Diligence, enter the draw by leaving a brief comment at the above link (making sure you leave your correct email).

There are a lot of newsletter writers and stock market advisory services but I don’t feel comfortable recommending most […]

Coming at the heels of such massive financial frauds as Madoff and Stanford, (as well as previous hedge fund collapses like Bayou) “Hedge Fund Operational Due Diligence” is well timed.
The recent batch of fraud dwarfs the largest trading losses in history, combined, and makes it crystal clear why all investors should take due diligence […]