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... losses and a negative outlook on real estate as an investment Many small investors view real estate as an institutional arena Given the large amount of capital required to buy a real estate portfolio ... Commercial Real Estate versus Stocks and Bonds Retirement funds, insurance companies, and comcommercial mercial banks are among the major private sector real estate investors in real estate They all ... Page REAL ESTATE AS AN ASSET CLASS cases, the value of a well-maintained property in a good location actually increases over time at a rate similar to inflation This accelerated tax depreciation...

Ngày tải lên: 05/11/2014, 14:30

... traditional organization has boards and officers at the top, operational leadership, and then managers and employees far down the line The more complex the organizational chain of command, the more ... little value if the task at hand is to map out an expedition to distant lands Perhaps the accounts payable department is being asked to travel to distant lands and challenge its own assumptions ... against that goal sigma the level of variation compared to an average; the Greek letter, σ used by statisticians to denote standard deviation standard deviation the degree of exception, or variation...

Ngày tải lên: 07/02/2013, 09:46

... to have to repeat the experience again Why would a team this? First of all, they may not be aware that there is a method available that will help them to create a game plan Secondly, they may ... elements are provided by project management Most teams approach projects in the same way that the team described above approaches football They get a project assignment and they start playing Then they ... phase prematurely The approvals at the end of a phase are called phase gates (See Table 1.6.) One of the benefits of having approvals at the end of each phase is that it minimizes the cost of the...

Ngày tải lên: 18/01/2014, 06:20

... project management Most teams approach projects in the same way that the team described above approaches football They get a project assignment and they start playing Then they get together when there ... experience again Why would a team this? First of all, they may not be aware that there is a method available that will help them to create a game plan Secondly, they may be under the mistaken impression ... phase prematurely The approvals at the end of a phase are called phase gates (See Table 1.6.) One of the benefits of having approvals at the end of each phase is that it minimizes the cost of the...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 17:20

... a setup The setup is a signal that it is time to take action The setup at the top of the two -to five-day uptrend is a sell signal And the setup at the end of a two- to five-day downtrend is a ... will always be aware that stock selection is key to a smart program, so a starting point should be to pick stocks that are going to act and react to the normal market forces If you pick a distressed ... confirmation that it is time to act (to sell after the uptrend or to buy after the downtrend) confirmation a signal that provides additional indication to another signal, that reinforces the indicated...

Ngày tải lên: 03/05/2014, 13:01

... that The Company has a buyback plan in place They’re forcing the stock down so the company can buy it back on the cheap.” Another said, “I heard that they’re planning to take the company private ... the prior close was at or near the intraday high, the chances increase that the downward breakout is false (because profit taking got carried away, forcing price down) If the close was near the ... pressure to send the stock higher, piercing overhead resistance Have you ever wanted to buy a stock, but it soared away from you? Others feel the same way They vow that as soon as the stock returns to...

Ngày tải lên: 03/05/2014, 13:55

... price back to near the low of the session, the daily bar would have had a long upper shadow and a small white real body As the bulls took over again, the real body became larger and the upper shadow ... either the top or bottom of the candle’s real body, the candle is referred to as shaven or shaved Some traders may call these candle lines flat tops and flat bottoms The Japanese often refer to them ... I am amazed at all that goes into writing a book and how organized they are at getting the final product to the presses And last but not least, thanks to my many special clients Their loyalty and...

Ngày tải lên: 03/05/2014, 15:20

... Indicators and Oscillators Relative Strength Indicator Momentum Analysis Moving Averages Bollinger Bands Indicator Caveat—Curve-Fit Data Wave and Swing Analysis Cycle Analysis Trading Systems The ... Fundamental Analysis, Technical Analysis, A Trader’s Toolbox, The FOREX Marketplace, and Retail FX Platforms Historically, there have been two major schools of thought in analyzing markets whether ... Appendix G FX Calculation Scenarios Calculating Profit and Loss Calculating Units Available Calculating Margin Requirements Calculating Transaction Cost Calculating Account Summary Balance 293 293...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 20:20

... Chapter 16, “Money Management Simplified,” shows how to put these many factors together into a sustainable plan of action But the math is not nearly as complex as it may appear at first In fact ... separate platform for market analysis are coming to an end Today’s platforms all the integration for you Most of the popular indicators are available—moving averages, stochastics, relative strength, ... that you initially work with bar charts, moving averages, and an oscillator Learn them one at a time Once comfortable, pick an Indicator of the Week to add to your platform and study The Trader’s...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 20:20

... noticed These folks are either loved or hated They all appear to have strong financial positions All three are primarily market makers to smaller accounts but at varying levels, migrating to ECN, and/or ... shares data feed and most platform features with Gain; as all the 80 GETTING STARTED Big Three, they have their share of detractors Customer service is above average Costs and spreads are about ... want to learn They must become second nature to you It is also important to understand how to manipulate the platform, create charts and indicators, and adjust time scales, colors, and other features—collectively...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 20:20

... technical analysis is seen as a way to transform all of the fundamental factors that influence the markets into one simple tool: prices However, trading a particular market without knowing a great ... global market increases immeasurably as you delve further and further into the complexities and subtleties of the fundamentals of the markets Fundamental analysis is an effective way to forecast ... relating to these indicators is released at regular intervals, and some of this data is significant Data that is related to interest rates and international trade is analyzed closely Interest Rates...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 20:20

... supply and demand are relatively equal There are several advantages to using P&F charts instead of the more traditional bar or candlestick charts Advantages of P&F Charts P&F charts automatically: ... are comparatively good The disadvantage is that the signals to buy and sell are indicated relatively late, after the maximum and minimum rates have been reached THE TOOLS OF THE TRADE 132 TABLE ... Bottoms and tops made outside the bands followed by bottoms and tops made inside the bands call for reversals in the trend • A move that originates at one band tends to go all the way to the other...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 20:20

... Battery A battery is a combination of indicators When the indicators in a battery are combined to generate buy and sell trade signals via a set of rules, it is referred to as an expert advisor A battery ... Be patient; there are many opportunities and it pays to wait for top-notch trading candidates It is far better to under trade and miss a winner here and there than to over trade and accumulate ... Summary “Technical analysis is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe” to paraphrase an old chess proverb No matter how involved your trading method is, remember the markets can...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 20:20

... EAs These can vary in ease of use and capabilities Generally, the easier they are to use, the less robust Testing and historical data Traders want to test their ideas and their programs on the ... complex for the trading platform’s scripting language, in which case they will need to tap into the broker’s data feed, then port the program in some fashion to the trading platform As the capabilities ... of these platforms advance, I predict this need will all but disappear in the next few years NinjaScript version is in many respects superior to API Automated trading The ability to automatically...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 20:20

... traders and they may initiate safeguards on their trading platforms to discourage them Capital Allocation—Aggregate What is the maximum amount of your total margin capital that you should allocate ... diagnostics, self-evaluation I like to print hard copies and attach charts showing each of my trades I call it a Log Chart You may want to add a few brief annotations to that chart The Plan! The ... skills and abilities to the table of life We cannot all excel at trading; some just seem to have the knack for it, some not Summary Even a bad plan is better than no plan at all At least a bad plan...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 20:20

... trader would typically not want to have three highly correlated pairs on as trades at the same time If one of them goes bad, they will all go bad A real- time correlation table is available on the ... than anything else Fear and Greed, Greed and Fear Fear and greed are the base emotions that drive every market They are instinctive to humans and unless you use an automated computer program to ... going to transfer the skills learned in one generation to another and, as Santayana warned, we seemed Psychology of Trading 223 doomed to repeat the past People have short memories, and fear and...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 20:20

... she can use the languages built into trading platforms such as MetaTrader and NinjaTrader The advantage of the latter is that the indicator may be both tested and applied to 261 262 EXTRA FOR ... “explaining” its decisions Automated Trading and BOTS An expert advisor may be manually traded the trader waits for the signal then executes the order manually, or automatically traded the expert ... time value or price value may cause the option price to change by an inordinate amount The various price factors appear to interact in a nonlinear fashion Mathematic whizzes will find a similarity...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 20:20

... Italy Banca d’Italia Jamaica Bank of Jamaica Japan Bank of Japan Jordan Central Bank of Jordan Kenya Central Bank of Kenya Korea Bank of Korea Kuwait Central Bank of Kuwait Latvia Bank of Latvia ... Portugal Banco de Portugal Qatar Qatar Central Bank Romania National Bank of Romania Russia Central Bank of Russia Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency Senegal Banque Centrale des Etats de l’Afrique ... currencies T TABLE B.1 Symbol, Place, Currency Name AED United Arab Emirates Dirhams AFA Afghanistan Afghanis ALL Albania Leke AMD Armenia Drams ANG Netherlands Antilles Guilders AOA Angola Kwanza (continued...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 20:20

... regularly quotes both bid and ask prices and is ready to make a two-sided market for any financial instrument Most retail FOREX dealers are market makers A market maker is said to have a dealing ... books and, 178 charting and technical services and, 161–163 328 education and, 163–164 historical data and, 167 live data and APIs and, 165–167 managed accounts and, 170–172 news and calendars and, ... placing and managing of currency orders • Discusses specific trading strategies and tactics, and addresses the advantages and disadvantages of fundamental and technical analysis • Includes a new chapter...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 20:20

... citizens The Financial Markets Association (FMA) has suggested international foreign exchange regulatory standards FMA’s model code currently has regulatory standing in Australia, Austria, Canada, ... each transaction In effect, they are acting as their own mini-exchange At one end market makers are tapped into the Interbank market—often indirectly—and at the other end are the retail customers ... Milquetoast to Magilla Gorilla The CFTC and NFA have acted quite proactively Appendix A, “How the FOREX Game Is Played,” outlines many of the issues for all parties that have prompted the fast-tracking...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 13:20