Archive for May, 2011
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Start the Adventure by Remembering YOU Are the Adventure
Posted by chicagosean on May 31st, 2011 at 1:34 pm, Comments: 0[There are many Traders and investors out there looking for a simpler way to manage their portfolios so they can focus their energies on the [...]
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Anecdotes and Observations from the Front Line
Posted by chicagosean on May 26th, 2011 at 6:26 pm, Comments: 0Thanks to my bud @allanschoenberg, I attended a book release event for Robert Koppel and his new book “Investing and the Irrational Mind” at the [...]
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Chicago: The Greatest U.S. City…. in the summer.
Posted by chicagosean on May 15th, 2011 at 2:27 pm, Comments: 0As I sit here and attempt to write a puff piece about my love of Chicago spurred on by Josh Brown’s recent post about [...]
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Leaping Lizard Trades
Posted by chicagosean on May 13th, 2011 at 7:58 pm, Comments: 0Ok, I have no idea what that title means. It doesn’t mean anything. But it did come to mind as I am brainstorming about a [...]
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That One Shameful Day at Goldman Sachs…
Posted by chicagosean on May 10th, 2011 at 7:51 pm, Comments: 0There were reports out of Lower Manhattan today stating that Goldman Sachs ($GS) traders (as a group) lost money on only one trading day during [...]
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This is NOT a post about Silver, Apple, Netflix, or Margin Calls
Posted by chicagosean on May 5th, 2011 at 9:02 am, Comments: 0“Silver is screaming!” Now it’s Traders are screaming. “Steve Jobs is dying!” Now it’s the $AAPL short sellers that are meeting their maker. “Netflix can’t [...]
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My name is Sean McLaughlin and I trade my own account from my home office on the Northside of Chicago, IL. I’ve worked at prop firms, started and ran a small hedge fund, was a member of the Chicago Board of Trade, and have learned – the hard way – to seek simpler ways of trading, investing, and living. More »
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- I Know Nothing
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